# 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:** 97
**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:** [October 19, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1921 "2025-10-19T11:40:38Z")
**MY EA6B** , the Prowler [![](https://i.imgur.com/vehUnsR.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vehUnsR.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:** [October 19, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1922 "2025-10-19T13:14:26Z")
Saw one yesterday I forgot to include. As I’ve said, FL is a rear plate only state. Sometimes you find a car with an FL rear plate and a front plate from another state. Probably not quite kosher, but folks do it. Of course, being FL we also have a lot of part time residents and tourists, so seeing out of state plates on either / both ends is hardly rare, even though I’m about 350 miles from the nearest state border. Anyhow, saw a car with an NY front plate that read **NY⎵GIRL**. As it passed I saw the rear plate was an ordinary serial FL plate. If the front plate was a replica it was a good 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:** [October 19, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1923 "2025-10-19T16:39:53Z")
The Trader Joe’s parking lot is usually good for a few custom plates. Today I only saw one kind of meh plate… **KNT.** Not sure it was someone’s initials or if someone likes to knit but “KNIT” was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1924 "2025-10-19T17:31:05Z")
Today I saw **PMS** on a Nissan Versa driven by a young lady. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1925 "2025-10-19T19:03:19Z")
Saw **04\_PONY** on what I assume was a red 2004 Mustang ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1926 "2025-10-20T19:07:20Z")
Yesterday on a Mazda SUV with Utah plates: **MAHZDUH** ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1927 "2025-10-20T19:41:19Z")
That’s because it’s not his, it’s ma’s, duh. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1928 "2025-10-20T19:57:56Z")
Saw a car with a Pittsburgh Steelers license plate frame and bumper stickers. The plate said **PIT⎵BUL**. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1929 "2025-10-21T00:01:17Z")
For those who haven’t seen these this is a Honda Acty, a Japanese [Kei truck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_truck). This one is owned by the Boston Yacht Services and has a multiple self-referential custom plate: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/R8vUpUz.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/R8vUpUz) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/qs2ZfUj.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/qs2ZfUj) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1930 "2025-10-21T19:29:44Z")
Scored 4 more today that I recall, plus a couple that I can’t. - **JUPGRL** on a standard FL plate on a Toyota RAV4. “Jup” is probably “Jupiter”, a swanky beachfront suburb about 40 miles upcoast from here. - **REDSOXJ** on a standard FL plate on a nice but ordinary Genesis sedan. So Jay likes the Boston team? - **BJT⎵TAX** on a standard-looking out of state plate. I couldn’t identify the state in the time I had it in sight. Presumably the owner of the car has a tax prep service. - **BUMM** on a Miami Dolphins booster plate on a gussied-up BMW SUV. The only Dolphin w a remotely similar nickname was Don Shula, the legendary head coach; he was sometimes known as “Bum”. He’s been dead a few years, so it sure wasn’t his car. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1931 "2025-10-22T01:53:36Z")
Seen today: **YEAH X3**. Beatles fan? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1932 "2025-10-22T11:16:16Z")
Was the car a **[BMW X3 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_X3)**? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1933 "2025-10-22T16:06:53Z")
The FL 9/11 commemorative plate has a sorta red and white stripes with blue accents motif; just screams “I’m _Patriotic!_” Anyhow saw one of those today on a white SUV I’ve seen around here before but I don’t think I’ve posted about. It read **USA⎵MED**. Some googling suggests there are a couple of medical practices near here whose names are roughly that. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1934 "2025-10-22T16:45:28Z")
No, I think it was a Toyota, but I didn’t get as good a look at it as I wanted. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1935 "2025-10-23T20:11:09Z")
**PUREGLD** on a Toyota Camry. It was a stamped plate, as opposed to printed, so it was at least twenty years old. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1936 "2025-10-23T22:56:00Z")
Pretty good haul for me today … - **ECOLAB** on an MB S550. Nice car. Ecolab is a multinational corp with HQ in Minneapolis. Is this some local exec? Or something totally different? - **M240I** on a BMW …yep M240I. No points for originality - **RVDAD** on an SUV with an NV booster plate for the Las Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. Does “RV” = “recreational vehicle” or ??? - **KHAI** on a pickup truck with the FL surfing booster plate. - **BNGEL** on a Tesla. Cincinnati Bengals fan? “Be an angel?” “Bangle”? No clue. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1937 "2025-10-23T23:40:15Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Saw either **MINS CAR** or **MIMS CAR** this morning, it was dark and I only got a quick look before the light changed. Saw this one again this morning, it’s **MINS CAR**. Also saw **SVR VXN** … silver vixen? It was on a silver car but I couldn’t see the driver. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1938 "2025-10-24T02:10:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > No points for originality Way back when California first started offering vanity plates I read a report that the most-often requested plate was some variation of Corvette (The limit was seven characters). Second was **PORSCHE** , third was **MUSTANG**. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1939 "2025-10-24T02:37:16Z")
**KENDOG** , I assume it’s Ken’s nickname. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1940 "2025-10-24T03:23:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **BNGEL** on a Tesla. Cincinnati Bengals fan? “Be an angel?” “Bangle”? No clue. Person from the [Bengal region](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal) of South Asia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=98)