# 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:** 171
**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:** [July 7, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3401 "2026-07-07T18:16:35Z")
I saw **JZZMN** on a FL 5-character something booster plate. If the “jazz man” plays jazz with any of the free-spirited no-rules abandon I saw him driving with, it’ll be a hell of a show. I suppose it could be “Jasmine” except the driver was most definitely male. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3402 "2026-07-08T03:44:46Z")
**UWATTME** on a Tesla sedan. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3403 "2026-07-08T18:01:14Z")
Couple of not very exciting plates today: **NICK D** and **JJMM** ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3404 "2026-07-10T01:20:21Z")
**H2 RCKT** If your first thought was “fuel cell?” you’d be correct, CA plates on a Toyota Mirai. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3405 "2026-07-10T17:49:13Z")
I took some vacation days this week and while I’ve been out and about I saw: **GOLFRMN** on a Jeep… assuming the driver is a guy who likes to play golf **CX PISA** in the Meijer parking lot… no clue on that one **SEVILLA** on a non-descript SUV… someone’s a fan of the football club? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3406 "2026-07-10T18:32:06Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > **GOLFRMN** on a Jeep… assuming the driver is a guy who likes to play golf Maybe he liked playing Golf with Richard Milhous Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3407 "2026-07-10T19:07:47Z")
NI TOY HNGRY So, I assume the second driver is Hungry and either hungry was taken or there’s a limit on how many letters on that kind of specialty plate. The first one made more sense when I thought it said MI toy. Both were on KY “Friends of Coal” plates. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3408 "2026-07-10T19:36:14Z")
**FLYNHWN** on an old blue California plate on a newish Toyota SUV. “Flyin’ hewn”? Or is HWN an airport that they fly out of? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3409 "2026-07-10T19:38:48Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Or is HWN an airport that they fly out of? Only if they fly out of Zimbabwe. 😉 > **[Hwange National Park Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwange_National_Park_Airport)** > > Hwange National Park Airport (IATA: HWN, ICAO: FVWN) is an airport in Zimbabwe that once served the tourist industry around the Hwange National Park, in the northwest of the country. It is located 35 NM Southeast of Hwange Town. The airport is used by private charter and shuttle air services. Due to economic constraints, and the economic problems of Air Zimbabwe which formerly served the airport, the airport was neglected for a number of years, and scheduled services were limited. Fastjet comme... ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3410 "2026-07-10T19:45:54Z")
Hey, it’s not entirely impossible that the driver was a Zimbabwean bush pilot who immigrated here 40+ years ago (when California last issued those blue plates) 🙂 …But it is pretty unlikely. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3411 "2026-07-10T19:50:09Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **FLYNHWN** I read it as ‘Flyin’ Hawaiian’. A pilot who was born in Honolulu? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3412 "2026-07-10T19:51:02Z")
That could be. Or just a Hawaiian who can run really fast. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3413 "2026-07-10T19:52:15Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I read it as ‘Flyin’ Hawaiian’. A pilot who was born in Honolulu? Perhaps distantly related to the “[Throwin’ Samoan](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThomJa00.htm).” 😉 ---
**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:** [July 11, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3414 "2026-07-11T18:14:16Z")
**WE111** on an Indiana University booster plate… still celebrating their football championship? **TTUNFAN** on a SUV with Ohio plates with a University of Michigan license plate border. Maybe they’re also a Texas Tech fan? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3415 "2026-07-12T00:50:42Z")
**BUMDOC** See one when you have hemorrhoids, I guess. **RICH 55** either the 55th Rich to get one or a fan of saving gas. **QNVASQZ** No idea. No stickers on a nondescript car and the frame was a dealer’s ad so no help 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:** [July 12, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3416 "2026-07-12T17:19:17Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > **TTUNFAN** on a SUV with Ohio plates with a University of Michigan license plate border. Maybe they’re also a Texas Tech fan? Maybe TTUN is a respelling for “Teton(s)”. This person likes the mountains in Wyoming? > [@DesertDog](#): > > **QNVASQZ** QN Vasquez probably. Are QN their given name(s) initials? Does QN come phonetically close to something like e.g. “I’m” or “the amazing” in Spanish? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3417 "2026-07-12T17:20:53Z")
The driver of a Ford Taurus apparently got annoyed that I stopped at a red light so they blasted out around me as soon as the light turned green. I caught up to them at the next red light (heh!) and the license plate read **1FNFRD**. “One f-ing Ford”? And then I saw **H1CKUP** in the Lowe’s parking lot on an SUV. A fan of “How to Train Your Dragon”? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3418 "2026-07-12T17:54:01Z")
**KK⎵BCH** on a 5-character FL offroad driving booster plate on a It’s been a slow week for plate watching. Oh well. - **JR⎵561** on a 5-character FL state parks booster plate on a Mazda 3. 561 is the traditional area code for Palm Beach county. JR is probably their initials. - **BLV⎵U⎵CN** on a 7-character FL food bank booster plate on a late model high end Mercedes convertible. I find the choice of plate background and the choice of car a bit incongruous. Unless maybe the car owner was once poor and starving and has now succeeded and credits their great belief in themselves for their success. And is paying it forward by supporting food banks. - **2BE⎵FRE** on a FL standard plate on a non-descript something or other. I wonder what “being free” means to them? - **ERR⎵MAR** on a FL standard plate on a 4-door jeep pickup truck. I’d like it to be something entertaining but I bet it’s just his’n’hers initials. - **PIG⎵STY** on a FL standard plate on a generic sedan. The decode is obvious. The sentiment behind it? Now that’s a headscratcher! The car was clean & undamaged, so it wasn’t a comment about their car. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3419 "2026-07-12T18:37:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > QN Vasquez probably. Are QN their given name(s) initials? The Vasquez makes sense but ‘Q’ is very rare for a first initial. I’ve never come across any IRL and looking at name lists there are about a half dozen each for boys and girls. Of course it takes only 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:** [July 12, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3420 "2026-07-12T18:58:51Z")
I was thinking something like “Que nombre (es) Vasquez” or “What kind of name is Vaquez?” Some silly phrase, maybe from a movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=172)