Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild

NNSTOPN = NON-STOPPIN’, on a bright pink Tesla Y

HWY NYYN — Highway 9 here is a beautiful drive up in the Santa Cruz Mountains!

I think it’s “do’ed it.” As in little kid-speak for “did it”.

Mommy, mommy! I dood it, I dood it! I tied my own shoes!"

Or whatever kidly triumph they’re so proud of.


Scored 4 yesterday:

  • FAST⎵BLU on a FL standard plate on a teal blue Mini Clubman. Not a car I think of as fast, but I bet they’re fun to drive.

  • PINOG on a FL standard plate on a BMW 2325 convertible. I followed for aways and we almost joined forces when we both entered a long left turn pocket then they suddenly stomped their brakes and wanted to make a U-turn well short of the light. With oncoming traffic blocking their turn. Surprise!

    Besides signifying terrible driving, I think the plate is either a last name, or more likely “Pino(t) G(rigio)” which they might pronounce “Pinot G”.

  • D3EEM on a 5-character NHL booster plate on a stock pickup truck. Probably a variant spelling of “dream”. Might just be a standard series plate. But a memorable one.

  • BAGDA on a 5-character NFL booster plate on a jacked up Ram pickup w big noisy tires, wide mirrors, etc. Presumably a veteran of Iraq.

:heart:TUBIKE on a 4Runner. It didn’t seem to be hauling any bikes.

LV MY JP on a Jeep Liberty

4DBDEGD?

What?

MY2TWINZ seems redundant to me, unless they have two pair.

ASIGANIO? I’m going by memory but I think I have it right. No idea what it’s supposed to mean, though.

Which loses to triplets 3OFAKIND, amirite?

YATROKT, spotted on this Audi S8 when I went out to lunch. No clue what it means. ETA: Yacht Rock something?

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5 PRIME, on a Prius. Any ideas? I got none.

The Prius Prime is the plug-in hybrid version of the Prius, so maybe a reference to that? And the 5 just because a bunch of other people had the same idea for a plate.

Ahh yeah, that’s probably it.

XAVI8R

I like clever plates! I’m pretty sure this is a Xavier who is a pilot. Xavier the aviator.

Yacht Rocket is my guess.

Hope this is not gauche but I’d like to quote myself, from a different license plate thread, listing a bunch of utterly innocuous plate requests that were denied by perhaps overly cautious and hyperconservative DMVs:

In that light I have been very surprised by two spotted in the last few weeks in my neighborhood:

BADDASH
PRO GUN

BADDASH was a teenager’s junky sports car; I hope he has some sense of wry irony in calling himself a BADDAS[H].

PRO GUN was a very scary monster truck being driven just as you’d expect. You want to be the cop who has to pull that over? (who am I kidding – it probably is a cop)

Most of us are very respectful of LEOs. Especially if you’re gonna broadcast it like that, (s)he’s probably very respectful of LEOs.

I got 2 pics of it.

5XPLORS on a Ford Explorer.

Maybe I should say in a Ford Explorer.

(a) I must apologize for tarring all PRO GUN folks with the same brush. Of course most are respectful. However, this guy was not, and the license plate was basically just icing on the cake for his whole Mad Max posture of both vehicle and driving style. A more aggressive asshole on the road I had not seen in some time.

(b) Nevertheless this was, shall we say, a provocative plate. I remain shocked it passed muster.

After reading Car and Driver’s review of the S8, I think that could be it – the car is both luxurious and fast. And that’s some very clever word play if that’s what it is.

Or, “ex-aviator,” suggesting to me a retired military pilot.