# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965
**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
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/21 "2023-11-11T15:30:02Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Clickable, and just a mass of fuzz when i try to zoom.
I wonder if you’re on a phone and it’s showing you a compressed version? It’s completely clear when I zoom on my PC, not even bothering to click it to go to the source page.
Anyhow, it’s **BRONKA** on a Bronco. I guess that’s the feminine form of the noun. 😉
ETA: Great pic there @beowulff !!
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/22 "2023-11-11T15:53:44Z")
Yes, on a phone.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/23 "2023-11-11T16:04:06Z")
My personal favorite was an older Chevy Impala with the license plate “VLAD”.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/24 "2023-11-11T16:32:20Z")
The head of my school’s Science Department drives an SUV with plates that say “3XX 2XY.”
She and her husband have 2 girls and a boy.
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/25 "2023-11-11T16:40:51Z")
I parked next to PRTY QEN the other day. The old lady getting in was definitely not a party queen.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/26 "2023-11-11T16:53:37Z")
But she may well have been.
When I was running the mostly-retirement condo we had one old gal who was quite the pistol even in her early 80s. Looking at her 60-something daughter and 40-something grand-daughter she had been quite the looker in the day. And had the party personality to match. She was in fact the queen of most of our old-fart parties. Despite being 15 years older than most of the other attendees at a stage of life where that’s a very big 15 years.
Then the dementia set in. Rest in peace dear Ida; you lived large and well.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/27 "2023-11-11T17:06:24Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> The head of my school’s Science Department drives an SUV with plates that say “3XX 2XY.”
A rather large family in my school had “8XX 2XY” on their van.
Another family had “YAB OG”. In your rear view mirror, you’d see GO BAY, “Bay” being the local high school nick name.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/28 "2023-11-11T17:28:04Z")
A few years ago I was surprised to see this GMC Envoy parked next to my 4Runner in the hotel parking lot
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/yfwYoZDQf8kWwBiS9)
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### Author:  [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/29 "2023-11-11T17:38:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> One of my faves that I’ve only seen twice around town in 10 years is an Audi that has **INNIE**.
I spent 20 seconds wondering what this meant.
Then I laughed. Loudly.
.
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### Author:  [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/30 "2023-11-11T18:24:22Z")
Years ago a local Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am had the plates IH8Z28S.
For those of you who don’t know what this means, the Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 was the Chevy version of the Trans-Am.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/31 "2023-11-11T18:37:05Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/juyTxYe.png)
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/32 "2023-11-11T18:49:02Z")
There’s a regular who comes through the drive-thru at my job a lot. I always forget until he drives away, that his plate reads:
HI COP
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/33 "2023-11-11T20:59:12Z")
I’ve mentioned it before, but years ago I saw a big black Lincoln with the license plate: IMNOTAL.
When I pulled up next to him and looked over, he was the spitting image of Al Davis (owner of the LA Raiders at the time).
A cute one: GRRRRRR on a Cougar.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/34 "2023-11-11T21:21:48Z")
Not on a phone, can’t increase it enough in the thread or on the host site to be able to read it.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/35 "2023-11-11T21:33:58Z")
My aunt had one that was ‘LICENCE’.
A few months ago I saw a plate that said ‘ZYG ZNT’.
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/36 "2023-11-11T21:36:47Z")
Many moons ago I saw a White Rabbit with IML8IML8.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/37 "2023-11-11T22:36:00Z")
> [@chappachula](#):
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> > [@LSLGuy](#):
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> > One of my faves that I’ve only seen twice around town in 10 years is an Audi that has **INNIE**.
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> I spent 20 seconds wondering what this meant.
> Then I laughed. Loudly.
> .
I laughed enough the first time that I took a pic of it once we stopped at a traffic light. I dug up the pic this afternoon to share and it’s even funnier than I had mis-remembered it above. It’s actually **NOT INNI** : **[Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjpgRVtUJAW9dFDY1a1bi7sqL3Hork6s/view)**.
While I was putting that pic up where you could see it I also found a pic of a different plate I’d already posted: **[Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1agNsJFWRsOpvwrW6VoZIqLqW_94kfcNN/view)**.
- License Plate Frame: “New York Islanders”
- License Plate: " **RNG5 5UK**
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/38 "2023-11-11T22:36:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Many moons ago I saw a White Rabbit with IML8IML8.
Back in college one of my roommates drove a Rabbit. Its plate was **LEPUS**.
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### Author:  [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/39 "2023-11-11T23:15:13Z")
Years ago I saw a Porsche with “Nein 11” .
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/40 "2023-11-12T01:02:35Z")
Owned by Nigel Tufnel, of course.
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