# 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:** 39
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/761 "2024-10-13T22:34:57Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Ok, if these are not attempts to confuse the cops, I don’t know what they are. See also posts 86 & 455 in this thread. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/762 "2024-10-13T22:36:02Z")
I saw GOON1ES today. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/763 "2024-10-13T23:01:05Z")
Just saw my first one in the wild yesterday, a Washington state J.P. Patches license plate. With an initial cost of $157.25 and an additional $30 a year, I don’t think I will be getting one soon. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/5401/5665/files/JP-Plate-mockups-big_69a2076b-f415-49e3-8000-7d095a88b655_600x600.png?v=1664642941) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/5401/5665/files/JP-Plate-mockups-big_69a2076b-f415-49e3-8000-7d095a88b655_600x600.png?v=1664642941) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/764 "2024-10-14T15:12:09Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Ok, if these are not attempts to confuse the cops, I don’t know what they are. Not just confuse the cops, but also any witness of a tragic event. Those plates are confusing to read. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/765 "2024-10-14T16:52:04Z")
Maybe they just like the Manamana song ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/766 "2024-10-14T18:17:59Z")
Today I saw an F-Type Jaguar. Very nice car to look at, much fun to drive, but an unreliable POS to own. Anyhow the plate said **BAGL CTY**. It was parked in front of a breakfast / deli place named, yep, “Bagel City”. Evidently the deli business can be profitable. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/767 "2024-10-16T17:15:44Z")
Today I saw a Mini Cooper S with the cute but notso original plate of **MINII ME**. Presumably the version with **MINI** was already taken. Yesterday I saw a family wagon sort of thing with **CORAL DR**. Perhaps a marine biologist? Best for last: Here in FL there are many themed plate backgrounds available. One of which celebrates the US Navy Blue Angels who are home-based at NAS Pensacola. This plate style, in common with many of the specialty styles, uses about 40% of the plate width for the pretty picture & slogan, leaving room for just 5 characters for the vehicle’s actual ID in the remaining 60%. I encountered a fairly stock F-150 pickup with the Blue Angels background and the ID **A1ABV**. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/768 "2024-10-16T18:15:48Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **A1ABV** 🤷‍♂️ ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/769 "2024-10-16T19:53:02Z")
“A one above” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/770 "2024-10-16T20:06:30Z")
I kept trying to work from A1A and/or Alcohol By Volume. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/771 "2024-10-16T20:20:30Z")
That’s why knowing the plate background is commemorating a military jet aerobatic team is an important part of the story. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/772 "2024-10-17T12:43:02Z")
**RAGNCJN** on a car driving across San Marcos Pass Road north of Santa Barbara yesterday. Ragin’ Cajun ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/773 "2024-10-17T19:22:46Z")
A good one. At first I thought it was just someone’s gibberish but after figuring out how to pronounce it- _click_. **M8K1TSO** I wonder if the owner is bald and like to wear knits. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/774 "2024-10-17T19:25:25Z")
Was it a rental car? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/775 "2024-10-19T20:50:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > **M8K1TSO** > > I wonder if the owner is bald and like to wear knits. I saw what you did there. 😃 [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSw31yo88T4NY-U0uOQcPCDh_M7qhSPbm2gZQ&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSw31yo88T4NY-U0uOQcPCDh_M7qhSPbm2gZQ&s) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/776 "2024-10-19T21:07:02Z")
I saw **POOTER 1** today on a rattletrap Toyota. Not sure what it means, but it was different. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 20, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/777 "2024-10-20T05:57:53Z")
I’m in Santa Barbara for the Porsche 356 western states gathering and saw several personalized plates. Many had **356** in them. [[Album] Personalized plates at today’s Porsche 356 western states gathering ![](https://i.imgur.com/lRok8tP.jpeg?fb "Personalized plates at today’s Porsche 356 western states gathering") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/lKlQsB4) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/778 "2024-10-21T15:03:01Z")
Great pix: thanks. Today I saw **JDS EQNX**. Which makes more sense when I tell you it was attached to a Chevy Equinox, a midsized SUV. I bet JD was driving too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/779 "2024-10-21T17:35:30Z")
Yeah I was guessing a Chevy Equinox too before you said it. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/780 "2024-10-21T17:51:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I saw **POOTER 1** today on a rattletrap Toyota. Not sure what it means, but it was different. 🙂 In addition to being a toy that makes fart sounds, it’s also, I’m learning, the name of device for catching bugs. > **[Pooter - Scientific Lab Equipment Manufacturer and Supplier](https://www.shivsons.com/product/pooter/)** > > For collecting flies, spiders and other small arthropods. Comprises 75 x 25 mm glass tube with inlet and outlet tubes through a rubber stopper. Collecting tube has a flared end and the mouth piece is with rubber tube connection with a gauze filter,... [![](https://www.preproom.org/_images/equipment/pooter1_l.jpg) ](https://www.preproom.org/_images/equipment/pooter1_l.jpg) And I just realized I made one of these when I was in grade school. We had to invent something, so I stuck two hoses in a coffee can lid. Connected one to a vacuum and used the other one to suck up legos or other similarly small toys, which would be collected in the can. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=40)