MY car that I drive regularly right now is an 06 MINI S, which is also red and black. She's called "Pristine" even though she is not that right now (she's in dire need of a bath). LOL It's actually a take on "Christine" but she's not mean like "her." It's a weird naming convention after my dogs, Precious and Princess (go figure...see the correlation. hehehe!). I'll post a pic of them later when I find a good one. BUT our new baby, the Smart that's on it's way right this very minute, will be called "Seven of Nine." Any Trekkies on this list will know what I'm talking about. :-) "She" will be 'assimilated into our collective' sometime around the first week of January, we are hoping.
Chief, I have heard all about your comparisons over the past few months...He reads them too me all the time. :-)