# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/21 "2004-06-14T00:03:04Z")
slightly obscoure, but I’d like a Subaru Forester, painted bright green with the license plate CLAYTON. And maybe a Deep 13 tire cover. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/22 "2004-06-14T01:39:57Z")
Well, the old standby is a white Volkswagen Rabbit with the plate: IML8 Do they even still make the Rabbit? ---
**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 14, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/23 "2004-06-14T03:19:30Z")
I love TCKLD pink, I’m even missing it for you! If I drove a Geo Metro, the plate’d read SEXUAL. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/24 "2004-06-14T03:23:50Z")
That ACME license-plate maker is neat. Did you notice that, if you keep putting in letters, the plate gets wider? [nitpick] They got the font wrong on the Ontario plates.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/25 "2004-06-14T07:13:59Z")
I’d love to get a Kia just so I could have the license plate: PET. Maybe paste some artificial turf to the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/26 "2004-06-14T07:17:09Z")
My sister has a Toyota Tacoma. I wonder if I could sneak AROMA license plates on it? The city for which the truck was named was once know for its pulp mills and the resulting smell. The locals called it the Tacoma Aroma. ---
**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 14, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/27 "2004-06-14T22:02:04Z")
Hi, my name is Queen Tonya and I’m addicted to imagining vanity plates based on model names. :smack: _Hi, Tonya, we’re glad you came!_ I cannot stop doing this, today my son and I were behind a Mercury Monterey and simultaneously screamed “Jack!” and “Cheese!” at one another. Chevy Malibu-BARBIE Dodge Stratus-PHERE Jeep Liberty-BELL Dodge Viper-SLITHER Any Subaru-ZOOMX3 Merc Villager-IDIOTR There’s so many ways to go with Ford’s Probe, I’m about to explode! I need help, lots and lots of professional help. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/28 "2004-06-14T22:07:47Z")
I’m enjoying this thread greatly, and thank you. 😃 My one contribution might be, Ford Tempo: FUGIT However, I confess, I’m not as creative as you all. My sincere apologies if this is too great of a hijack, but it seems slightly OnT… I’m about to get a new car, so what might one do for a Hyundai Elantra? ---
**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 14, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/29 "2004-06-14T22:23:34Z")
Hmm, Elantra…it’s not a real word, is it? That makes it more challenging, it is pronounced with the same emphasis as Cilantro? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/30 "2004-06-14T22:25:42Z")
> [@Padmaraga](#): > > Anyone got a good one for my new Z? FROMATO DRGNBAL Ford Galaxy: MLKYWAY Ford Escort: 250PRHR of course, people might think of lawyer when they see that one… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/31 "2004-06-14T22:32:24Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > 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!” Probably wouldn’t have been approved by the DMV. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/32 "2004-06-14T22:39:07Z")
Viper - VNDSHLD any Ford - PREFECT any Saturn - CRONOS ---
**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 15, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/33 "2004-06-15T02:08:03Z")
Any Isuzu-BLESSU 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/34 "2004-06-15T02:46:10Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Hmm, Elantra…it’s not a real word, is it? That makes it more challenging, it is pronounced with the same emphasis as Cilantro? Sadly, yes. Er, sad that it’s not a real word, not sad that it’s pronounced with the same emphasis as cilantro, which it is. My sister observed that it rhymes with both “mantra” and “Tantra”. I’m reluctant to go with “Sting” or “Om” though… ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/35 "2004-06-15T03:05:02Z")
[nitpick] Only because I drive a Subaru, and mr.quilter drives a Mazda: > [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Any Subaru-ZOOMX3 It’s Mazdas that zoomzoomzoom. [/pick] Dangit, it seems like there should be SOMEthing obvious for Subarus – but there’s not much to work with, between Lance Armstrong and Paul Hogan…! ---
**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 15, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/36 "2004-06-15T03:09:26Z")
Well it’s quite obvious then, **StephenG** just needs to buy a different model. Get a Ford/Merc/Lincoln product, I’ll share my employee discount _and_ it’ll be easier to pun! 🆒 Thanks, **quilter** , I can sing that jingle in my sleep but d’ya think I can remember which company it’s for? :smack: Subaru=SUBA ME ? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/37 "2004-06-15T06:18:20Z")
SUBARU=SWAN Their logo depicts the constellation Cygnus. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/38 "2004-06-15T11:43:01Z")
> [@htns](#): > > Doesn’t quite work, as the car’s name is pronounced OY-dee. Errr, no. To try and approximate it in written English: Audi is pronounced “Ow Dee” in proper German, with the emphasis on the first syllable. As for this thread: I spotted a TVR Chimera in London last year. The license plate read **G 5 POT**. Nice one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/39 "2004-06-15T14:17:56Z")
We have a Neon. If I wasn’t about to get rid of it, I’d get the license plate “Light”. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-license-plates/249979/40 "2004-06-15T15:06:53Z")
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