# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/161 "2023-12-28T20:00:21Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > The winner gets bragging rights…😄 BWYAN ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/162 "2023-12-28T20:12:28Z")
Oh I remember that movie. It was awful. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/163 "2023-12-28T20:55:23Z")
I saw one a couple days ago. Not too amazing but good enough. Here in FL the standard plate is 3 characters, a large empty space with a logo in the middle, then 3 more characters. Like this: [![](https://www.flhsmv.gov/wp-content/uploads/plate1-1.jpg) ](https://www.flhsmv.gov/wp-content/uploads/plate1-1.jpg) The one I saw was **P1T BUL** with a large Pittsburgh Steelers logo sticker covering the oranges and a Pittsburgh Steelers license plate frame in black with yellow writing. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/164 "2023-12-29T03:41:48Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > The winner gets bragging rights > > > [@carnut](#): > > > > BWYAN Oops…I should have said “bwagging rights” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/165 "2023-12-29T04:18:16Z")
A few years ago I bought UPTO11 and the lettering above simply said, “This goes”. Had the plates for about a month before they were stolen, and had to deregister them. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/166 "2024-01-03T03:39:30Z")
Saw **JAGUMAR** on a you guessed it: Jaguar. Couldn’t quite decide if it meant anything more than just a close misspelling of JAGUAR because that one was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/167 "2024-01-03T14:34:32Z")
Saw a political one the other day: 2STATES ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/168 "2024-01-06T02:48:01Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t owned by a [quantum physicist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-state_quantum_system)? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/169 "2024-01-10T22:15:11Z")
Wouldn’t that be: CATINBOX ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/170 "2024-01-10T22:15:54Z")
Saw one today: LEGOMOM we know what you’re stepping on in the dark. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/171 "2024-01-11T19:14:24Z")
My plate is SWTWF from my favorite ST:TNG episode. [Memory Alpha.](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shaka) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/172 "2024-01-11T20:15:20Z")
Seen down the street from my house in Aptos: [![](https://i.imgur.com/Nd9WZfB.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Nd9WZfB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/173 "2024-01-11T22:19:03Z")
Caught one at the grocery store today, on a black Toyota Tundra - “S1TH-LD” ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/174 "2024-01-11T23:10:42Z")
Good one. Would’ve been better on a Lexus with the Darth Vader helmet grill: **[Henry Payne » Cartoon: Darth Lexus](https://henrypayne.com/index.php/2015/04/cartoon-darth-lexus)** ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/175 "2024-01-12T02:54:04Z")
I saw one a couple days ago - JNKLZRD. Junk lizard? Any other ideas? It was on a Toyota Sienna. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/176 "2024-01-12T04:36:30Z")
Today saw BSHPIG (“bush pig”) on a jeep - obviously a hunter’s vehicle here in NZ. And as I was dropping off my own car at the garage, saw PB12IN driving off. Took me a while to figure that one out… > **That kind of driving?** > > Lead foot ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/177 "2024-01-13T23:10:53Z")
A nice Ferrari 488 spyder on the road today, with F488 as the number plate. I’m not much of a fan of the ‘car model as plate’ but that one’s ok. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/178 "2024-01-14T01:32:49Z")
Depending on which state you’re in, that might be the only F488 so not a lot of competition for the matching plate. For cars that far out, doing the plate=model thing is understandable. **COROLLA** not so much. Although the odds on being the person getting **COROLLA** are a LOT longer. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/179 "2024-01-16T02:33:54Z")
I’m actually in New Zealand, so there’s only the one national licensing authority. And we’re restricted to six letters or numbers on the plate, too. Any great ideas checked [here](https://www.kiwiplates.nz/create/) that are available gratefully received. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/180 "2024-01-16T02:45:13Z")
I’m still waiting for both my custom plates and my custom frames to arrive (they kind of go together). It’s been 5 weeks… I’m getting antsy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=10)