# 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:** 143
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2841 "2026-04-02T23:19:48Z")
Yep. The ‘Texas Cadillacs’ — pickups and Chevy Suburbans. 5 more: **FASOAGA** on a very nice BMW M4. **ZUMEES**. For zoomies, perhaps? **1 GLFDOC**. Obvious. **WAWA SKR**. A water skier? **SAMMY LB**. Another name. Lots of names out there… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2842 "2026-04-02T23:42:59Z")
That’s probably a lady weightlifter / bodybuilder. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2843 "2026-04-03T00:23:52Z")
Yeah that’s probably it. This thread reminds me. I used to work with a guy who likes to drive spiritedly. He had this plate, and he made sure it was also mounted on the front of his car: **T1 3VOM** Pretty clever! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2844 "2026-04-03T00:37:03Z")
If you can read this you’re in my way! Kinda like the opposite bumper stickers that say something like > If you can read this you’re following too close ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2845 "2026-04-03T00:54:01Z")
Exactly. The only thing missing is an exclamation mark. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2846 "2026-04-03T01:49:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Exactly. The only thing missing is an exclamation mark. I sure share that fellow’s sentiment. Saw one more interesting one today. - **J5STAR2** on a FL standard plate on a nice SUV. My long dormant military mind reads that as “I’m a retired 2-star General who finished my career in J5” **[Joint Chiefs of Staff \> Directorates \> J5 | Strategy, Plans and Policy](https://www.jcs.mil/Directorates/J5-Strategy-Plans-and-Policy/)**. Maybe it’s just a creative way to say “J 10” (5 \* 2 meaning 5 times 2) and their name is something like Johannesens i.e. J plus 10 more letters. Or ??? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2847 "2026-04-03T01:56:57Z")
Tonight I saw **HMB VW** on a VW GTI. I’m not sure what the HMB stands for. Humble? The owner’s initials? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2848 "2026-04-03T02:02:14Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’m not sure what the HMB stands for. His Majesty’s Bug. (I have no idea; I’d guess the owner’s initials, too.) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2849 "2026-04-03T07:12:42Z")
Half Moon Bay? The one in California? That’s what HMB around here means. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2850 "2026-04-03T17:20:34Z")
Could be. He’s be a few hours from home, but it could have been a visitor or transplant from there. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2851 "2026-04-03T17:25:32Z")
CA plates on a silver Subaru Forrester with no other markings: **BNDRGRZ**. BONDER, BENDER, BINDER, GRAZE, GRAYS, GREASE? No idea. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2852 "2026-04-03T22:47:04Z")
Band of girls? More like band o’ girls? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2853 "2026-04-04T17:11:13Z")
**4RNR TNK** on a T4R. Tank! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2854 "2026-04-04T17:28:46Z")
**PKAWHO** in the grocery store parking lot. My brain went to Pokemon… Pikawho? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2855 "2026-04-04T17:56:35Z")
And I picture some New Jerseyite answering your question “Pika joo, Lady!” FTR that’s “joo” as a foreign-accented form of the word “you”, not a reference to any ethnicity. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2856 "2026-04-04T20:59:46Z")
**13VEE** No idea. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2857 "2026-04-06T02:01:38Z")
**MISS WKD**. At the red light. I pulled up next to her and told her I loved her plates. She laughed loudly. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2858 "2026-04-06T06:18:49Z")
**I​🖤PRLJM** A true fan. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2859 "2026-04-06T16:06:14Z")
Saw this one in the grocery store parking lot this morning. Made me chuckle. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/is909eB.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Qy90w3R) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2860 "2026-04-06T18:48:55Z")
Had a pretty good haul over the weekend and so far today … - **LOKKI** on a FL standard plate on a Kia SUV. - **B⎵NOBEL** on a FL standard plate on a 4 door jeep. Either a name or an exhortation to goodness and niceness. I prefer the latter theory. - **70PLUTO** on a Indiana standard plate on a Model Y. The words are easy; the meaning is obscure. - **ANCORA⎵2** on a FL standard plate on a small SUV with stickers suggesting they raise chickens as a hobby. Meant nothing to me at the time. Some googling here at home says there’s a small business near here using the name “Ancora”. Maybe that’s them? - **THE⎵ORB** on a FL standard plate repainted to be all black with white writing. This is on an ancient (early 2000s) but shiny white Honda Insight BEV. **[Early Honda Insight - Google Image Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=early+honda+insight&hl=en&source=hp&uact=5&oq=early+honda+insight&sclient=img&udm=2)**. Which vehicles are sort of plump & orb-like as they hover silently down the road in very leisurely fashion. In the bright sun the stark white paint really seemed to glow. - **SPYDN** on a FL 5-character USAF booster plate on a Lotus. I saw it parked, but I bet it does spyd right along. - **NTOWL** on a FL 5-character booster plate on a generic car. This was about noon in a grocery store parking lot. They’d probably just gotten up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=144)