# 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:** 81
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1601 "2025-07-29T19:31:12Z")
👍 Brilliant! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1602 "2025-07-29T20:06:29Z")
I used to be a Porsche guy. Owned a Porsche hop-up shop. I now drive a BMW: Better Make Way ('cuz here I come whether you like it or not!!) ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1603 "2025-07-29T23:49:01Z")
My first sighting of a custom plate on a motorcycle today… **NASTEE** ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1604 "2025-07-30T00:45:06Z")
Spotted on a Washington plate this morning in Olympic National Park: **MYSTR E**. I’m not going to attempt to solve it, but I thought it was rather clever. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1605 "2025-07-30T02:23:08Z")
The plate’a meaning is a mystery. If he gets one of those plate-hiding gizmos up-thread perhaps he can wrap it in an enigma. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1606 "2025-07-30T14:48:50Z")
Some sorta veterans plate, **SERB** ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1607 "2025-07-31T00:14:36Z")
I just saw MACH JOY on a Mustang Mach-E. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1608 "2025-07-31T02:27:13Z")
On one of the hottest days of the year around here: **WARM ONE**. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1609 "2025-07-31T23:30:14Z")
Saw another one today that I’m not quite sure what to make of it… **K2THEV** Also saw **CHINO22.** Someone must really like pants? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1610 "2025-08-01T00:03:42Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > K2THEV Possibly “K-word to the V-word,” but that doesn’t help figure out what those words are. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1611 "2025-08-01T00:09:10Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > **K2THEV** My initial read is Kᵛ (K raised to the power of V; K^V), but I’m not finding any obvious math or physics formulas that resemble that. I do see, however, that Ktothev appears to be a name as well as a, not entirely uncommon, social media handle. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1612 "2025-08-01T00:12:25Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Also saw **CHINO22.** Someone must really like pants? Chino is a town / city in SoCal. And a common enough Spanish language nickname. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1613 "2025-08-01T14:50:51Z")
**RGARC1A** Another name plate, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1614 "2025-08-01T21:15:13Z")
**OLINEMAN** The driver matched the plate ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1615 "2025-08-02T00:14:16Z")
Never mind ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1616 "2025-08-02T00:19:36Z")
I’ve probably posted this already, but it popped up in my facebook memories from 11 years ago. [![](https://i.imgur.com/0gXNHws.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/0gXNHws.jpeg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rp3TN_eTePU/hqdefault.jpg "serenity leaf on the wind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp3TN_eTePU) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1617 "2025-08-02T17:35:18Z")
Saw **CUB GIRL** on my way to getting my hair cut this morning. The car had Cubs bumper stickers and a Cubs license plate border too. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1618 "2025-08-03T17:20:22Z")
Saw an older Honda S2000 sport coupe convertible. Think year ~2000 Mazda Miata. The guy driving looked like the typical artist’s conception of Jesus. His plate: **4TITUDE**. His car was certainly soldiering on bravely. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1619 "2025-08-03T18:02:44Z")
I don’t think I’d be able to read that as anything other than Four Tit Dude. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1620 "2025-08-03T18:30:08Z")
That’s not a nice thing to say about jeebus. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=82)