Hi, All,
A post over on the Detailing 101 Forum by JohnW94 (of the Hyper Blue family) got me thinking about this. He refers to his car as a him, "Gizmo."

I don't know if I think of my car as either one. Unisex? Hmmm. I have referred to it as "my baby car" and I guess, if I had to choose, it would be a him.

Do you see your MINIs in terms of gender, or as something else entirely?

Have fun!
Paula

 

Mindy is absolutely a girl.

 

Definitely female...redheaded and feisty as hell. No name, I just call her the readhead. She started showing attitude before she even got to the US coast...disappearing all the time and never knowing where she was til she actually showed up.

 

Bet this answer will turn up a bunch in the guys.

Girl, because I ride her hard. I'd make a comment about the supercharger noise, but I think that'd just be over the line.

 

Cleanly put, she screams when I get into it (the throttle!).

 

Well, the ladies could say they think of their MINIs as guys, for the same reasons you list. Works both ways, eh?

I didn't really intend for this to get all sexual, but hey. lol

 

My LadyG is all girl.

Sweet, smooth, and highly addictive.

 

It's a car. Any name is a formality and rarely used.

And simply because it's not being anthropomorphized doesn't mean I don't care about it.

 

I guess I have always named my cars... I can't explain how I figure out what sex they are, I just know when I see them! My last mini was a boy (Winston), but when I first saw my Clubman in the dealer lot, I instantly thought "girl". Therefore she was named Chloe.

 

It all depends on the car, since the more enthusiastic MINIacs are almost in love with our cars, we get more attached to them and then name them.

Depending on the way it drives and especially the aesthetics over it, that could determine the gender and/or name.

You will know if your MINI does not agree with the gender and name you have established.

 

Little Wing is a girl, even when my husband drives her when she is called "Pop-Pop" (for the sound of her exhaust) she is a girl .

 

I really love the MINI community and this forum but the thing I despise the most is naming a MINI. My JCW is much more than transportation to me but IT has no name and no gender. It is simply my car.

 

Really My MINI was named more because it was a joke with a friend, not really because i am anthropomorphizing it. I decided to just roll with it.

 

PepperIX is all female...

 

Same here, several of my son's friends started calling my car the Ginger-mobile. Due to its color, and the fact that my sons and I all have some shade of red hair.

So we started referring to my car as Ginger, it is a spice after all.......

 

Female...

 

Both of mine are male. El Kabong was the first, now Mozart. My husband's Countryman is also a he, Wulfric.
Annette

 

Tis' machinery, pure and simple, just take care of it.

 

I've given male and female name to my cars. One was Bessie (WRX) and another named Pepe (1979 Rabbit). I went for a British name for my MINI and named him Dr. Watson, as in Sherlock Holmes.

 

I just bought my mini "gioia" last Saturday. I instantly knew she was a female...lol. she's my pride and joy.

 

Let's see, there was Squeek, Smokey, Frog, Readdy, Bullitt, Peppy, Sophie (my RV), Phoebe (my Prius) and now my first MINI, soon to be delivered, will be Maxx, all guy for sure. My personal plates say MINIMAXX.

Buck

 

Spike is male

 

she. all my cars are ladies

 

Butters is a boy...If a girl drove around with her top down as much as Butters does, she would get arrested...or cause a lot of wreaks.

 

Neither: Absolutely a gender-neutral machine, but that's not to say that a lack of gender means no personality. I will say one thing, though: at 850 miles on the odometer, it's definitely a teenager. It's always hot to trot, wants to go fast, and it's voice (exhaust tones) is starting to change.