Bam-ba-lam?
Oh, that could be. And in fact the car was black, so maybe “Black Betty” is the car’s name.
My latest haul:
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DEZ⎵NUZ on a FL standard plate on a wrapped Tesla Cybertruck. “Deez nutz” meaning “these gonads” of course. Another fun one that slipped past the censors.
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OP2MST on a FL standard plate on a Mercedes SUV. It’s easier to be optimistic when you can afford a nice car. But I’m happy they’re happy.
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M11NE on a FL 5-character surfing booster plate on a BMW sedan. It’s Miiiinnne! All Miiinnnne!! Whoopppeeeee! Or maybe, just maybe, it’s an ordinary series plate, not personalized. But I doubt it.
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KNRIDER on a FL 7-character 9/11 patriot glurge plate on a black audi SUV.
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JFK MIA on a FL 7-character 9/11 patriot glurge plate on a white Cadillac SUV. Might be a reference to an airline person who worked at both airports over their career. More likely just somebody from New York City using JFK as a demonym since NYC was already taken.
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SELLS-FL on a FL standard plate on a Tesla Model 3. The rear window was a printed scrim advertising his real estate practice. Complete with a larger-than life pic of his grinning mug.
Not a custom plate, or even a pair, but something I’ve never noticed before. Two cars, parked side by side at the grocery store, with the same collection of letters and numbers but arranged differently:
- 1EBD 94
- 1BED 49
Also these:
- LDYCSTO - probably not Lady Costco
- EXPANA
VERGEIO on a new Bronco. Is that a name? “Verge I/O”? I’m not sure.
LX99 on a Lexus crossover, probably an RX300. I guess LX could be short for Lexus, but it was way newer than a '99. Maybe the driver was born in '99? It looks like Lexus does use the designation LX for their big SUV based on the Land Cruiser, but this definitely wasn’t one of those. Maybe they used to own a '99 LX and just kept the same plate when they traded it in for this?
JNSNX11 on a Ford Expedition. I have no idea. No stickers or anything to provide a hint.
“JNSN” could be “Johnson”. Otherwise I’m baffled too.
Walked past a Toyota Land Cruiser that had all the off-road trickery on it: winch, snorkel, raised suspension and thick tyres. What was unusual was the location: upmarket leafy suburb with plenty of Mercs and other expensive but ‘discrete’ brands around.
I felt the plate was appropriate:
BITMAD
An eleven-inch Johnson?
One can only hope. And yes, I had the same thought.
Either that or it’s a family of 11 people (& critters?).
That would require a giant vehicle like an Expedition.
6 humans, 2 dogs, and 3 ferrets would fit nicely in a Land Cruiser.
Scored a few last night & today.
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4886TB on a FL standard plate on a Mercedes coupe. Somebody born Apr 8, 1986 named TB? Yawn.
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REFRD on a FL 5-character surfing booster plate on a plain white pickup. “Refried” as in beans? Referred? Refereed? Refrigerated? Is usually thoroughly reefered up? 'Tis a mystery.
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AN6EL⎵BB on a FL standard plate on a Mary Kay pink Tesla Model Y. Nice use of the 6 to stand in for G. I didn’t get a chance to see Angel herself; her car was parked at the mall. But given the very pink car, I bet she’s quite the girly girl.
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ABDOLLA on a FL standard plate on a generic white sedan. Another name I suppose.
SRDAAAR on a Jeep Wrangler. I guess “RDAAAR” could be “radar” or “raider”. Not sure about the S.
ISSMH on a Lexus IS250. I guess IS refers to the car, and SMH is the internet slang for “shaking my head”. I’m not sure why that car would cause one to shake one’s head, though.
Maybe somebody named SRD fancies themselves a pirate: AAAR!!!
After further thought, maybe it’s “I could only afford the entry level Lexus SMH”.
ELAINE1 on a small white SUV driven very slowly by a little old lady. I’m guessing she was Elaine.
AHMED 02 on some crossover type car, couldn’t see the driver. Probably someone’s name.
On a new looking Honda Pilot: PSHAAW. The plates were the old yellow on blue (current CA plates are blue on white). The state stopped issuing yellow on blue plates in 1982. Clearly, those plates have been with the owner for a while. And probably through a variety of vehicles.
WHOLOTA on an older 4Runner. Whole lotta what? Who knows? Maybe they’re Led Zepplin fans, and it’s “Whole Lotta Love”, although there was nothing Zepplin related on the vehicle.
[aside]
Your yellow on blue bit got me chasing off to the CA DMV site to learn about their current retro plate offerings. Which are just the yellow on black, not yellow on blue. See Choosing Your License Plate - California DMV & scroll down if interested.
While poking around, I noticed they offer a Pearl Harbor Survivor plate. As do/did many other state DMVs. Which in turn caused me to think two things:
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Why Pearl Harbor specifically? Yes, it was a very emotive event in the war. And it was the starting gun for US combat involvement. But if that battle, why not a half-dozen others? Where’s the D-Day survivor plate?
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Someone born on PH day turns 85 this upcoming December. Anyone old enough to have been in the military there that day, even lying about their age, is 100+. I think there’s not too many of those folks getting new license plates these days. I expect that real soon we’ll see DMVs all over the country quietly dropping any/all WW-II veteran plates they may offer. If they have not already.
Quoting myself from a couple weeks ago for context …
Parked next to me today was a older Lexus sedan with an ordinary FL plate on the back. But on the front was a fake white plate in the style of a New Jersey plate, with “New Jersey” across the top and “Garden State” across the bottom. In the middle, and in much larger than real plates’ lettering, was “L B I”.
Evidently it’s quite a thing up there.
Not much of a haul for the last day-ish, but here goes:
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1NS⎵PIRD on a FL standard plate on a few year old BMW sedan. 50-ish woman driving. I’m not sure what she’s inspired about. But, ref @Bullitt’s frequent comments about spacing, she has the opposite problem: spaces where not needed.
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2⎵CONRAD on a FL 9/11 glurge plate on an older crossover. Conrad looks about 80, and so does his wife. But they’re both out there chugging around and he’s keeping up with traffic, so nothing but well-wishes from me.