On a Jeep parked in Arlington, VA, a mile from an I-66 onramp: I H8 66
On a pink classic Beetle: TICKLED
Reportedly on a white Rabbit in the St. Louis area: ML8 ML8
Seen recently: TI 3VOM
In your rear view mirror it reads MOVE IT
RIBAS, on the car of a classmate named…John Ribas.
On the back of a brand new Mercedes-Benz, EX*NYER.
The last one I saw was JST*KDG. Just kidding, I assumed. 
In Sydney on a Black Jeep: BAA BAA
Sightings in Kansas:
Several years ago, on a Volkswagon Jetta: RED BAR
On a front plate: 3MTA3 or EATME in your rearview mirror.
On a music teacher’s car: BSHARP
On a Geo Storm: WARNING
On a Renault Le Car: LE TAG
On an alcohol-burning street-strip Camaro: BOOTLEG
On a deep green Bug-eyed Sprite: FROGGY
On a van driven by a stern looking, older fellow: GRUMPA
Local Optometrist had the vanity plate EYEDOC.
On a Toyota Land Cruiser: QE3
On a car with Oregon tags: MAINE (Yep. The driver was from Portland…)
On a Dodge Stealth (heinous mustard color, BTW): FA117
On something red, fast, and easily $75,000: ZIPDRV
Town dentist had one: 2TH DK
On a Volkswagon Bug: FEATURE
On one of my own trucks: PAINTY. (I own a painting company.)
I knew a guy who had the plate BIG DICK. I swear. I think the only way he got away with it was because his name was Richard and, yup, he was a big guy.
plate on a guy who saved me a ticket…
I was late, I was speeding, and I just passed a cop behind a stone overpass. I saw his lights come on, and just then a new z-28 blew past me. Vanity plate “LEADFOOT”
Trooper took him.
I remember seeing this one right about the time vanity plates became so popular (I think around the late 80’s, early 90’s):
BLDMNKY
Bald monkey?
It was on the back of a black Cadillac Seville, and a very blonde woman was driving.
I thought it was quite hilarious, but a little TMI.
I’m sure there are dozens that I’m not remembering right now, but as they come back to me I’ll add them to the thread.
For now:
On a 70’s era Mustang: SHLONG
I can’t imagine how he explained that one.
I don’t remember what the car was, but I distinctly recall a tag that said: LBCAKE (poundcake)
Shouldabeen:
We used to have a big red Ford truck where I work, that everyone always referred to as Robert (Robert Redford). The company never would spring for a tag though.
So, I saw this on the NJ Turnpike, which is heavily patroled and has a STRONG reputation for having cops who indulge in “racial profiling”.
Black man, driving something annoyingly expensive, at (I’m guesstimating) well over 100mph, with a Florida plate (a state known for importing guns and drugs into the NY area) that says COCOKISS. In case the police missed the fact that the driver was black.
I figured it had to be a sting operation - I mean no one would be that stupid, would they?
BTW - the above is NOT meant to suggest that all, or even the majority, of NJ police are racist, or that being a black male driver is “asking for it”. But if you’re black and in an area that’s made NATIONAL news for profiling, it seems smart to do the speed limit.
Also, my mother has a plate that says “MAUDE”, because she named her car after the movie “Harold and Maude”. It’s amazing how many people go up to her and address her as “Maude”.
I have had two vanity plates:
On my 1986 Pontiac Parisseian (sp?) station wagon that ran on 7 (of 8) cylindars: HILNDR
My nickname at work was Highlander, and my boss gave me the money to get the plate for my birthday.
On my 1979 Camero was: DOT*COM
I bought the car from earnings from my web design company. 
GARF_226
On my car, of course.
On a red sporty model driven by a pretty, young coed…
IODAD
On my hotsy totsy Nissa Quest, STEDICAM. ( It’s spelled Steadicam, but you can only cram 8 symbols onto a NYS license plate ).
Neighbor is Hispanice, and has SPEYES.
Sound guy in the city has ** ROOMTONE**
Seen in NJ-BDA BNG
NY is switching to new plate designs. I can’t imagine surrendering these plates, I might have to declare one “stolen” so I can keep the other one as a souvenir.
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