I've actually had people ask me if I named my
car, believe it or not. Probably because any vehicle of mine ends up having a lot of personality.
...well, that and the '3v1l' tag helps a lot...
Coming up with names for the inanimate can be a journey, though. I'm planning on naming my future bus Tag End since it'll be a house, technically a tiny one, yes that is an offhanded LoTR reference, tag-ends are another term for leftovers, and my personal philosophy is that leftovers are what you make of them. I do a lot of my craft stuff with found items.
Plus, considering the exterior I want done, I can always tell people I have a 40-foot Woody