Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild

VIRUS1 on a 20-year-old pickup. Not sure what message they were trying to convey.

Nevermind, I was conflating the Scirocco with the Scorpio (which was a European Ford model). I hadn’t had my coffee yet when I posted that.

The Scorpio was briefly sold in the US as a Merkur. I guess maybe they owned two of those, although they were not very common. Or maybe “SCRPIO” is referring to something completely different.

A couple with birthdays in November?

I B EVIL

I wouldn’t have said the driver looked especially evil, but I didn’t get a very good glimpse of her (as she swept by at 120 mph, leaving a trail of devastation and destruction in her wake).

UK007

Definitely a UK basketball fan. Maybe a James Bond fan?

If you are wondering, UK has 8 championships (in men’s NCAA basketball), and got their most recent one in 2012. I’d be surprised if the plate was that old, although given that it was a UK Vanity plate, maybe it is?

(the answer to the other question that my first question brings up is, no, I am not enough of a fan to know for sure how many championships or when they occurred. But I’ve lived here long enough to be like "But shouldn’t it be 8?)

I mean, I’ve had my vanity license plate number since 1995, soooo..

My guess might be that the “007” may not be meaningful, other than it was a number that was not already taken.

Or a little of both, like maybe maybe they graduated from there in 2007, but UK2007 and UK 07 were both taken, so they had to settle for 007.

I think UK2007 has too many digits for that style of vanity plate. The idea that they might be a grad from that year makes sense. To me, anyway.

A bilingual one- saw SU MADRE on a minivan in the office parking garage today

On a Tesla sedan: NCANITB. I’m guessing “And can it be?”

Also… is it just me, or does SU MADRE sound just a little insulting? Or taunting?

SUMMITD on a Jeep Wrangler. I assume it climbed some summit.

Seems more than a little so to me; though I have only a few words of Spanish.

GMA :black_heart: CB on some crossover. I’m guessing “Grandma loves CB” with CB being the grandchild’s initials. Or it could possibly just be a couple’s initials.

POWR PRO on a Tesla. I’m not sure if that’s just a reference to the car being electric, or if the driver is something like an electrician or an electrical engineer who designs power systems.

Yeah, I was thinking it was a “yo mama” joke kind of reference…

Saw TRST GD on a BMW that was flying through traffic this morning. Must be more trusting than I would be driving like that.

And also this morning POPPER on some kind of small truck that had been lowered and modified beyond all recognition.

A little, blue econobox: AYE CAPN.

And a Nissan Kicks with: ALLANDY. I don’t know if Andy wants the credit or the blame.

W1NONE

Saw PYRO WYF while out and about today. There is a fireworks store called Pyro’s here in town so I’m assuming this is the wife of the owner.

On a red Tesla* sedan: RFENGNR. I’m assuming someone familiar with antennas, shielding, coax, etc.

*Only other marking was a bumper sticker for the Anti-Elon Tesla Club.

Over the weekend I saw:

AUTIZM

Obviously the “Autism with an ‘S’” was taken

SKIRUNNR

AGAVE