New
Survey Reveals Driving Pet Peeves
Drivers
Find Little Wrong with Their Own Driving Habits, But Plenty
in Others'
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CAR BY ANY OTHER NAME....
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Do
you have a name for your car? Allstate discovered the following
about car names:
- By
far the most common name is Betsy (mostly Betsy, some
Betsey)-- 26 citations in survey.
- If
you add in Bessie or Bessy, there are an additional eight
entries listed (and one Bessie Lou).
- Girls'
names are more popular than boys' (some examples of girls'
names include: Marie, Minnie, Molly, Agnes, Bella, Diana,
Ginger, Nellie, Ruthy, Tammy and Vanessa).
- Blue
is popular with a total of five entries, not counting
Big Blue, Blue Beast, Blue Bertha, Blue Sapphire, Blue
Bomb, Bluebell, Bluebird and Blueboy
- Red
is also fairly popular, but not on its own (only two "Red"
citations). Big Red, Red October, Big Red One, Big Red
Truck, etc.... also Red Baron, Red Car, Red Dragon, Red
Racer, Red Robin and, of course, Red Hot Mama!
- Green
is probably the next favorite color. Entries include:
Green Burrito, Green Goblin, Green Hornet, Green Weenie,
Green Machine (most popular green name) and, of course,
Green Meanie!
- People
seem to have lots of issues with their cars! Examples
include: Little Blue Piece of Shit, Damn Mean Machine,
Elizabitch, Fugly, Garbage Barge, Gutless Wonder, Mini
Van of Doom, Piece of Shit, Rondi the Bitch Car, Car from
Hell and Tin Can with Wheels.
- Two
optimists named their cars Titanic. We also have Trouble,
The Hearse, Grunt, 8-ball, The Chicken, and Barfmobile.
- Some
other notables include: Beepbop, Boris Badanov, Carry
#2, Grocery Getter, Persephone, Saabena, Pimped-Out Mom-Mobile
and Beeheemyth (a van).
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The
Allstate "You Are What You Drive" survey was conducted
for Allstate by RoperASW. Interviews with 2,500 car owners were
conducted online from August 8 to August 15, 2003. The survey
was conducted among an online population of U.S. car owners and
has been weighted to reflect the population of U.S. car owners
as a whole. The sampling error on the total sample is plus or
minus 2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Sampling
error for sub-groups is higher.
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