I Hate When CarTubers Name Their Cars
In the last year or so I've been watching more and more car channels on Youtube, sometimes referred to as 'CarTubers'. I've settled on a couple of favourites but of course the algorithm now recommends me a lot of other car channels and car related content.
I've checked some of these out and I've noticed something on various channels that I don't like.. and it's when these middle-aged men name their cars.
It isn't so bad when the car is named once and then you don't really hear it again, but some channels will be falling over themselves to use the car's name at every opportunity. It's embarrassing and 'cringe' to hear it over and over again. I understand that cars feel like they have 'personalities', you 'bond' with them, and there are a lot of emotions attached to them but when someone keeps calling it a childish name it really turns me off.
I've been really enjoying Top Dead Center and I don't think I've heard them do these. AutoAlex is a somewhat related channel that I don't find quite as appealing, but in the videos I have seen he has named the cars and it turns me off.
One channel that is particularly bad for this is HubNut. I'm not sure if every car receives a twee little name but it is certainly a lot of them, with 'Giselle' a name that rattles around in my brain like a ball bearing in a spray can.
Perhaps I'm being a scrooge or I'm generally just miserable (possible) but it's something quite trivial that I find annoying.