naming your car.

[GCA3N]

I personally have never done this but I see a few others have gone down this road.

So I guess the questions I want to ask are who has named their car and what is it and why.

[ianking]

Ive not done it as Im not a woman nor am I a homosexual. :moonie:

[GCA3N]

Ive not done it as Im not a woman nor am I a homosexual. :moonie:

Good point, I new there was a reason I had never done this before :lol:

Bet there a few that have though.

[Stewart]

Ive not done it as Im not a woman nor am I a homosexual. :moonie:

:smilewinkgrin:

Never named a car myself although “Baby Min” gets thrown about when I say I’m using my car by mostly my Sister who named her 10 plate Cooper Olivia due to the plate on it within five minutes of picking it up from the oxford garage. :argh:

[Big Gordy]

nor am I a homosexual. :moonie:

Prove it big boy :moonie: <--- what an appropriate smillie :p

[ianking]

and if you name it, when you trade it in or sell it on whats happens then? the car may be renamed and not know what on earth is happening.

[GCA3N]

Prove it big boy :moonie: <--- what an appropriate smillie :p

:laugh::laugh:


and if you name it, when you trade it in or sell it on whats happens then? the car may be renamed and not know what on earth is happening.

mmm good point again.;)

[Big Gordy]

and if you name it, when you trade it in or sell it on whats happens then? the car may be renamed and not know what on earth is happening.

Ohhh for goodness sake Ian:ragin: they don't know they've been named....sheesh....its obvious really as they don't have any ears :yawn: wait a minute....maybe they do have ears...is that not what we call their wing mirrors :p mmmmmmmm :popcorn:

[Craig]

You guys need more things to worry about in life !! :rolleyes: :lol:

[Fartin Martin]

Well I named mine..just beacuse all my cars have been named

Calvin was chosen by a mate for the reason Calvin Kleins, Calvin Harris and Calvin from Hollyoaks! :lol:

..there is a story behind it which I don't imagine many would find funny unless you knew me and my mate!..and its too rude to post and dont imagine many folk would appreciate it ha ha

[Delboy]

Greig, I realise that you must be very excited about collecting your new car tomorrow, and that you probably can't settle so are a bit bored and hyper at the same time. But you have now reached a new low in Crappy Thread Topics with this one :hand:.

And don't name your new car :frown:, please.

[Mon the fish]

I find 'The Mini' a perfectly acceptable name for mine.

[GCA3N]

Greig, I realise that you must be very excited about collecting your new car tomorrow, and that you probably can't settle so are a bit bored and hyper at the same time. But you have now reached a new low in Crappy Thread Topics with this one :hand:.

And don't name your new car :frown:, please.
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[Ferengo]

My wife named our Cooper "Alice".

[Sheilz]

Well my cars all have had names - James, Blossom, Daisy, Hamish, Humphrey, Specy and now Dougall - all because it just felt like the right name for them. But then I am female.

[Scottie]

I call all the cars we've owned the same name which is MY CAR.

[weefossy]

I don't think I'm gay but every car we have had has had a name.....and we put a graphic on the side to let everyone know. Current cars are "Daisy Too", "Bluebell", the "Old Man's Car and the "Dagenham Dustbin".
"Daisy Too" even has a nickname......"The beast"
Previous Minis have been, Daisy, Poppy, Marsha, Black Betty, Captain Scarlet, The Works Van, Heather (Lucky White Heather), Daisy Two and Bluebell
Sad, of course we are, :blush: but it's easier to describe.........
:confused: "Mom. where the hell are the keys for The Dustbin.......:laugh::laugh:

[GCA3N]

I don't think I'm gay but every car we have had has had a name.....and we put a graphic on the side to let everyone know. Current cars are "Daisy Too", "Bluebell", the "Old Man's Car and the "Dagenham Dustbin".
"Daisy Too" even has a nickname......"The beast"
Previous Minis have been, Daisy, Poppy, Marsha, Black Betty, Captain Scarlet, The Works Van, Heather (Lucky White Heather), Daisy Two and Bluebell
Sad, of course we are, :blush: but it's easier to describe.........
:confused: "Mom. where the hell are the keys for The Dustbin.......:laugh::laugh:

Quite right Malcolm:thumbs up:

[N16SHP]

Well mine is called Roxy. The wife named it. I wanted to call it Stella, as in the new Italian Job, Stella drove the red one, but she decided that wasn't cool. I never normally name cars, but for some strange reason, it has stuck with this one! Possibly works purely because no two mini's are alike, and as such, take on a bit of a personality!

**oh hang on, in standing on something, must be the gay card I dropped**:rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Fairy]

The guy I bought my GP from said he was called "Gerry the GP"

[GCA3N]

Well mine is called Roxy. The wife named it. I wanted to call it Stella, as in the new Italian Job, Stella drove the red one, but she decided that wasn't cool. I never normally name cars, but for some strange reason, it has stuck with this one! Possibly works purely because no two mini's are alike, and as such, take on a bit of a personality!

**oh hang on, in standing on something, must be the gay card I dropped**:rolleyes::rolleyes:

:lol: but i'm the only gay in the village :laugh:


The guy I bought my GP from said he was called "Gerry the GP"

and do you call it that too?

[Flash_Amber]

I am embarrased to say that my Cooper is named "Alice". Her Mini badge on the back says Alice instead of Mini. (I hide my head in shame) :Whistle:

[GCA3N]

I am embarrased to say that my Cooper is named "Alice". Her Mini badge on the back says Alice instead of Mini. (I hide my head in shame) :Whistle:
:frown::frown:;):lol:

[ELFMAN]

Ive not done it as Im not a woman nor am I a homosexual. :moonie:

Just proves you should never believe what you read in the tabloids.....

ALL my Mini/MINIs have simply been 'MIN'. Spike Milligan had a succession of Classic Minis and he called them 'Min 1', 'Min 2' etc. What was good enough for Spike is good enough for me!

[Flash_Amber]

My classic mini is called 'Mabel', she just looks like a Mabel! :smilewinkgrin:

[C.Noble]

I dont give road cars any names... well on occasion they have been called "you vicious b*st*rd!" Basil Fawlty style if they have refused to start!

I have always named everyone of MY race cars I have ever worked on, and all bar one has been named after attractive famous women for some reason or other...

Caroline (my stock car, named after Caroline Corr)

MINIs currently racing;

Andrea (named after Andrea Corr)

Sharon (WeeFee Wallace, and ex Dryden car, named after Sharon Corr)

...ran out of Corrs!

Mariah (ex Kenny Thirlwall car, named after Mariah Carey)

Kelly (A black, pretty looking car, now David Sleighs car, named after Kelly Rowland)

Sheryl (named after Sheryl Crow)

Keira (Chris Pearsons old car, named after Keira Knightly... it was an English championship car, and Keira was about the most english bird i could think of!!)

Nicole (ex Alan "Woohoo" Waugh car, currently a 280kg coffee table... named after Nicole Sherzinger/Kidman... never could make up my mind on that one!)

Charlize (H.Brandons current car, so named because I went to see the beautiful Charlize Theron in the Italian Job last year at AndyPs while building her!)

Anna (Alan Waughs "stand in" car built from a rolling shell... named after Anna Kournikova.... like the real deal, we dont really care what she can or cant do, we were only interested in her body!)

Alicia (Alans new car, named after Alicia Keys, because she looks the prettiest where it matters!)

Michelle (Knoxies R56 JCW car, named after Michelle Rodriguez.... cause she is good looking, in a raw kind of way, but was a total bitch and fought with me the whole way to get her finished off and loves to draw blood while you work on her.... I can see her mowing down zombies if she got the chance!)

Hayley (Chris Smileys car, named after Hayley Williams of Paramore... can I get a "Mmmmmm... Hayley from all the guys in the room?)

Other formulas

Leona (Kenny Thirlwalls Van Dieman Formula Ford, named after Leona Lewis, because from humble beginnings, its a cortina engine FFS! a impressive star is born!)

Pam (an old March F2 i used to look after, after Pam Anderson... the car did have some nice curves!)

The exception to the rule.... The P34 six wheeled tyrrell was so weird she had to get a weird name... so she was called "The six legged squirrel"

[korky]

I blush to admit that my cars get names. The current one is called "Daisy". Which is what happens when you let a five-year-old choose. My last Cooper was called "Henry", after the boxer. Possibly a mistake, as it's bonnet was mashed by a falling chimney a month after I got it. A couple of years on and some black ice resulted in a badly mashed front end. Nicely fixed, though, and cured the persistent rattles in the dash it had had from new!!

[Duncan Stewart]

All my Minis have had names because Helen has named them :smilewinkgrin:
My classic is "Tig" short for Tigger because he bounces so much
My S is "Zippy"

Previous Coopers have been "Stu", "Bob", "OJ"

[GCA3N]

All my Minis have had names because Helen has named them :smilewinkgrin:
My classic is "Tig" short for Tigger because he bounces so much
My S is "Zippy"

Previous Coopers have been "Stu", "Bob", "OJ"


Nice one:D

[weefossy]

Think "Bob" is a great name......makes me think of Blackadder, which probably fits your sense of humour Duncan?

[ELFMAN]

My S is "Zippy"

I think you can get ointment for that, Duncan!