Have you named your GPS?

My dad’s GPS had different voice options to choose from – the voice he chose was an Aussie female voice labelled Karen, so we call her Karen. I think it’d be far more fun to give her an original name, though.

I wrote a short story in which a main character is a GPS named Yvette. Does that count?

I call mine the Oracle. Wise and all knowing and bails me out of tight jams.

The GPS in my Droid is called Brenda. She gets confused a lot, so I often have to talk to her. “Oooh, Brenda, what are you dooooing??”

Also, my grandpa chose a British lady for his TomTom and calls her Miss Mandy. And my uncle calls his Garmin Moneypenny.

I call mine bitch (and other nasty names) at times.

Depending on which GPS app I am using, mine is called either Half Baked or What?!. The directions always suck and are no substitute for knowing the area; I merely use the GPS for traffic info… and music. Mostly music (at least when I’m driving). And since I am listening to music, I keep the GPS muted.

I so need a GPS. I get lost all the time. :/
I’m not usually one for naming inanimate objects, but one with a voice might inspire me to change my ways. I’d have to hear it and get to ‘know’ it, I think, before I could choose a name, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t choose an ordinary name (like mine). Maybe I’ll name it Map.

I don’t have one, but my sister’s has a male voice with an English accent. She calls it Daniel.

The GPS in my car has a female British voice and I just call her “Dear.”

“Prepare to turn left in a quarter mile.”
“Yes, Dear.”
“Turn left now”
“Yes, Dear”
“Prepare to make a U-turn”
“Yes, Dear”
“Make a U-turn now”
“Yes, Dear”
”sigh Recalculating”
“Sorry, Dear”

I don’t have one, but I named my Roomba Robot Vacuum “Mildred” (it has a female voice).

Mr. Fiance’s dad’s GPS is named Linda. His dad talks back to her in the same way that @mrentropy does – a lot of “Yes, Dear” going on there. His mom just calls her Bitch, especially when she says ridiculous things.

I call mine “Missy” because she frequently misdirects me down a bloody country lane! She’s soon forgiven though, sweet sexy thang.

Numb Nuts, when it leads me astray.
Carlos, when it does a good job.

My TomTom is Giles, because he has a British accent. Doesn’t actually sound like Anthony Head, but he is my Watcher and makes sure I’m going in the right direction.

I don’t have a GPS either. One time though, my sister Kathy and and were on a road trip, and since she was riding shotgun and had the map, I called her Kath-Kath and made her use a GPS-type soothing voice to call out directions.

I have a tomtom and he’s an australian guy who calls himself Richard. Sometimes I turn wrong just to hear him!!