Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild

RGLOBAL on an F150. “Are global”, I assume. But who or what are global, I don’t know.

2​:heart:CAREY on a Lincoln MKZ. Two people love Carey?

A few minutes ago:

SYN 4ME

and

X -84-

SMEAGOL
SNLIZI - Not sure if they were going for tin or thin lizzy on that one.

I’d guess “Tin Lizzie,” which is old slang for a car (often applied to Model T Fords), and which inspired the name of the band Thin Lizzy. Might also be owned by a driver named Liz/Lizzie.

Any idea what X84 means?

Any idea what SMEAGOL means? Besides a losing hand at Scrabble?

Not a clue. But it was definitely unusual, not just somebody’s initials, so I snapped the pic. Even more interesting, it taught me that dashes are allowed in a plate number in VA.

Smeagol is the original in-universe name of Gollum from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

In the books (and the movies), Tolkien established that Gollum was originally a hobbit-like being (a Stoor) named Smeagol. Centuries of owning the One Ring (which he gained through murdering his cousin) corrupted him, and distorted his body, as well as making him crazy; he winds up with a split personality: the mild-mannered Smeagol, and the ruthless, deceptive Gollum.

Thank you!!

So @Joey_P’s plate owner fancies himself more of a Dr. Jeykyll, but perhaps with a Mt. Hyde lurking below, eager to emerge.

GORDRBY

ODDMND The frame had, Where is this thing going?

SUEBIE on a Subaru, presumably, owned by Susan.

Perhaps.

Amongst Subaru owners, “Subie” is a pretty standard nick-term for the brand. e.g. “My new Subie handles great!”. So good bet somebody had already snagged “Subie” in your state. So then come all the alternate spellings.

Or, as you suggest, the owner is some variation on “Susan”.

Subie is pretty standard, I’ve owned several. I’ve never seen Suebie, so I assume it is name based.

Aaah. Sorry to play Captain Obvious on you.

Probably so. FWIW, my first grade teacher’s name was Sue Bee. (Yes, the same name as the honey. :wink: )

INMY964 on an old air-cooled Porsche 911. 964 refers to the 1989-94 generation of the 911.

HI N WHT on a lifted, white Silvarado.

Someone visiting my neighbor across the street had a handicap-access plate that read HURRY

Slight tangent, today I saw an early 90s Chevy Caprice with “Historic” plates. I know a car only has to be 25 years old to qualify but I refuse to accept that the 90s were more than 25 years ago :rofl:

I saw

RBL SCM

this weekend. Obvious a Star Wars fan.

Also

WILSON

Nothing clever there, but lucky to be able to get it. Somebody else probably had to settle for W1LSON or WILS0N (with a numeral “0” in place of letter “O”)

That same thing catches me short from time to time.

Wait a minute, that can’t be an “antique” (FL’s term). I had one of those in college.

:man_facepalming:

- LSL “Mr Antique” Guy. Ouch!!

PWR BLZE on a Porsche Carrera 4 convertible. Power Blaze, I guess.