# 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:** 87
**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 21, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1721 "2025-08-21T23:52:35Z")
**LVR BOY** this morning. They also had a funny bumper sticker. “I’m not drunk, I’m avoiding potholes” ---
**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 22, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1722 "2025-08-22T00:46:14Z")
Saw 2 today. - A convertible w **FIT4SUN** - A macho pickup truck with **RED2RAC**. Not sure how much racing he can do in that rig. But by golly, he’s ready. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1723 "2025-08-22T07:57:47Z")
I am not against textiles, but I am fairly certain I would never exclaim **OMG␣YARN**! I think I am more of an **ALOHA␣0** kind of guy. `//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:** [August 22, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1724 "2025-08-22T17:09:45Z")
Had an Uber driver today with plate XNASA. I didn’t want to ask if it was true. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1725 "2025-08-22T17:15:31Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Had an Uber driver today with plate XNASA. I didn’t want to ask if it was true My license plate reads, in part, X WING – it’s a reference to a Star Wars ship. [![](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/X-Wing-Fighter_47c7c342.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864) ](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/X-Wing-Fighter_47c7c342.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864) Back when the Illinois Tollway still had tollbooth attendants, there was an attendant at the toll plaza on the Tri-State Tollway, near my house, who, several times, commented on my plate, and asked me if I had played hockey for the Detroit Red Wings. 😉 ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1726 "2025-08-22T17:38:11Z")
Saw a New Jersey plate with **NJAA1**. The NJ part is pretty obvious. Wiki has quite a list of things AA might be: **[AA - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA)**. Plus someone’s initials of course. This was an Audi SUV with a sparkly rhinestone license plate frame. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1727 "2025-08-22T20:52:16Z")
That reminds me, yesterday I saw a white pickup with **RED 5.** Caught my attention because I want to check to see if **RED 6** is available for my red Mazda 6. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1728 "2025-08-22T22:32:43Z")
A 1970s era Porsche with **NEIN11** ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1729 "2025-08-23T17:16:50Z")
A couple of good ones today while out and about. **SNOBA11** on a white Lexus and **CORGO** on a small SUV with a Corgi poking its head out the window 🐶 ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1730 "2025-08-24T00:45:33Z")
I saw a Mustang with **CDOYS**. Which I suppose is a clever respelling of “Cody’s” after some other dude already got the conventional spelling. Saw an NY plate with **SCARCROW**. I hadn’t known you could get 8 letters in NY, ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1731 "2025-08-25T02:40:13Z")
I saw a red tag with white writing today that had 4 numbers (don’t remember what they were) followed by FX. The interesting part was that underneath the tag number, it said “TRANSYLVANIA”. Due to shadows, I couldn’t read the top part of the tag. I just realized that this thread is about custom tags, which I don’t believe this was. But it’s not worth starting a thread about. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1732 "2025-08-25T11:40:35Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I couldn’t read the top part of the tag Kentucky? [![](https://i0.wp.com/www.transy.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/illustrations/Transyplate1780.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/www.transy.edu/sites/default/files/news/images/illustrations/Transyplate1780.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1) It appears to be for a college > **[License to learn: Updated Transylvania plates fund scholarships](https://www.transy.edu/1780/2021/01/license-to-learn-updated-transylvania-plates-fund-scholarships/)** > > Newly designed Transylvania University specialty license plates provide the school with funds to support students. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1733 "2025-08-25T12:34:55Z")
That was definitely it. Thanks! ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1734 "2025-08-25T12:59:49Z")
Saw an NC plate with **ZAID’S**. Couldn’t get a look at the driver, but I bet that’s his name. ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1735 "2025-08-25T17:05:45Z")
Someone very dedicated to Claude Lemieux, when he played for the Montreal Canadiens. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/8K7uAZ7.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/8K7uAZ7) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1736 "2025-08-26T01:11:03Z")
This one I had to Google. (Now everyone can tell me how unhip I am.) NY plates are usually three letters followed by four numbers, but this was the reverse: **117 UNSC** ---
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1737 "2025-08-26T01:13:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I hadn’t known you could get 8 letters in NY, I think you’re allowed 8 characters on an ordinary plate, but the special interest plates have room for only 6. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1738 "2025-08-26T17:20:44Z")
I was encouraged to be **BE␣GR8** and **CR8IVE** on the road today, but I was more worried that the **3BIRD5** might run into a **BLOON** as they flew in the sky. I do wonder about **IM␣MRD** though. Where they forced to put that on their license plate because of previous indiscretions? I know, it could be anything but I choose to read it as I’m Married. `//i\\` ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1739 "2025-08-26T17:23:08Z")
> [@icon](#): > > I do wonder about **IM␣MRD** though. Where they forced to put that on their license plate because of previous indiscretions? I know, it could be anything but I choose to read it as I’m Married. “I’m Married” makes sense; “MRD” might also be their initials. Early in my career, when I worked in market research, “MRD” was a common acronym, in my industry, for “Market Research Department,” but I doubt that’s it, in this case. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1740 "2025-08-26T17:32:02Z")
Yeah, sometimes they are really clear especially given other clues, sometimes it’s whatever meaning you put into it given your mood. There is a non-custom license plate in a parking spot near where I live that starts with **5HT** , and depending on what is on your mind you might give it a particular meaning 😜 `//i\\` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=88)