Not meaning to pick on GB but he wrote this of his Outlander:
...first time i've really pushed her on long fast bends...
Referring to a car this way seems to be a habit from a bygone age of unreliable machinery and - sorry - old-fashioned attitudes to 'ladies'. I'm 45 and I've never done it, nor has anyone my age that I know. Who, I wonder is the youngest here who still does?
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