Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild

Whatsa matta? Yuse guys don’ like usin’ gas? :zany_face:

Yeah, agree a space there would help. FL’s full sized plates allow 7 letters / numbers / spaces plus one more hyphen or space. So your version was certainly available to them had they bothered to ask for it.

I GTEUP on a Ford Mustang GT. Love it! GT giddyup!

ITALLIE — an Allie? Who loves Italy!M?

Typo corrected.

R02TBRD on a 2002 Ford Thunderbird. Another one that could use better spacing: R 02TBRD.

Our ‘02 T-Bird.

JBSSOUL on a Kia Soul. My guess is the owner’s initials are JB, so it’s JB’s Soul.

DUDE MOM. Not sure what to make of that one.

RUS T B, perhaps for Rusty B?

Seen leaving the Warner Bros lot: ABYNRML

Now there’s an employee that appreciates their company’s history!

Wasn’t Young Frankenstein 20th Century Fox?

Huh, I see 20th Century Fox is listed as the distributor for Young Frankenstein. I recognized several shots of the Warners lot and sound stages towards the end of Blazing Saddles. (The studio entrance shown off Olive Ave that the characters run through has been more or less referenced visually in the old Warners cartoons e.g. when Daffy tries to get past lot guard Porky).

So I figured Brooks and Wilder would continue their relationship with Warners after the success of BS. But not only was I wrong about that, but Brooks and Wilder initially were working with Columbia for YF, but the studio balked at the idea of a black and white film so they went with 20th Century Fox who agreed to it.

Universal would have been more appropriate anyway.

81EGA86

Semper Fidelis!

Sorry, the non-Jarheads in the crowd will need a bit more decode on that one.

The EGA is informal, unofficial shorthand for the Marine Corps emblem, the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. Just like my avatar. So 81EGA86 means they were in the Corps 1981-1986.

It’s actually making me consider getting 80EGA93. Just thinking about it…

There are better, nicer EGA avatars out there, silver and gold, but those are for officers. Mine is more for an enlisted person, which I was.

Like this officer EGA:

This sticker is quite common and is for all Marines. It is frequently seen on the back of cars / trucks.

Today, Sunday, I saw quite a few, It is astonishing how many people put their names or their initials on their plates.

GT3 SUS on a very nice Porsche 911 GT3
25 GT4RS on a nice Porsche Cayman GT4RS
MR VGOGH — either a Van Gogh art lover, or their name is really Van Gogh, or maybe the last name begins with V and it’s a play on V Go and s/he likes art (this would be quite clever!), or…
NEXLA on a Tesla
HRTPRPL — Purple Heart?
RICH GF — okay but is she hot?
MZ BEACH — her last name is Beach?
MEIN I8 on a BMW i8; German cleverness
K TOWN — maybe they like the restaurants in Korea Town
CORIBRD on a T-Bird; for Corey? Another name on their plate…
TAHOE CB — another one who likes Lake Tahoe; initials CB?
JOES TLX on an Acura TLX; another name on their plate
TRRUCK on a pickup; cute
CLSXXYY Mercedes CLS; okay but is s/he truly sexy?
K8S MINI — on a Mini; yet another with their name on it
KAYANNE — yet another with their name on it
ARIANMA — maybe an Ariana who is a mother?
URBAN04 on a new (not ‘04) Chevy Suburban
415ISCO — a play on 415 ‘Cisco? (Sisco?) 415 is the area code for San Francisco; or maybe their name is Cisco; pretty clever
PLUS1SC on an Audi A7 3.0T — this one I didn’t get, maybe their previous car was a Porsche 911 Carrera SC and they transferred their plate onto their Audi? Both cars are German; some owners remain faithful to the country of manufacture, but why put it on an Audi?
S4RHP on a Honda Civic S; maybe their initials are RHP
RUN11S on a Tesla X; okay… … maybe it runs 11 second ¼-mile runs; that’s pretty fast
GLF GDZZ — she must be good at the game, this goddess

ESTATC on a Tesla

RIP GAS on a Tesla!

ACADDEN. I have NFC.

ETA — BAHALEH. Another, I have NFC*.

(not the foggiest clue)

ETA2, MUACC. Again, NFC.

Z88988Z. It’s a palindrome, but again, NFC on this one.

BUBBE on a car being driven by an older couple. Somebody’s bubbe, for sure.