CA DMV Can't spell MINI?
Feb 9, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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CA DMV Can't spell MINI?
Well the picture says it all...
Feb 9, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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From: California
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omnivector
1337MNI
They're not the only one.
j/k
Feb 9, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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They're not the only one.
j/k
hah well, you can only fit so many characters on that license plate :(
Feb 9, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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From: Fresno, Ca.
This is the greatest thing ever gotta love living in CAL.
Feb 9, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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ChrisW
This is the greatest thing ever gotta love living in CAL.
No, the greatest thing ever is seeing our Governator's photo hanging on the wall behind the information desk at the DMV.
Feb 9, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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From: Okemos, Michigan
That's what I thought when I saw my new Michigan title but apparently that is the official DMV designation for the marque.
Feb 12, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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Yep... my registration paper is printed MNNI... too strange, maybe its to differentiate with the original Minis?
Feb 12, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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eenieMini
Yep... my registration paper is printed MNNI... too strange, maybe its to differentiate with the original Minis?
After thinking about it the other day that was my guess too. Any original Mini owners know for sure?
Feb 12, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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The originals would not say Mini at all but possibly Austin Mini, Rover or BMC Mini or something like that. Mini was never a brand prior to the BMW aquisition.
Feb 12, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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My Austin Healey is AHEAL
Feb 12, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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From: Rowland Heights, CA
I thought only my papers were messed up, I guess they all say MNNI
Feb 12, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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From: Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 12, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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From: Monterey, CA
Had no idea this was anything but a typo. Wonder WTF they need to list it as anything other than MINI for. It's not as if the VIN's don't differentiate them enough....
Eejits.
Mar 12, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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Just did my CA DMV registration the other day, and mine said the same thing. Made me laugh, and think of this thread.
Mar 12, 2007 | 06:30 PM
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From: New Hartford, CT
Same deal here in CT. At first I thought it was my genius MA, but I guess not!
Mar 12, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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Yeah, I'm guessing MINI was used already to denote the classic or something like that..
Apr 2, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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"me me"
what the....
Apr 2, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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omnivector
Well the picture says it all...
I'm really hating myself for not thinking of that plate number right now
it's awesome and you should take pride in knowing there's a nerd out there envying your plate lol
Apr 3, 2007 | 05:35 AM
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From: Beavercreek, OH.
In OH it is a MIN
Apr 3, 2007 | 05:48 AM
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My guess would be that "MINI" means something in the code world of DMVs. Can anyone suggest what such a code would mean? (Hey... this could be a new game thread!!)
Apr 3, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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my 07' registration just came last week and it said " mini " i wonder if dmv found out that they cant spell.
Apr 3, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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memphis9k
my 07' registration just came last week and it said " mini " i wonder if dmv found out that they cant spell.
DMV's all over the country finally rented a clue!
Apr 3, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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Hmmm. Maybe there is a universal car code list. Maybe somewhere there is a guy sitting at a desk whose job it is to come up with them, like the guy who names hurricanes... And maybe he made a typo........
Apr 3, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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TheSilverBullet
I'm really hating myself for not thinking of that plate number right now
it's awesome and you should take pride in knowing there's a nerd out there envying your plate lol
Hah, I thought about it for awhile and that ended up being perfect
Hello to a fellow geek in Silicon Valley, I imagine there are quite a few out here
Apr 4, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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omnivector
Hah, I thought about it for awhile and that ended up being perfect
Hello to a fellow geek in Silicon Valley, I imagine there are quite a few out here
hello! lol.
Yea I was trying to think of somethink geek-ish to do but couldn't think of anything realistic (I though of doing MINI in binary but that would be way to long) I might do MINI in hex, it's only 8 characters, 7 if I get rid of a redundent 0.
I'll think of something lol
Had no idea this was anything but a typo. Wonder WTF they need to list it as anything other than MINI for. It's not as if the VIN's don't differentiate them enough.... 
Eejits.
Hello to a fellow geek in Silicon Valley, I imagine there are quite a few out here 