Most liked posts in thread: Your MINI's Name - How Did You Pick It

I went to high school with the real Tackleberry from Police Academy. His name was David Graff and in school he was nothing like the character he played.

 

That is really neat. It is a shame he died at such a young age (50).

 

Yea, he was a great guy who would have done well in movies

 

Mini Name

Henrietta. It was the first song that I played in my car by The Fratellis and thought it sounded good as a british car name. Her nickname is Miss Misery, a song by Nazareth.

 

"Shorty" just seemed to fit!

 

Pictures tell it all..

 

The day we picked ours up and were on our way home, a song came on the radio. Wild Thing by the English band Troggs. Came home and checked our states personalized plates for the name abbreviated. No joy, both WldThng and WldThg were taken. But the song lyrics stuck in my head..."you make my heart sing..." so we just dropped the 'i' and made it an 'a' instead...sorta that country twang on it.

 

my current MINI's name is STKRS

his name kinda has 2 means
1. in the movie cars lightening mcqueens nickname was stickers and even though STKRS doesnt see much track time hes still my lil racecar
2. i tend to cover him in vinyl/stickers from time to time :wink:

his daily attire, next to his lil older brother Monty


MOTD 9


MOTD 10


Fall Colors Run 2010 with the Hampton Roads MINI Club


MINIs Rally Against Melanoma 2010 with the DC Metro MINIs

 

I love your graphics from MOTD 9

 

I named mine Paddington because it sounds british, and its colors are Brown and Blue. Like Paddington Bear.






Okay, it's just a hint of blue - but it's still blue.

 

Awwwww I love Paddington

 

Being single for the past 11 years and being the one car that I wanted from the time it first came out it's my Baby.

 

I'm sort of a movie & TV fanatic, si I named the car after someone who was small, but mighty....Bolo Yeung.

 

"Mini." It even says so on the front & rear. Alternate possibility would be "Skinny."

I used to have a Fit named "Hissy."

 

The plates say MINIMUS but neither of us usually call it that. We typically refer to it as the MINI or I occasionally call it the Chubby Clubby. If I really want to get my wife riled up I call it the Wagon...

 

Mine is Bruiser ... Black and Blue in color, and it is the ironic factor too

 

^^ The fact that I understood the connection isn't what makes me feel old, it's that I knew it despite the Blues Bros. movie connection.

 

A big +1 here!!

 

This story is a good reminder how well the MINI can protect you! Good to hear you are OK, sad to hear about Sweetie.

 

I've only had my MINI for a month and I've been through several names before I settled on Trevor. He just looks like a Trevor to me.