I already have personalized tags, but for the past year or so I’ve been obsessed with the idea of getting license plates that say “867-5309” (yep, my name is Jenny :)). However, when I go to the cool DMV website that lets me play around with license plate styles and personalizations, I can’t seem to get anything even close to work. The best I can get is “867-S309,” but the “S” doesn’t look as much like a “5” as I’d hoped (and I feel like the “S” is jarring enough that it wouldn’t be worth getting the plates).
I have tried 8675309, 867-5309, 86753O9, 867-53O9, and the above-mentioned 867-S309.
At this point I’m starting to think that someone else simply beat me to it and I’m SOL, but does anyone have ideas for other things I can try?
Thanks, everyone! This is what I love about this place: no matter how mundane or pointless my situation is, there are always at least a few people willing to help out (or try their best).
I think that would look just as “wrong” to me as using an “S” instead of a “5.” I have a pretty good personalized tag at the moment, so I don’t want to give it up if I’ll just wind up wishing the new one were different, ya know? And I think I’ll just skip the backwards thing – I don’t think anyone would get it. Hell, I barely got it.
Believe it or not, I thought of that on my way to work this morning! Great minds. I think I could live with that … I’ll have to play with the DMV site a little later and see if it’s available.
LOL! I forgot about your username, or I would have called on you for help in the OP.
Unfortunately, I think someone else just beat me to it … I have a feeling that if it were available, I’d be allowed to get it. Can you track down the person who currently has it and talk them into giving it up?
I’d suspect you probably aren’t allowed to get just 7 numbers in a row. I tried a couple random ones, and it says they aren’t available. Probably difficult for a cop to “call in”.
Thanks for checking! That might be the closest I get, and I think I could live with it, but I’m not 100% sold yet…
Yeah, that’s why I tried it with an “O” in addition to a “0.” And why I thought about the “S” and “A” subs. Why couldn’t I have thought about this before whoever has these plates did??
GENIUS!!
But I just tried it out, and the DMV won’t let me have 8 characters unless one of them is a dash. Bastards. :mad:
What do y’all think? Would 867-V309 be good? I have screen shots of the mockups of both this and A67-5309 … here’s a link. I’m leaning toward the roman numeral version.
Of course, I realize that what I’m doing is telling everyone who cares to read this thread what my license plates will be. :smack: But it’s too late now, and I guess if anyone really wants to find me I’m probably screwed anyway… Right?
Yeah, that’s the one that keeps coming back into my thoughts. I’m going to sleep on it, and if I still really like it tomorrow I’ll order the plates then. (rowrrbazzle, I owe you a beer sometime!)
(rowrrbazzle, I owe you a beer sometime!)