# Vain or not, do YOU have a vanity plate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916 "2000-07-26T15:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/21 "2000-07-29T10:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*As I posted in the other thread, my plate says RDNKWCH. It fits me very well–although for some reason, no one around here can ever figure it out! Just sound it out! (Hint–it’s three words.) \*\* Red Neck Winch? Is this for a tow truck??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/22 "2000-07-30T01:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheNerd \* > \*\*Not a vanity plate, but I do have two vanity bumper stickers. One says “Lorelei” and the other says “overclocked”. > \*\* Where does one get a vanity bumper sticker? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/23 "2000-07-30T03:54:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baglady \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > > \*\*As I posted in the other thread, my plate says RDNKWCH. It fits me very well–although for some reason, no one around here can ever figure it out! Just sound it out! (Hint–it’s three words.) \*\* > > Red Neck Winch? Is this for a tow truck??? 😉 \*\* Oh, so close!! ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/24 "2000-07-30T04:32:35Z")
I had one that was FANEEE, because FANNY and other combinations were taken. I hated it, and changed it before the year was up. Fortunately it was only $15 to go back to regular numbers. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/25 "2000-07-30T06:05:40Z")
Can’t someone get your name and address if they know your license number? No, no vanity plate yet. Everytime I think I’ve got a idea for a good one, it’s already been taken. Mr. Slow, that’s me. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/26 "2000-07-30T06:42:56Z")
Never got a vanity plate, but i always wanted to try this out and see if i could slip it past the DMV. FAH-Q 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/27 "2000-07-30T06:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > **Can’t someone get your name and address if they know your license number?** And they could find out where I lived by looking to see where I park… I don’t know about in other states, but in California at least you can’t just get that information through the DMV driver’s licensing information. That law changed years ago when actress Rebecca Schaeffer was gunned down at her front door by a crazed-fan stalker who got her address from the DMV. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916/28 "2000-07-30T07:05:50Z")
I live in California, and I wasn’t sure. A littke paranoid, I guess. BTW; I **never** park my car on the internet. 😃 Put that baseball bat down, Baglady. He was only kidding. Peace, mangeorge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-or-not-do-you-have-a-vanity-plate/26916.md?page=1)