# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/21 "2010-07-25T01:40:40Z")
6C STMPJeep DJ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/22 "2010-07-25T02:13:25Z")
GR8 DON Grand AM MCKNLY Denali JM GRNR Maverick RED BEAN Pinto NOV ROCK Topaz ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/23 "2010-07-25T04:30:39Z")
_RHYTHM_ Tempo _PLAYED_ Hyundai Sonata _357_ Dodge Calibre _SCOPE_ Ford Probe _FORE_ VW Golf _IMG PT_ Ford Focus 2NUCLEI Ford Fusion APLISLE Toyota Avalon ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/24 "2010-07-25T04:50:37Z")
I still don’t get the ML8 ML8 for the white Rabbit. Is it some sort of Alice in Wonderland reference? DOSNT GO Chevy Nova (there’s an urban legend that the Nova was unpopular in Spanish-speaking countries because “no va” means “it doesn’t go.”) BE GONE Yugo PHOENIX Pontiac Firebird (credit also given for Pontiac Phoenix) ---
**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 25, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/25 "2010-07-25T04:52:57Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > _357_ > > Dodge Calibre Or better yet Dodge Magnum ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/26 "2010-07-25T06:10:05Z")
RED PILL Matrix or NEO or MORFEUS would work too. J PER C Chevy Volt ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/27 "2010-07-25T07:04:19Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I still don’t get the ML8 ML8 for the white Rabbit. Is it some sort of Alice in Wonderland reference? [ > [@](#): > > _The White Rabbit_: I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date! No time to say hello; goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!" ]([White Rabbit - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit#Disney_film))Although personally, for a white VW Rabbit, I prefer: ASK ALS ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/28 "2010-07-25T08:57:53Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@tumbleddown](#): > > > > _357_ > > > > Dodge Calibre > > Or better yet > > Dodge Magnum Oh definitely better! I didn’t know that there was such a thing. Now, one more: _MICK_ Cadillac Fleetwood ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/29 "2010-07-25T14:20:39Z")
from the OP I don’t think anyone got 1. SCAMP Cavalier How about HIDDEN AG Cavalier 25 LT YRS Vega NRGDRNK red Taurus ---
**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 26, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/30 "2010-07-26T00:33:55Z")
All the plates from the OP (except for #6) have been guessed. MEXFOOD = Fiesta DA GAMA or MAGELLN or CORTEZ or STANLEY = Explorer WLDPONY = Mustang DINOMIT = Nitro (although **Jenaroph** had a great alternative) LOUDLY = Forte SCAMP = Rogue LMNT 27 = Cobalt **palindromemordnilap** , remember, vanity plates are limited to 7 characters, so the “HIDDEN AG” gets tossed. Although, you get beaucoup points for the “Red Taurus”. I especially like the riffs on 357 … golf claps go to **tumbleddown** and **Telemark**. **needscoffee** , your “Pinto” answer for DINOMIT marks you as one sick puppy, but it made me snicker, so you know where that puts me. In passing, I actually saw the SNAAB one back in California about 20 years ago. ---
**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 26, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/31 "2010-07-26T00:40:55Z")
Here is an easy one for our Australian readers: CAULFLD Holden And for the readers in England: H2G2GUY Ford Prefect ---
**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 26, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/32 "2010-07-26T00:49:40Z")
ISO Saab 9000 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/33 "2010-07-26T01:33:02Z")
CRTNECX Cougar ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/34 "2010-07-26T02:38:15Z")
BARBER Cadillac Seville ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/35 "2010-07-26T15:31:14Z")
NEEDLER (Dodge) Lancer ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/36 "2010-07-26T15:32:49Z")
OZFOOD Tucker ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/37 "2010-07-26T22:24:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \ **palindromemordnilap** , remember, vanity plates are limited to 7 characters, so the “HIDDEN AG” gets tossed. Although, you get beaucoup points for the “Red Taurus”. Not so. Several states allow 8 including mine. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/38 "2010-08-09T04:18:52Z")
Bumping for a REAL LIFE example I saw a while back on a local freeway. It took me a minute to get, but I chuckled once I realized what was going on. IMINMY Hint: The license plate frame had the make stamped on the top of the plate, and the model on the bottom. At least one of these is relevant. Answer: Honda Element ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767/39 "2010-08-09T10:56:50Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \ **palindromemordnilap** , remember, vanity plates are limited to 7 characters, so the “HIDDEN AG” gets tossed. Although, you get beaucoup points for the “Red Taurus”. > > Not so. Several states allow 8 including mine. I’ve seen eight also, but not with a space–if I had left that out I’d have been OK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-name-that-car-from-the-vanity-plate/547767.md?page=1)