# Possibly the most clever license plate ever.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606 "2009-03-16T12:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/1 "2009-03-16T12:34:02Z")
An electric car with the plate, Wait for it… **WATT GAS** Beat that! Double meaning and all that. I actually saw this on a car recently, a couple of days after the FELCH MI incident. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/2 "2009-03-16T13:02:25Z")
Still can’t beat a VW Beetle with the license plate “Feature” or the Chevy Impala with the plate “Vlad”, but not bad. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/3 "2009-03-16T13:17:34Z")
I saw a really odd and small car last summer (wasnt a smart car, not sure what it was) the plate read AAAA as in it runs on AAAA batteries, which are pretty small batteries. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/4 "2009-03-16T13:27:14Z")
I saw “Isotope” on a Honda element recently. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/5 "2009-03-16T13:35:15Z")
> [@telemark](#): > > …or the chevy impala with the plate “vlad”, but not bad. Excellent 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/6 "2009-03-16T14:28:51Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Still can’t beat a VW Beetle with the license plate “Feature” or the Chevy Impala with the plate “Vlad”, but not bad. I get Vlad the Impala, but what is the first one? (he asks, poised and ready to go :smack:) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/7 "2009-03-16T14:30:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I get Vlad the Impala, but what is the first one? (he asks, poised and ready to go :smack:) A VW Beetle is (or was) commonly known as a Bug. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/8 "2009-03-16T14:38:05Z")
Not quite as clever as “VLAD”, but I almost rented an apartment from a guy who had a big, shiny yellow pickup truck with lots of after-market work done on it. His plate? “8MYCASH”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/9 "2009-03-16T14:38:48Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > A VW Beetle is (or was) commonly known as a Bug. Which leads to the computer program joke “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” I love multi-layered humor. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/10 "2009-03-16T15:24:00Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Which leads to the computer program joke “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” I love multi-layered humor. Ah - enlightenment just occurred. Thank you. Cool - we’re even on the slide guitar stuff I shared with you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/11 "2009-03-16T15:29:36Z")
Never actually saw it, but in the D.C. area, there is supposedly a urologist with a plate that says “PPDR” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/12 "2009-03-16T15:56:53Z")
[Here’s my favorite.](http://i42.tinypic.com/2ljj59j.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/13 "2009-03-16T15:58:59Z")
My other favorite was a guy with a Firebird with a license plate that read **ALS Z28** , leading to the inevitable conversation (which he undoubtedly enjoyed): Person: That’s not a Z28! Owner: I’m not Al. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/14 "2009-03-16T16:00:49Z")
[This one is my favorite.](http://www.gigglesugar.com/1556033) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/15 "2009-03-16T16:01:51Z")
this morning I saw a Hybrid with “W8N 4H2” But my all time favorite was “L8NONMT.” ETA: Almost forgot: “CRMMY VP” Seen soon after the Quayle annoucement. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/16 "2009-03-16T16:20:30Z")
I once saw one of the new Beetles with the vanity plate “THUGBUG.” I egged it. ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/17 "2009-03-16T17:34:44Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > But my all time favorite was “L8NONMT.” Not getting it. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/18 "2009-03-16T17:49:00Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > Not getting it. Help? I think it’s “Late (L8) and (N) on (ON) empty (MT)”. If it’s a reference to anything, it’s over my head. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/19 "2009-03-16T17:49:58Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > Not getting it. Help? I’ll take a guess: Late and on empty? If so, eh, kinda clunky. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606/20 "2009-03-16T17:55:51Z")
The most clever license plate I’ve ever seen? D0D0D0D Imagine that in blocky “license plate” font. I bet that guy was a speeder. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-most-clever-license-plate-ever/489606.md?page=2)