Poll
Question:
Do you like them?
Option 1: Yes!
votes: 20
Option 2:
No
votes: 15
Option 3: Only on cool cars.
votes: 11
I love vanity plates. To me they offer something unique about your car, and are ALWAYS good for a conversation piece. I get asked about it all the time, and it's a good way to break the ice.
I need a plate for the '91... anyone have any ideas? I'm thinking LVESNOW or something, since it's a winter car and owns in the white stuff :rockon:
Although I like using amusing vanity plates as my avatar, I voted "only on cool cars" just to avoid ideas like putting "GODFTHR" on a Camry or a Dodge Intrepid :mask:
but classic Saabs (heck, modern ones too) get a pass :ohyeah:
first suggestion that comes to mind if you want a winter theme is SNOW RLY
(http://www.orlyowl.com/snowrly.gif)
I don't care one way or the other. I had "68 Fiat" on my .............you guessed it, 68 Fiat. Back then Texas charged a $10 surcharge for a custom plate. Then they discovered what a gold mine it was and jacked up the price and I said forget it.
Personal favorite: On a Contach..... IXLR8
always wanted to get KTHXBYE while I had the S2000 :mrcool:
Nope, don't care for them. But it may have to do with my paranoia. I don't put anything on my car that's unique and visible. No window stickers (unless I have to), no bumper stickers, no school endorsements, nothing like that. I want my car to be anonymous when it has to be.
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 04, 2007, 10:46:49 AM
always wanted to get KTHXBYE while I had the S2000 :mrcool:
That's awesome! :lol:
I don't drive the prettiest car on earth right now, but I kinda want SUBRU, SBYDBY, GOTAWD, or DOOBIE for a plate right now.
Quote from: etypejohn on December 04, 2007, 10:45:11 AM
I don't care one way or the other. I had "68 Fiat" on my .............you guessed it, 68 Fiat. Back then Texas charged a $10 surcharge for a custom plate. Then they discovered what a gold mine it was and jacked up the price and I said forget it.
Personal favorite: On a Contach..... IXLR8
It's $100 here in MN for 7 years, so it's not like that's some huge investment.
My favorite: SINGLE on a old vette driven by a guy in his 50's :ohyeah:
Quote from: Raza on December 04, 2007, 10:58:41 AM
Nope, don't care for them. But it may have to do with my paranoia. I don't put anything on my car that's unique and visible. No window stickers (unless I have to), no bumper stickers, no school endorsements, nothing like that. I want my car to be anonymous when it has to be.
Says the guy in the Porsche.
Quote from: Champ on December 04, 2007, 11:59:16 AM
It's $100 here in MN for 7 years, so it's not like that's some huge investment.
Texas is $40 each year.
I've thought about putting something like PONTIAC or BRTZ GT on mine...but when I finally tagged it a couple weeks ago I just got the normal one.
I saw a Forester yesterday with the vanity plate "VNTY PLT"
I'd never put a vanity plate on my cars but I do get a kick out of seeing some...recent standouts in my mind include a Mini Cooper S with the plate "THE STIG" and an old F150 with the plate "PAID4" (do they want a congratulatory slap on the back?)
My current randomly-assigned plate is a very round number and I've been asked before what it means, as if it was a vanity that I picked out myself. They're usually disappointed when I tell them it was luck of the draw.
I remember an 80's Cavalier with "YOURMOM" plates. That was cool.
My girlfriend's ordered vanity plates with her first name on them, and I'm considering getting "ADI" on the Trep instead of GODFTHR.
Yeah they're cool.
WHEEEEE for the Miata?
So, tell me this. Why are there vanity plate resellers in England? And why do their vanity plates suck? I see shit like "R1CH CE09" go for $5000 in the back of Top Gear magazine. :wtf:
I voted for only on cool cars. I see some clever ones from time to time, but they generally don't do too much for me and I doubt I'd ever get one. Exceptions would be if I owned a '70 Chevelle SS or something like that.
Quote from: Laconian on December 04, 2007, 02:37:34 PM
So, tell me this. Why are there vanity plate resellers in England? And why do their vanity plates suck? I see shit like "R1CH CE09" go for $5000 in the back of Top Gear magazine. :wtf:
In Europe, Licence plates aren't unique for each individual. It is not uncommon to buy a car with the licence plate included.
Vanity plates are great! I love driving around and seeing vanity plates and occasionally having to decipher what they mean. I'm not sure I would get one, but they're great if everyone else does!
Quote from: Colonel Cadillac on December 04, 2007, 03:10:26 PM
Vanity plates are great! I love driving around and seeing vanity plates and occasionally having to decipher what they mean. I'm not sure I would get one, but they're great if everyone else does!
It's like the caps on Lions Head bottles.
I like this one.
(http://extremespeedonline.com/350z/350z/zplate.jpg)
Only on cool cars.
Otherwise, no.
:wub: I love blue 350Z's :wub:
I like that pun on the Z. :lol:
Only if they're funny or interesting.
IDIOTBX on a Hummer H2 is wonderful.
I also saw OMGWHEEE on something the other day, I though that was funny.
ILIAD on a Honda Odyssey was sort of weird too.
Quote from: Raghavan on December 04, 2007, 11:05:54 PM
I like that pun on the Z. :lol:
That's like 3 puns in 1. That's amazing.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on December 04, 2007, 11:06:41 PM
Only if they're funny or interesting.
IDIOTBX on a Hummer H2 is wonderful.
I also saw OMGWHEEE on something the other day, I though that was funny.
ILIAD on a Honda Odyssey was sort of weird too.
LOL those are nice ;)
Wish we could have 8 chars here in MN like that Z, we are limited to 7 though :(
One of these days, I'll buy an old Corniche and get my avatar as the license plate :lol:
Here's a couple from some friends I know:
A 10-second Evo IX:
(http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/used/ricer_trailer_old_barn.jpg)
A white 350Z "X32 J4RO":
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/189301875_7d0cc77995.jpg)
When I was looking at buying a Honda Element, I was soo ready to order plates that said "LOLR SK8" :lol: I seriously would have been at the DMV the next day with my request
Quote from: JYODER240 on December 04, 2007, 10:42:40 PM
I like this one.
(http://extremespeedonline.com/350z/350z/zplate.jpg)
Is that owned by some guy named Zed who lives in a place called Blue Bayou?
Quote from: etypejohn on December 04, 2007, 12:15:13 PM
Texas is $40 each year.
I didn't read the whole thread or any of it but I saw this post.
Interesting factoid, Texas is ranked 51st in the percentage of people who have vanity plates. Something like .51%. I think it is for the sole reason it is ridiculously pricey. Virginia was number 1.
www.coolpl8z.com
Quote from: Champ on December 07, 2007, 11:03:25 AM
www.coolpl8z.com
aw damn someone in CA already took 'OMG WTF' :frown:
LOL @ 'AGINA' :lol:
Quote from: the Teuton on December 04, 2007, 11:25:02 AM
I don't drive the prettiest car on earth right now, but I kinda want SUBRU, SBYDBY, GOTAWD, or DOOBIE for a plate right now.
DOOBIE? Really?
I just saw a car with the plates "ACTRSS"
It really should have read "A10TION HOR"
Quote from: 565 on December 10, 2007, 08:28:28 PM
I just saw a car with the plates "ACTRSS"
It really should have read "A10TION HOR"
A lotion whore?
:lol:
ok So I'm toying with these ideas:
4THEWIN
YA RLY
PWNSTAR
LIEK OMG
soo...funny or cheesy?
or maybe this:
(http://www.encircling.us/photoplog/file.php?n=805&w=o)
Those hands look a little too white to be holding that plate. RACIST! :rage: :lol:
One I saw today has me baffled.
An older white Maxima, shiny chrome tailpipe, ersatz Nismo stickers on the flanks and Skyline-style taillights had the custom license plate "Renault" on it.
I'm pretty sure that's a category 4 WTF.
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 11, 2007, 11:27:08 AM
ok So I'm toying with these ideas:
4THEWIN
YA RLY
PWNSTAR
LIEK OMG
soo...funny or cheesy?
Cheesy.
But I don't like vanity plates anyway.
Quote from: Raza on December 10, 2007, 09:07:02 PM
A lotion whore?
:lol:
No - that's what you become when you can't get the "X32 JANA" or "X32 J4RO",
I have my university's special plates, but no customized writing/#s.
IMO it's kind of dumb to get anything having to do with your real name as a plate. For a while I was thinking about getting something like "THX DAD" or "SPOILED" or "I6 3ER" or "LV2XLR8" or "1I1I1I1I" but then I decided to get the college plate.
Quote from: 850CSi on December 12, 2007, 01:23:52 AM
I have my university's special plates, but no customized writing/#s.
IMO it's kind of dumb to get anything having to do with your real name as a plate. For a while I was thinking about getting something like "THX DAD" or "SPOILED" or "I6 3ER" or "LV2XLR8" or "1I1I1I1I" but then I decided to get the college plate.
I6 3er would've sucked because all 3 series besides the M3 are I6's. :lol:
I like them on certain cars.
I was just thinking about vanity plates the other day.
I was thinking of the ultimate winter beater, one idea was a last gen RS6 with the badges removed and the regular A6 badge on it. The plate i would have picked would have been "slow A6", or something like that(of course it would have been modified to 600hp).
I could get a set for the Z, "nontrbo". :lol:
I have yet to see a binary custom plate.
"0010100"
Quote from: FlatBlackCaddy on December 12, 2007, 09:53:09 AM
I have yet to see a binary custom plate.
"0010100"
Probably just a joke but I recall hearing of a vanity plate on an expensive car driven by a freshly divorced woman. Plate read "WAS HIS".
Quote from: 850CSi on December 12, 2007, 01:23:52 AM
I have my university's special plates, but no customized writing/#s.
IMO it's kind of dumb to get anything having to do with your real name as a plate. For a while I was thinking about getting something like "THX DAD" or "SPOILED" or "I6 3ER" or "LV2XLR8" or "1I1I1I1I" but then I decided to get the college plate.
As a FYI, "1" and "I" are treated as the same letter on a plate. Along with O and 0, and a space, underscore (_) and dash (-) are all the same thing as well.
Quote from: FlatBlackCaddy on December 12, 2007, 09:53:09 AM
I have yet to see a binary custom plate.
"0010100"
What does 20 in binary stand for?
Oh, I didn't know that.
Can you get dashes and forward slashes or anything like that on plates? Does it depend on the state?
Quote from: 850CSi on December 12, 2007, 02:14:04 PM
Oh, I didn't know that.
Can you get dashes and forward slashes or anything like that on plates? Does it depend on the state?
Probably depends some on states, but I know a dash (-) is ok, but a slash (/ or \) is not usable.
Aplpha-numeric with - and _ only.
Quote from: Champ on December 12, 2007, 12:30:57 PM
As a FYI, "1" and "I" are treated as the same letter on a plate. Along with O and 0, and a space, underscore (_) and dash (-) are all the same thing as well.What does 20 in binary stand for?
Most definitely not in Ontario. We have a 7-character plate system, 4 letters and 3 numbers (example: APSJ 875). I know for sure that Os and zeros aren't the same character, because my girlfriend's plate used to be BBOR 290. That's BB-oh-R two ninety. Same goes for I and 1.
http://www.joe-ks.com/license_plates.htm
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 12, 2007, 03:27:14 PM
Most definitely not in Ontario. We have a 7-character plate system, 4 letters and 3 numbers (example: APSJ 875). I know for sure that Os and zeros aren't the same character, because my girlfriend's plate used to be BBOR 290. That's BB-oh-R two ninety. Same goes for I and 1.
Keep in mind your plate system has separate sections for letters and numbers. For instance, BBOR 290 couldn't be BB0R 29O (reversed the #'s and letters) because the 0 is a number amongst letters - which has nothing to do with O and 0 being considered the same.
This also applies to usually just personal plates, where you can have a mix of anything.
Quote from: Champ on December 12, 2007, 03:33:05 PM
Keep in mind your plate system has separate sections for letters and numbers. For instance, BBOR 290 couldn't be BB0R 29O (reversed the #'s and letters) because the 0 is a number amongst letters - which has nothing to do with O and 0 being considered the same.
This also applies to usually just personal plates, where you can have a mix of anything.
True. I know New Jersey (among a few others I can't think of) has a random combination of letters and numbers, so it would be like T59 4J3 or something... in which your theory would make sense.
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 12, 2007, 03:40:36 PM
True. I know New Jersey (among a few others I can't think of) has a random combination of letters and numbers, so it would be like T59 4J3 or something... in which your theory would make sense.
Here you are:
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/PDFForms/Forms/SpecialPlate3.PDF
Page 3, in NEW PERSONALIZED PLATES section.
Quote from: Champ on December 12, 2007, 03:42:31 PM
Here you are:
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/PDFForms/Forms/SpecialPlate3.PDF
Page 3, in NEW PERSONALIZED PLATES section.
I wasn't doubting you :huh:
So I have been thinking about getting a plate for the '91!
I've thought of a few:
LOVESNO, LVESSNO, LVESNOW etc
WNTRCAR
UNSTPBL
thoughts?
is SNOWMAN taken?
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 12, 2007, 04:13:00 PM
is SNOWMAN taken?
That wouldn't be bad, I wish they had an online plate availability checker!
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 12, 2007, 04:13:00 PM
is SNOWMAN taken?
That could be an allusion to a racial statement.
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 12, 2007, 04:15:05 PM
That could be an allusion to a racial statement.
(http://www.encircling.us/photoplog/file.php?n=805&w=o)
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 12, 2007, 04:15:05 PM
That could be an allusion to a racial statement.
YOU are a racist statement.
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 12, 2007, 04:16:51 PM
(http://www.encircling.us/photoplog/file.php?n=805&w=o)
It's great what people can get away with sometimes. :lol:
Quote from: NACar on December 12, 2007, 04:18:00 PM
It's great what people can get away with sometimes. :lol:
It's funnier considering those hands holding the plate are white.
How about SNOMCHN?
Quote from: Raza on December 12, 2007, 04:49:12 PM
You deal coke?
no, he's this guy:
(http://www.bandittransamclub.com/Snowman.jpg)
ZAMBONI, it fits. :ohyeah:
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 12, 2007, 04:15:05 PM
That could be an allusion to a racial statement.
Get a grip, dude.
FWD SUX
:lol:
BLWNSWD
tight fit.
Blowin' Swede?
:lol:
HUGREXN
I was going to get some with TI3VOM, but I'm not sure they'll let me. Anything that is designed to be legible in a mirror is out, apparently.
Saw one today on a Mustang, girl driver: K8SPONY Thought it was clever.
I saw "203 FTW" today, on a W203 C-Class.
I still hate vanity plates.
Raza's scared of people knowing his first name, but he shares his last name. The problems are deeper than hatred. ;)
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 14, 2007, 12:10:22 PM
Raza's scared of people knowing his first name, but he shares his last name. The problems are deeper than hatred. ;)
...
That didn't make any sense at all.
Quote from: NACar on December 14, 2007, 11:51:24 AM
You just hate people.
Yeah. What does that have to do with anything?
Quote from: Raza on December 14, 2007, 12:16:15 PM
Yeah. What does that have to do with anything?
People are the ones that get vanity plates.
Quote from: NACar on December 14, 2007, 01:27:54 PM
People are the ones that get vanity plates.
Damn them!!!!!
I have IH8FORD on my Z28 and SO LOOK on the T-Bird.
I'm considering "ADI" or "FAST ADI" on mine.
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 21, 2007, 06:35:31 PM
I'm considering "ADI" or "FAST ADI" on mine.
I don't think they'll let you put anything with 'FAST' on it if it's going to go on a Camry
It'll go on the Intrepid
FWIW, let's not argue that the new Camry's V6 is fucking FAST.
I saw "Soobiru" on a white STI today.
Oh, and Trep, you'll like this:
My father's current girlfriend's (trailer trash; that man puzzles me endlessly) daughter just had her second child, a girl.
She named the poor little thing "Kamry."
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 21, 2007, 07:14:47 PM
It'll go on the Intrepid
FWIW, let's not argue that the new Camry's V6 is fucking FAST.
:pullover:
Quote from: Soup DeVille on December 21, 2007, 07:29:16 PM
I saw "Soobiru" on a white STI today.
Oh, and Trep, you'll like this:
My father's current girlfriend's (trailer trash; that man puzzles me endlessly) daughter just had her second child, a girl.
She named the poor little thing "Kamry."
Named after the place where she was conceived, perhaps?
Quote from: MX793 on December 21, 2007, 07:48:33 PM
Named after the place where she was conceived, perhaps?
Maybe...
Quote from: R-inge on December 13, 2007, 10:25:49 PM
I was going to get some with TI3VOM, but I'm not sure they'll let me. Anything that is designed to be legible in a mirror is out, apparently.
I like it! Give it a try - chances are the boobs at the motor vehicle dept won't pick up on it. Hell, they didn't notice when I did my vanity plate, pictured below.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/saxonyron/license_20060126155302_99095.jpg?t=1198302103)
I saw a guy with "NHGUNZ" as his plate with a "Got Sig" bumpersticker. Fairly low chance of him getting carjacked, I'd say. :lol:
Wait, Ron... You really have ASSMAN!?
:lol:
Quote from: 850CSi on December 21, 2007, 11:10:18 PM
Wait, Ron... You really have ASSMAN!?
:lol:
I wish I did! :lol: This is just a cheap Seinfeld ripoff I did a few years back when someone found this website that lets you create your own plates. My real plate is a generic bunch of numbers.
Wait... Ron lives in New Hampshire? I thought that he lived near Boston :huh:
Tony and I went to Charlevoix on a beer cruise this weekend and saw this stupid thing; 2big4u.
Quote from: TheIntrepid on December 24, 2007, 12:19:10 AM
Wait... Ron lives in New Hampshire? I thought that he lived near Boston :huh:
Um, southern NH is pretty close to Boston. Close enough that there are folks who live in NH that work in Boston and commute between the two.
i'm not sure my license plate is really visible most of the time, so i couldn't care less what it says (not that we have vanity plates anyway.)
Sometimes on the way to work, I see this lowered/modded RSX with the plates 'QTNUNOIT' (or something to that effect)
Today I finally caught a glimpse of the driver; definitely not bad, but I've seen better :mask:
Quote from: Vinsanity on December 12, 2007, 04:16:51 PM
(http://www.encircling.us/photoplog/file.php?n=805&w=o)
I thought that was Raza.
Quote from: heelntoe on December 24, 2007, 07:55:51 AM
i'm not sure my license plate is really visible most of the time, so i couldn't care less what it says (not that we have vanity plates anyway.)
Plus my Indian plate is fucking LONG. I think it's MH 05 MMB 2591
Quote from: 2o6 on January 14, 2008, 08:44:04 PM
I thought that was Raza.
I'm not white, I'm not from New York (I dislike New York), and I don't approve of vanity plates.
Weak.
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 09, 2008, 10:42:08 AM
Sometimes on the way to work, I see this lowered/modded RSX with the plates 'QTNUNOIT' (or something to that effect)
Today I finally caught a glimpse of the driver; definitely not bad, but I've seen better :mask:
Cutie nun oy tee?
Quote from: Raza on January 14, 2008, 08:47:00 PM
Cutie nun oy tee?
I think "Cutie, and you know it?"
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 14, 2008, 08:47:51 PM
I think "Cutie, and you know it?"
Yeah, I figured it out the third time or so I read it. I especially hate overly complicated and longwinded plates like that one. IHV5L4B5 and shit like that. Sometimes I see some so cryptic, I want to pull them over and find out what it means. Then three seconds later I'm gone or they're gone and I stop caring.
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5454/podrz7.jpg)
Quote from: TheIntrepid on January 14, 2008, 08:45:56 PM
Plus my Indian plate is fucking LONG. I think it's MH 05 MMB 2591
it's wither MMB 2591, or MH 05 X 2591.
the first one is the old system and the sccond one is the current system where the first two numbers are decided depending on where you get it registered.
my scoot's number is MH 43 B 5144. i still don't have the car's number memorized.
http://jalopnik.com/354141/man-buys-6750000-vanity-plate-we-lose-faith-in-humanity
:nutty:
Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on February 08, 2008, 05:52:39 PM
http://jalopnik.com/354141/man-buys-6750000-vanity-plate-we-lose-faith-in-humanity
:nutty:
:nutty: indeed. All the cars in my family have plates that begin with 5. That guy got ripped off. :tounge:
Quote from: Vinsanity on February 08, 2008, 06:32:38 PM
:nutty: indeed. All the cars in my family have plates that begin with 5. That guy got ripped off. :tounge:
:lol:
All of the money goes to charity, though.
Quote from: heelntoe on January 15, 2008, 05:24:51 AM
it's wither MMB 2591, or MH 05 X 2591.
the first one is the old system and the sccond one is the current system where the first two numbers are decided depending on where you get it registered.
my scoot's number is MH 43 B 5144. i still don't have the car's number memorized.
No it's a special characters with three letters in the middle. MH-05 is the registration (Andheri), MMB is the dealership (Shreenath Hyundai) and 2951 is the whatever. :huh:
Quote from: Pancor on January 15, 2008, 04:36:06 AM
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5454/podrz7.jpg)
If the plate shows some imagination, such as that, I like them. One of my favorites was in California, back in the eighties. The tag read "BEYONDA". It was on a blue Plymouth Horizon.
I remember reading in the Chronicle back then also, that a guy had his plates revoked because the "plate censor" said his plate was sexually suggestive. It had read "EATSBMW". I think it was on a Corvette.
Mastrb8r
Saw this one on the web a while ago...
(http://www.linux.duke.edu/~icon/bizarre/a55-rgy.jpg)
Oldest one in the book. Still hilarious.
On a Pathfinder yesterday-MY4WDZ :clap:
spotted today on a modded wide-body MR2:
'FWD ROFL'
:lol: :thumbsup:
(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8499/a1sy3.jpg)
Quote from: ifcar on May 08, 2008, 11:54:58 AM
(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8499/a1sy3.jpg)
lol...isn't that considered vulgar in old merrie England?
OTYEBIS
It's Russian for "Fuck Off."
On a black 750Li with black rims and blacked-up lights and barely-legal window tint.
NASTI on a Subaru WRX STI. Thought it was a pretty good play on words.
Spotted today;
PUFPIPE on a DTS with tinted windows. I wonder how many times this guy gets pulled over?
Also, SCUSEME on a minivan of some sort.
FUBARU on an Outback
"Half Gas" on a Prius.
I want to get BRICK for the 940.
Quote from: CJ on May 24, 2008, 07:31:06 PM
I want to get BRICK for the 940.
How about ILVLMP
Hahaha!
That's a genius reference!
:confused:
i love lump?
i love le mans prototype?
i leveled my priest?
Quote from: Laconian on May 24, 2008, 08:08:43 PM
:confused:
i love lump?
i love le mans prototype?
i leveled my priest?
"I Love Lamp"
LOL on a Renault Megane RS.
ALOTA HP on a Shelby GT500. He tells no lies.
I saw WHOFRTD on a Suburban today! :clap:
Quote from: Laconian on May 24, 2008, 08:08:43 PM
:confused:
i love lump?
i love le mans prototype?
i leveled my priest?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VGM_jAzPj8
I just saw an " OWNED " plate on an orange Pontiac G6 GT today. Are other cars getting "owned" or was he "owned" by the dealer? :devil:
I've seen lots of good ones in Virginia.
AYKCUF on a Corvette.
CARNVOR on a Hummer H2 w/ lots of hunting-related stickers.
STRSCREM on a BMW at Langley AFB (F-22 Raptor pilot, I assume.)
Ache cuff?
Quote from: Northlands on June 05, 2008, 06:19:35 PM
I just saw an " OWNED " plate on an orange Pontiac G6 GT today. Are other cars getting "owned" or was he "owned" by the dealer? :devil:
He's just telling you that he paid for the car in cash, thus the car is "owned" by him.
AYKCUF => "FUCK YA"
Quote from: Laconian on June 16, 2008, 10:30:49 PM
He's just telling you that he paid for the car in cash, thus the car is "owned" by him.
AYKCUF => "FUCK YA"
Oh, ah.
5318008, in a rear view mirror?
Check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/15/ST2008061502199.html
Quote"Drivers of cars with bumper stickers, window decals, personalized license plates and other "territorial markers" not only get mad when someone cuts in their lane or is slow to respond to a changed traffic light, but they are far more likely than those who do not personalize their cars to use their vehicles to express rage -- by honking, tailgating and other aggressive behavior."
Interesting article. I think oversized wheels, ginormous lift kits, and brush guards are much better indicators of aggressiveness than stickers, but whatever :huh:
One of the psychobiological explanations has some merit: the familiar surroundings of your car's interior tricks your instinct into thinking that you are inhabiting a private space, causing some people to mistake the public roadways for their private domain. These people will naturally defend their "territory" from intruders, which manifests as road rage.
This experiment is crap though:
QuoteSzlemko said that, in an as-yet-unpublished experiment, he conducted tests of road rage in actual traffic. He had one researcher sit in a car in a left-turn lane. When the light turned green, the researcher simply stayed still, blocking the car behind.
Another researcher, meanwhile, examined whether the blocked car had bumper stickers and other markers of territoriality. The experimental question was how long it would take for the driver of the blocked car to honk in frustration.
Szlemko said that drivers of cars with decals, bumper stickers and personalized license plates honked at the offending vehicle nearly two full seconds faster than drivers of cars without any territorial markers.
What an ass! :rolleyes: :banghead: *HONK!* :pullover:
"Interesting article. I think oversized wheels, ginormous lift kits, and brush guards are much better indicators of aggressiveness than stickers, but whatever"
As I recall, the article only used stickers as a primary example, but they were grouped with other personalizations to the car.
QuoteSzlemko said that, in an as-yet-unpublished experiment, he conducted tests of road rage in actual traffic. He had one researcher sit in a car in a left-turn lane. When the light turned green, the researcher simply stayed still, blocking the car behind.
Another researcher, meanwhile, examined whether the blocked car had bumper stickers and other markers of territoriality. The experimental question was how long it would take for the driver of the blocked car to honk in frustration.
Szlemko said that drivers of cars with decals, bumper stickers and personalized license plates honked at the offending vehicle nearly two full seconds faster than drivers of cars without any territorial markers.
WTF! That's worse than those "experiments" where people drive the posted speed limit in the left lane :devil:
Quote from: Laconian on June 16, 2008, 11:52:48 PM
Check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/15/ST2008061502199.html
Interesting article. I think oversized wheels, ginormous lift kits, and brush guards are much better indicators of aggressiveness than stickers, but whatever :huh:
One of the psychobiological explanations has some merit: the familiar surroundings of your car's interior tricks your instinct into thinking that you are inhabiting a private space, causing some people to mistake the public roadways for their private domain. These people will naturally defend their "territory" from intruders, which manifests as road rage.
This experiment is crap though:What an ass! :rolleyes: :banghead: *HONK!* :pullover:
Depending on the intersection (busy with a short length turn light vs. sparsely traveled with little turn light consequence) I honk on the count of two or three one thousands. No bumper stickers, but I have a couple of parking passes in my rear windshield that I was too lazy to razorblade off.
Saw a new style thunderbird with plates: NEWBIRD
Then a few cars in front of it was an old thunderbird with collector plates that said: VNTGBRD
Quote from: Laconian on June 16, 2008, 11:52:48 PM
Check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/15/ST2008061502199.html
Interesting article. I think oversized wheels, ginormous lift kits, and brush guards are much better indicators of aggressiveness than stickers, but whatever :huh:
One of the psychobiological explanations has some merit: the familiar surroundings of your car's interior tricks your instinct into thinking that you are inhabiting a private space, causing some people to mistake the public roadways for their private domain. These people will naturally defend their "territory" from intruders, which manifests as road rage.
This experiment is crap though:What an ass! :rolleyes: :banghead: *HONK!* :pullover:
When I honk at someone squatting at a red light, It's very rarely in anger, just as a reminder. If I have to honk three or four times, that may be getting close to anger.
I never cared much for bumper stickers, so I usually just urinate on my car to mark it. Hey, it's free. :huh:
Quote from: Soup DeVille on June 19, 2008, 05:56:34 PM
When I honk at someone squatting at a red light, It's very rarely in anger, just as a reminder. If I have to honk three or four times, that may be getting close to anger.
Same here. But once I reach two, I'm a purple pants/green skin levels of anger already.
Saw a Jaguar yesterday that had a plate that read AV8OR
Quote from: NACar on June 19, 2008, 06:34:47 PM
I never cared much for bumper stickers, so I usually just urinate on my car to mark it. Hey, it's free. :huh:
:lol:
Today I saw a newer Mercedes E320 with the vanity plate "S S". :rolleyes: I bet the owner wished he could've used a lightning bolt font! ;)
Quote from: Laconian on June 21, 2008, 09:55:22 PM
Today I saw a newer Mercedes E320 with the vanity plate "S S". :rolleyes: I bet the owner wished he could've used a lightning bolt font! ;)
Now that's over the top offensive. No joke.
On the other hand, there's an H2 around here with the tag "GLBLWMR"
Quote from: Soup DeVille on June 21, 2008, 10:06:58 PM
Now that's over the top offensive. No joke.
Sorry if I offended. The owner was probably oblivious to his faux pas, but still, you'd think somebody would point it out.
I hope that H2 owner goes broke trying to thumb his nose to the hippies.
Quote from: Laconian on June 21, 2008, 10:17:00 PM
Sorry if I offended. The owner was probably oblivious to his faux pas, but still, you'd think somebody would point it out.
I hope that H2 owner goes broke trying to thumb his nose to the hippies.
Oh, you didn't but that guy did.
Quote from: Laconian on June 21, 2008, 09:55:22 PM
Today I saw a newer Mercedes E320 with the vanity plate "S S". :rolleyes: I bet the owner wished he could've used a lightning bolt font! ;)
haha someone should steal the plate and switch it with whatever personalized one you would find on a pink Beetle :devil:
Help me out with this one:
JMR TINI
I think it was on an E46 330Ci convertible. License plate holder "I'd rather be fishing".
I don't know what it means.
Quote from: Raza on June 23, 2008, 09:52:50 PM
Help me out with this one:
JMR TINI
I think it was on an E46 330Ci convertible. License plate holder "I'd rather be fishing".
I don't know what it means.
Dry Martini?
Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on June 24, 2008, 09:21:51 PM
Dry Martini?
I thought martini as well, but why not put "mr" and "tini" together?
This is one of the reasons I hate vanity plates. I hate when I don't know what the fuck they mean!
I have a sticker from Surf Wyoming I want to put on my car.
It says:
My Wyoming
Has a East
Infection
Quote from: Raza on June 24, 2008, 10:03:36 PM
I thought martini as well, but why not put "mr" and "tini" together?
This is one of the reasons I hate vanity plates. I hate when I don't know what the fuck they mean!
Take solace in the fact that the guy threw away fifty bucks on a joke nobody gets.
More likely than not, it's an inside joke type of thing. Some people would get it and be amused by a plate that said 'ROFLMAO' or 'OMG WTF' but a lot of people won't
Quote from: Laconian on June 24, 2008, 11:40:10 PM
Take solace in the fact that the guy threw away fifty bucks on a joke nobody gets.
I'm going to track him down and go Johnny Drama on his hood with a pitching wedge.
That made CJ? Sweeeeeet.
Quote from: Laconian on June 24, 2008, 11:40:10 PM
Take solace in the fact that the guy threw away fifty bucks on a joke nobody gets.
I'm sure he gets pulled over quite frequently by cops wondering what his license plate meant too.
Black Vette convertible: MOREFUN
Also, "M"SURULZ
It's funny, because the "M" is actually the insignia from the U of M specialty plate.
minutes before I arrived home today, I saw a black Charger R/T with plates that said 'CPNBDAS' along with a plate frame of the explanation: "Captain Badass" :rolleyes:
Quote from: Vinsanity on June 26, 2008, 05:55:30 PM
minutes before I arrived home today, I saw a black Charger R/T with plates that said 'CPNBDAS' along with a plate frame of the explanation: "Captain Badass" :rolleyes:
Oh, he's so asking to be mocked.
Quote from: Soup DeVille on June 26, 2008, 06:06:54 PM
Oh, he's so asking to be mocked.
it was a struggle to keep myself from pointing and laughing
I saw one on a bike 2 days ago that said "CARSSCK"
:lol:
He should have gone with a 'U' instead of that second 'C'
VW Beetle Turbo S:
VAG COM?
Oregon plates on a BMW E46 sedan:
'4SHZZL'
:lol:
girl behind the wheel was kinda cute, too
black Bentley Arnage near the Crenshaw Blvd offramp:
'HUSTLR'
:mrcool: :rockon:
Quote from: Vinsanity on July 15, 2008, 11:18:19 AM
black Bentley Arnage near the Crenshaw Blvd offramp:
'HUSTLR'
:mrcool: :rockon:
Must have been Ice T!
Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 15, 2008, 09:44:30 PM
Must have been Ice T!
wouldn't be surprised if it was someone famous, or even him in particular. Unfortunately, I was driving behind the car, and it had limo tint, so I couldn't see who was in it
Saw a Mustang (1996-1999?) last night. It was modified and had a cracked aftermarket body kit. the plate read "I EAT Z06". :rolleyes:
Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on May 09, 2009, 10:48:06 AM
Saw a Mustang (1996-1999?) last night. It was modified and had a cracked aftermarket body kit. the plate read "I EAT Z06". :rolleyes:
Should have read "I EAT COX"
I saw an M6 Coupe (candy apple red, and sounded like a race car) around Detroit the other day from out of state.
"creamy"
It had a bumper sticker on the back window that said, "If you don't like my car, fuck you. If you do like my car, fuck me."
Quote from: hounddog on May 12, 2009, 02:34:41 AM
I saw an M6 Coupe (candy apple red, and sounded like a race car) around Detroit the other day from out of state.
"creamy"
It had a bumper sticker on the back window that said, "If you don't like my car, fuck you. If you do like my car, fuck me."
Classy...
Well, it WAS from New York.
More stupid plates
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/lawhog/Pictures6-29-09261.jpg)
It was not awsome.
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/lawhog/Pictures6-29-09232.jpg)
It was far from crazy, let alone crazzy.
Quote from: hounddog on June 30, 2009, 07:37:15 PM
More stupid plates
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/lawhog/Pictures6-29-09261.jpg)
It was not awsome.
What have they done to that poor car? It looks ridiculous with that row of exhausts, oversized lettering, strange numberplate surround and taillight add-ons.
Seen on a Smart this morning: "DETHTRP"
(death trap)
LOve the sense of humor :lol:
"DONTHIT" on a Ford Escape
"Bollox" on Corvette in GA. Nice to a Brit get past the tag office's taste police.
May have posted already, but worth repeating...
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/saxonyron/pics089.jpg)
Speedracer, I've seen that same Smart car on Rt. 3 in Nashua. I have a pic somewhere - gotta find it.
Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on October 15, 2009, 04:19:51 PM
"DONTHIT" on a Ford Escape
I don't get it. The guy's name is Don Thit? Is that Cambodian? :huh:
:lol:
Quote from: saxonyron on October 21, 2009, 12:59:46 PM
I don't get it. The guy's name is Don Thit? Is that Cambodian? :huh:
:lol:
:facepalm:
:lol:
"OMGLMAO" on a Mercedes GL :thumbsup:
except the "A" was the star symbol you can get on special CA plates
Saw ROFLOL on some shitty ass mom mobile today. I :facepalm:
I saw FISHFISH on a truck that said, "For the best fish in town, follow this truck."
Quote from: Laconian on June 30, 2008, 12:13:05 AM
VW Beetle Turbo S:
VAG COM?
lol
Must be an authentic dubber.
spotted on a bright red 2005-09 V6 Mustang:
BBWLUVR
:mask:
What does that mean?
Today, I saw "MY CAR"
M9M9M9 on a Mustang convertible. I still don't get it.
Quote from: 93JC on February 24, 2010, 06:52:18 PM
M9M9M9 on a Mustang convertible. I still don't get it.
mine mine mine
A stretch, I know. But that's all I can think of that's obvious. Could be some inside joke too.
Quote from: CJ on February 22, 2010, 09:25:00 PM
What does that mean?
BBW = big, beautiful, women.
Quote from: BimmerM3 on February 25, 2010, 01:00:03 AM
BBW = big, beautiful, women.
That is not what I thought.
BBW = boy, boy, woman.
Quote from: The Pirate on February 24, 2010, 09:45:00 PM
mine mine mine
A stretch, I know. But that's all I can think of that's obvious. Could be some inside joke too.
Maybe, like me, the driver is a big fan of the Beretta M9 in MW2.
Quote from: The Pirate on February 24, 2010, 09:45:00 PM
mine mine mine
A stretch, I know. But that's all I can think of that's obvious. Could be some inside joke too.
That's what I was thinking too ("mine, mine, mine").
Thought I'd bring something from the motherland:
(http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/13255/04_2008/virginia.jpg)
Quote from: omicron on June 30, 2009, 07:57:25 PM
What have they done to that poor car? It looks ridiculous with that row of exhausts, oversized lettering, strange numberplate surround and taillight add-ons.
It's not even a Z06, which means that it's not worth the attention.
If I get a Camry, I would get plates that say Kanmuri.
I saw an E36 Cabrio today with the plate "JUNEBUG". This was only cool to me because my 4 year old cousin's nickname is June Bug.
"RME WO"
(WO= Warrant Officer)
"I AM STIG" on a Mazda 6
I have an idea for mine: SKNJOB
"A7PLUS1" on an Audi A8
Girlfriend's roommate's Dad is nuts. The guy has 4 Cadillac Allantes. The plates all read something like:
26Z4HER
26Z4HIM
26Z4YOU
26Z4MEE
The guy is a complete nut job. Whoever owns 4 Cadillac Allantes has lost his marbles.
LOL! Pics!
Quote from: Laconian on April 21, 2010, 12:07:22 AM
LOL! Pics!
I'm up all night doing lab reports and projects in the library. When I go to my girlfriend's apartment tomorrow, I'll take a picture of whatever Allante is there. Her roommate usually drives the black or white Allante, which is "26Z4" her and mee I think.
The guy has like 10 cars. I know they also have a Yukon, a Lincoln Mark VIII, an old Land Rover, and a bunch of other shit. This guy also gives his daughters a lie detector test at the age of 18, and tells them to not do drugs, drink, or have sex until then. If they pass his lie detector test, they get $10,000. No joke.
WHAT THE FUCK
Quote from: Laconian on April 21, 2010, 12:13:08 AM
WHAT THE FUCK
I haven't met him in person yet. Just heard the stories. His daughters are weird enough that I believe it all.
Why someone would collect Allantes, I have no idea. I had to put up the top the other day because she was gone and it was about to rain. It took about 15 minutes of her explaining instructions to me over the phone. What a horribly designed top. :facepalm:
Dude I would just learn how to fake the test a couple of weeks before I turned 18.
Seen on a previous gen. Mazda 3: PTDAFOO.
(http://www.ultimatecoupons.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mr_t_blue.jpg)
I'm thinking about getting one for the Mustang:
H0T R0D
MACH 50
MACH5OH
HWY MAN
EATDUST
DR1VER
any other ideas?
(http://funnylicenseplates.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/funny-tag.jpg)
I'm fairly sure there is "BU1 S3X" out there somewhere, but I don't think I'm going to enter that into a search...
How about LEDFOOT or HIOFFCR or 8 M UP or FLEWBYU.
ICUGFL8R
SMLPNS?
LIFS FST on a yellow Caliber. Life might be fast, but your car sure isn't.
'4MYHORZ' on a black late-model Tahoe. I was seriously shocked that the DMV let him have that until I saw a little horse icon on the tow hitch cover. Even then, I'm still kinda shocked they let him have that, because I'm sure I wasn't the first one to first assume the dirtier interpretation :mask:
Quote from: Vinsanity on June 01, 2010, 03:05:17 PM
'4MYHORZ' on a black late-model Tahoe. I was seriously shocked that the DMV let him have that until I saw a little horse icon on the tow hitch cover. Even then, I'm still kinda shocked they let him have that, because I'm sure I wasn't the first one to first assume the dirtier interpretation :mask:
Yes, I definitely read that the dirty way. Even when I finished reading your post, I thought "What do horses have to do with whores?"
horse fuckers!
"GUZL GAS" on a G Wagon. :lol:
Quote from: Submariner on May 03, 2010, 08:28:21 AM
(http://funnylicenseplates.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/funny-tag.jpg)
wait, is this actually on a Pontiac Vibe? That would be pretty clever
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/TWOBIGHEDZ/stupid.jpg)
:facepalm:
(http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/facd5509-db47-42ac-9a9e-09a05709a8a1.jpg)
http://failblog.org/2010/07/19/epic-fail-photos-license-plate-win-2/ (http://failblog.org/2010/07/19/epic-fail-photos-license-plate-win-2/)
If I'm seeing correctly, then this pic was taken almost on the way from where I used to live to where I work :praise:
There was a Tesla in my building at Microsoft, with the license plate COIL.
I saw SEAMON today and snapped a pic with my phone camera. As soon as I get back in cell range I can post it here.
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/TWOBIGHEDZ/CF962AEE-87F0-4AEE-82F9-9EDF620F5325_zpspmlaurzz.jpg)
Do all Teslas come with free vanity plates?
Seems like it........
Tesla owners are rich and like to show off they don't use gas :lol:
I was thinking about getting a vanity plate for my cars, but a lot of the decent ones are taken. You have to pay every year for them too, not just a one time fee. I don't care about it that much I guess.
There are very few vanity plates I like. I'd never put one on my car.
It's a very Indian thing to straight up put your name (or your kid's name) on a vanity plate. I always get a kick out of seeing those cars on the road
Quote from: CALL_911 on January 02, 2014, 12:49:41 PM
There are very few vanity plates I like. I'd never put one on my car.
It's a very Indian thing to straight up put your name (or your kid's name) on a vanity plate. I always get a kick out of seeing those cars on the road
Yeah, why is that? We've got this apartment complex near me that's walking distance to a big IT employer. There's a ton of Indians working on contract. We call the apartment Little India :lol: but they all get vanity plates with their name. I was behind a Shrikant the other day I think.
Quote from: MrH on January 02, 2014, 01:06:20 PM
Yeah, why is that? We've got this apartment complex near me that's walking distance to a big IT employer. There's a ton of Indians working on contract. We call the apartment Little India :lol: but they all get vanity plates with their name. I was behind a Shrikant the other day I think.
No fucking idea, I think it's tacky
I hate name plates. I have "LEAD FUT" on my G8. Before that I had "IH8FORD" on my Z28. Never got around to putting one on the C6 tho!
Shocker!
Vanity plates are so stupid. I dunno why anyone would ever get one.
:lol:
I can't stand vanity plates.
Quote from: MrH on January 02, 2014, 01:06:20 PM
Yeah, why is that? We've got this apartment complex near me that's walking distance to a big IT employer. There's a ton of Indians working on contract. We call the apartment Little India :lol: but they all get vanity plates with their name. I was behind a Shrikant the other day I think.
The outsourcer must have an arrsy of units set aside for corporate housing.
Quote from: CALL_911 on January 02, 2014, 01:10:27 PM
No fucking idea, I think it's tacky
maybe because 20 years ago, 75% of people who owned cars in India had an off-white Fiat or Ambassador.
I actually saw one that I liked. On an RX-8: ROT8IN
Quote from: veeman on January 02, 2014, 02:52:08 PM
maybe because 20 years ago, 75% of people who owned cars in India had an off-white Fiat or Ambassador.
hahahah
Quote from: veeman on January 02, 2014, 02:52:08 PM
maybe because 20 years ago, 75% of people who owned cars in India had an off-white Fiat or Ambassador.
Also, I bet only 0.1% of Indians had cars.
What's the car culture like there?
Their licensing looks like a nightmare...
Quote from: giant_mtb on January 02, 2014, 02:10:05 PM
Vanity plates are so stupid. I dunno why anyone would ever get one.
:lol:
Yes, Mr. I Got Laid During LOTR and Will Forever Commemorate It... :lol:
Quote from: Laconian on January 10, 2014, 12:09:08 PM
Also, I bet only 0.1% of Indians had cars.
What's the car culture like there?
Their licensing looks like a nightmare...
traffic congestion is pretty bad...
Quote from: dazzleman on January 10, 2014, 07:38:04 PM
Yes, Mr. I Got Laid During LOTR and Will Forever Commemorate It... :lol:
Lord of the Cockring
Saw "BOLLOX" on a Corvette a few years ago. Was thrilled this got through Georgia's plate censors.
Quote from: dazzleman on January 10, 2014, 07:38:04 PM
Yes, Mr. I Got Laid During LOTR and Will Forever Commemorate It... :lol:
You...remember that?! :wtf: :lol:
Quote from: Morris Minor on February 28, 2014, 12:36:45 PM
Saw "BOLLOX" on a Corvette a few years ago. Was thrilled this got through Georgia's plate censors.
That word is censored absolutely nowhere in the states. It's whimsical to us.
Quote from: veeman on January 13, 2014, 09:00:14 AM
traffic congestion is pretty bad...
That's because nobody there has any apparent sense of lane discipline or right-of-way.
I saw GRAHARE on a gray first Gen Volkswagen Rabbit.....