We love our 480s; they have personality and it seems impossible simply to call them "it", but is it a he or a she?
I reckon it's normal - for blokes at least - to refer to cars, like ships, as female. But most women I know think ther cars are male. Now, I can see there may be plenty of scope for subverted sexual fantasy and outrageous gender-stereotyping here (he's stubborn / I never know what she'll do next etc etc) - and far be it from me to discourage such meaty discourse...
But apart from that, is your 480 a bloke or a lass? a fellow or a Lady? a geezer or a chavette? a girl or a boy?
Or is it some other genderless species that is too evil to name???
To start us off: Sheba, my Paris ES is/was definitely a lady. A somewhat faded old lady with a twinkle in her eye and a taste for leather.
Tonee I assumed was also a girl but I am beginning to think s/he may be a bit of a tomboy. Nothing wrong with that but it came as somehting of a surprise, that's all. And I now I have to change the spelling from Toni (too girly) to Tonee to match. Wierd, huh?
Maybe I just have too much time on my hands.
refers to the male species so they should really all be males...but hey, each to their own.
but you're still happy to take her to meet your parents. She also has a great personality and a sense of humour (oh how we laugh when she fixes an electrical problem herself after weeks of head-scratching and frustration)...
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