# 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:** 114
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2261 "2026-01-12T22:09:18Z")
When Tax time comes around I don’t think I will ask **CPA␣RET** for advice as their information about Tax law is likely out of date by now. And I am definitively going to try to switch lanes if end up behind **SLW␣PKE** especially if I need to be somewhere on time. Also, I do not believe that I saw a **BOLT3ON** since it was in the parking lot with no one was sitting inside it and not being charged, though maybe Chevy Bolts are always on? `//i\\` ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2262 "2026-01-13T05:53:15Z")
On an Equinox with various Marine insignia and stickers, including the plate: **MCCWO2** [Pretty obvious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)#Marine_Corps). ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2263 "2026-01-13T12:33:03Z")
I saw a SUV yesterday with a long narrow “United States Marine Corps” sticker across the rear window, one of the ~5" circular USMC seal stickers in the upper right, a raised embossed USMC seal on the trailer hitch receiver dummy, a license plate frame that read 'The Few The Proud The Marines" across the top and “Marine Corps” across the bottom. And they had the 5-character USMC booster license plate. They forgot just one thing. It was a plain series plate, not something personal to their service. 🤦‍♂️ Evidently the change is _really_ forever in some people. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2264 "2026-01-13T16:13:35Z")
**SPRAYIN** and a bumper sticker that talked about chemtrails without using the word chemtrails. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2265 "2026-01-13T18:03:37Z")
Saw two this morning - **LUVTENIS** on a WV plate on a generic car. If they were my neighbor it’d be good juvenile fun to “customize” that letter T and see how long it took them to notice. - **SEA⎵SELS** on a Porsche Cayenne. Could be “sea shells”. Could be “I’m a beachfront property real estate agent”. Could be ??? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2266 "2026-01-13T18:20:43Z")
This morning I saw **NO BRED** on a Toyota 86. Not sure what “bred” is referring to in this context. Maybe the owner is simply out of bread. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2267 "2026-01-13T19:13:21Z")
I posted too soon. On the drive home I scored 3 more - **WORK • 33** on a Connecticutt Plate - **MARTI⎵5** on a standard FL plate - **MFC⎵⎵RX** on a standard FL plate ---
**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:** [January 13, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2268 "2026-01-13T22:29:59Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Maybe the owner is simply out of bread. Or childless. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2269 "2026-01-13T23:25:55Z")
SING JAZ was on a fairly nondescript Accord. I didn’t get a good look at the driver. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2270 "2026-01-14T04:34:57Z")
For the continuing series of EV related plates… a black Tesla sedan with yellow on black California plates: **EWWYGAS** ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2271 "2026-01-14T17:55:50Z")
Quoting myself from upthread and 15 months ago > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today I saw a Mini Cooper S with the cute but notso original plate of **MINII ME**. Presumably the version with **MINI** was already taken. I saw it again this morning. But now there was a large crease in the rear bumper where they’d backed into something or someone had gently bumped into them. And there was a large bumper sticker over the damage that was printed to resemble a Band-Aid. **[Amazon.com : bandaid for car dent](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bandaid+for+car+dent)**. Cute. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2272 "2026-01-14T18:18:26Z")
Aside: interesting that not a single one of those pictures of the seller’s bandaid on a car in any of the first couple pages of results looks real. They couldn’t be bothered to go outside, stick one of their bandaids on a real car, damaged or not, and take a pic of that. Or fake that with AI, even easier these days. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2273 "2026-01-14T20:04:00Z")
It’s worse than that. I found a couple of those where the images of the bandages on the car makes them appear to be 16-24" long and 4-6" wide. But the actual product description includes the fact the bandages are ~1-1/4" x 3-1/2". Sounds like a recipe for a ~100% return rate. Some of them are actually large, about the size they appear to be on the badly Photoshopped image of them attached to a car. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2274 "2026-01-15T01:00:25Z")
Saw **JOY1997** on the way into work this morning. I’ve had a bit of a dry spell for custom plates even though I have been dragging myself into the office. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2275 "2026-01-15T15:49:40Z")
Saw a sorta clever meta plate today. It was the Florida state commemorative plate which features the state flag in the middle. The plate said **FL⎵⎵TAG**. Let’s hear it for truth in labeling. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2276 "2026-01-15T18:13:50Z")
On a white Hyundai sedan with California plates: **BRUJAXO** A hug and a kiss for someone’s favorite witch? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2277 "2026-01-17T19:17:09Z")
Today I saw **THE SELL** on a minivan. I assume it belongs to a salesman. And **7HL RNCH** on a pickup. Something ranch, not sure what 7HL means. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2278 "2026-01-17T19:21:52Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And **7HL RNCH** on a pickup. Something ranch, not sure what 7HL means. Seven Hill(s)? Seventh Hell? 😉 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2279 "2026-01-17T19:27:12Z")
Seven Hole? Perhaps the name of their ranch? I found 3 the other day: - **DUNNWORKN** on a NY plate. I didn’t know they had 8-character plates. But they do. - **ILNDIVR** on a ragged family wagon. “Island diver” as in scuba I think. - **ROCKERS** on a jeep w a bunch of off-road mods. It didn’t have nearly the damage a real rock climber would have, so probably more aspirational than experienced. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2280 "2026-01-17T19:32:43Z")
There was a “Seven Hills Ranch” which was an undeveloped area in Walnut Creek CA. Not too far from @WildaBeast. Anyhow, it’s recently and controversially been bulldozed to build more condos. Might be related. > **[Save Seven Hills Ranch](https://savesevenhillsranch.org/)** > > Save Seven Hills Ranch is a grassroots group proposing SENSIBLE, not supersized, development next to Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, CA. Join us in asking Contra Costa County to deny approval for the construction of a massive 450+ unit compound of... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=115)