YALLHI! is what a southern Yoda would say, and he would likely disapprove of LRD␣VDRS1 car no matter the make or model. I do not know if he would also think the white Tesla I saw was MAL-WER even if it can’t be installed on your computer.
When you buy a car make sure the one you get 4R4Y4T2 is not the same as the one you get 4WIF3Y and it better not be the one you get 4FAM1, or someone might buy one 4K4RM4. You certainly would not want that one to go after you on a GR8CHSE and break BONES␣23. I think generally it is better to BEPURE and have a spirit of GR8TDE not be a FUN␣HAWG.
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1 There was a storm trooper sticker on the car so I knew what the meaning was 2 I know someone named Rayette so that is what jumped to my mind when I saw the license plate
SWD SMD on a Mercedes sedan. Not sure what that means. Maybe the initials of the driver and their spouse?
VETTMBL on a Corvette. Probably self explanatory.
PSGOOSE on an F250. Does “goose” refer to the waterfowl? The Top Gun character? Something else? And does the PS stand for “pose script”, like in a letter, or something else?
4LILYZ on a California Firefighters specialty plate. I assume Lily Z. is a firefighter, and a loved one of the driver. Or maybe she was one who died in the line of duty.
Maybe a mountaineer? To quote wiki, a Sirdar is a Sherpa mountain guide who manages all the other Sherpas in a climbing expedition or trekking group; Sirdar is the most common spelling used in the majority of English-language mountaineering literature.
3RD XLKY — pretty nice one. CIT8R — No idea what this could mean…? TIGRIG1 — the owner is a TIG welder; Tungsten Inert Gas welding, a high precision welding method NY PZZA4 on a pizza delivery car for, yes, New York Pizza. FLAT6GT on a Porsche Cayman GT. YENDAHL. The owner’s name is L. Hadney.
I bet it’s “citator”. IOW, someone who cites things. Perhaps a lawyer or legal research asistant who looks up cases. Perhaps an academic or academic assistant who looks up relevant papers. Heck, maybe they’re real proud of their hobby as a Wikipedia editor.
Or they write traffic or parking citations for a living. But I doubt I’d advertise that fact; it might make my car a target for generalized revenge against The Man.
Seen this afternoon in suburban Chicago, on a standard Illinois plate: MBR FOP 1. Lodge #1 of the Fraternal Order of Police is located in the south suburbs (Calumet City), so my guess is that the owner is a member of that lodge.
Had a pretty good collection today. Some even interesting.
M2LYT on a FL 5-character surfer booster plate on a … BMW M240i. Bright red for extra go-fast.
SAGIE on a FL 5-character Olympic booster plate on a generic family wagon. A name I suppose. Booring!
NO⎵LMIT on a FL standard plate on an older red convertible Mustang. How old? It had the key slot ignition on the side of the steering column! Not something you see very often any more. And a handicapped parking hangtag. I’m hoping “No limit” is a comment about their indomitable spirit despite whatever physical shortcomings.
BDUB on a North Carolina fishing booster plate on a pickup truck. It was parked next to a fishing competition, so maybe they’re serious enough about fishing to have driven the ~800 miles from there to here. Either their initials are BW or they’re great fans of, or owners of a franchise of, Buffalo Wild Wings. I’m hoping the latter.
EW1NG⎵2 on a FL standard plate. Last name of Ewing? Booooring again.
DPRTS on a FL 5-character fishing booster plate on a pickup truck all painted / wrapped as belonging to a local seawall and underwater construction company. “Deep parts”? “Departs”?
CROSS⎵13 on a FL 7-character scuba booster plate on a ragged crossover. License plate frame said “Living the volunteer spirit” across the top and a logo plus “GFWC” across the bottom. Google suggests “GFWC” is the “General Federation of Women’s Clubs”, and “Living the volunteer spirit” is their motto. I can’t say what the connection between “cross” and women’s clubs is. They’re explicitly not a religious organization.
A few years back, my parents and I were walking around a parking lot for a free concert, and I saw a license plate that read HOWDEE and I thought, well, someone’s friendly, but I’ve never seen that word spelled that way before.
Then we got to the back yard, I saw the car owners and had a lightbulb moment. It belonged to How(ard) and Dee Lastname.
Of course the longer personal plates have been available and the more popular they become, the greater the percentage of conventional spellings of conventional ideas that get taken.
Past that point only the creative spellings of novel ideas are still available. Howdee is a perfectly cromulent greeting in this modern era.
Email addresses are similar. Darn few simple e.g. gmail addresses left.
EVIL⎵85 on a Virginia standard plate on a black Jeep Wagoneer. The windows weren’t tinted, the 50yo white guy driving looked more mild-mannered middle manager than threatening, and the small tan mop-dog on his lap with head out the window was adorable. I’m just not seeing the evil here.
USPAY on a FL standard plate on a Maserati SUV. Some Googling suggests “US Payment Services” are a semi-scammy bill payment / collection service based near here. But evidently profitable for their owners. I think maybe I found the evil.
J-MYR on a FL standard plate on a generic crossover. Somebody w first initial J and last name closer to Meyer. Boring.
ZIMMS⎵Z on a FL standard plate on a Hyundai Palisade large SUV. Maybe he (or she) had a Nissan Z before they got the kids and dogs that necessitated the 6 pax+ SUV.
ZIL on a blacked out plate on a blacked out Audi sedan. If you squinted real hard it did sort of resemble a Soviet era limousine. Or the owner is an aging Russian expat with a wry sense of humor.
NY logo on the left of the plate
