# 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:** 181
**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 30, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3601 "2026-08-30T00:56:27Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > FLOS V8 Reminds me of a bad joke. A guy drives up to a parking spot with nice Pontiac Firebird that has a license plate that reads **EDS IROC**. A guy in the parking lot sees this and yells over “Hey, that’s not an IROC!” The driver answers “I’m not Ed.” Not a knee slapper, but I find it amusing. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3602 "2026-08-30T04:19:05Z")
On a big, black, Ford Expedition with a pirate skull and cross bones decal: **PERL BLK**. Because **BLK PERL** was taken? ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3603 "2026-08-31T10:14:59Z")
The other day Yoda told me J **EDI␣UR** but really I only feel vaguely **JEDI-ISH**. One thing I have learned from **AN1M3** is that if someone tells you to look **UP␣THERE** there is likely a **KAI␣YU** 1 around and you should run! `//i\\` 1 Yes, I know it is KAI **J** U and it is entirely possible that it was someone whose last name was Yu, but that was what came to mind when I saw the plate. ---
**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 31, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3604 "2026-08-31T11:11:14Z")
This weekend I saw **DSNYDEB** – Evidently Debbie is a fan of Disney stuff. Debbie Does Disney! **A4EFORT** – I get it “A for Effort” in as few characters as possible. Except the “for effort” implies that one has gotten a grade a little higher because of the effort one put it, and is usually for a lower grade, like a B or a C. I saw a few other interesting ones, but I can’t recall them now. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3605 "2026-08-31T11:24:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **A4EFORT** – I get it “A for Effort” in as few characters as possible. Except the “for effort” implies that one has gotten a grade a little higher because of the effort one put it, and is usually for a lower grade, like a B or a C. Actually, as far as I know, it does not imply that. A for Effort is a common phrase, that means that even though you failed at whatever it was, you gave it your best. The implication has never been your grade has been improved, just that if you were being graded on your effort, you would get an A regardless of the outcome. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3606 "2026-08-31T22:53:25Z")
Someone’s in denial: **NOT SUV** on a Range Rover. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3607 "2026-09-01T00:02:01Z")
Small haul over 3-4 days: - **BRESE** on a FL 5-character US Army booster plate on a shiny black pickup truck. Dude’s name I assume. - **I⎵ENTRTN** on a FL standard plate on a generic white SUV. I wonder what sort of entertaining or “entertaining” they do? - **JWOOD1** on a FL standard plate on a Honda crossover. The plate frame said “I’d rather be growing orchids”. I’m guessing it’s just a name, but I’m feeling a pun trying to burst out but it won’t quite bloom for me. - **PETEY⎵P** on a FL standard plate on a high end BMW sports car. Petey is a well-coiffed 40-something woman of means. - **PREPPIE** on a FL standard plate on an Audi crossover not a block past Petey. They had a Philadelphia Phillies plate frame and a Philadelphia Eagles logo decal on the back window. Good bet they’re from Phillie. 🤪 No clue how specifically they’re preppy. Or maybe they bake (= prepare) pies. - **MOTO⎵LAW** on a FL standard plate on a Range Rover SUV. Probably sues people who’ve run into / over motorcyclists. From the looks of the car, they’re fairly successful at it. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3608 "2026-09-01T04:48:42Z")
A Tesla sedan: **CHRM TAG**. So, chrome tag? No idea. **BUSSSN** on a Dodge Charger. Someone hoping to move up to waiting tables? The Kissing Bandit? A fan of mass transit when they aren’t tooling around in their muscle car? Again, dunno. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3609 "2026-09-01T12:19:52Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > A Tesla sedan: **CHRM TAG**. So, chrome tag? Or Charm Tag, which is a type of jewelry but not something I’d put on a license plate. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3610 "2026-09-01T15:42:47Z")
**MRCZILA** on what I would also consider the most interesting car I saw today – a 1950ish Mercury which I would describe as a rat rod. Or maybe just cosmetically unrestored, but obviously running and driving. “Merczilla” is what I assume the plate says, and presumably is the car’s name. **CCC 7777** , which doesn’t look like a custom plate, except that’s not the standard pattern in California. Maybe someone just wanted a plate that was easy to remember. It was on a boring sedan like a Camry or something. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3611 "2026-09-01T17:39:26Z")
On an almost-new Pathfinder this morning: **ANTTATA** Aunt Tata? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3612 "2026-09-02T00:39:29Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/PLhiQXa.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PLhiQXa.jpg) **ABIDE** — when you hear that word, what do you think of? I thought of ‘The Dude’ as in, The Dude abides. And I’ve never seen the movie. My wife saw this and thought of Jesus who, in John 15:4 said, “Abide in me, and I in you.” (KJV translation) My guess is that this truck likely belongs to some dude. Maybe his name is Jesus? On the truck, I didn’t see any ichthys (ichthus; ΙΧΘΥΣ). [[Album] “ABIDE” — what do you think of? ![](https://i.imgur.com/PLhiQXa.jpeg?fb "“ABIDE” — what do you think of?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/QYTWMK6) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3613 "2026-09-02T01:12:57Z")
Maybe they just want to stay in California. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3614 "2026-09-02T01:42:35Z")
ABIDE makes me think of Stewart’s _Earth Abides_, though it’s been many decades since I read it. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3615 "2026-09-02T02:20:17Z")
**TNYFORD** on a Ford Maverick. I guess it’s tiny by American pickup standards, but it’s no Fiesta. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3616 "2026-09-02T09:57:34Z")
That book is also set (at least at first) in what had been Berkeley CA. So not far from @Bullitt. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3617 "2026-09-02T15:48:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > Something like **YVMANON** on a Hyundai Ioniq 5, although I’m not certain I’m remembering the first three letters correctly. But in was something-ANON. > > **YMMVANON** or possibly shortened to **YMVANON** I could understand – “Your Mileage May Vary Anonymous” I saw this car again today. It was actually **LVMANON**. The Y was apparently a figment of my imagination. I still have no idea what LVM would stand for, or what “LVM Anonymous” would be. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3618 "2026-09-02T17:04:10Z")
“Love Manon”? Who/where the heck is Manon? Better if it was **LVMAMON** = “Love Mammon”. Or maybe “Love ma non” as in short for “love my nonna” = grandmother? Really grasping at straws here. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3619 "2026-09-02T17:14:32Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I saw this car again today. It was actually **LVMANON**. The Y was apparently a figment of my imagination. I still have no idea what LVM would stand for, or what “LVM Anonymous” would be. Maybe the driver is a Sarah Maas fan: > The phrase **“Live, Manon. Live”** is a famous, heartbreaking quote from the fantasy novel _Kingdom of Ash_ by Sarah J. Maas in the _Throne of Glass_ series, ---
**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:** [September 2, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3620 "2026-09-02T18:22:51Z")
Took a walk around the parking lot at work today and spotted the following: - **DASBOOT** on a black Porsche 911 Turbo - **MNTNLFE** on a black Jeep Commander - **COLERD** - Not sure what this is, Cole Road, Colored, ?? - **PREMAH** Sanskrit for love or affection, can also be used as a name [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=182)