# 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:** 184
**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 15, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3661 "2026-09-15T00:49:34Z")
**FN SIZE** on a mini Cooper (appropriate plate for the car, for sure) **ORNGUBAD** on a vintage rust-orange sports car of some description **XTS XTC** on, well, an XTS ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3662 "2026-09-15T04:34:41Z")
A little road trip this afternoon… An SUV with **EAZZZZY**. A Subaru Outback: **WAVNSNW** in a Mammoth Lakes frame. Clearly an all season boarder. On an eleventh (who knew?) generation (2002-2005) Ford Thunderbird: **1TEEBRD**. I don’t know if there’s a subtle golf reference in there. And finally, on a Lexus SUV: **IATRGNC**. Iatrogenic, of course. Clearly a physician with a sense of humor. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3663 "2026-09-15T15:49:27Z")
**ROR X84** on an Accord. Is ROR an abbreviation for something, and there are 84 of them? Or maybe their initials are ROR, and they were born in 1984. **RYS RAV4** on what else, a RAV4. I suppose it’s perhaps Ray’s RAV4, or some similarly named person. ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3664 "2026-09-15T23:57:10Z")
**LADYKAT** on a black Lincoln SUV. I couldn’t see the driver. Maybe other variants of “cat lady” were taken? ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3665 "2026-09-16T00:22:54Z")
Seen last night on a late-model Porsche coupe: **GDIYUP**. ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3666 "2026-09-16T00:34:44Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > **LADYKAT** on a black Lincoln SUV. I couldn’t see the driver. Maybe other variants of “cat lady” were taken? Or maybe it’s “Lady Katherine”. ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3667 "2026-09-16T00:39:41Z")
I’m now imagining a rather large cat speaking to another cat: “The car even says on the plate that a cat’s driving, and _still_ the humans don’t notice!” ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3668 "2026-09-16T02:30:12Z")
**ONE ME** I don’t have any idea. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3669 "2026-09-16T15:57:52Z")
**MR SLEEP** on a Genesis sedan in the office parking lot. There was also a Sacramento Kings frame, probably unrelated but I thought I’d mention it just in case. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3670 "2026-09-16T16:47:20Z")
**GDEEYUP** on a Jeep Wrangler **RDSTER** on a Cooper Mini ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3671 "2026-09-16T18:21:33Z")
12 PAWS ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3672 "2026-09-16T21:55:04Z")
**SXSPEED** on a Honda Accord. Sex speed? Or maybe a dyslexic version of excess speed? Probably not anything urological. 🙄 ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3673 "2026-09-16T22:01:51Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > **SXSPEED** on a Honda Accord. Sex speed? Or maybe a dyslexic version of excess speed? Probably not anything urological Maybe he or she is a bicyclist with a six speed bike. ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3674 "2026-09-16T22:03:12Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > **SXSPEED** on a Honda Accord. Sex speed? Probably “six speed”, as in a 6 speed manual transmission. Can you get one of those on an Accord? Off the top of my head I know the sporty-ish Civic Si comes with a 6 speed, as does the high performance Civic Type R. But I’m not sure if you can still get a manual Accord. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3675 "2026-09-16T23:00:09Z")
Six speed, of course! Apparently, do-it-youself shifting ended for the Accord in 2019. The car in question was clearly a few years old, so yeah. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3676 "2026-09-17T04:06:23Z")
A big Chevy Silverado pickup: **MIONCA**. No idea. If it helps, the rear window had a decal of an eagle holding a pair of assault rifles with the legend: In God We Trust - Guns Are Just Backup. ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3677 "2026-09-17T13:38:13Z")
Perhaps **MONICA** was taken? ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3678 "2026-09-17T14:47:30Z")
Or **CAMINO** ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3679 "2026-09-17T15:32:35Z")
Here at the Chevy dealer, a C8 Vette with **UGONE** ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3680 "2026-09-17T16:13:52Z")
**CHWBACA** on a Kia crossover. It was a sort of light metallic brown, so I wonder if Chewbaca is the car’s name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=185)