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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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Got New Plates - Photo



I got tired of the old plates "EX BMC" because nobody knew what it meant. Some people thought it meant “ex battalion military commander “ or something about the Marines. Other people thought it meant that the ex-wife got the big car. It actually meant that the car is no longer part of the British Motor Corporation. It went with the “B4 BMW” plates that were on my old classic. Anyway, I got rid of them and got my new plates today.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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Nice, I thought of maybe doing BMINIW
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:23 PM
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Very cool, Rick!!! I like it a lot!

And mdsbrain, BMINIW is clever, too!


Clover
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MINIclo
Very cool, Rick!!! I like it a lot!

And mdsbrain, BMINIW is clever, too!


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Yah, now to find a spare $50 laying around to pay for the 2 years worth of vanity tags
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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Nice
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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SINMINI?

S-IN-MINI

SIN-MINI

S-I-N-MINI


I need something easier like

S MINI
or
MINI S
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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I actually wanted "SINAMIN" but it was taken.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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Got mine a couple of months ago:

 
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MrV
Got mine a couple of months ago:


Now that is a cool plate!!!
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 06:07 AM
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Rick- The new plate is good but I loved your EX BMC and B4 BMW pair. And the cool thing was, it REQUIRED some knowledge to understand it.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 06:34 AM
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I sort of got the Ex-BMC plate, but I thought it was referring to you, not the car! (As in, never again will I buy a...)

I wonder if anyone has taken this one yet, inspired by the "actual size" decals:



I thought long and hard about it, but decided not to. If the cops made me take the blue dots off, I'd have a really dumb looking plate!

There's a red CINAMINI here in my home town. I'll bet it's an 02 and they jumped on that plate quick!

SINMINI sounds to me like "SIN" (which is good, IMO). Tillie can be a naughty little car at times, too!
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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My uncle told me to get CINAMNI, but i want the whole word! I saw LEMINI and BANANI... i want lemini. I think that's the cutest plate ever.

I already know what i'm getting, whenever i get it. I changed my plates once every 2 months on my miata... it's time to take a break and stick with plainies. When i get vanities, that's when the cops come back and try to get me for being out after curfew :( Happened with every car BUT the mini! yayyy!!! I can't believe how much attention personalized plates get you.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 08:06 AM
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Here's mine....



 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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Here's mine:



It's especially true in Texas, the land of pickups and full-size SUVs.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by savage65
Here's mine....



That should be in the "MINI as stress relief" thread!
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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“The Durango 95 purred away real horrorshow: a nice warm vibratey feeling all through

We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it having been an evening of small energy expenditure, O my brothers. So we got rid of the auto and stopped off at the old Korova for a nightcap.

Top ten of all time, IMHO.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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I'm still thinking about :



KISMYS (it's available here in mass.)
 
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by nightbirdflyin
We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it having been an evening of small energy expenditure, O my brothers. So we got rid of the auto and stopped off at the old Korova for a nightcap.

Top ten of all time, IMHO.
Can't go wrong with pidgin Russian and English mixed.
"They were all over me with their krivye ruki. It was like I was drowning in a sea of old.."

Mezhdu prochim (BTW), krivye ruki are "gnarled hands"

Za zdorov'e,
Matvej
 
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