# 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:** 91
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1801 "2025-09-09T21:39:13Z")
Saw a Jeep Wrangler w a few offroad mods. The MO plate read **BFREBU**. Huh?? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1802 "2025-09-09T22:02:34Z")
“Be free, be you” is my guess. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1803 "2025-09-10T00:40:13Z")
On a Tesla tonight, **NOTGASY** ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1804 "2025-09-10T14:59:17Z")
Fiat 124 Spider (the Fiata) with an eponymous plate: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/T2TnJRf.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/T2TnJRf) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1805 "2025-09-10T16:04:40Z")
Saw 3 today - **TTMONEY** on a Maybach SUV. That guy is real proud of his wallet. - **GREICY** on a bright yellow Mercedes coupe. Someone’s name I assume. - **LIV⎵BIG** on a Genesis sedan. Now that’s a sentiment I could get behind. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1806 "2025-09-10T19:39:08Z")
Or a fan of _Avatar: The last Airbender_, that being the command to [get Appa going](https://youtu.be/cpqm0kA-5DU). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1807 "2025-09-10T20:21:43Z")
More driving, more seeing … - **WAT⎵NOW** on a dirty white family wagon. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1808 "2025-09-10T23:38:52Z")
**FIGR SK8** in the parking garage. I don’t know if any of my co-workers are figure skaters… ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1809 "2025-09-11T10:25:39Z")
I imagine if you use the **FLOO␣N3T** you are not likely to be **L8␣4␣D8**. If you are, late though, you may receive an **UPPERCT** from the person who was waiting for you. As long as it is not from **GODZ1LA** , you may survive the encounter. I have recently watched Harry Potter which is why I understand FLOO␣N3T to be a reference to the floo network which is a way that people in that universe can travel through magical means. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [September 11, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1810 "2025-09-11T11:56:29Z")
**EMONEY** on a glammed up Civic. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1811 "2025-09-11T13:23:43Z")
Just saw a Tesla with plates RIP OPEC ---
**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:** [September 11, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1812 "2025-09-11T15:24:09Z")
Saw a Polestar with **TWIKI**. Which might be Elmer Fudd for “tricky”, or a cute name or … Relevant to the post just above they had a promotional license plate frame. The larger bottom words said “ChargePoint” with part of their logo. The fun part was the top which read “EV Drivers kick gas”. Not bad for corporate humor. I’d have preferred “EV Drivers pass gas” though. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 11, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1813 "2025-09-11T15:37:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Saw a Polestar with **TWIKI**. Which might be Elmer Fudd for “tricky”, or a cute name or … Or a reference to the little robot from the late '70s TV series _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_. Bonus points if the Polestar’s horn sounds like Mel Blanc saying “BEEEDEEE BEEEDEEE BEEDEEE.” [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6AJH!,w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95dde6b9-6d08-47ab-9180-76c87669acc7_578x813.png) ](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6AJH!,w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95dde6b9-6d08-47ab-9180-76c87669acc7_578x813.png) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1814 "2025-09-11T23:54:44Z")
Followed **INDIGO** partway home today… it was indeed on an indigo-blue small SUV. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1815 "2025-09-12T00:01:01Z")
I immediately recognized both characters & costumes in your still and might have recovered the name of the show or lead character from what’s left of my kid-teen memory eventually. The robot’s name? Never. Or connected the name to the show? Never. But great suggestion. 2 more today: - **DVLAW** on a snazzy Mercedes with a local university booster plate. Presumably a lawyer who represents disabled veterans. Or the soon to be divorced. Probably more money in the latter. She did look like a very well-paid woman. - **4HUGZ** on an SUV with the pet-lover’s booster plate. The lady driving looked more like a dog person than a cat rancher. But you never know. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1816 "2025-09-12T02:24:47Z")
**SALSA1** - dance or condiment? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1817 "2025-09-12T07:47:52Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Just saw a Tesla with plates RIP OPEC OTOH, a Model S with **ELON RKS**. No stickers, plate frames, or other paraphernalia to indicate what sort of rocks the owner means. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1818 "2025-09-12T12:20:24Z")
Or maybe Elon Reeks? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1819 "2025-09-12T23:36:19Z")
I’ve had to go into the office a few times this week which means braving the nightmare detour. But at least I’ve seen some amusing plates. Today it was **PAWWLA**. Not sure if it was supposed to be a play on “Paula”, I couldn’t see the driver. Lilo and Stitch license plate frame 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:** [September 13, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1820 "2025-09-13T01:01:23Z")
I scored 2 today: - **ELLIV** which is probably “Ellie V” but might be “alive”. - **NUNQOM** which might be re-spelled Latin “nunquam” = English “never”. There was no other evidence about what they might be nevering about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=92)