# Personalized License Plates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743 "2004-05-05T23:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/41 "2004-05-08T03:09:46Z")
I was sorely tempted, last time I was renewing my plates, to get a custom one. I checked, and in MN, at least about a year ago, I could still get: XTRMN8 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/42 "2004-05-08T11:01:34Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > [I humbly submit:](http://www.boners.com/grub/788631.html) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/43 "2004-05-08T11:33:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 😕 The 5s are Ss, and the peach is an O. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/44 "2004-05-08T11:35:37Z")
I looked at the wrong link. STFU = Shut the Fuck Up. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/45 "2004-05-08T12:03:20Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I looked at the wrong link. > > STFU = Shut the Fuck Up. You wacky young people with your crazy slang! ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/46 "2004-05-08T13:56:10Z")
My wife’s Saturn SC has **E EQ MC2** Now she thinks she needs a faster car. Best regards, Mooney252 ---
**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:** [May 8, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/47 "2004-05-08T14:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > 😕 STFU PLZ = Shut The Fark Up Please. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/48 "2004-05-08T20:44:50Z")
My son, the bodybuilder… ONEMOREP ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/49 "2004-05-08T21:26:48Z")
For the family that takes long car trips: **PB4UGO** ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/50 "2004-05-08T21:37:42Z")
I did see the Washington plate “VLAD” on a black Impala. Very funny, that one. I once raced a red MR2 down the highway that had the plate “HIOFCR”. Maybe the big VW dealer swung a deal with the State, because I see an awful lot of New Beetles with regular license plates that have “123 BUG” where the number varies. You can’t have vanity plates with the same number / letter pattern as regular plates, so that’s more than a coincidence. My sister’s friend has a New Beetle with the tag “SUTCLIF”. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/51 "2004-05-09T00:58:35Z")
On a red Mazda Miata: **TOMSERVO** (The little red robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000.) ---
**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:** [May 10, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/52 "2004-05-10T17:45:08Z")
> [@Kakkerlak](#): > > Maybe the big VW dealer swung a deal with the State, because I see an awful lot of New Beetles with regular license plates that have “123 BUG” where the number varies. You can’t have vanity plates with the same number / letter pattern as regular plates, so that’s more than a coincidence. Some states do allow this sort of thing, it’s less expensive than traditional vanity plates. In Illinois, for example, drivers can request a certain letter combination and have random numbers attached to it. This is how my sister got her son’s nickname on her plates. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/53 "2004-05-10T18:46:12Z")
I wonder what the record for “special” plates issued by a state is. Connecticut has (by the count I conducted on the DMV site about 2 seconds ago) has 54 different “special” plates that you can order (and pay extra for)- from those with Lighthouses (Save the Sound!), or those for animals (Picture of pets, plus early registrants got plates with nnn-Pet) to those for veterans of various ilk. 54! I remember when we were boring, white text on dark blue, commonly confused with Michigan. I think we’ve gone to the other extreme. So, any states beat 54? (I don’t count things like plates for different counties, a la Florida or Tennessee) ---
**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:** [May 10, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/54 "2004-05-10T20:10:48Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > So, any states beat 54? (I don’t count things like plates for different counties, a la Florida or Tennessee) The typical driver in Virginia can choose among 179 designs from [AFL-CIO](http://www.dmv.state.va.us/exec/vehicle/splates/info.asp?idnm=CIO) to [World War II Veteran](http://www.dmv.state.va.us/exec/vehicle/splates/info.asp?idnm=WWII) (with a valid DD214). This includes two different Antique plates. There are another 51 designs in the works, from [Alpha Phi Omega](http://www.dmv.state.va.us/exec/vehicle/splates/infoindev.asp?id=210) to [YMCA](http://www.dmv.state.va.us/exec/vehicle/splates/infoindev.asp?id=332) Motorcycle riders also have a choice of seven plates, including one Antique. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/55 "2004-05-10T20:54:11Z")
My friend just fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. (I know, I know. But it makes _him_ happy.) His vanity plate, which he was thrilled and very surprised to discover was still available: **MR HUTZ** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/56 "2004-05-11T05:13:59Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Connecticut has (by the count I conducted on the DMV site about 2 seconds ago) has 54 different “special” plates that you can order (and pay extra for … So, any states beat 54? (I don’t count things like plates for different counties, a la Florida or Tennessee) Not in Virginia’s league, but Indiana has [at least 62](http://www.in.gov/bmv/platesandtitles/lp.html) available designs. It’s hard to accept the fact that such cars as AMC Pacers and Plymouth Volares now qualify as “antique” vehicles. Meanwhile, I’ve occasionally seen a circa 1951 DeSoto traversing the streets of Lafayette with a regular plate mounted on the rear, and I know someone who uses a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 as a “daily driver”. Yesterday, I saw a Purdue University plate emblazoned **DFNS** (actual spelling may vary slightly). The driver looked like he could be the defensive coordinator for the Purdue football team. The **WASAFUZ** tag spotted by a friend recently probably belongs to an ex-cop. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/57 "2004-05-11T07:29:56Z")
**UID 0** For non-geeks this is user ID for the superuser in UNIX. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/58 "2004-05-11T12:29:34Z")
I just saw: 6Y ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/59 "2004-05-11T13:24:43Z")
Best plate I ever saw was on a nice shiny BMW… **Was His** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743/60 "2004-05-11T13:51:07Z")
My son was contemplating buying personalized plates and selling them at a profit. He was going to aim at niche markets. The first one he contemplated was gay guys, but as you can see [here](http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/myPlates/olpsChoosePlates.do?action=createNew) his first choice 2GAY4U has been taken but GAYGUY hasn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-license-plates/243743.md?page=4)