# 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:** 66
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1301 "2025-04-30T23:53:10Z")
🤣 Not quite… Had a two-fer on my way home today. **AKBAR7** who I’m assuming is a Star Wars fan. I know it’s “Ackbar” but only six digits and there’s probably six other "AKBAR"s out there. And **BONKEY** which I’m not sure what to make of that. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1302 "2025-05-01T01:14:55Z")
I used to live near a scruffy used car lot called “Donkey Motors”. It was years later I learned it was really Don Key Motors. Owned by a dude named Don Key. I blame bad kerning on his sign. BONKEY might be similar. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1303 "2025-05-02T23:41:42Z")
**BRANDZ** in the parking garage today at work. I work with a Brandy and a Brandon so it could be one of them. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1304 "2025-05-03T15:35:29Z")
“ **ORCARU** ” on a Subaru OBW, the Outback Wilderness [[Album] “ORCARU” on a Subaru OBW, the Outback Wilderness ![](https://i.imgur.com/qJS6nk4.jpeg?fb "“ORCARU” on a Subaru OBW, the Outback Wilderness") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/pP6MLtD) The OBW has a lot of black cladding, so with a white OBW it does look a bit like an orca. This guy said he is a fan of orcas, the largest of the dolphin family. The last photo is a web pic and you can better see the orca resemblance there. ORCARU! [![](https://i.imgur.com/274SR5p.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/274SR5p.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:** [May 4, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1305 "2025-05-04T12:32:02Z")
Very clever example of Japanese-style borrowing from English. Two fins up! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1306 "2025-05-04T15:08:50Z")
**JUN1020** , but, why? [![](https://i.imgur.com/dPxCRjK.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/dPxCRjK.jpeg) When you drive a beautiful and rare 1st-generation 1969 Camaro SS396, what could that mean? [![](https://i.imgur.com/3HpFp9p.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3HpFp9p.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1307 "2025-05-05T05:51:28Z")
**SUPERRU** , on a Subaru Outback XT. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Gbzn1rJ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Gbzn1rJ.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/RptFiYT.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RptFiYT.jpg) Nice tires, those BFG KO2 ATs. But I’m a little biased because that’s what I have on my OBW, the Outback Wilderness. Out on the trail they are near indestructible. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1308 "2025-05-05T11:43:50Z")
On a red Tesla S… [![](https://i.imgur.com/8Le5oS9.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8Le5oS9.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/DTK8Z1W.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/DTK8Z1W.jpeg) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1309 "2025-05-05T11:48:58Z")
**MASZOOM** on an MX-5 Miata: nicely clever [![](https://i.imgur.com/Zzdc4J6.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Zzdc4J6.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/AGGCfBn.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/AGGCfBn.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1310 "2025-05-06T00:25:45Z")
You know. I don’t think Superman has a good handle on this whole secret identity thing, that is the only reason I can think of him driving around with **KAL-EL** on the license plate. The person driving it did not look like superman at all so maybe the disguise is working. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1311 "2025-05-06T02:25:43Z")
> [@icon](#): > > The person driving it did not look like superman at all That’s because he was wearing glasses. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1312 "2025-05-06T10:52:49Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **MASZOOM** on an MX-5 Miata: nicely clever Ahh, yes, but is that “mas zoom” as in Spanglish, or “Ma’s zoom” as in her car, not his? Given the other bumper stickers I’d lay odds the owner is a woman. Women who have fast convertibles are one of my favorite flavors. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1313 "2025-05-06T11:11:51Z")
I’m in California so I always took it for Spanglish. But you might be right about Ma’s Zoom. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1314 "2025-05-07T08:30:55Z")
Today (actually by now it was yesterday) I saw on a Rivian R1S: **RYVYN** ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1315 "2025-05-07T11:43:37Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m in California so I always took it for Spanglish. Lotta Spanglish here in SoFL too. Makes for a more interesting mix of plate possibilities. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1316 "2025-05-07T23:18:47Z")
**V STING** on a Corvette Stingray this morning. I’m in Indiana, and we have a ton of specialty plates to choose from. Also this morning I saw **BIGRAK** on the “conservation” plate which has a picture of a deer on it. The truck attached to this plate also had decals from what I’m assuming is a bow-hunting company. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1317 "2025-05-09T01:11:10Z")
Here in FL I saw a retro California plate with the black background and yellow letters. It said **KASH007**. I could not be certain if those were zeros or ohs, but they were both the same character. Which led me to several interpretations: Kachoo 7, as in sneezing. Kachoo 7, as in Sneezy of the 7 dwarves. Cashew 7 as in a nut farmer or nut fancier. Cash 007 as in something to do with cash money and James bond or spying. Cash Bond as in bail bondsman or maybe even a non-bail bonding company. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1318 "2025-05-09T02:06:11Z")
If memory serves, in California the DMV doesn’t distinguish between a Zero and an Oh. They’re essentially the same character. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1319 "2025-05-09T03:50:58Z")
**TRTNHIM** on a First Responder plate. No frame or stickers for guidance. Truth in Him or Trust in Him, perhaps? Surely not Trout in Him. [![](https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-first-responders.jpg?itok=A9mYHhBP) ](https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-first-responders.jpg?itok=A9mYHhBP) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1320 "2025-05-09T14:14:37Z")
Today I saw a 4-door Jeep Wrangler with a few off-road accessories. The standard FL plate read **SNOSUX**. Amen, bro! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=67)