I'm sure you've seen the Knight Rider MINI ad, right?

 

BEEPERS.... because he's always beeping at others to get out of the way!

 

Mini Knievel:

 

My mini's name is Pepe (Pepe Le Pew) because he is of course black with white stripes and always chasing kitty cats (just kidding). He loves cats because none of my 12 cats ever climb on him and make footprints (good kitty kitty)

 

My friend Ann, who reads a lot of Jane Austen named my MINIs.

04 MCS: Willoughby (Pride and Prejudice?)
05 MCSC being built right now: Mr. Darcy (def. Pride and Prejudice)

She is English and I suppose she knows her names...

 

"WILLI" is an old family nickname. The last person who bore it was a modest, quiet guy with surprising abilities. It suits our corporate gray (dark silver), quiet-looking MCS with a hefty performance package under the bonnet.

 

My MINI is Bella Micia unless I am behind the wheel; then she becomes... Micia il Miniac!

I think we must be crazy for alliteration in my family, because we always come up with a name with the same first letter as its make or model.

Bel (which sometimes becomes Jezebel) for my brother's BMW M3
Fraulein Ford (or Roadhog Ranger) for my old truck
Mabel for my sister's C-class Mercedes

I love naming cars... I even went a step further and purchased personal license plates for Micia.

Did you end up calling him Gunner? He was a beaut!

 

I am a sci fi geek, one of my favorite TV shows being Babylon 5. Penn & Teller guest-starred on one episode, as the comedy team Rebo & Zooty. I've always thought Zooty was a cute name, and hearing it makes me feel kind of like I do when driving MINIs, so when it came to naming my own, Zooty was the only name I really considered. Even though mine is a "she" it still works!

 

Same color scheme!

-Pete

 

No actually I haven't

Liz

 

There's was only one name for my girl...

"Baby"

 

My 05 MCS dark grey is named... SHTINKY cause he goes like shtink.
(also a character from the Mutts comic)

never a question... he is a he.

 

My MINI will be named 'Miles' for Miles O'Brien, my last ferret who died just last year :(

He was born with Waardenburg syndrome, which gave him a wide forehead, wideset eyes and ears, white face with a stripe, and congenital deafness. I always smiled when I watched him sleep, or play, or come bounding toward me.
MINI's make me smile, too - and they kinda look like Miles did.

 

Its funny this topic popped up to the top today. I just posted on SSM that I finally named my MINI after 2 years of owning it. Its only the third car I have ever owned that has recieved a name.


I took the name from a book I read to my 11 y/o son for bedtime stories. The book and main characters name is Eragon. The name is defined in the book as meaning Dragon Rider.

While I have not attended a Dragon event yet. I plan on trying to enjoy the road late this summer or early fall if I can find a quiet weekend. I hope to be able to attend next year. I have to now look at the name I picked for my car!

Info about the book in case you want to read it before the movie comes out.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/eragon/

 

Looks like fate that I should follow Jims5543 in describing our MINI's name. The wife and I are both Opera fans (flame retardent suit on ) and my favorite is Wagner. In Wagner's Ring of the Niebelung is a character named Fafner. Fafner and his brother are the giants who build Valhalla for Wotan and the rest of the gods. And this car feels like a giant when I drive it.

But it gets better - to guard the mythical gold ring of the title, Fafner turns into - yep, a dragon. With those two things going for it I had to choose that name. We won't mention that the dragon is slain later on, but maybe that's a metaphor for a killer time to be had at next years Dragon...

A_Sr.

 

I've gone beyond naming my 02 MCS. Instead, I've given it a Title, It means that much to me. I got the idea from graffti on the side of a railroad car at work.

Here it is!!! My MINI's Title!!! Are you ready!!! Scroll down!
















.............................THE IRON MOUSE!!!!

 

My 05 CR/W MCS is now called "Red 5". Though I'm not finished with the wings yet (I have till next Wednesday night), I'll post a pic as an explanation:

Red 5 Front
Red 5 Back

 

Holy..... ****...... Don't worry I won't flame you.

 

My son just read that book, couldn't put it down.

 

Wow! I thought everyone had seen that - it was in magazines for a year or so, I think... I'll try to find a pic... Can somebody help me out if they've got it saved?

 

Thank you sooo much, I just came upon this thread searching for something else but the fact my MINI has not had a name for a while was buggung me and I too have JB/B MINI so I thought I'd read awhile, I though of calling her the Black Pearl a while ago but it was a mouthful so it didn't stick, now it just hit me I can name her the Black Pearl and call her "Pearl" for short! Thanks again! Savvy here

 

I have found your MINI's name at last.

 

 

Snoopy!

Zippy is it's nickname!


'06 AB/W MCS

 

My MINI's name is: Hermes

Here's the why...
Hermes, the herald of the Olympian gods, is the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, daughter of Atlas and one of the Pleiades. Hermes is the god of shepherds, land travel, merchants, weights and measures, oratory, literature, athletics and thieves, and known for his cunning and shrewdness. Most importantly, he is the messenger of the gods. Besides that he was also a minor patron of poetry. He was worshiped throughout Greece -- especially in Arcadia -- and festivals in his honor were called Hermoea. He was the herald (messenger of the gods). Hermes is usually depicted with a broad-brimmed hat or a winged cap, winged sandals. (Much like the MINI symbol) He was known for his swiftness and athletcism, Hermes was given credit for inventing foot-racing.

All similar attributes of my MINI Cooper S.