How did you decide on a name for your MINI

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  1. M1N1

    M1N1 Well-Known Member

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    How did you decide on a name (if you have one) for your MINI?

    Mine came about as a response to a phone conversation that my wife had with one of her friends. During the conversation, the friend told my wife that they had just purchased a new flat screen tv. When my wife asked "what make?", her friend replied that it is a V 1 2 10. My wife asked if that was the model number and her friend replied "Oh no, that is the name on the front of the tv". Then the penny dropped, and my wife realised that what her friend meant to say was VIZIO!!!!:lol::lol::lol:

    When my wife told me this, I laughed my a$$ off and said " I suppose I drive an M 1 N 1".
     
  2. Dave.0

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    My MINI is called "The Mistress" because my wife says sometimes I spend more time with the MINI than her.

    So technically my wife named the MINI not me. I am not really into naming cars but it stuck. :devil:
     
  3. CHKMINI

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    Someone once said that my Coupe looked like something Darth Vader would drive. I explained to them that I was much more like Rick Moranis in Space Balls than Darth Vader.....thus the name Dark Helmet stuck (plus the roof on a Coupe looks like a backwards ball hat or helmet).
     
  4. vetsvette

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    Don't have a name for mine, but M1N1 S is my plate number.
     
  5. ljmattox

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    Nigel Blue

    My MINI is named "Nigel Blue".

    Why so?

    It started with my alter ego, a source of a lot of humor at our place, a typically-British stereotype named "Nigel Fairthorpe". This character was sort of "assigned" to me in some sense: growing up in the US during the "muscle car" era, I bucked the trend and drove small cars, Fiats & VWs. I spent quality time in, and could extol the virtues and foibles of, most of the British cars of the era as well: MGBs, MGB GTs, Midgets, Triumph Spitfires, TR3s,TR4s, TR6s, GT6s, Morris Minors, Austin Americas, MG 1100s, Austin Healey 100-4s & 3000s. And whose dad owned a Hillman? Mine did.

    So I became known as the resident "foreign car" expert, Nigel Fairthorpe, likely to be prone to dashing about in a tweed jacket, wool flat cap, and leather driving gloves, smoking a full-bent briar of Dunhill Standard and clicking off expert heel/toe downshifts as I made good time through the countryside. Yeah, I was that guy.

    Fast forward [many] years.

    So when purchasing a made-in-Oxford MINI, it had to be "Nigel". During the decision-making phase, I built 10-15 different MINIs, so at any one time I'd have "Nigel Black" (black with chrome/silver), "Nigel Fast" (a JCW), "Sinister Nigel" (all black), etc. Once I spotted an Ice Blue MINI at the dealer, I was hooked, and that led to "Nigel Blue",
     
  6. DneprDave

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    I hadn't ever named a car before, but I started to refer to my MINI as "The MINI Pooper"
    I even changed the letters on the back from Cooper to Pooper.

    See my avatar.

    Dave
     
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    we were watching the x men movie 1 night and I fell in love with the character Rogue. she runs off without thinking causing disaster... that's me!!!
     
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    A coworker kept calling my Hyper Blue '06 R53 a blueberry. For some reason it bothered me at first. I don't know why. Once I accepted it, I started called my MINI "Vi", short for Violet as in the character Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

    My 2013 MCS is called Isabel, Issy for short, for no other reason than when I looked at it the day it was unloaded from the truck, that's the name that immediately popped in my head. So, she sorta told me what her name was when we were first introduced.
     
  9. Crashton

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    Any relation to Nigel Shiftright automotive anachronism? :cornut:
     
  10. TheModFather

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    Glad to see another MINI with Isabel for a name! Mine is spelled different though, it's Isobel.
    Why... Well thats a tough one! Hell if I know, but it was in a song my almost first ex wife would always play. For some reason it just seemed to fit.

    And look, my car ended up being a broke down, rusted over (fake rust), dirty, nasty, bunch of little stars across the screen, just like that relationship! How fitting indeed! :D
     
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    GIR is his name. I thought they resembled each other, big eyes, antenna, and color. The GP's spirited attitude definitely reminds me of the little guy.

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    D.B.Cooper is a PNW legend and everything about him is a mystery. For some reason this is the only car I have ever had that demanded it was a "he" and the only car I ever had that upon signing paperwork drew blood from my boyfriend.... Got him home and took a pic and first name that came to mind was D.B. I admit I had considered Earl (famous race care driver) and Sheldon as well as Barry but none of those stuck...
     
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    I gave the name Fran to my recently purchased MINi. Fran is the name of a particularly challenging benchmark CrossFit workout with which I have a love/hate relationship. I embrace both Frans for their challenge and reward. All my previous cars have been boring but reliable Japanese economy cars. I love driving Fran and freely accept that there will be differences from my past driving and maintenance experiences.
     
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    Rogue is my fav too but being I had a horse named Rogue and my computers name is Rogue I better not name D.B. Rogue lol
     
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    Hi Cross Fit! I'm Boot Camp! Will you be joining at MOTD? I ask because, 1. I am looking for more kickball players to join us and 2. I am looking to add to the :lol:Denver Convoy to Minis on the Dragon:lol:
     
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    Boot Camp. Thanks for the invite. I'm not quite ready to do any organized events that big yet. Hope to do some things with the local KC group first. Thanks.
     
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    Dont be a party pooper! There is no better way to get into everything MINI than going to the biggest event the USA has to offer! Over 900 people already registered! :D
     
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    It's like a week at summer camp for adults. Plus MINIs and other interesting things.
     
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    I didn't name the Mini. He told me his name the third time I drove him. 8 out of 10 voices in my head thought that was strange.
     
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    I'm into rock climbing and use a lot of Mammut gear and the logo is red and black like my 2009 Chili Red JCW... So Mini Mammut, it's a beast!
     

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