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
The 5s are Ss, and the peach is an O.
I looked at the wrong link.
STFU = Shut the Fuck Up.
You wacky young people with your crazy slang!
My wife’s Saturn SC has E EQ MC2
Now she thinks she needs a faster car.
Best regards,
Mooney252
STFU PLZ = Shut The Fark Up Please.
My son, the bodybuilder…
ONEMOREP
For the family that takes long car trips:
PB4UGO
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”.
On a red Mazda Miata: TOMSERVO
(The little red robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000.)
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.
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)
The typical driver in Virginia can choose among 179 designs from AFL-CIO to World War II Veteran (with a valid DD214). This includes two different Antique plates. There are another 51 designs in the works, from Alpha Phi Omega to YMCA
Motorcycle riders also have a choice of seven plates, including one Antique.
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
Not in Virginia’s league, but Indiana has at least 62 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.
UID 0
For non-geeks this is user ID for the superuser in UNIX.
I just saw:
6Y
Best plate I ever saw was on a nice shiny BMW…
Was His
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 his first choice 2GAY4U has been taken but GAYGUY hasn’t.