# 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:** 176
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3501 "2026-08-02T13:37:30Z")
Personally I would rather have **BOBS␣430** 1 than **JPS␣BNZ** 2. Of course for efficiency and dependability a **CIVIC-5** 3 would be best. And if I wanted to get in shape I would **BIKE␣60** kilometers a week (maybe I could do miles, but I am lazy). **RIP␣LOVE** is not something I think someone who is **❤RMNTIC** would say. **W3WON1** is something that Spanish fans could say up until this last world cup, and I am sure a lot of people are saying **AC␣4EVER** after this summer. And when I asked a Spinal Tap member if he ever used any other volumes on his amplifier, he said **ONLY␣11**. `//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:** [August 2, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3502 "2026-08-02T14:32:01Z")
Just a couple for me recently. - **MMLUV** on a FL 5-character Disney World booster plate on a family van. Yeah, they (she?) luvs her a meese to piece. - **AMED21** on a FL standard plate but with personalized spacing on a generic sedan. The driver was a woman who looked plausibly Middle Eastern. A name I suppose. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3503 "2026-08-02T18:05:51Z")
And she can drink … or can she? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3504 "2026-08-02T21:44:00Z")
If that’s a reference to my post and the Middle Eastern lady, she looked 30-something to me. I don’t think of Ahmed as a woman’s name though. Maybe it’s really standing for Amy D and she got the plate (or car) when she turned 21. Clocked up another one this afternoon: - **JAZZYC** on a FL standard plate on a ~10yo Toyota RAV4. It also had a well-aged window sticker for Jazzercise. I bet the owner was either a fan or an instructor. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3505 "2026-08-03T00:59:01Z")
This weekend, on a long drive **GAS-RIP** on a Tesla, evidently heralding the end of gasoline **PLANT-MD** Plant doctor, I guess **CHRIST** Megalomania, maybe. I’m surprised they passed this 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:** [August 3, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3506 "2026-08-03T01:25:02Z")
My name is Christopher Thompson and I have this problem w my name you see. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3507 "2026-08-03T02:00:49Z")
Seen on a standard Wisconsin plate today: **PING MAN** , on an SUV with a golfing decal on the rear window, and a golf-themed license plate frame. I would surmise that he either really likes Ping golf clubs, or he works for Ping. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3508 "2026-08-03T04:04:27Z")
On an older, white Honda Accord: **4CBWTYU**. I had to think about it for a minute before I realized the owner is a Star Wars fan. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3509 "2026-08-03T22:25:57Z")
**GERMNSHP** on a sedan that was not a German ship. False advertising. It may have been a Germncr, didn’t notice the make and model though. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3510 "2026-08-03T23:53:54Z")
**CHUFFED** on a smallish grey SUV. I’m assuming the owner is happy about something. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3511 "2026-08-04T00:56:40Z")
I saw a couple today. - **NO⎵PLAID** on a dark gray Model Y. Indeed it had no plaid logo on it. The other one is more fun. I came upon a fancy black pickup truck. Luxo, not redneck. The tailgate, both sides, and the back window have advertisments for RonOvation Roofing, `www.ronovation.ca`, and a phone number with an area code I’ve never seen. Apparently Ron is doing very nicely with his biz. He can afford a nice truck _and_ to spend time here in SoFL while somebody else is installing the roofs up in Canada. His plate you ask? An Ontario standard plate that says **ROO4ING**. When I got home I checked his url and it appears that website is dead. Oops. So maybe he’s slunk off to FL with his winnings to lie low and live off his gains. Or he’s hiding here from his creditors. Either way, sooo Florida. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3512 "2026-08-04T01:18:48Z")
On a nondescript SUV in the supermarket parking lot: **GRL MUM** I wonder if the girls father has **GRL DAD** on his vehicle? ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3513 "2026-08-04T01:53:26Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > **GERMNSHP** on a sedan that was not a German ship. False advertising. It may have been a Germncr, didn’t notice the make and model though. If you are near the Potomac I hear it is nice to **BOATDC** 1. Me I was worried that **LIL␣BO4T** knew something I didn’t. It was starting to rain so there could have been flooding and maybe I should make it home were at least I would not be **ROOF-LES**. It did rain a bit, but not enough that ended up having to **SW1M**. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3514 "2026-08-04T02:02:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > it appears that website is dead Not dead for me. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3515 "2026-08-04T02:14:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > `www.ronovation.ca`, and a phone number with an area code I’ve never seen. Huh. Still dead for me. I’m on weird borrowed internet now so ??? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3516 "2026-08-04T02:59:25Z")
**NOTAM3** on a black BMW 3-series. It should be _NOTANM3_ but we only have 6 characters in MA. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3517 "2026-08-04T16:48:21Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > it appears that website is dead > > Not dead for me. A ha. I finally had time to look at this website again. My adblocker had blocked in completely. Once I disabled that, I saw the site was just a parking site / link farm for somebody selling domain names. Which suggests the real operator of the website has shut it down and opportunists are now squatting there. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3518 "2026-08-04T16:58:02Z")
Now I think I’m getting what you get. When I first looked and reported it was working for me, it appeared to be a legit renovation company site. I only briefly looked at it without retaining much about it. I didn’t explore it in detail or think to make a screenshot at the time. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3519 "2026-08-04T17:59:21Z")
F22RPTR, I WAGing he’s an F22 Raptor pilot. 5UBR3W, on a Subaru ---
**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:** [August 5, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3520 "2026-08-05T06:17:39Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 5UBR3W, on a Subaru You’d think after 20 or so increasingly tortured attempts to find a combo not yet taken, the owner might think “Hmmm, maybe I’m not being particularly original here.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=177)