# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/381 "2024-06-19T17:41:31Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Yesterday I saw a BMW M-series (I didn’t not exactly which M model). The license plate read **911MGNT**. > > My initial thought was “911 management”, but after thinking about it for a few seconds I realized it’s probably “911 _magnet_”, as in Porsche 911. I guess it’s meant to imply that Porsche drivers want to race him. My guess is that 911 = police, and the tags meant “cop magnet.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/382 "2024-06-20T14:33:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The whole effect just screams a 50-70yo sorta wealthy woman with big hair and an annoying Pekinese. Might’ve sold real estate, might’ve been a TV news presenter, or might’ve just married well. > > The plate reads **LUVDABU**. “Loved Abu”, the late, lamented previous Pekinese? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/383 "2024-06-21T02:53:54Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > My guess is that 911 = police, and the tags meant “cop magnet.” **COPMGNT** would work for that but may well have been gone already, ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/384 "2024-06-21T16:21:21Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/kaN6jkh.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kaN6jkh.jpg) . This one isn’t about the customization, but the plate. I didn’t realize any one had such religious plates. I assumed it was a novelty plate when I first spotted it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/HaisxAK.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/HaisxAK.jpeg) It’s real: [![](https://img.texasmonthly.com/2013/01/undergod.png?auto=compress&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=900&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&w=1600) ](https://img.texasmonthly.com/2013/01/undergod.png?auto=compress&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=900&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&w=1600) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/385 "2024-06-21T20:09:28Z")
Earlier this week I saw a specialized license plate that had a picture of a tiger on it, and the plate had TGRLUVR on it. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/386 "2024-06-22T01:37:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s real: Is that the standard Texas plate, or one option with other options available? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/387 "2024-06-22T04:25:29Z")
I’m sure it’s one of dozens of special “Vanity” plates. Which according to the moody writer of Ecclesiastes, is to be avoided… _"Vanity, vanity, all is vanity._ _What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun…?"_ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/388 "2024-06-22T14:45:21Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > If that’s what it means, it has to rank right up there with “most obscure license plates.” > > I have often thought of putting a custom plate on my car that would be meaningful to a small (but non-zero) number of people. For example, I have thought of using the following: > > **NO KILL I** > 3MPKWH (on an EV) > PTAAV > LIRPA > > But, in the end I settled for one which probably gets mis-identified 90% of the time - **BRONKA** , which is not meant to be the female of Bronco, but a play on the Tonka toy. My bolding. I love the **NO KILL I** , a Star Trek:TOS reference that Trekkies would get. And BRONKA as a play on the Tonka truck is very good. It reminds me of one I saw recently on a yellow Rivian EV truck: **TONKA EV**. Let me go off and find it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/389 "2024-06-23T02:03:23Z")
Car shows are a treasure trove of custom plates, and the 2024 Woodies On The Wharf in Santa Cruz today was no exception: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53809723500_74c6121b31_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53809723500_74c6121b31_b.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/390 "2024-06-23T02:08:47Z")
**TONKA EV** on a yellow Rivian R1T Pictures include the old Tonka truck ad with the elephant stepping on the Tonka dump truck. Also two Tonka trucks I bought for last Christmas for my grandson. When I spotted that Rivian (September 2023) I was reminded of the Tonka trucks I had as a kid, so that inspired me to get them for my grandson. [[Album] Plates: TONKA EV ![](https://i.imgur.com/sVoZpZo.jpeg?fb "Plates: TONKA EV") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/ue22gaz) And here’s the grandchild: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Ac9rR6g.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/5nyqL1a) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/391 "2024-06-23T02:32:13Z")
Some friends of mine had the plate MYTZWEL. A big clue is that they were Deadheads, but even when parked at a Dead show, very few people understood it. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/392 "2024-06-23T04:00:00Z")
I’ve got a few in my Cars album on my phone. I’ve collected car pictures for over 7 years. Some plates are just meh, maybe only slightly interesting, and others are clever. **AI ENG** , on a nice BMW SUV. The guy probably paid cash for it out of his $600,000 AI engineer salary. [[Album] Plates: AI ENG ![](https://i.imgur.com/Yhc5ieC.jpeg?fb "Plates: AI ENG") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/Zl6yrJm) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/393 "2024-06-23T07:43:40Z")
**WSAABE** — on a green Saab. This one is clever, and also cute. If you don’t eat sushi you may not know that wasabi is a green paste of horseradish spices. I wonder why they didn’t go with **WSAABI**? I doubt it’s taken. Maybe they thought that ending with the **E** would help the pronunciation. Yeah, that’s probably it. Now I’m hungry for some sushi. [[Album] Plates: WSAABE ![](https://i.imgur.com/1SAPlgc.jpeg?fb "Plates: WSAABE") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/LPgNS7X) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/394 "2024-06-23T14:33:22Z")
When I read that, I hear it in the voices of those guys in that “Was–uuuuuup?” commercial. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/395 "2024-06-25T19:55:13Z")
VCLASSY. Very classy? [![](https://i.imgur.com/zpjCBNp.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zpjCBNp.jpeg) ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/396 "2024-06-25T20:09:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > If you don’t eat sushi you may not know that wasabi is a green paste of horseradish spices. Technically, the stuff made from horseradish is imitation wasabi. Real wasabi is made from… the [wasabi plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi) (although the wasabi plant is apparently also known as “Japanese horseradish” if Wikipedia is to be believed). But real wasabi doesn’t grow many places, and therefore is very expensive, so all but the most high end sushi places serve the stuff made from horseradish. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/397 "2024-06-25T20:16:03Z")
Ooh thanks. I did not know that! ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/398 "2024-06-25T20:18:35Z")
Short video on the subject. These Business Insider videos are typically pretty good [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ej7jx0x_MR0/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Real Wasabi Is So Expensive | So Expensive") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej7jx0x_MR0) ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/399 "2024-06-25T21:19:38Z")
Today I saw **Y GR0 UP**. The thing after the R is a zero. Somebody else must’ve beaten these folks to this idea and taken the “oh” for themselves. Considering the potential for oh/zero confusion, I’d sure hope my other-plate counterpart is at least as law-abiding as I am. It’d really suck to get arrested for a hit-and-run the other person did. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/400 "2024-06-25T21:46:58Z")
I’ll bet your state doesn’t allow the letter O. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=21)