R50/53 What did you name your MINI & why?
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My 05 MCS JB/JB is called "Betty" from the song Black Betty. My 05 MCSDT PS/B is named "Paris" and not after you know who. I had just bought Faith Hill's lastest album and it had the song "Paris" on it. When I picked up Paris at the dealership, I didn't have my iPod installed yet but had my cd and played the song a thousand times that day. The name just stuck in my mind and I think my pure silver cabrio looks like a Paris.
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Originally Posted by jdmarino
Despite having imposed names on my children, somehow I got the idea to wait and see with my MCS. Still nothing after 13 days.
You got to give it time, learn how to walk AND talk. Then she'll let you know
Wait until it hits puberty and then wow ... it won't want to talk to you!
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Fellow traveler
Mine's got a name, but I don't use it. I initially dubbed it "Genie", from Aladdin. "Phenominal cosmic power, itty bitty living space" and all. I couldn't ever bring myself to call it anything other than "the MINI", however.
I recently read "Moon Shot" and learned that Sputnik means "fellow traveler", so "the MINI formerly known as Genie" is now Sputnik. Not that I'll likely use that name, either, but there you have it.
I think there's also a passing resemblence between the MINI and Sputnik, mostly in the antenna.
Sputnik:
The MINI formerly known as Genie (posing in front of Gus Grissom Airport): http://www.flickr.com/photos/blalor/52764803/
I recently read "Moon Shot" and learned that Sputnik means "fellow traveler", so "the MINI formerly known as Genie" is now Sputnik. Not that I'll likely use that name, either, but there you have it.
I think there's also a passing resemblence between the MINI and Sputnik, mostly in the antenna.
Sputnik:
The MINI formerly known as Genie (posing in front of Gus Grissom Airport): http://www.flickr.com/photos/blalor/52764803/
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Named my MCS "Marvin" for several reasons:
1) the car has soul and Marvin Gay had soul
2) My deceased brother (will be 1 year later 11-19 - died suddenly at age 35 of a genetic heart condition (Brugada syndrome) we didnt know he had)... Anyway, we LOVED cars since we were kids and he was planning to buy an MCS but didnt get the chance so I bought one and the "soul" part fit nicely
1) the car has soul and Marvin Gay had soul
2) My deceased brother (will be 1 year later 11-19 - died suddenly at age 35 of a genetic heart condition (Brugada syndrome) we didnt know he had)... Anyway, we LOVED cars since we were kids and he was planning to buy an MCS but didnt get the chance so I bought one and the "soul" part fit nicely
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Originally Posted by JenW
I named mine Moneypenny. Someone suggested going with a James Bond type name, and since the GPS voice sounds female, Moneypenny stuck!
-Sarah
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Originally Posted by Moneypenny
Careful there, the real Miss Moneypenny might get upset if she sees that, good thing you're in California and she's in Florida 'cause my MINI can kick your MINI's boot!
-Sarah
-Sarah
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My CR/W MCS is "awaiting transport" but when it arrives it will be dubed "Lenny". Named after my father a car buff who in '64 bought a P-1800 that I wound up with at 18 after he replaced it with a 240-Z the year it was introduced driving that for the next decade. In his 90's when the Mini came out, I learned he'd found MiniUSA.com and was busy building his next ride. I happily obliged him too and got him one... although it was a Mini model, it became the centerpiece of the dining room table and always a conversation piece. He kidded about it's handling, reliabilty and great fuel economy. He'd often remark "I can't even remember when the last time it needed fuel". We lost him earlier this year and although I hardly need to give his name to a car to remember him by, somehow it seems fitting. I know he'd like it.:smile:
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An Epiphany I Tell You!!
So here I am, sitting in a small diner in Broomfield, Colorado. Obsessing over my soon to be ordered MCS (as usual) and reading through the posts here at NAM. Right in the middle of reading the "What Did You Name Your Mini," there it is. My color choice becomes clear to me, and the name of my Mini appears in glowing letters held aloft by a woman's hand emerging from my coffee cup. It's an epiphany I tell you! Okay, I may have over elaborated about the hand in the coffee thing. But a name did come to me as if by magic! Thanks for the shared energy in helping me with this additional detail of obsession! BTW, the color choice is RED and the name shall be in honor of Grant Naylor, one of the funnier authors out there. Cheers!
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I named my old 92 VW Corrado SLC "Pitpass" because
I'm a big race fan. Sold that car and bought an '04
VW GTI but it has absolutely no character or soul
or personality. Its just a plain dull car so I never
named it but my new '06 DS/DS MCS to be in my
hot little hands in January will also be worthy of
the name "Pitpass". I'm also considering naming
it "MI5", the British intelligence agency.
I'm a big race fan. Sold that car and bought an '04
VW GTI but it has absolutely no character or soul
or personality. Its just a plain dull car so I never
named it but my new '06 DS/DS MCS to be in my
hot little hands in January will also be worthy of
the name "Pitpass". I'm also considering naming
it "MI5", the British intelligence agency.