# 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:** 141
**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 30, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2801 "2026-03-30T06:43:59Z")
That was my thought but **NAVYKID** is available. Unless they’re gung-ho brown shoe that would be clearer. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2802 "2026-03-30T10:02:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Just today I spotted a California plate NNNNNAN and the letter was a Y. I don’t see anyone ordering that as a custom plate so I’m confused. This is a different pattern from regular consumer family cars, for commercial vehicles (it may not always be otherwise obvious that the vehicle is commercial). There is also NANNNNN. ---
**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 30, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2803 "2026-03-30T10:15:39Z")
Mystery solved. It was a regular ol’ nondescript sedan with no signage. Might have been some exec’s company car. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2804 "2026-03-30T11:00:38Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > TRMENDA “Tremendous”? > [@DesertDog](#): > > DALLASH “Dallas” is a common anough male given name. perhaps Mr. Dallas e.g. Hopkins likes his name on his plate? > [@DesertDog](#): > > PPD WIFE Perhaps she’s pre-paid. As in she was purchased mail order from Russia, Thailand, etc. I’m only partly joking; that sort of sordid wife-buying really goes on. And the kind of guy who’d do it is also the kind of controlling asshole guy who’d slyly put it on her car’s plate to “keep her in her place”. > [@DesertDog](#): > > **HAKU** Variation on Haiku? It’s also the name of a character in an _manga_ comic series. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2805 "2026-03-30T16:09:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Perhaps she’s pre-paid. Being on a first responder plate I’m leaning toward the police department explanation. Of course they are not mutually exclusive. When I was in my twenties I had a platonic lady friend who loved to date police, fire fighters, and military. She complained to me she found them too controlling. As gently as I could I suggested she try fishing in other waters. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2806 "2026-03-30T16:12:59Z")
**J EIGHT**. Uhh, yeah. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2807 "2026-03-30T16:31:09Z")
**HOT DOGO** on a Tesla X with a lime green wrap job. **PETS​🖤DR** in front of a vet’s office. Cute. **ANY ZONE** ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2808 "2026-03-30T18:42:27Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Of course they are not mutually exclusive. When I was in my twenties I had a platonic lady friend who loved to date police, fire fighters, and military. She complained to me she found them too controlling. As gently as I could I suggested she try fishing in other waters. My thought exactly. Without wanting to tar the police in general as mail-order bride seekers, I can predict some correlation there. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2809 "2026-03-30T23:07:42Z")
Only one today, quite apparent. **N2DSNEY** No stickers or other paraphernalia, the plate says it all. ---
**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 31, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2810 "2026-03-31T00:57:50Z")
**PAY LOAN**. When he’s done does he then get **PAID OFF**? ---
**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 31, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2811 "2026-03-31T00:59:53Z")
Maybe the car owner runs a payday loan store and their obscene profits bought the car? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2812 "2026-03-31T01:56:19Z")
Seen, appropriately enough, in Anaheim on a red Prius: **MONORAL** The license plate frame: My Other Car Is A Monorail. Clearly a Cast Member. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2813 "2026-03-31T03:49:42Z")
On a red crossover type car: NOWISEE ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2814 "2026-03-31T04:04:30Z")
**MOTORS 4** on a Rivian R1T ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2815 "2026-03-31T13:01:57Z")
Scored a few low quality ones yesterday: - **MSTNG-2** on a FL standard plate on a Ford. So far so good. But it was on a Maverick pickup, not a Mustang. Color me a bit confused. - **HAAGN** on a FL 5-character Miami Heat NBA booster plate on a Tesla Y. Probably their last name, so boring. But the car was black and so is that plate background, so at least they looked good together. - **1⎵⎵⎵WPS** on a FL standard plate on a BMW SUV. Somebody’s initials? - **SOHO** on a FL 5-character surfing booster plate on a pickup truck. **[Soho (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_(disambiguation))** tells me there are lots of places named or nicknamed Soho around the world besides the famous ones in London and NYC. Including one in Tampa. And a host of other possibilities beyond just district names. I don’t see an obvious connection between the truck, the plate background, and any of those many choices. 'Twill remain a mystery. And finally a good plate to salvage my haul of the day. - **RDY2RAC** on a FL standard plate on a fancy pickup truck. But fancy with mods that look like for speed, not for towing or off roading or … And with window decals for various hop-up products and shops. Which decals always make your car go _much_ faster! 😉 Yep, this dude is “ready to race”. ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2816 "2026-03-31T16:09:03Z")
**1 VESSPR** on an Infinity crossover. Google tells me that “vessper” with two s’s is an app that provides an AI boyfriend/girlfriend. But a “vesper” with one s is a cocktail from the James Bond novels. I’m going to guess they intended it to mean the latter. (Yes, I’m 99.99% sure the plate spelled it with two s’s). **OUR2D2** on a Tesla Model Y. Just in case the meaning wasn’t obvious there was also a frame that read “R2D2 is my copilot” and an R2D2 sticker (and a few other stickers I don’t think were Star Wars related). **REF JIM** on a Nissan crossover. I guess Jim is a referee, probably for Little League or high school games. ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2817 "2026-03-31T16:30:09Z")
**MOBEL X** on a Tesla Model X. And that’s not a typo **MA2MOTO** ---
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2818 "2026-03-31T17:58:37Z")
SM0LTRK on a Hyundai Santa Cruz ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2819 "2026-03-31T18:05:28Z")
**GWG4NIK** on a Mercedes G-Wagen. Now known more as the G-Class, the G-Wagen is short for Geländewagen. Gelände essentially means ground or dirt, or off-road. ---
**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 31, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2820 "2026-03-31T18:17:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yep, this dude is “ready to race”. Or ready to wreck when he inevitably loses control 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=142)