# 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:** 98
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1941 "2025-10-24T03:47:49Z")
**BATMOM** in the local supermarket’s parking lot. Well, it was a black car, but no idea if the driver wore a cape and/or cowl. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1942 "2025-10-24T14:09:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **BNGEL** on a Tesla. Cincinnati Bengals fan? “Be an angel?” “Bangle”? No clue. I know someone with FRANGEL. Her name is Fran, she’s referring to herself as an angel. I think it’s clunky. There’s no way to merge those words without one of them being mispronounced. ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1943 "2025-10-25T16:42:26Z")
Saw **REDRUM 6** in the grocery store parking lot this morning. Also on a Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1944 "2025-10-25T17:22:21Z")
I am not sure what the car that crossed in front of me **8⎵HOT** but I hope it was good. The **BLKMOBIL** certainly lived up to its billing by being painted black, but I have no way to know if **NOJUIC3** really had no juice, or if **LUCY7** was drive by an actual Lucy. **COMTEC** sounds like an agency, but is likely simply a communications technician. `//i\\` ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1945 "2025-10-25T18:36:23Z")
FL issues no black plates w white writing. But lots of FL plates are custom painted that way. A few are on black cars w white trim, so the plate color is probably an aesthetic statement. Far more seem to be some sort of RW “I love a police state’” thing. Saw a raggedy purple older Suburban w a raggedy 50-something white guy w a buzzjob haircut. His black and white plate said **HILDER**. That might be his name. I’d sooner bet it’s a sly reference to the Nazi leader from the last century. Uggh if so. ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1946 "2025-10-26T17:14:17Z")
On a Miata MX5: **M3OWT4** No stickers or other indicators that they were a cat person so perhaps had to really strain to get ‘Miata.’ ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1947 "2025-10-26T19:03:05Z")
Saw a couple year old Chevy Tahoe SUV. Had a Freemason’s license plate frame and the plate background was the Masons booster design which only holds 5 characters. The plate itself was **8FOR8**. No idea of the significance of that one. Even if we interpret it as 8-4-8. But I bet it’s some kind of Freemason’s code term. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1948 "2025-10-26T19:59:39Z")
8 For 8. A day’s work for a day’s pay. Seems to be a union (specifically IBEW) thing. ETA, I’m seeing " Own up to “8 for 8” and be on the job unless otherwise allowed or authorized to leave" mentioned in IBEW labor agreements. 2nd page in this PDF > **[20210614-redline-agreement-06012021-05312024insidewirecba-final.pdf](https://ibew46.com/media/6338/20210614-redline-agreement-06012021-05312024insidewirecba-final.pdf)** > > 356.67 KB > **[The IBEW Code of Excellence](https://ibew229.org/content/ibew-code-excellence)** > > The Code of Excellence is a program designed to bring out the best in our construction members and demonstrate to our customers that IBEW members: Perform the highest quality and quantity of work Utilize their skills and abilities to the maximum... ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1949 "2025-10-27T23:17:03Z")
Bit of a haul this afternoon: - A generic newish sedan with a Florida Gators booster plate & matching plate frame. The plate read **OOAHU**. Evidently they like warm weather and palm trees. Smart people. - A Suburban or similar with **SAMZ3**. Can’t tell if the Z is their last initial or a substitute for the S that was already taken. Same for the 3. Is the owner a 3rd? Is that their 3rd car? Or was 1 & 2 already taken? - A nearly new M-B E63 with **LADYR**. She seems to live well. - A raggedy elderly Hyundai compact sedan with **TENNI**. I’ve not heard of that as a woman’s name or nickname, but that’s the only idea that comes to my feeble mind. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1950 "2025-10-28T17:51:38Z")
Quoting myself from 6 months ago: > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today found a white Tesla model 3 with a standard FL plate saying **CYA⎵GAS**. > > At first I was baffled. Until I recast the first part from cee-wye-ay to see-ya’. Nicely done. I saw that car again today. Other than the ones that live in my building, I think that’s almost the first example of me seeing the same car twice. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1951 "2025-10-28T17:56:23Z")
I really hope this guy drives for Uber or Lyft. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/zxsqSJF.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/zxsqSJF) ---
**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 28, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1952 "2025-10-28T18:03:14Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/lf79M.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/lf79M.gif) ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1953 "2025-10-28T19:26:50Z")
Might be a pilot. > **[Reduced-gravity aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced-gravity_aircraft)** > > A reduced-gravity aircraft is a type of fixed-wing aircraft that provides brief near-weightless environments for training astronauts, conducting research, and making gravity-free movie shots. > Versions of such airplanes were operated by the NASA Reduced Gravity Research Program, and one is currently operated by the Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration Programmes of the European Space Agency. The unofficial nickname "vomit comet" became popular among those who experienced their operation. > Pa... ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1954 "2025-10-28T22:56:47Z")
On the way home this evening: **A10SCAPT**. My best guess is that he/she flew a Warthog, but there were no other markings on the car (a small Lexus SUV) and the plate was not a vet’s plate (the NY affiliation plates allow only 6 characters), so nothing to back that up. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1955 "2025-10-29T00:00:41Z")
This caught my attention but I couldn’t be sure if it was a reference to the X Files. Until I got closer and could see the other stickers on the car. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/HmYkHHo.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/HmYkHHo) ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1956 "2025-10-29T00:28:26Z")
Scored 3 this evening. Only one of which I thought was interesting. - New large M-B SUV with the FL golfing booster plate. **CNDY⎵LOO**. Yep, she was cute and blond. And now 40-something. After the Grinch grew a heart, she grew up. 🙂 - Generic SUV with **JORDAN-5**. Most Jordans are now 30ish, so it figures they’ve now got family wagons. I didn’t know FL offered hyphens on their plates. - **JMURF**. Somebody else with their name on their plate. ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1957 "2025-10-29T23:48:07Z")
Saw **CAUSE** this morning. Non-descript dark car, couldn’t see the driver. No idea what it could mean. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1958 "2025-10-29T23:50:53Z")
A couple from out here on the left coast… A big, white Toyota RAV4 with **PRTY 🖤 F6** On the plate there was no space between the heart and the F, making it clearly read **OF**. (California has a few special characters available, star, heart, hand, plus sign.) And on a Lexus convertible **3GGGRLS**. The car was parked in Anaheim. The next town over is Garden Grove. ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1959 "2025-10-30T03:35:39Z")
Two mildly mysterious ones today: **SIMPLE19** and **VELLY YR**. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1960 "2025-10-30T10:39:56Z")
When dealing with **SUPA␣L8** tell them that the even starts 1 hour before it actually does! `//i\\` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=99)