# 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:** 73
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1441 "2025-06-10T19:42:14Z")
Saw a nondescript car with **JJJADED**. Probably pronounced “Juh-juh-jaded”, akin to “Beh, beh, beh, Benny & the Jets”. Saw a black Audi SUV with a Florida Gators (University of Florida) booster plate. That plate holds 5 characters. It said **BLUUU**. Perhaps it belongs to an umpire? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1442 "2025-06-10T22:27:27Z")
On a black Mercedes AMG sports car (probably a GT, but it was black and I only saw the rear): **AMGLUV** with an AMG plate surround, on a NY State [Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Hall of Fame specialty plate](https://dmv.ny.gov/plates/dale-earnhardt-nascar-hall-of-fame). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1443 "2025-06-10T23:52:48Z")
Some kind of black SUV with **TEAM TAY**. Probably could have meant any number of things but my brain went to Taylor Swift fan. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1444 "2025-06-11T00:13:12Z")
Seen in Edmonton recently: **OYLRFAN** Edmonton’s NHL team is the Oilers. Alberta does have special Oilers plates, but I believe they only allow five characters. This guy obviously wanted seven characters, so he just went with the default. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1445 "2025-06-13T16:08:15Z")
This one has me scratching my head: On a Tesla Model Y: **ON GAS**. Dyslexia, perhaps? If it helps, the car, while unmarked, had a livery plate—a NY T&LC (Taxi & Limousine Commission) plate. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1446 "2025-06-13T17:38:09Z")
Seen last night in Laguna Beach on a dark gray Tesla: **NJOINYT** Belonging, I assume, to someone who is enjoyin’ it. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1447 "2025-06-13T21:49:48Z")
Saw 2: Porsche SUV w **SAM⎵⎵III**. Probably Samuel is a grandson of Samuel. Some people have no imagination. Yawn. Audi SUV w **LEAL⎵USA**. Who’s evidently this real estate sales person whose office is a few miles from where I found the car. > **[Karina Kfuri Leal , Leal USA Realty - Leal USA Realty | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinaleal)** > > Leading Leal USA Realty with dedication, my role as a Real Estate Broker encompasses more… · Experience: Leal USA Realty · Education: Harvard Business School Executive Education · Location: Delray Beach · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Karina... ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1448 "2025-06-15T04:27:44Z")
Porsche Panamera with WELL\_B\_OK ---
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1449 "2025-06-15T05:14:56Z")
**GASS⎵404** on a Tesla; 404 HTML error means not found ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1450 "2025-06-15T05:57:05Z")
A car drove past the protest today - honking and smiling - with the license plate [BE WOKE] ---
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1451 "2025-06-15T15:42:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **GASS⎵404** on a Tesla; 404 HTML error means not found This was interesting only because I saw your post an hour or so earlier. [![](https://i.imgur.com/3NGfA5x.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3NGfA5x.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:** [June 16, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1452 "2025-06-16T19:23:57Z")
Saw a car with FL plates and a “Proud native of Newport Beach CA” bumper sticker. The standard FL plate said **⎵MZ⎵⎵MAX**. No clue. Saw a standard FL plate with **SAMUELG**. Which gave me a start until I remembered that the troublesome poster here was @SamuelA, not @SamuelG. Just saw **SHARI**. She and her car were cute. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1453 "2025-06-16T23:12:53Z")
Was following a black Jeep today with **HR JEEP**. I couldn’t see the driver but I’m guessing it was “her Jeep”. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1454 "2025-06-17T00:43:51Z")
I graduated from USC = SoCal. Have a custom plate & USC plate frame. Those frames are commonplace in SoCal but rare here in SoFL. Today I saw a 4 door Porsche w a different USC plate frame and a standard FL plate reading **SCSTYLE**. As I passed the guy I waved & he saw me but was baffled. Maybe he picked up on my plate frame as I slowly pulled ahead in the adjacent lane. I’ll 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:** [June 17, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1455 "2025-06-17T16:02:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > As I passed the guy I waved & he saw me but was baffled. Maybe he picked up on my plate frame as I slowly pulled ahead in the adjacent lane. I’ll never know. Unless perhaps he is a Doper and posts here about your distinctive plate and plate frame…not to leave out mentioning your spiffy vroom-vroom car. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1456 "2025-06-17T23:48:32Z")
Saw **H4LCYON** on a pretty little Mercedes in the parking garage today. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1457 "2025-06-18T16:26:00Z")
I saw a surprisingly interesting plate yesterday: **E**. That’s it. Thought about it being an initial for a name. Then I thought it might be an optometrist. FL standard plates have a real busy logo in the center that turns any characters centered on the plate into an eye test. And all those charts start w a big E at the top. Hmmm Also saw **M3ARA**. Presumably somebody whose name is Meara or maybe Ara. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1458 "2025-06-18T19:23:42Z")
I presume M3ARA was not on an M3. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1459 "2025-06-18T20:01:25Z")
Not on a BMW M3, not on a Mazda Miata. I took note of the kind of car, but it was some generic cheapo Japanese or Korean sedan and no sooner had I lost sight of them than the make and model evaporated from my increasingly porous brain. I was also fast approaching my off-ramp when I passed 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:** [June 19, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1460 "2025-06-19T17:49:04Z")
**MUST SVO** on a beautiful 1985 Ford Mustang SVO The Mustang SVO is a very rare sighting. [![](https://i.imgur.com/whclVup.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/whclVup.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/vaXsK5i.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vaXsK5i.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/rmn8NYk.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rmn8NYk.jpeg) • **40 V 12** on a gorgeous 1940 Lincoln Zephyr V-12 convertible. [![](https://i.imgur.com/4o2716P.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4o2716P.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/aQth3pb.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/aQth3pb.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/sTRS1xG.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sTRS1xG.jpeg) • **JIMMY OK** on Jimmy’s 2002 Ford Thunderbird [![](https://i.imgur.com/Qa3EyYd.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Qa3EyYd.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/8esleS6.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8esleS6.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/apJZZRS.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/apJZZRS.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/iMZ4OjW.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/iMZ4OjW.jpeg) • **SLOW CHV** on a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle [![](https://i.imgur.com/RWoxcme.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RWoxcme.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/XBdiOPW.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/XBdiOPW.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/l99MwAs.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/l99MwAs.jpeg) • **69 STLIT** on a 1969 Plymouth Sport Satellite [![](https://i.imgur.com/7NsoraU.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7NsoraU.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/9NOmcCu.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9NOmcCu.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/kSqUAux.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/kSqUAux.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/xU8aQyI.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/xU8aQyI.jpeg) • **SSRS 72** on a 1972 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS 350 [![](https://i.imgur.com/8uSO1Li.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8uSO1Li.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/TMSsSAi.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TMSsSAi.jpeg) • Here are all my pictures from yesterday’s Cars & BBQ ➜ [Cars & BBQ, Sunken Gardens Golf Course, Sunnyvale - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/5CNi3nw) ■ ➜ [The rest of Cars & BBQ, Sunken Gardens Golf Course, Sunnyvale - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/m0QQxKM) ■ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=74)