# 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:** 160
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3181 "2026-05-25T13:49:52Z")
Funny. **HFMN BAY** , for the nearby Half Moon Bay CA. **🖤 2 HOOP** , I like that one. I played a little bit, in my day. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3182 "2026-05-25T14:56:06Z")
Standard Illinois plates, on a Ford Escape: **EGRESS**. P.T. Barnum would be proud. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3183 "2026-05-25T15:03:01Z")
Houdini too. Happy Doperversary to @kenobi_65! 26 years young! ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3184 "2026-05-25T16:01:06Z")
Saw this yesterday while driving I-70 westbound across Missouri: **STL2KC** Not quite sure what it means, but it certainly described what I was doing at the time. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3185 "2026-05-25T16:14:23Z")
They either moved from one to the other, have a long distance relationship at both ends, or somehow their occupation amounts to visiting sites at both ends and perhaps in the middle 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:** [May 25, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3186 "2026-05-25T17:48:49Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > **STL2KC** > > Not quite sure what it means, but it certainly described what I was doing at the time. Well, isn’t it the obvious? Maybe they lived in STLMO and now live in KCMO (or maybe KCKS). Or maybe they drive that I-70 route frequently. Or maybe they drive it on hwy US-50 instead. I’ve done it a few times, on 70 not 50. Across the great Show-Me State. ‘A to B’ plates are a fairly common theme. About 30 years ago I knew a couple who had California plates **22TAHOE** on their Honda Accord (it should have been better spaced as **2 2TAHOE** , for two to Tahoe). For a couple of years they were pretty good friends of mine back then, and they liked going up to Lake Tahoe. It’s funny but I remember those plates and I remember their Honda Accord, but I don’t remember their names. Edit, added — yeah, @LSLGuy said it. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3187 "2026-05-25T18:41:38Z")
Pretty good haul here in the last couple of days: - **W⎵GOZDZ** on a FL standard plate on an SUV. Huh? Somebody named W-something goes DZ? Drop zone like parachuting? Delta Zeta like the sorority, ???. Or is Gozdz a wildly abbreviated version of their last name? - **CHUM-EM** on a FL 7-character sea turtle conservation plate on a generic black pickup truck with some fishing enthusiast stickers on it. I wonder if they’re suggesting making chum from protected sea turtles, or that’s their attitude towards other drivers. Or ??? The pickup itself was box stock; not a jacked-up monument to the driver’s overweening aggressive personality. - **MRS⎵RMS** on a FL standard plate on a Ford Bronco. Cute anagram. Assuming the MRS is “missus” I wonder if the RM is her initials, his initials, or both of theirs? If MRS is not “missus”, then that’s not too dissimilar from the situation with myself and late wife. Common last name, and my first and middle initials were her middle and first initials. We never wanted or had a plate like that, but it wouldn’t have been a wacky idea. - **S65⎵⎵V8** on a FL standard plate on a BMW M3. Some googling tells me the “S65” was the designator for a normally aspirated V8 engine that BMW used in the M3 from 2007 to 2013. **[BMW S65 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_S65)**. I didn’t study the car in detail, but in hindsight my recollection is it looked more modern than a 2013 would have been. If the car is newer than a 2013 then maybe the plate was originally on their prior M3? I can’t quite see doing engine swaps these days on modern computerized cars. - **PIGHOG1** on a FL standard plate on a generic crossover. The meaning is obvious. The significance to the owner is utterly mysterious. - **STRRLOW** on a FL standard plate on a Tesla X. Baffled again. - **HUNCH09** on a Texas black plate. I’m betting that’s to be read as “honcho 9” and the other lower numbered possibilities are already taken. TXDot does indeed issue a bunch of black and white plates, so at least it’s not a repainted plate. They have a truly bewildering variety of backgrounds to choose from: **[My Plates - Personalized Passenger Plate](https://www.myplates.com/design/personalized/passenger/black-white-premium-embossed/#microPlates)**. - **GOLDD** on a FL 5-character surfer booster plate on a SUV. A blond 40-ish woman driving. She did not give off the surfer vibe, so I’m betting she just likes the plate artwork and “Goldie” (Gold-D, get it?) is her nickname. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3188 "2026-05-25T19:09:16Z")
**ALAN 24** on a Phoenix Suns plate. Yawn. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3189 "2026-05-26T13:49:27Z")
**+BRASIL** - I think there was a Brasilian flag somewhere on the back of the car as well. **JETTDI** - On a Jetta TDI ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3190 "2026-05-26T16:12:53Z")
Spotted a new one in the parking lot at work this morning (at least I hadn’t noticed it before): **PERKINY** on some forgettable crossover. They’re perky and from New York? ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3191 "2026-05-26T19:48:02Z")
**ISTNBL1** - Istanbul 1 I assume ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3192 "2026-05-26T21:06:12Z")
**CONSTANTINOPLE** wouldn’t fit. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3193 "2026-05-26T21:56:11Z")
CONSTANTINOPLE1 _really_ wouldn’t fit. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3194 "2026-05-26T23:11:56Z")
Well, that’s nobody’s business but the Turks. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3195 "2026-05-27T01:09:48Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > **CONSTANTINOPLE** wouldn’t fit. Maybe if they had multiple cars… ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3196 "2026-05-27T03:41:01Z")
On this evening’s commute: **DECAGON** on a Toyota Highlander. Besides the shape, Google tells me Decagon is the name of an AI company. Being in NorCal, the latter explanation is a strong possibility. **SRYTSLA** on an EV that was not a Tesla (It was an Audi eTron). **126HP** on a sort of beat up 2000s era Corolla. That’s an amusing thing to advertise, probably a bit of self-deprecating humor. It reminds me of someone at my high school who had a Plymouth Turismo (basically a Horizon coupe) on which he had fashioned a “2.2” badge in the style of the 5.0 badges on Mustangs. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3197 "2026-05-27T05:06:56Z")
I was walking and it went by quickly so I’m not sure. But I think it was a little Nissan coupe of some kind. The license? **AZ BETH** on a University of Arizona plate. The A was the big red, white, and blue A that’s part of the plate design. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3198 "2026-05-27T16:10:31Z")
This morning I saw **392CORE** on a Dodge Challenger. Without looking it up, I’m guessing 392 refers to the engine’s displacement in cubic inches. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3199 "2026-05-27T18:11:13Z")
Short list yesterday plus today. - **BIANCA2** on a FL standard plate on a generic white family wagon. The driver looked like a plausible Bianca. Yawn. - **BEE⎵KND** on a FL standard plate on a compact Audi. Good sentiment. - **IROBOT** on a FL hunting / outdoorsman booster plate on a CyberTruck. He also had a USMC veteran license plate frame and a USMC-reminiscent haircut. Who’s the robot in this relationship? - **HENDR1X** on a FL blacked out plate on an Audi crossover. Their name, or Jimi’s name? Or both? I didn’t get a look at the driver. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3200 "2026-05-27T18:19:03Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > But why the 15? Maybe they’re a [Pedroia](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pedrodu01.shtml) fan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=161)