# Game: Name That Car From The Vanity Plate **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767 "2010-07-23T21:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/1 "2010-07-23T21:19:10Z")
This is a little game I came up with a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. The idea is to come up with a vanity/personalized license plate that describes the car that might sport that plate. The idea came to me in 1984 when I saw a car with the license plate “DOODEE”. I started laughing when I realized the car was an Audi (that is, Audi DOODEE = Howdy Doody). I think around that time I read about a license plate that read “ML8 ML8”. The car was a white (Volkswagen) Rabbit. The main limitation is that the vanity license plate cannot be any longer than 7 characters. So, with that in mind, here are a couple of samples. I apologize in advance for using car makes/models that are somewhat dated. WEAGREE Accord (Honda) MCENROE Brat (Subaru) PUBGAME Dodge Dart So, here we go. 1: MEXFOOD 2: DA GAMA or MAGELLN or CORTEZ or STANLEY 3: WLDPONY 4: LMNT 27 5: DINOMIT 6: LOUDLY 7: SCAMP Feel free to join in with yours. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/2 "2010-07-23T21:23:43Z")
Try these: VLAD VLAD the Impala FEATURE VW Beetle - Not a “bug” but a “feature” ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/3 "2010-07-23T21:44:02Z")
When I saw “FEATURE”, I immediately thought of what you wrote. Great minds, and all that. I love the pun for your “VLAD” … well-played. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/4 "2010-07-23T22:07:59Z")
100-YRS Century RUH-ROH Astro FLATS Bonneville ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/5 "2010-07-23T22:46:43Z")
4X4X6 (I don’t know how to use spoilers. I’ll be back) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/6 "2010-07-23T22:57:34Z")
Type [spoiler] before and [/spoiler] afterwards [with no spaces] ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/7 "2010-07-23T23:26:18Z")
Thanks. Accord ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/8 "2010-07-23T23:50:42Z")
Shouldn’t it be 4X4X8? Is that because it’s a small car? I was going to do that with Cord ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/9 "2010-07-24T00:01:27Z")
Nobody’s going to actually try to guess the OP’s? > [@BobArrgh](#): > > 1: MEXFOOD > 2: DA GAMA or MAGELLN or CORTEZ or STANLEY > 3: WLDPONY > 4: LMNT 27 1 Fiesta 2 Explorer 3 Mustang 4 Neon Not sure who made each of those cars, so just the model name… (Well, 3, I know, and I think 2 is the same company, but that’s it.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/10 "2010-07-24T01:02:19Z")
[Quote=BobArrgh] 5: DINOMIT 6: LOUDLY 7: SCAMP [/QUOTE] Don’t know if they’re what you had in mind, but these are valid answers: 1. Kia FORTE (the model name means “loudly” in Italian) 1. There actually was a car called a Plymouth Scamp, which I remember because of a commercial which ripped off _The Lady is a Tramp_ and had a woman singing “That’s why this lady drives a Scamp.” There was also a Rambler model called the ROGUE, which is sort of a synonym of SCAMP. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/11 "2010-07-24T01:36:07Z")
CALLGRL Escort JMCCAIN Maverick ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/12 "2010-07-24T01:44:32Z")
I don’t think this is right, but 5: DINOMIT Pinto - exploding ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/13 "2010-07-24T01:57:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I don’t think this is right, but > 5: DINOMIT > > Pinto - exploding I’m thinking Dodge Nitro ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/14 "2010-07-24T04:38:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I don’t think this is right, but > 5: DINOMIT > > Pinto - exploding > [@Telemark](#): > > I’m thinking > > Dodge Nitro I was thinking in a different direction: GMC Jimmy, as in Jimmie JJ Walker How about: ARAGORN Ford Ranger ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/15 "2010-07-24T13:04:49Z")
Ml8 ml8 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/16 "2010-07-24T13:39:33Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Shouldn’t it be 4X4X8? Is that because it’s a small car? I was going to do that with > > Cord Yes, My bad. I was relying on my memory which is a bad idea these days. I need some coffee, too. Or maybe skinny coffee. Must check my query about that in cafe society. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/17 "2010-07-24T13:59:08Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Ml8 ml8 That’s in the OP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/18 "2010-07-24T14:34:54Z")
One of my favorites: 6THROCK Saturn ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/19 "2010-07-24T17:22:57Z")
My favorite i81 u812. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/20 "2010-07-24T20:38:49Z")
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