# Fun with license plates! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979 "2004-06-12T15:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/1 "2004-06-12T15:56:40Z")
My boy and I were being silly while stuck in traffic yesterday, cracking on model names and plates. Try it, it’s fun! Think of how many puns you can come up with using car make and model names, but they must be small enough to fit on a vanity plate. Letters and numbers acceptable, as well as understandable abbreviations, plates have a character limit of seven. For instance: If I had a Jeep, it’d be a black one and the plate would read BAABAA. If I drove a Ford ranger, the plate would read LONE, or maybe SPACE. If I bought an Explorer, I’d get a plate that said DORA. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/2 "2004-06-12T16:12:54Z")
From a Car Talk puzzler: What car is appropriate for the license plate “4x4x8”? Honda Accord. A 4’x4x’8’ pile of wood is “a cord” of wood. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/3 "2004-06-12T17:06:02Z")
I always wanted a '69 Camaro with the plate “if6was9.” it’s an obssession… ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/4 "2004-06-12T17:10:19Z")
> [@if6was9](#): > > I always wanted a '69 Camaro with the plate “if6was9.” I guy in my home town had “IB6 UB9” ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/5 "2004-06-12T17:25:47Z")
If I drove an Audi, the plate would have to read INNIE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/6 "2004-06-12T17:29:39Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > If I drove an Audi, the plate would have to read INNIE. 😃 Doesn’t quite work, as the car’s name is pronounced OY-dee. Nice try, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/7 "2004-06-12T17:32:30Z")
Ahh, here in Deeeetroit, we pronounce them thar furrin cars wrong! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Eggerhaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/8 "2004-06-12T19:59:07Z")
If I had an Imapala, my license plate would read VLAD ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/9 "2004-06-12T22:18:33Z")
> [@htns](#): > > Doesn’t quite work, as the car’s name is pronounced OY-dee. > > Nice try, tho. Don’t know if you mean that’s the correct _German_ pronunciation, but even the TV & radio commercials use the American “OW-dee” pronunciation all over the US of A, so it does work stateside. If I had a Ford Pinto, I’d have gotten “XPLODER” (one letter away from their other model, I always say). Anyone got a good one for my new Z? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/10 "2004-06-12T22:31:58Z")
If I had a Pinto, mine would read **Boom** If I had a Focus, it would read: **Outta** If I had a Vega, it would read:\*\* Viva Las \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/11 "2004-06-13T00:00:54Z")
If I had a Horizon, it would be blue, and the plate would say “BEYOND.” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/12 "2004-06-13T00:02:01Z")
Mustang: _RANCH_? ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/13 "2004-06-13T00:04:09Z")
Saw a black Honda Civic the other day, “riced up” as I like to say. But the license plate said “ARIAN”. I thought “son of a bitch! Skinheads in a ricer? Dumbass can’t even spell – he’s one letter off!” Then I passed the car, and noticed a group of Asian teenagers therein, and laughed. They were STILL one letter off… from ASIAN. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/14 "2004-06-13T00:09:46Z")
I like taking pictures of silly and strange license plates. I’ve got one of a Saab whose license plate is KMO SAAB. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/15 "2004-06-13T00:37:03Z")
Honda Civic: CENTER Audi: O Toyota Camery: YELLOW Chrysler Plymoth: ROCK And if I had a real-life version of the GTA Esperanto, the licence plate would have to read ZAMNHOF! ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/16 "2004-06-13T01:38:41Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > If I had a Jeep, it’d be a black one and the plate would read BAABAA. I saw exactly that. I sooo wanted it. It was a little black jeep, so cute. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/17 "2004-06-13T01:59:48Z")
Honda Accord: IAN Honda Civic: DUTY Mercury Cougar: MLNCAMP Chevrolet Blazer: JACKET or FIRE, depending on how you define “Blazer”. TRAIL would also work. Yugo: YOU STOP Ford Pinto: HIT ME (especially if the driver works as a blackjack dealer) Dodge Dart: BOARD Dodge Ram: MEMORY GMC Sierra: NEVADA ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/18 "2004-06-13T04:34:58Z")
OK, ready to have some fun with these plates? [Acme License Plate Maker](http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/) Make your own and download them to your computer! Use 'em on your webpage! Use 'em as a sig line in your e-mails! Just don’t blow the JPG up and try to put it on your car. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/19 "2004-06-13T23:08:37Z")
Pontiac Vibe=BSTFRND ---
**Author:** ![Scopata\_Fuori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Scopata\_Fuori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scopata_Fuori)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/20 "2004-06-13T23:31:08Z")
I used to have a Dodge convertible, painted Panther Pink…my license plate said TICKLD…for Tickled Pink. I never lost it in a parking lot, and my boyfriend–\>fiance–\>husband didn’t try to borrow it! 😃 I miss that car. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979.md?page=2)