Do you talk to your car??
02-21-2006, 02:28 AM
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Half of Britons chat to their motor cars! 
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of motorists regularly talk to their cars, giving words of encouragement ahead of a long trip and lavishing praise for a job well done at journey's end.
A survey of 2,000 owners also found 40 percent thought their car had a personality and was capable of being upset whilst 19 percent worried about how their car was feeling.
The poll, conducted by organisers of July's British International Motor Show found women rather than men tended to have a close relationship with their car. Giving a pet name to their car but not their human partners was admitted to by 20 percent of women
The survey that revealed fully 47 percent of drivers talked to their cars also looked at how people felt about their cars across the country.
Drivers in the southwest worry most about their car's feelings, with 36 percent admitting concern compared with just 15 percent in the Midlands.
Drivers in the northeast were most likely to attribute a character to their vehicles with 68 percent saying their car had a personality, compared with 28 percent in Wales.
More people chat happily to their cars in the southwest than anywhere else in the country, with 54 percent enjoying a good chat, compared with the more taciturn Scots where 26 percent indulged.
Half of all cars on East Anglian roads rejoiced in a pet name compared with just 31 percent of cars in the southeast.
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of motorists regularly talk to their cars, giving words of encouragement ahead of a long trip and lavishing praise for a job well done at journey's end.
A survey of 2,000 owners also found 40 percent thought their car had a personality and was capable of being upset whilst 19 percent worried about how their car was feeling.
The poll, conducted by organisers of July's British International Motor Show found women rather than men tended to have a close relationship with their car. Giving a pet name to their car but not their human partners was admitted to by 20 percent of women
The survey that revealed fully 47 percent of drivers talked to their cars also looked at how people felt about their cars across the country.
Drivers in the southwest worry most about their car's feelings, with 36 percent admitting concern compared with just 15 percent in the Midlands.
Drivers in the northeast were most likely to attribute a character to their vehicles with 68 percent saying their car had a personality, compared with 28 percent in Wales.
More people chat happily to their cars in the southwest than anywhere else in the country, with 54 percent enjoying a good chat, compared with the more taciturn Scots where 26 percent indulged.
Half of all cars on East Anglian roads rejoiced in a pet name compared with just 31 percent of cars in the southeast.
02-21-2006, 10:17 AM
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Very rarely, i do that...but not necesarely because i am sure that she (pardon it 
) is understanding me or i get any results if i talk to it. Don't get me wrong not "conversations", just simple: eg "come on...". Not too much.
) is understanding me or i get any results if i talk to it. Don't get me wrong not "conversations", just simple: eg "come on...". Not too much.
my car my best friend...I speak he listens and obeys to my commands 
02-21-2006, 09:01 PM
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I talked to her, but she never talk back now that's a good girl 
02-22-2006, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by AC_S5' post='244026' date='Feb 22 2006, 06:01 AM
I talked to her, but she never talk back now that's a good girl
02-22-2006, 04:03 AM
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I don't talk to her, but i make love with her. 
02-22-2006, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by soc_fans' post='244118' date='Feb 22 2006, 08:03 AM
I don't talk to her, but i make love with her.
but really now .... 
.....you mean in her...in it 
02-22-2006, 11:47 AM
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LOL, i will have to get a copy of this article and give to my American mates who think I am a bit of an odd ball because I not only talk to my cars but give them names.