# 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:** 51
**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:** [January 7, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1001 "2025-01-07T18:30:55Z")
A couple days ago I saw a 4-door convertible Bentley. Expensive car. The plate, you ask? **KEV RICH**. Just in case anyone following him had not noticed that. Douche. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1002 "2025-01-08T01:43:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **KEV RICH**. > > Just in case anyone following him had not noticed that. Douche. Because **KEV DOUCHE** is too many characters. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1003 "2025-01-09T03:03:45Z")
**2 NJPs**. Gotta love it. • [![](https://i.imgur.com/UUThc2Q.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/UUThc2Q.jpeg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/eeRnTWu.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eeRnTWu.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1004 "2025-01-09T12:54:56Z")
You may love it but I have no idea what it means. A little help please? Maybe they were a paratrooper and that means they did 2 night jumps? Yesterday I saw a Tesla model S with a standard Florida plate that read **YU⎵NVRNO**. Which I assume is the University of Nevada at Reno. Out there they’d call it UNR, but around here nobody would recognize that TLA. Not 10 minutes later I came up behind a Telsa Model Y with **EFF⎵⎵GAS**. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1005 "2025-01-09T13:13:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yesterday I saw a Tesla model S with a standard Florida plate that read **YU⎵NVRNO** You never know? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1006 "2025-01-09T13:14:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > read **YU⎵NVRNO** Could that also be **you never know**? ETA: ninja’ed while I was typing🤣. Oh, well, you never know… ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1007 "2025-01-09T13:20:58Z")
Wow. That totally did not occur to me. IOW, I never knew. 😉 You’re (both) probably more right than I am. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1008 "2025-01-09T17:29:27Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **2 NJPs**. 2 Non-judicial punishments? For a veteran willing to pay extra for the plate, that is a weird thing to be proud of. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1009 "2025-01-10T00:33:24Z")
Along with Teslas I seem to see a fair amount of custom plates on Subarus. The other day I saw **WOOBARU**. And someone in the parking garage at my office building has **WE1RD0**. I don’t know if it’s one of my co-workers or someone who lives in the apartments across the street. I need to find out! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1010 "2025-01-10T01:50:45Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > **2 NJPs**. > > 2 Non-judicial punishments? For a veteran willing to pay extra for the plate, that is a weird thing to be proud of. Yeah that’s what I figured it was for. Some veterans are proud of their misbehaviors. I guess. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1011 "2025-01-10T02:42:17Z")
I suppose it’s all part of the “… and I even lived to tell the tale!” mystique we all enjoy so much. 🤪 ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1012 "2025-01-12T02:47:29Z")
I saw this one on an Audi today. I guess it’s a pun on “HOWDY”. [![](https://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/audi.jpg) ](https://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/audi.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1013 "2025-01-15T18:11:54Z")
Two seen on my commute this morning: On yet another Tesla (on Long Island, NY), **YANKSNO1**. Couldn’t tell if the next-to-last character was an Oh or a zero. And on a BMW, **BHUMAN** , which I thought was a nice sentiment. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1014 "2025-01-16T17:28:01Z")
Either that or the driver was Bavarian. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1015 "2025-01-18T20:39:09Z")
Saw a Chevy work truck with TOTTNEM. (In Los Angeles) The only interpretation i can come up with isthat they are a fan of the british football club. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1016 "2025-01-18T21:46:23Z")
I saw LAMLEP on a Packers plate. I’m assume it’s Lambeau Leap. [![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExcjhkNTdpejBnMm05andsY2Y0emJ1cGloOHd6c2pkaWtyNTFtZDhzYSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/LjqjHD18zUif1tBqw4/giphy.gif) ](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExcjhkNTdpejBnMm05andsY2Y0emJ1cGloOHd6c2pkaWtyNTFtZDhzYSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/LjqjHD18zUif1tBqw4/giphy.gif) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1017 "2025-01-19T04:42:10Z")
Not very original or clever. [![](https://i.imgur.com/SwpmsQm.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/SwpmsQm.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/YpDtvkd.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YpDtvkd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1018 "2025-01-19T04:47:55Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Saw a Chevy work truck with TOTTNEM. (In Los Angeles) > > The only interpretation i can come up with isthat they are a fan of the british football club. Maybe it is a shortening of “toting them”? “Them” being whatever the truck is carrying. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1019 "2025-01-19T04:54:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Maybe it is a shortening of “toting them”? “Them” being whatever the truck is carrying I thought of that, but then wouldn’t TOTENEM be most appropriate? Also, it was a big work truck with lots of storage, but not much space for ‘totin’ like this: [![](https://cdnassets.hw.net/6d/5f/c9baaa0449bab2841aeaf18c5665/work-truck-step.jpg) ](https://cdnassets.hw.net/6d/5f/c9baaa0449bab2841aeaf18c5665/work-truck-step.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1020 "2025-01-19T12:04:41Z")
I had quite a haul yesterday. Like 7 of them. Unfortunately my day was full, so no time to post 'em as I saw 'em. Nor was I in position to grab pics as memory joggers. First up was a white Bentley 2-door. **ARB⎵TRAJ**. Nicely done. Next up was a ratty older RAV-4. The plate frame said “NHL” across the top, and “New Jersey Nets” across the bottom. The plate itself was the generic FL design and read **MET⎵FAN2**. Evidently this guy _really_ likes sports in the NYC area. The price of tickets being what they are, he has no money left for a decent car. Saw a nice but ordinary sedan with **GES⎵⎵NOT**. The others I saw but cannot now remember were more quirky. Damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=52)