# 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:** 55
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1081 "2025-02-06T13:54:47Z")
I suppose listening to their entire _oevre_ set on repeat (not shuffle) might get old after about, oh, 10,000 years. Which is just a drop in the ocean compared to forever. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1082 "2025-02-06T14:12:19Z")
I felt like an idiot because I translated FOOFGTR as Foof Getter. Took a few miles for me to realize it was Foo Fighter ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1083 "2025-02-06T14:26:28Z")
**APPX** I didn’t know that the Associated Press ran a Post Exchange. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1084 "2025-02-06T14:34:22Z")
This one could probably be posted here and the interesting cars thread: [![](https://i.imgur.com/QEyzUPY.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/QEyzUPY.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/yjeOOQi.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/yjeOOQi.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1085 "2025-02-07T03:17:29Z")
I am not sure what the H is for but maybe **H-TARDIS** knows. I have to wonder what **AMOUR** is planning for Valentine’s day, with a license plate like that they are probably required to do something special. I’m not sure when this plate was chosen but **USA␣UKR** is certainly relevant now. Soon after seeing that I saw **CZE␣GRL** zoom past me. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1086 "2025-02-09T15:20:27Z")
EXACTLY Another candidate for an Abbott and Costello bit. What is your license plate? Exactly. … ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1087 "2025-02-10T10:21:44Z")
Although I was passed by a Tesla with **GON␣PLAD** but they were not going ludicrous speed\*. Later I saw **THS␣IS␣RL** which was comforting or maybe scary depending on your view of the world. The boxy car I saw with **BB-EI8HT** did not look like the robot, and the car had no Star Wars stickers. Finally I am not sure if **IIIIIII** liked roman numerals, was trying to avoid being identified by toll cameras or was purely egotistical. \* I know Tesla’s have a Ludicrous Mode setting, but this particular one was not going that fast, just fast enough to pass me. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1088 "2025-02-10T13:07:59Z")
> [@icon](#): > > - I know Tesla’s have a Ludicrous Mode setting, but this particular one was not going that fast, just fast enough to pass me. They have a Ludicrous mode, but a Plaid trim package. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1089 "2025-02-12T06:57:34Z")
**VSPRSN** Any ideas about this one? [![](https://i.imgur.com/L0ogIIc.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/L0ogIIc.jpg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/z7ZpAlZ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/z7ZpAlZ.jpg) • Any guesses? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1090 "2025-02-12T12:48:16Z")
California vs Prison? Very Special Person? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1091 "2025-02-12T14:55:13Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Very Special Person? Yes that’s it. She parked next to me at the grocery store, and later on inside I bumped into her and asked. We had a nice, brief conversation. Her husband (now deceased) had gotten her a plate with VIP on it. She was never comfortable with VIP, but she tolerated it. He soon thereafter died in an accident. She changed the plate so it no longer had VIP but in an homage to him she included VSP for, as you guessed, Very Special Person. In the years that followed she’s had many ask her what it meant. Very Speedy Person? Very Sassy Person? Very Suspicious Person? Very Sexy Person? Very Stupid Person? Very Smart Person? The plate has been a conversation starter through the many years she’s had it. I left her with another twist. Since she drives a Kia Soul, so I said Very Soulful Person. She liked it and laughed. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1092 "2025-02-12T14:56:23Z")
I love the occasional random conversations I have with others about their cars. When they happen they often become high points to my days. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1093 "2025-02-12T14:58:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > Chicks evidently dig red Mustangs. > > Or guys with delusions of being chick magnets dig red cars. Meanwhile the chicks don’t even notice. Au contraire. When I was driving our red Miata with Bubba the Cavalier King Charles spaniel riding shotgun, young women would wave and cheer. Although I’m pretty sure they were digging Bubba. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1094 "2025-02-12T18:39:44Z")
Speaking of red cars … Last night I saw a fairly non-descript newish sedan. Might’ve been Nissan, might’ve been Chevy; nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either. But it was a very bright cheerful shade of red. With a red-bordered license plate frame that was paved with all sparkly red “jewels” & no lettering. A wall of small red ruby-colored rhinestones. The standard background FL plate read **A⎵JEWEL**. The car was parked so I did not see the driver. I bet she was interesting. Or worked in a jewelry store. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1095 "2025-02-13T00:38:49Z")
Yet another Subaru… this time it was **MOOUWU** Someone trying to say “Subaru” with a mouthful of peanut butter sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1096 "2025-02-13T00:41:59Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/k9FmEIQ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/DwDoYoe) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1097 "2025-02-14T19:56:53Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/twONh1o.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/9WX9J7D) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1098 "2025-02-14T21:47:17Z")
I did see something like that before but I can’t remember the exact phrasing, so I won’t post my guesses. Today I did see something I am old enough to say **2S00NJR** or at least would like to say, maybe it is a Vin Diesel vehicle? `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1099 "2025-02-15T12:08:01Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/ykJVEKF.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/oxmAcxK) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1100 "2025-02-19T21:08:44Z")
Standard plate, but it got an involuntary Beavis and Butthead laugh out of me [![](https://i.imgur.com/GL5LC6O.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/GL5LC6O.jpeg) [![](https://d20knvk822eu5a.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public-optimized-tablet/2024-01/blue-footed-booby.jpg.webp) ](https://d20knvk822eu5a.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public-optimized-tablet/2024-01/blue-footed-booby.jpg.webp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=56)