I know its a time-honored tradition, but my MINI has no name. Out of pure guilt, I've tried over and over to think of a name, but nothing fits. Nothing. Personally, I'm okay with this, but surely I'm not the only one. I truly do love my MINI, but I love it as a machine and I can't seem to be able to personalize it beyond that. Any other "no-name" MINIs out there?

 

Add me to the list.

 

Mine's name is MINI. Does that count?

We just always call it by the name "MINI" - so it stuck!

 

I'll join too!

A MINI with no name...is still a happy MINI! :smile:

 

i didnt name mine but i sometimes give it a sex.. which changes depending on my mood.. my mini is androgenous

 

I didn't give my MINI a name, It's a car. It has no feelings.

 

Ours is called "The MINI". With five cars, it was enough to distinguish it.

 

If a Horse With No Name got America through the desert then I don't see why a MINI with no name wouldn't do the same

 

>>i didnt name mine but i sometimes give it a sex.. which changes depending on my mood.. my mini is androgenous

You could name it "Pat"

 

Another nameless MINI.

 

no name here either!
maybe my next one will have a name!

 

No name here....unless "the MINI" counts.

As I've said before, it's a CAR. It's a machine. Not a person. Not a "baby." I have plenty of real people in my life, and don't need to turn my car into one of them.

Oh yeah, I sometimes take the MINI to (evil sounding pause).... carwashes!

 

>>Oh yeah, I sometimes take the MINI to (evil sounding pause).... carwashes!

WOW jsun! I think that automatically puts you in the MINI Renegade Club!!! Sorry guys, my MINI has a name! I can't join....

 

Mine has no name other than "The MINI." I agree, it is a car.

 

my MINI's name is Mr. Motor, however he get's called "MINI" or "the MINI" more often than not. for what it's worth, this is the first car I've named.

 

Simply "The MINI". I don’t name inanimate objects.

 

My wife says "Can I take the MINI" just like that.

All caps too.

 

My MCS goes by the name of Alexis. I feel that cars, boats, planes, etc, should have female names. Been that way for sometime. Mine was nameless for awhile. Named it after Alec Issigonis. Can't name it Alec. Guy's name. That's my thoughts and how my MINI got its name.
Cheers,

 

Just to add fuel to the fire since there are so many "why name inanimate object?" posts....

Boats are no less inanimate than cars. Boats have names. ALL boats have names--I defy you to find me a boat without a name. Not only that but I just don't think that any serious, lifetime sailor would even consider getting onto a boat that didn't have a name (sailors? feedback?). Potentially superstition, potentially an understanding that everything--particularly inanimate things into which you regularly place the sanctity of your life--have a certain... spirit. A personality. It's a way of relating to the object that just may save your sorry @$$. Or, conversely, the object that may take it. That "responsibility", if you will, warrants a certain respect in my opinion.

Although, if you ain't down with it, that's cool too. Your car.

 

No name here, I refer to it as "The MINI" and so does my wife and daughter though my daughter likes to say the whole name "The MINI Cooper". I have never given a name to any of my cars. I call them by their model name. Yes, it is just a machine. I give it a lot of respect and it gives me a lot of smiles in return.

retroom

 

My MINI's name is Pooky Jr.

She's a 2003 MCS and she'll be home on June, Friday the 13th!

 

It is The MINI....no other name, never will be.

 

>>>>i didnt name mine but i sometimes give it a sex.. which changes depending on my mood.. my mini is androgenous
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>>You could name it "Pat"
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nah.......

 

My MINI is nameless (other than MINI), so far...
It would be fun if it had a name, but it hasn't found one it likes yet.
The last car that I had, that had a name, was a Volvo named Vernon. A friend hung that name on it, and it just stuck.
So, I'm just waiting for the right name to come along.

 

I've named my cars for almost 20 years now-when I met my husband I found out he named his also. I guess since we don't have a boat, we can name our cars!!! Louie is his name & he's proud of it
Lois