# 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:** 69
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1361 "2025-05-16T10:45:42Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > My first thought was “bulk,” but that doesn’t seem right. Black Car Go? My first thought would’ve been Black Cargo, assuming either the driver owned a cargo business called Black Cargo or, if the driver was Black, a reference to themself. Your Black Car Go reminded me of Biggie’s Escargot/My Car Go line and, with that, I just learned about the short lived existence of the Nissian S-Cargo…which is totally meant to be ‘small cargo’ not ‘escargot’ or ‘snail cargo’. > **[Nissan S-Cargo](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_S-Cargo#/media/File:Nissan_S-Cargo_001.JPG)** > > The Nissan S-Cargo is a small retro-style van made by Nissan from 1989 to 1991. > The Nissan S-Cargo was debuted on the Tokyo Motor Show in 1989 its design was inspired by the Citroen 2CV Fourgonette van the name is a double entendre the name means "Small Cargo" but it sounds like "Escargot" which is a french word that means Snail and the word is a nickname for the Citroen 2CV the van has a 1.5 liter engine and a 3-speed automatic transmission it was one of Nissan\`s "pike cars" alongside the Niss... ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1362 "2025-05-20T00:25:05Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/LsYPMj7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/LsYPMj7.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7YdmkPo.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7YdmkPo.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 20, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1363 "2025-05-20T02:23:14Z")
**DRK LRD** is a great one! ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1364 "2025-05-20T02:33:42Z")
Today, a yellow Mercedes TD300 wagon. Like in this web pic: [![](https://oldcarjunkie.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1982-mercedes-300td-v8-1.jpg) ](https://oldcarjunkie.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1982-mercedes-300td-v8-1.jpg) It’s a diesel Mercedes-Benz W123. Model years are 1976–1986. I admire those old diesels. They’re near indestructible and can run forever! I saw it coming up to pass me on the highway climbing up the Santa Cruz Mountains (Patchen Pass, 1,800’). I was admiring it behind me and watching it pass me, but as it passed me I saw the driver was a nice young lady and its license plate was **BABE WGN**. I had to smile at that! Double posting this because it belongs in both threads, in here and in ➜ [What's the most interesting car you saw today? - #7370 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/7370) ■ ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1365 "2025-05-20T02:35:41Z")
I guess a **BLANK** license plate can be obtained. And perhaps the driver of the **CYA␣OPEC** Tesla should meet up with the **4700-KWH** Ford Lightning driver. Of course they would be unlikely want to meet the **TOP␣GUN** Ford Maverick driver given how much gas it and jet planes use. I do believe it is **GR8-TER** to be for **4␣EDUC8N** `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![TonyInMN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TonyInMN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonyInMN)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1366 "2025-05-20T20:49:04Z")
Last week in Wisconsin, saw a Camaro with the licence plate JAN 6. The owner was alone, working out in a kids playground. ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1367 "2025-05-21T23:11:35Z")
Saw a late model green Volvo SUV with the **[Feeding Florida](https://www.feedingflorida.org/taking-action/imagine-tag)** food bank booster plate. The plate read **GRL␣DONE**. It was parked so I know nothing of the driver. The phonetics suggest “girl done”, but I have no idea what that might mean. If the “GR” is connected to the green car color then we have “green L done”. Color me still mystified. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1368 "2025-05-21T23:14:31Z")
I have not participated before. Today I saw a car with the license plate “DOGTACO.” I don’t want to 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:** [May 21, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1369 "2025-05-21T23:17:06Z")
_¡Tacos de perro mas sabroso en todo el mundo!_ Welcome to the party.🙂 Personal plates are a gift of wacky that keeps on giving. I bet you saw some real winners at work over the years. But probably don’t remember too many. Do share if you can. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1370 "2025-05-21T23:34:00Z")
I saw a fancy big ass Suv with plates **00H AHH** I was suprised the 2 "O"s were apparently zeros. ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1371 "2025-05-21T23:40:40Z")
Saw **E BRASS** on the way to work today and **SMELLY** on the way home. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1372 "2025-05-21T23:51:47Z")
I saw **ISMELGAS** ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1373 "2025-05-21T23:58:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Today I saw a car with the license plate “DOGTACO.” Yo quiero Taco Bell? > **[https://i.redd.it/y73pq7ph9nj71.jpg](https://i.redd.it/y73pq7ph9nj71.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:** [May 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1374 "2025-05-22T14:21:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I saw a fancy big ass Suv with plates > **00H AHH** > > I was suprised the 2 "O"s were apparently zeros. They could be military. Marine Corps = _ **OOH RAH!!** _ Army = _ **HOO AHH!** _ (sp?) (@Loach or any soldiers here, how do you guys spell that?) ---
**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:** [May 22, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1375 "2025-05-22T14:29:41Z")
Seen in a parking lot at the aptly named Space Park: **SMLSATS** ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1376 "2025-05-22T17:23:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was suprised the 2 "O"s were apparently zeros. In many states they don’t have ohs, just zeros. Too easy for cops or others to misread which it is if they have both. Some states also don’t have both ones and Is. Same reason. Here in FL we have 1, I, zero, but not O. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1377 "2025-05-23T05:36:17Z")
Seen today: **SAVNGAS**. It was on a Ford Escort that looked pretty old, so I’m unsure how efficient it would be now. But it probably is more efficient than a lot of the giant pickup trucks that are quite common here. ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1378 "2025-05-23T23:06:24Z")
BMW sedan w the wildflowers & butterflies booster plate with **BJO␣BYE**. No ideas. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1379 "2025-05-24T07:38:47Z")
There’s an RV in my road that has the number plate W111KYM which when presented like that doesn’t look like much. Here in the UK you usually mount the plate with screws and you can get colour matching covers for the screws. So you put a screw in near the top of the first 1, add a bit of space, and you get “Will Kym”. ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1380 "2025-05-24T17:25:24Z")
Saw **2 PUPS** on the way home from the store this morning. Sure enough, there were two dogs poking their heads out of the windows! 🐶 🐶 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=70)