What did you name your Mini and why that name?

Discussion in 'Cooper SE' started by Kirk McFarland, Jun 24, 2021.

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  1. Yes I have bin mis-spelling MINI. I apologized for the confusion. Thank you all for catching my mistake. But I may have ordered a vanity plate from the state of Pennsylvania. MIMI ME look for me on the roads.
     
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  3. Puppethead

    Puppethead Well-Known Member

    Mine is "Météore" (the French spelling of "meteor"), basically a fast fireball in the sky. Since my SE is Chili Red I thought it was a good choice. The name came to me from the second volume (The Confusion) of a series of books called The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, taking place in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Météore was the name of the really fast yacht used by one of the main characters, basically operating as a corsair (Mediterranean pirate).
     
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  4. Novadar

    Novadar Active Member

    I feel like I just received a gratis cultural lesson!
     
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  5. Novadar

    Novadar Active Member

    It's all good Kirk. I think your Mini's name is really cool - 'Q E Moto'
     
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  6. I named my MINI Interim. Since I cancelled my SE due to chip shortage I purchased a 2019 model, 13,000 miles on her, to use until I could get the car of my dreams. At least I can still have fun! I love my MINI! But I'll love my SE more. At least this one has the stereo I wanted :)
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  8. Lainey

    Lainey Well-Known Member

    Honestly I would have kept my F55S as long as I could have if I had to wait for the perfect SE too. I don't blame you for waiting. Enjoy Interim until your dream car can come! Minis are the most fun to drive!!!
     
  9. I know this thread is about naming cars, but have to tell you that my sister-in-law has named her kids after cars... Her oldset son is named Morris, then a daughter named Wilma Mercedes and then twins named Märta Mini and Aston Martin. ;)
     
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  10. insightman

    insightman Well-Known Member Subscriber

    LOL! Thanks for sharing.
     
  11. When I receive delivery in September, I will call her Cersei, like the character in the Game of Thrones.

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  13. Novadar

    Novadar Active Member

    I like your optimism. My pessimism is starting to eat at my brain.
     
  14. wessy

    wessy Active Member

    (I picked up my ‘22 SE only a few days ago, so I just shared the following info in the Delivery Stories thread before learning of this one…)

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    I named mine Miles because I wanted to give him a classic British name, and I especially love the way it ironically pokes fun at the SE’s famously limited range. ;)

    The various meanings associated with the name Miles — dear, pleasant, gracious, merciful, soldier, servant — don’t hurt, either. Neither do its German origins, similar to a particular car of our acquaintance.

    And while it didn’t factor into my naming decision, bonus points for this fun fact: The first album to come out of the so-called “electric period” of jazz great Miles Davis, probably one of the best-known historical figures to ever bear the name, was titled “In a Silent Way.” :cool:
     
  15. DisgruntledSanta

    DisgruntledSanta Active Member

    My wife and I named our Mini Vanessa, because she is light on her feet and playful, but mainly as an inside joke from a song (Family Force 5’s Rip It Up (the pragmatic remix), , listen to the end).


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  16. Introducing…

    Mike Wazowski

    Because the little green monster is powered by smiles and laughter having given up on the screams of terror because everyone knows joyful laughs are a renewable resource.
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  17. F14Scott

    F14Scott Well-Known Member

    Apropos to nothing, but a fun fact nevertheless, I had a pilot buddy from New Jersey who called one of his girlfriends "Vanessa the Undressa."
     
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  18. Martha

    Martha Member

    I have had mine for 3 weeks and we have all gravitated to SPARKY! We have yet to decide if it is a she or he lol sometimes I call say him or it ends up going to her... who knows lol
     
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  19. I haven’t named mine yet, argh. Whatever it is it will need to match the British male voice I use for Siri/car play
     
  20. Tommm

    Tommm Well-Known Member

    Since the car is so hard to find in a parking lot, Itold my wife what I thought we should call it, to keep harmony, I settled for the time being with Deloroes. Ruth wouldnt have worked.
     
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  21. Sully151

    Sully151 Member

    Well, I am pretty sure we are going with Greta.

    We are going to get a license plate frame, though, that says The Electric Mayhem.
     
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  22. insightman

    insightman Well-Known Member Subscriber

    That sounds cool--unless a mean traffic cop takes note of it. When I was much younger I was caught speeding in town on my Honda 125 "motorcycle" while wearing a "Where's the Fire?" T-shirt. The traffic cop laughed at the shirt and let me off with a warning.

    I had this frame made for my ELEKTRO license plate. I wanted a thin-bordered frame so I had to accept tiny characters. Also, the overhang of the hatch handle obscures the top of the frame unless one leans down to inspect it. So no one notices my frame unless I call attention to it and it's virtually unreadable by someone in the car behind me.

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  23. Love the frame @insightman, pretty cool!
     
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