# 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:** 134
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2661 "2026-03-17T01:25:50Z")
Seen today, on a black Volkswagen sedan, **BLACK JD** I thought at first that it was BLACK J0, which didn’t make sense, unless J0 is a Volkswagen model? Closer up I saw the D, and when I saw the driver, it was a Black woman, old enough to have her JD Degree. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2662 "2026-03-17T16:09:41Z")
**MET​❤MET** on a Subaru Outback. It had a “Retired US Marine Corps” frame, not sure if that’s related somehow. **49ERBOI** on a Hyundai Elantra. Just in case it wasn’t self explanatory, there was a 49ers insignia on the trunk lid. **KAREBUR** on a Kia crossover. “Care Bear”, I presume. Maybe the driver’s name is Karen or something similar, and her nickname is Kare Bear. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2663 "2026-03-17T18:46:23Z")
DUNEDAN on a license plate, with a “not all who wander” frame, if there’s any question about what is meant. I guess Aragorn’s new horse is a blue Tesla. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2664 "2026-03-17T18:58:52Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **49ERBOI** on a Hyundai Elantra. Just in case it wasn’t self explanatory, there was a 49ers insignia on the trunk lid. Although this plate definitely about the football team given the logo on the trunk, I just realized a “49er Boy” could also be something like the great-great-grandson of someone who came here during the Gold Rush. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2665 "2026-03-17T19:20:54Z")
**10S LIFE** Must love the game ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2666 "2026-03-17T22:45:19Z")
**8 CYLDRS** on a white Mustang 5.0 GT ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2667 "2026-03-17T22:55:17Z")
MIMI\_B and QUEEN\_AT on unremarkable cars ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2668 "2026-03-17T22:55:55Z")
One my wife and I saw today, and neither of us can make anything of it. On an otherwise nondescript SUV, **T8W8T**. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2669 "2026-03-17T23:26:57Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **10S LIFE** > > Must love the game Or else they live their life in a tense state. > [@Topologist](#): > > neither of us can make anything of it. On an otherwise nondescript SUV, **T8W8T**. Tate, wait? I don’t know what they would mean by that, though. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2670 "2026-03-17T23:27:21Z")
**MY GOD** oddly enough on a standard issue plate instead of In _God We Trust_ or _Live the Golden Rule_. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2671 "2026-03-17T23:37:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > MY GOD You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may ask yourself “My God, what have I done?” …And now that I see those two lines juxtaposed that sounds kind of morbid. That’s really not a question you want to be asking yourself when you’re behind the wheel of an automobile. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2672 "2026-03-17T23:41:57Z")
Two today. One obvious; one obscure - at least to me and to Google. - **KRYPTOS** on a FL standard plate on a dolled-up Mercedes convertible sports car. Decent bet Bitcoin or similar paid off for him. Ka-ching! - **TLINH⎵9X** on a FL state parks booster plate on a well-worn Honda CR-V small SUV/wagon. 9X is probably “9 times”. NH might be New Hampshire, and they TLI-ed 9 times there. But what is TLI? Trans-lunar injection? Only a couple dozen-ish astronauts have done a TLI, and none more than once. Or maybe NH isn’t new Hampshire and TLINH is meant to be read a whole different way?!? Color me baffled. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2673 "2026-03-17T23:47:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **TLINH⎵9X** on a FL state parks booster plate on a well-worn Honda CR-V small SUV/wagon. 9X is probably “9 times”. NH might be New Hampshire, and they TLI-ed 9 times there. But what is TLI? Trans-lunar injection? Only a couple dozen-ish astronauts have done a TLI, and none more than once. Or maybe NH isn’t new Hampshire and TLINH is meant to be read a whole different way?!? Color me baffled. Maybe “to live in NH”? Not sure what the 9x would be though. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2674 "2026-03-18T10:01:35Z")
**MYESHUA** on a plate that had a frame that said, EMANUEL, and COME, LORD JESUS! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2675 "2026-03-18T12:59:30Z")
On a NY Yankees plate, **REMUS**. Googled it and I see a company called Remus Bourbon released a limited edition Babe Ruth Reserve Bourbon last year. Or maybe it’s a Roman Mythology buff, or a Harry Potter Remus Lupin fan. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2676 "2026-03-18T16:20:58Z")
**BOBCMDR** on a Jeep SUV, I assume a Commander. And it’s owner’s name is probably Bob. **HPPYHNT** on a Prius. Happy Hunting [Ground] is my guess, and I will guess the owner is probably Native American. **MERCI03** on a Fiat 500. A French word on an Italian car? (Of course, you can’t buy a French car in the US). **❤TIMI 3** on a BMW M4. The owner loves Timmy? And so do at least three other people, apparently. **JODH 5** on a Toyota Sienna minivan in the parking lot at work. Not sure what that one means. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2677 "2026-03-18T16:56:37Z")
PACKRAT on a well-maintained late model Ford Ranger. I’ll take his word for it. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2678 "2026-03-18T20:54:28Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **HPPYHNT** on a Prius. Happy Hunting [Ground] is my guess, and I will guess the owner is probably Native American. I would not think of adding ground to that, happy hunting is a common enough phrase without the ground part. A lot of people like to hunt. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > **MERCI03** on a Fiat 500. A French word on an Italian car? (Of course, you can’t buy a French car in the US). Well kind of true, Renault has large stake in Nissan and Nissan cars are sold in the US so…but I digress, MERCIO could be also a last name (there is apparently at least one football/soccer player with that surname), although not a necessarily common one. Without a space or a dash, I would automatically think it was Mercio rather than Merci + some letters/numbers. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2679 "2026-03-18T23:27:11Z")
**NOT EBYK** on a wagon with a bicycle on a back rack. On the Stanford University campus. I’m pretty sure it was not an e-bike. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2680 "2026-03-18T23:54:35Z")
**RU REDI** with a license plate border that said something about the Rapture and a bunch of churchy bumper stickers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=135)