# 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:** 183
**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 8, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3641 "2026-09-08T17:29:45Z")
**VIRUS1** on a 20-year-old pickup. Not sure what message they were trying to convey. ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3642 "2026-09-08T17:50:16Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **2 SCRPIO** on an Audi A4. Maybe they owned two VW Scorpios before moving up to an Audi? Nevermind, I was conflating the Scirocco with the Scorpio (which was a European Ford model). I hadn’t had my coffee yet when I posted that. The Scorpio was briefly sold in the US as a Merkur. I guess maybe they owned two of those, although they were not very common. Or maybe “SCRPIO” is referring to something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3643 "2026-09-08T18:06:01Z")
A couple with birthdays in November? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3644 "2026-09-08T18:08:28Z")
**I B EVIL** I wouldn’t have said the driver _looked_ especially evil, but I didn’t get a very good glimpse of her (as she swept by at 120 mph, leaving a trail of devastation and destruction in her wake). ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3645 "2026-09-08T19:04:41Z")
UK007 Definitely a UK basketball fan. Maybe a James Bond fan? If you are wondering, UK has 8 championships (in men’s NCAA basketball), and got their most recent one in 2012. I’d be surprised if the plate was that old, although given that it was a UK Vanity plate, maybe it is? (the answer to the other question that my first question brings up is, no, I am not enough of a fan to know for sure how many championships or when they occurred. But I’ve lived here long enough to be like "But shouldn’t it be 8?) ---
**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:** [September 8, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3646 "2026-09-08T19:20:17Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > If you are wondering, UK has 8 championships (in men’s NCAA basketball), and got their most recent one in 2012. I’d be surprised if the plate was that old, although given that it was a UK Vanity plate, maybe it is? I mean, I’ve had my vanity license plate number since 1995, soooo.. My guess might be that the “007” may not be meaningful, other than it was a number that was not already taken. ---
**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 8, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3647 "2026-09-08T19:41:07Z")
Or a little of both, like maybe maybe they graduated from there in 2007, but UK2007 and UK 07 were both taken, so they had to settle for 007. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3648 "2026-09-08T20:02:59Z")
I think UK2007 has too many digits for that style of vanity plate. The idea that they might be a grad from that year makes sense. To me, anyway. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3649 "2026-09-08T23:37:58Z")
A bilingual one- saw **SU MADRE** on a minivan in the office parking garage today ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3650 "2026-09-09T00:21:31Z")
On a Tesla sedan: **NCANITB**. I’m guessing “And can it be?” ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3651 "2026-09-09T02:44:12Z")
Also… is it just me, or does **SU MADRE** sound just a little insulting? Or taunting? ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3652 "2026-09-09T04:39:30Z")
**SUMMITD** on a Jeep Wrangler. I assume it climbed some summit. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3653 "2026-09-09T14:54:02Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > is it just me, or does **SU MADRE** sound just a little insulting? Or taunting? Seems more than a little so to me; though I have only a few words of Spanish. ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3654 "2026-09-10T16:03:36Z")
**GMA 🖤 CB** on some crossover. I’m guessing “Grandma loves CB” with CB being the grandchild’s initials. Or it could possibly just be a couple’s initials. **POWR PRO** on a Tesla. I’m not sure if that’s just a reference to the car being electric, or if the driver is something like an electrician or an electrical engineer who designs power systems. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3655 "2026-09-10T23:16:22Z")
Yeah, I was thinking it was a “yo mama” joke kind of reference… Saw **TRST GD** on a BMW that was flying through traffic this morning. Must be more trusting than I would be driving like that. And also this morning **POPPER** on some kind of small truck that had been lowered and modified beyond all recognition. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3656 "2026-09-11T06:34:54Z")
A little, blue econobox: **AYE CAPN**. And a Nissan Kicks with: **ALLANDY**. I don’t know if Andy wants the credit or the blame. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3657 "2026-09-11T18:06:30Z")
W1NONE ---
**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:** [September 13, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3658 "2026-09-13T17:30:35Z")
Saw **PYRO WYF** while out and about today. There is a fireworks store called Pyro’s here in town so I’m assuming this is the wife of the owner. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3659 "2026-09-14T03:26:35Z")
On a red Tesla\* sedan: **RFENGNR**. I’m assuming someone familiar with antennas, shielding, coax, etc. \*Only other marking was a bumper sticker for the Anti-Elon Tesla 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:** [September 15, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3660 "2026-09-15T00:36:31Z")
Over the weekend I saw: **AUTIZM** Obviously the “Autism with an ‘S’” was taken **SKIRUNNR** **AGAVE** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=184)