# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2041 "2025-11-16T20:21:42Z")
Class of 25, 26, 27 is 3 years. Easy enough at least in my era to have knocked off a bunch of your general ed prereqs in a year at junior college then transfer to the big school for 3 full years and you graduate. I understand that nowadays at many schools it’s nearly impossible to graduate with a “4 year” degree in less than 5 or 6 years due to crowding. You could do the work in 4 years if you could get into all the classes on time. But you can’t get into all the classes you need in the semesters you need them, so they slide to next semester. Eventually after 5 or 6 diligent years you can graduate. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2042 "2025-11-17T22:40:58Z")
Saw a fun one today. Generic ragged family van / beachmobile. The plate background was one of the ocean / eco wildlife / fishing booster plates. It read **FINS2RT**. Doubtless a Buffet fan. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2043 "2025-11-18T00:00:05Z")
Yes that is possible, I just thought it odd that one was in the Future. Of course usually when the kid is the University there is the Proud parent of a \< insert university + mascot here \>, and the bumper sticker was only the stylized V of the Cavaliers But maybe like the **ENGN33R** I am overthinking it. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2044 "2025-11-18T00:12:43Z")
Saw one tonight that I’d seen around before but had failed to post. Memory is like that. It was dark so sorta hard to tell, but a nice late model SUV; maybe an ID.4? Standard FL plate reads **DOM**. The windows were tinted so I couldn’t tell if the driver was some old dude named Dominic, or a woman who earns her living with a leather outfit, spiky boots, and a whip. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2045 "2025-11-18T00:39:31Z")
Saw **SLVRBK 8** this morning when the driver ran a red light in front of me. Are gorillas color-blind and can’t tell the difference between a red and greed light? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2046 "2025-11-18T01:03:44Z")
Their color vision is fine. But they are blinded by a greed for timesaving. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2047 "2025-11-18T08:42:02Z")
Pretty good haul today. **SKI BUM** It was a stamped plate so at least 20 years old. **ZIKIS** I’m guessing name-related. **PRO GUYS** Nothing on the car to indicate what they were good at. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2048 "2025-11-18T11:25:25Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > **PRO GUYS** Nothing on the car to indicate what they were good at. Maybe they’re just really in favor of men? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2049 "2025-11-18T14:55:02Z")
I saw BNDCOT this morning. I don’t know what they driver intended, but I read it as [Crash] Bandicoot. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Crash_Bandicoot_Cover.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Crash_Bandicoot_Cover.png) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2050 "2025-11-18T17:05:08Z")
Scored three (well, two and a half) on my morning peregrination: - A California plate with **NIKITHA**. A pretty name. - A Ford Expedition I spotted while we were both waiting at a traffic light and they were a little far away at a bad angle for me to read accurately. It looked like it said **ASS BDY**. I was figuring it belonged to some totally hot yoga instructor babe quite proud of her configuration. Once the light changed I was able to jockey for a better view. It was an ordinary series plate: **AS5 8DY**. The 40-something guy driving it was no athlete of any kind. Might be world class at 12oz curls though. Color me soo disappointed. 😁 - Best for last: A **[Ferrari Roma - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Roma)** with **HERRARI**. Very elegant. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2051 "2025-11-18T17:48:06Z")
Maybe he got one too? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2052 "2025-11-18T18:12:58Z")
Not out of the question around here. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2053 "2025-11-19T06:19:40Z")
On the way home tonight I saw **MAUI4LV**. Maui for love? Also, **D POP**. I am assuming that’s “The Pop”, as in dad, but it made me wonder if D-Pop was a type of music, like how K-Pop is Korean Pop music. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2054 "2025-11-19T11:28:52Z")
Last night I saw **PTNGOMA**. Putting Grandma? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2055 "2025-11-19T13:16:23Z")
I’m reading it as pitting. He’s still angry she didn’t make schnitzel for his birthday last year. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2056 "2025-11-19T13:20:11Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > **AXIS-3** - maybe some sort of 3D tech worker? Yesterday I saw **AXIS-4** , I wonder if that’s the same family or someone unrelated. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2057 "2025-11-19T21:32:00Z")
Good haul last night and so far today. - **MR⎵⎵NSA** on a snazzy Audi sedan. If he’s a spy, he’s got an interesting take on camouflage. Maybe he’s Mister No Strings Attached; all about love 'em and leave 'em or FBW-only. - **JSPADA4**. Jay Espada? Or J for José or Jesus or Jamie or … - **OVRSTKR** on a pickup truck. Overstocker, as in somebody who deals in odd lots & closeouts? Oversticker as in he’s proud to have overpaid for his truck? Or maybe he’s proud of being a car salesman so good he routinely gets people to buy for over sticker? - **CUBA⎵GAL** drives a nice X3. - **HAHAGAZ** on a Tesla Model Y - **OBRIANS** on a gussied up Jeep. - **TAURUS** on a SUV. Not on a Taurus. When was the last time any of us _saw_ a Taurus? - **LUV⎵LAFS** - **OD**. A doctor of optometry perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2058 "2025-11-19T22:19:40Z")
Spiffy little lime green VW beetle, zipping along on Lincoln, Nebraska city streets: **WWJ DRYV**. I gave them a **👍🏻** when I passed them. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2059 "2025-11-20T00:38:11Z")
Today I saw **MSASS**. “Ms. Ass”? I’m surprised the DMV let that one through. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2060 "2025-11-20T02:40:05Z")
We know Jesus owned and operated a Plymouth, because he drove the money changers out of the temple in a Fury (Matthew 21). It’s believed he also drove a Honda, as did his dad, though Jesus preferred not to call attention to his own vehicle in this case: “For I speak not of my own Accord, but of my father’s” (John 12). I wasn’t aware that he had a VW bug too. Maybe just for Sundays! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=104)