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Old May 20, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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"Bloody good idea!"
 
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Old May 20, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dhoosee
Thank you for the kind words, Fifty. I really love the show too, and Onslow is my favorite character by far (work shy, and bone idle!) The name came to me almost immediately, and my wife likes it too. So....Onslow it is. Now, all I need is the actual car!

Upon reciept, I plan to christen it with a pint of Guinness or Boddingtons, and maybe dump a bag of crisps on the bonnet!
LOL !!!!!!!! Brilliant !!! don't forget to bang on the dashboard to get the stereo to come in clearly LOL
 
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Old May 20, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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I spent some of my childhood growing up in Hawaii when my dad was stationed there. It's a great place for a kid! It also had the biggest influence on my life. I love the ocean, especially the Pacific Ocean, so I named her "Lani Moana," which means "Heavenly Ocean." I call her "Lani" for short. The colors also fit, Hyper Blue and Silver. She has a lei around her rearview mirror and tropical stickers on the back windows. I'm thinking about a custom flower graphic and hibiscus/tropical car seat covers.
 
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Old May 20, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Maria716
I spent some of my childhood growing up in Hawaii when my dad was stationed there. It's a great place for a kid! It also had the biggest influence on my life. I love the ocean, especially the Pacific Ocean, so I named her "Lani Moana," which means "Heavenly Ocean." I call her "Lani" for short. The colors also fit, Hyper Blue and Silver. She has a lei around her rearview mirror and tropical stickers on the back windows. I'm thinking about a custom flower graphic and hibiscus/tropical car seat covers.
That is definitely unique! ANd very pretty. Try the vendor Aesthetic Creations (one of the vendors on this site.) They've got some nice stuff you'd probably like.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 05:43 AM
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I thought I'd settled on naming my new Clubbie "Cliffjumper", but after seeing a picture of it yesterday, I've had a change of heart.



It's new name? "Red".
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:10 AM
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My first car, 1965 Ford Falcon-straight 6, 3 speed/column, was named Myrtle the Turtle for obvious reasons.

My first ground pounder, 1970 Chevelle SS/LS6, was named Widow Maker. Balanced/blueprinted, headers, tunnel ram, cam, roller rockers, 411 rear end, etc, etc. Tragically, the guy I sold it to wrapped it around a phone pole fullfilling the prophesy.

My wife and I were thinking of names for our new MCS when she started singing the name game song. Mini Bo Bini was born shortly thereafter. We'll call him "Bo" for short.
 

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Old May 21, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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I thought long and hard about naming my MINI, even consulting a website that provides British names.

I'm a big fan on the TV show "LOST", and, since my baby was seemingly lost for over 10 days before he could be found on board a ship (unfortunately, the virtually untraceable K-Line), I will christen him "Desmond" (one of my fav characters from the show---who is also currently on a mysterious freighter).

Can't wait to meet him in June!
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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We named our Mini after a fantastic parakeet our family had. She/He was so special that to this day it's hard to talk about her/him without shedding a tear. Anyway, she was small(obviously), fast, and oh so much fun!!
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:27 AM
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Hey guys.. this is Morticia..
(all the way from Scotland)

Dark, Glam and oh so shexy!!

 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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Ah, Kadida!
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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My on the boat MCS LaB/W is Tweek.

I am a coffee fanatic and was already talking with friends about mods when someone made a southpark joke, and I knew he was a Tweek.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by minikart4me
My on the boat MCS LaB/W is Tweek.
WAYS
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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Named mine Jarvis cause I just saw Ironman before i bought him.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Her name is PJ for Pure Joy. Also, PJ is a TV character I just love. Looking for someone just like her so PJ the car will do for now.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tpmini
Named mine Jarvis cause I just saw Ironman before i bought him.
Cool name and pup too,from the looks of your sig pic.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cabriopilot
WAYS
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Quesera
Cool name and pup too,from the looks of your sig pic.
Thanks, she's been a great dog. We got her a week before my wife and I got married 3 years ago. Everyone points and says, "Look it's Wishbone!".
 
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Old May 23, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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Ours has 2 names!!

Like a fine race horse- her name is officially "ChiliBomb" for our 08 MCS CR/WR, black stripes. But we also have a pet name for her "Sperbie" because the 1st night we got her- my husband said it was like a cross between Speed Racer & Herbie the love bug! He wanted to race her. I wanted to cuddle her! So i screamed out "SPERBIE!!!" and the name stuck!
 
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Old May 23, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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mine is named HERMAN...figured there was herbie the love bug so this is herman the love mini! ok i am weird i know
 
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Old May 24, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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i moved boxcars around when i was a brakeman/switchman for Santa Fe in the 80's. My dad taught me to shoot craps when i was a kid and it was fun when 2 6's came up and he would yell "boxcars". So when my sister first saw my brothers MINI she said it was a cute boxy car. I nicknamed my BRG/W 05 MCS "boxcars", personalized plates on the way ( after suspension mods )
and small dice decal in rear of window panel. I've even seen green and white dice,
boxcars
 
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Old May 24, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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Our mini has 2 names!

The "official name" for our '08 MCS Chili red with blk bonnet + boot stripes is "CHILIBOMB". but on the way home with it, my husband remarked that it's like a combo between Speed Racer & Herbie the love bug. I screamed out "SPERBIE!"---and the name stuck.
 
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Old May 25, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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"Sperbie!" Even my non-Mini-loving husband thought that was hilarious!
 
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Old May 25, 2008 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by x uh oh x
That is definitely unique! ANd very pretty. Try the vendor Aesthetic Creations (one of the vendors on this site.) They've got some nice stuff you'd probably like.
I think there's also a NAM calendar coupon for Aesthetic Creations in one of the coming months. I'll have to look for my calendar.
 
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Old May 25, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by MrsBean
LOL !!!!!!!! Brilliant !!! don't forget to bang on the dashboard to get the stereo to come in clearly LOL
Hey, MrsBean....I forgot about that! I'll also have to leave the dog in the car when it's parked in our driveway to scare the dickens out of my sister-in-law when she comes over, too!

You are a Mr. Bean fan, I presume? Either that, or you really are "Mrs Atkinson". One of the two, no?
 
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Old May 28, 2008 | 11:08 AM
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as I was on our club's website, www.minicci.org I posted a thread saying, "i need help with a name," a tv commercial comes on with the song that has named him....

Mr. Blue Sky
 
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