Sorry if this has been discussed before.

I read this in the thread/post entitled "MC40 wins class in Silver State Classic". It states that the manufacturer of the car is "BMW" and the model is "MINI Cooper S". That post is locked so I could not ask the question there.

It made me wonder if the car is registered as a BMW in Nevada and what is it in other states? Mine is registered in California as a MNNI. I was disappointed it is not spelled MINI.

When I posted the question in a BMW thread RallyMINI responded that his car might be registered as a BMW.

Are there other states that spell MINI as MNNI or worse? Are there other states that register the cars as a BMW variant? Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

 

Hmmm

That's odd, California registered my car as a MINI. I suspect that you are the victim of a bad spell checker!

 

My missouri title says bmw. This caused confusion for the dmv when i went to renew my registration and the insurance card said mini. I had to waste a good half hour trying to convince them that mini is a bmw. I settled it by pointing out the vin numbers on both articles.

 

That's embarrassing. I wonder if all my renewal slips will list my car as a MNNI?

 

I think every state does it a little different, back in NJ it was BMW but out here in AZ I think it's mini, have to check

 

Up here,mine is a MINI.

 

Mine is registered as a MNMI...go figure. Yes, a MNMI...one of a kind.

Let's remember this car is not a BMW anymore than a Neon is a Mercedes. This is not to compare the MINI to a Neon...oh nevermind. And I think the BMW owners actually get good service at Los Angeles MINI dealers.

 

Funny thing is and I’m saying it will, but all those typos on the registrations may get you out of a ticket if you ever do get one, if the person filling it out does not copy the registration letter for letter how it’s spelled.

 

Here in PA, both my registration and insurance car say MINI as the
make and Cooper as the model. Don't have my title yet, $3000 to go
on payments.

 

in Maine as a Cooper, Mini, 1 each.

 

The NC registration for my '02 MCS was "MIN".


The NC registration for my '05 is "MNNI".


Go figure.

 

Here in sunny Florida, mine is registered as a "MINIC"

Regards

 

I willhave to go check my registration, but IIRC, it is MINI. My insurance (Nationwide) has it listed as a BMW MINICOOP. It took my agent's office quite a while to find it. They had to eventually check using the first 3 letters of the VIN.

 

NH must use the same procedures as CA. This is the actual TITLE for my car (not the registration):

 

My California registration card says MNNI, too!

 

Your registration/title is correct in using MNNI. The National Crime
Information Center (NCIC) assigns a four-letter code to all vehicles.
MINI was already assigned to a company named "Miniscooter". Therefore,
MNNI was issued to the new MINI. The original Mini is an AUST. These are just the codes for the make of the car. There are even more confusing codes for the models.

The country of origin is Germany (BMW heritage). The country of manufacture is England.

That is your CSI lesson for the day.

 

If you are old enough to recall, there was a similar situation in the late 50s with a BMW/mini of sorts. The venerable Isetta. In some states it was registered as a BMW Isetta. It was the micro car with the front of the car that opened up like a refrigerator(Isetta was an Italian company that made motorscooters) to allow entrance and exit by the front seat passengers. It was powered by a BMW twin cylinder motorcycle engine in the rear. Two models were made, one had a traditional 4 wheel set up and included a single side door for the backseat passengers. The second model pushed the two rear wheels together in the back making the car look like a three wheeler.

 

that's odd...here in AZ it's a MINI ....Cooper S or Cooper...oh wait that might be on the insurrance...

 

I remember my uncle telling a story about taking his Isetta out to dinner at a restaurant that had valet parking. The valet nosed the Isetta into a parking spot against a wall, and was then unable to open the front door (remember, they swing out to the front.) To make things worse, he couldn't figure out how to find reverse, so he was effectively trapped inside the car. He had to yell until he got somone's attention and they pulled the car back enough that he could finally get out. Oh, the fun of odd cars.

Hijack over, back to the regularly scheduled thread already in progress. . .

 

You are joking, right? The Mini has BMW's fingerprints all over it. And the hard-to-find rattles make it clearly a BMW.

 

04MCS, CA registered as MNNI, pretty lame.

 

steve urkel from the tv show family matters drove a '3wheeler' isetta:smile: