# 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:** 74
**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 19, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1461 "2025-06-19T19:14:13Z")
It’s cheating to go looking for custom plates at car shows. That’s like going fishing at the fish hatchery. 😉 Saw a very nice Porsche 911 GTS a couple days ago with FL standard plate **A911⎵GTS**. Saw a Camaro with the surfer plate background w a 5 character capacity. It said **ZANEB**. Which I assume is a guy named “Zane B.” Except a young woman was driving it. A few minutes later was a generic sedan with a standard FL plate with **ILONKA**. A Slavic name perhaps? I could not see the driver. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1462 "2025-06-19T19:25:08Z")
Yeah, they weren’t in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1463 "2025-06-19T19:25:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s cheating to go looking for custom plates at car shows. Obviously, then, a car show is not ‘in the Wild’? And, Ninja’d!! ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1464 "2025-06-19T19:25:32Z")
I don’t think it is. ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1465 "2025-06-19T21:32:43Z")
Despite our ribbing, those are great plates and great pix of great cars. Thank you for them all. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1466 "2025-06-19T23:10:48Z")
NSFW [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/At1CmDr.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 19, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1467 "2025-06-19T23:19:25Z")
Cute. Very cute. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1468 "2025-06-19T23:21:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Despite our ribbing, those are great plates and great pix of great cars. I want the Lincoln. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1469 "2025-06-20T08:09:32Z")
And I want the SVO. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1470 "2025-06-20T15:20:14Z")
I’ve had a few older cars over the years. Some of which might barely have been labeled “classics”. Definitely could’ve been labeled “nostalgia pieces”. Funny, but I now have zero desire for anything less than new. IMO old(er) cars are nothing but trouble and incapability and awkwardness. They do _everything_ badly compared to a modern car. “Modern” here meaning ~2023 or later. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1471 "2025-06-24T00:57:38Z")
Seen today on I-70 in western Ohio: a big Ford F-450 pickup truck, with **F4FIDDY**. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1472 "2025-06-24T03:41:14Z")
This beer is 10.5% ABV: [![](https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/609238/files/3153919/oskar-blues-brewery-ten-fidy-abv-105-4-pack.jpg) ](https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/609238/files/3153919/oskar-blues-brewery-ten-fidy-abv-105-4-pack.jpg) ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1473 "2025-06-24T23:36:48Z")
I think this guy wins the thread for today. [![](https://i.imgur.com/lj8mn1q.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lj8mn1q.jpeg) Did you figure it out? It took me a second before it clicked… [No Fucking Ziti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uObGyE-lwJY) ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1474 "2025-06-24T23:38:57Z")
Saw **SNOOP92** on an older model Toyota this morning ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1475 "2025-06-25T23:34:53Z")
And this morning I saw **GVJADE** on a dark green Genesis ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1476 "2025-06-26T00:22:54Z")
On a Nissan Z (a tuner, with lots of vinyl and a growling engine): **FAIRL4DY**. ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1477 "2025-06-27T23:37:58Z")
This one I don’t know the meaning of: On a Bentley Continental GTC, **PREPACK**. Any ideas? NY plate, on Long Island, if that helps. I thought perhaps a company name, but I’m not coming up with anything. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1478 "2025-06-28T21:11:45Z")
On a VW Golf: **DIEZELG8** Don’t know what fuel it was. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1479 "2025-06-29T01:23:44Z")
> [@Topologist](#): > > This one I don’t know the meaning of: On a Bentley Continental GTC, **PREPACK**. Any ideas? In finance, a “prepack” is a type of bankruptcy filing that fucks the creditors amd shareholders while leaving management unscathed. And usually enriching an inside-tracked “rescue” firm. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1480 "2025-06-29T03:03:50Z")
Given the car, that seems likely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=75)