# 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:** 138
**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 24, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2741 "2026-03-24T14:04:22Z")
8 and 9 are the letters H and I in the alphabet. Does ZHHIHHZ look familiar to anyone? Thanks for the EGA decode. I sure recognize the USMC symbol / badge, etc. I just didn’t know what the proper term or slang name was for it. I have just three for the last couple of days: - **GABY⎵GEO** on a FL standard plate on a new-ish Audi sports car. I guess driver George is one of those non-stop talkers. - **KICKR** on an Indiana standard plate on a SUV with no other distinguishing signs. Probably play(ed) Football or _Fútbal_. Might stand for “sh\*tkicker”, but I’d expect that more on a TX or OK plate. - **ASONG4J** on a FL standard plate on a family wagon with no other distinguishing signs. Why J is getting a song, and which song it is is a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2742 "2026-03-24T14:45:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Probably play(ed) Football or _Fútbal_. I think you mean Fútbol unless you had some other sport in mind… `//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:** [March 24, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2743 "2026-03-24T14:56:35Z")
D’oh! 🤦‍♂️ Thank you. I do know the difference. My fingers apparently don’t. Yeah, that’s it: blame them not me. 🤪 ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2744 "2026-03-24T15:01:08Z")
**GUJRALS** on my gym trainer’s car. I’ll have to ask him. He’s from Puerto Rico so maybe it means something there. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2745 "2026-03-24T17:03:02Z")
PAXOS. Peace? > [@Bullitt](#): > > **GUJRALS** on my gym trainer’s car. I’ll have to ask him. He’s from Puerto Rico so maybe it means something there. It was not his car. It looked like it. Maybe it’s an Indian name. ---
**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 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2746 "2026-03-24T17:56:14Z")
\*\* EH GAS\*\* on a Tesla. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2747 "2026-03-25T01:02:18Z")
**GTURISMO** on a Harley-Davidson Ford pickup truck. I assume the video game, which I haven’t played. Does it have pickup trucks available? The truck and I turned in different directions soon after I spotted it, so I didn’t see if he drove like he was in a video game. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2748 "2026-03-25T01:09:02Z")
Saw a comely young lass driving a Ford Ranger 250 with the plate **COWPATY**. ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2749 "2026-03-25T01:45:06Z")
Scored 5 today / tonight - **ILONKA** on a FL standard plate on a newish BMW 740i. “I’m named Lonka?” - **SEA⎵THN** on a FL standard plate on a pickup near the beach with boating gear sticking out of the bed. I’m thinking “Sea thing” which may be their boat’s name, or a comment that they’ve got a thing for the sea. - **MA⎵STAFF** on a FL standard plate on a blacked out Mercedes sedan with a flat black wrap. Gave off a wealthy gangster vibe which was surely the point. I guess they have their staff take care of their problems. I wonder if his name is Saul? - **BURYZ** on a FL 5-character marine mammal booster plate on a convertible Mercedes coupe. A mortician or funeral director? I’m reminded of the long gone cookie manufacturer **[Burry’s - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burry's)**. Probably not a reference to that. - **SOX⎵4⎵7** on a (I think) Illinois plate on an SUV. I only got a quick look at the plate background. I know the plate was not Massachusetts; they have a distinctive font for their plates. It might have been a different New England-ish state. In any case, I’m sure of the plate’s text and spacing. Probably a reference to the Boston Red Sox or the Chicago White Sox. But if so it’s too obscure of a reference for me to fully decode. There was one more I saw, but my brain was already full of the two I’d just seen before I’d had time to write them down, so that one is lost. Sigh. So many plates; so few brain cells. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2750 "2026-03-25T02:05:02Z")
**JEWELS4**. Must be another name, Jewel. I SMH at all the names on plates (because I’d never do it). ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2751 "2026-03-25T16:20:33Z")
On this morning’s commute: **NIKHIL3** on a BMW SUV of some sort. My only guess is maybe the owner’s name is Nick Hill. Possibly Nick Hill III. Or an alternate spelling of “nickel”? **KIMMY1** on an F150. Should be self explanatory. **7 PBX** on a Tesla in the parking lot at work. So PBX would be business’s phone network, but I don’t know what the 7 would mean. Given that I’m in NorCal maybe the owner used to work for Cisco designing the things. **RFMSTER** also on a Tesla in the parking lot at work. Radio frequency (RF) master. They used to design antennas at this facility, and still do work with RF signals. There was also a Stanford alumni frame, so it’s also possible the owner did their master’s thesis on something RF related. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2752 "2026-03-25T16:56:22Z")
Saw this morning: **MINDIMO** Mind, In My Opinon? ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2753 "2026-03-25T17:27:00Z")
A woman named Mindi (Mindy derived from Melinda) from Missouri? Or someone who uses “Mindimo” as a cute nickname. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2754 "2026-03-25T20:03:54Z")
**ZEDSDED** Yes, he is. ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2755 "2026-03-25T23:53:55Z")
Scored two this evening: - **AIDA⎵MIA** on a FL 9/11 commemorative flag-waving plate on a Volvo SUV. Maybe the plate is a gift from hubby to his wife Aida? - **MY⎵XC90** on a FL standard plate on a Honda Pilot big SUV. Apparently the Volvo XC90 is a direct competitor to the Pilot and this owner chose the practical over the cachet. But wanted to reverse-snob brag about it. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2756 "2026-03-26T05:09:30Z")
**ELK 86** on a Toyota 86. The 86 is obvious, but ELK? Is that the animal? The owner’s initials? They live in Elk Grove (a nearby suburb)? Some other reference I don’t get? I saw another one tonight, but sadly that one’s lost from my memory banks now. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2757 "2026-03-26T12:04:43Z")
Lincoln Navigator (full sized SUV) with **PUPLIMO**. I wanted to see the puppies but no such luck. ---
**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 26, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2758 "2026-03-26T12:14:26Z")
Yesterday: **DUM SUM**. Not DIM SUM but DUM SUM. Perhaps a play on their initials? **N POWERED** **ZXW COOL** **MAGIGAL**. Cute one. **TEAM TA** **TIA YOYO**. She may be a crazy aunt. **CRIS RV** on a Honda CR-V. Clever. **NVACT94** ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2759 "2026-03-26T15:50:42Z")
**ALLEN JR** on a Corolla. Another boring, obvious one. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2760 "2026-03-26T17:50:38Z")
Two so far today: - **FLXCO** on a Colorado all black plate w white writing on a Mercedes small SUV. I’m pleased to learn that the black+white combo is in fact a legit CO plate from their historical series. As to the meaning, if “CO” is Colorado then what’s FLX? Hmm. Otherwise … Google says there are many companies whose name is something close to “Flexco” or starting with “Flexco”. Some of which have branches in Colorado. - **TAOS** on a FL standard plate on a newish Lincoln Corsair small SUV. IOW a comfy-class geezermobile. The best part was the license plate frame which read “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been” done in a sorta psychedelic 1970s font. If that phrase doesn’t ring a bell see: **[What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Long_Strange_Trip_It%27s_Been)**. Taos being a center of counterculture and New Age Woo adds to the total picture. Sadly the car was parked; I’d really have liked to see & maybe chat with the owner(s). The tale of that long strange trip might’ve been real entertaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=139)