Vanity Plates

[pzarquon]

Seen any clever ones? Strange ones? Do you have one? If you had a car and had to pick your license plate, what would you have it say?

Hawaii's six-character limit is somewhat confining (many other states give you seven to play with). But the especially creative can still come up with some fun things. I saw a hybrid Prius today with the plate, "CLN AIR."

[craigwatanabe]

I have two cars both with vanity plates:

WH--LS (two blanks) Buy a vowel

WH LS2 for my other car

[pzarquon]

How did you get two blanks on your plate? I thought they were unusually stingy with spaces and dashes and how they can be used. That's cool. I had a special plate when I had a collector's car... a 1979 Hurst/Olds W-30 with the plate "79 W30" (though I doubt many people knew what it meant).

Today's sighting: An emphatically expensive black Mercedes with the plate "NYSE." Guess he survived the dot-com bomb!

[Laakea]

my cousin has IRNDIT on his Range Rover

[Glen Miyashiro]

Seen any clever ones? Strange ones? Do you have one? If you had a car and had to pick your license plate, what would you have it say?
I don't have a vanity plate, and I don't really want one. Buf if I had to have one, I'd probably go for a Kikaida reference. DBLCHP, or maybe DNJEND. :D

[craigwatanabe]

How did you get two blanks on your plate? I thought they were unusually stingy with spaces and dashes and how they can be used. That's cool. I had a special plate when I had a collector's car... a 1979 Hurst/Olds W-30 with the plate "79 W30" (though I doubt many people knew what it meant).

Today's sighting: An emphatically expensive black Mercedes with the plate "NYSE." Guess he survived the dot-com bomb!


When I applied for it (back in 1984) there were six blanks to fill, so I filled the first and last two. They accepted it then.

In Reader's Digest there was a quip about a middle aged man who was tired with his image so his vanity plate was to mean "18 Again" and it came out I8AGN. His son came home and told his dad, "Cool license plate...I ate again"

When I bought my BMW I wanted LOVNIT but it was already taken! So was 6BOYS, so I opted for a continuation of my Wheels plate WH LS2

The best I saw was on a Toyota when during the 80's it was a war between the VW Bugs and the Toyota SR5's. The Toyota's plate was "RAID" and underneath it said, "Bug Killer".

On a Porche tooling towards Kahala on the freeway was IXLR8. My friend's Turbo/Nitrous VW Rabbit was I8AZ28.

[EastCoastTropics]

Parents still live in Hawaii....my dad was a US Marine and fought in the Korean war. His license plate says "Combat Veteran" on it! :)

[Linkmeister]

I see AV8R around once in a while; I wonder what sort of plane he/she flies.

[Konaguy]

My brother has vanity plates on his car KH7MS [He is a licensed Ham]

[adrian]

This morning, I just saw a Scion xB with the license plate "bntobx" (bento box)

I thought that was the perfect name for it, as that car is a box on wheels.

What other weird license plates you've seen on a car?

[helen]

A long time ago (either in 1990 or 1991) while visiting the Bay Area I was crossing the Bay Bridge (the one that runs from Oakland to San Francisco) and the car in front of me had a plate that said SETPRV, which happen to be one of the privileges available to a username under the VMS operating system. While I took a picture of that car I didn't manage to get the license plate in the photo.

[craigwatanabe]

I thought it said Set Perv! Still didn't make any sense to me. The funniest one was one I read in Reader's Digest where this middle age heavy set man bought a new car and put on a vanity plate to say: 18 Again. It read 18AGN. His teenage son tells his dad, "Cool license plate...I ate again" :eek:

My two cars have license plates that read:

Car 1: WH__LS with two underscores between the H and the L. When people ask me what that means I tell them to buy a vowel: WHeeLS and this plate is on my AstroVan, initially on my Scirrocco back in 1988.

Car 2: WH_LS2 that is currently on my BMW.

My friend had a license plate on his Turbocharged/Nitrious powered VW Rabbit: I8AZ28

Another good one was on a Toyota SR5 back in the Toy Boy vs VW Bug boys days of the 80's and 90's: RAID as in bug killer.

[Menehune Man]

I had a Dodge Grand Caravan with the license plate of JSS 727. I got stick on letters and made it say...
JeSuS heb.7:27. "who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."

[kimo55]

I had a Dodge Grand Caravan with the license plate of JSS 727. I got stick on letters and made it say...
JeSuS heb.7:27. "who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."



hooo boy be careful; defacing or altering a licence plate is unlawful. even if it's christian kine.

[MadAzza]

When I was in college (early 1980s), I saw a white VW Rabbit with the plate "ML8 ML8." Still my favorite plate ever.

Recently tried to get HI OFCR for my Harley but it was already taken.

[lavagal]

MUFDVR

I SWEAR. I saw it on Maunakea Street years ago, passing the DMV when it was over there. My husband and I discussed how incredibly stupid the bureacrat who authorized it must have been. It was on a 60s convertible outta Detroit, a big hunk of metal. ClASSy!
Now who would go out on a date with this guy? Who would marry a guy with a plate like that on his car? And yet, he advertises his sexual prowess. What kind of guy needs that on his plate?

[Lalalinder]

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/white-house/fdom-is-on-the-march-in-america-106585.php

i suppose this one wasn't exactly weird, but i sure did enjoy the sentiment behind it.

[MadAzza]

MUFDVR
Now who would go out on a date with this guy? Who would marry a guy with a plate like that on his car? And yet, he advertises his sexual prowess. What kind of guy needs that on his plate?

He probably has a "Pu In Sai" bumper sticker, too.

hee!

[pzarquon]

Yesterday I spotted two I liked. One was on a fittingly dirty 4WD vehicle: MUDMAD. The other was in the parking lot of a gym in Mililani: WASH ME.

[buzz1941]

I saw a middle-aged woman driving a car the other day that actually did say PU NSAI

Go figgah

[kimo55]

I saw a middle-aged woman driving a car the other day that actually did say PU NSAI

Go figgah

Im a middle aged man and I want that bumper sticker for MY car... to remember da ol days.

[Palolo lolo]

I've always been partial to "Poetic"

[Haole]

3M W018
Saw that one the other day in my rearview mirror. So just read it in reverse. One of my favs from home was NO TIX PLS on a BMW M3.

[MadAzza]

3M W018
Saw that one the other day in my rearview mirror. So just read it in reverse.

Good grief! I admit, I had to write it down backwards to get it.

[sinjin]

3M W018
Saw that one the other day in my rearview mirror. So just read it in reverse. One of my favs from home was NO TIX PLS on a BMW M3.

I saw its companion on a girl's porche. 3M TA3

[craigwatanabe]

3M W018
Saw that one the other day in my rearview mirror. So just read it in reverse. One of my favs from home was NO TIX PLS on a BMW M3.

If I saw a license plate 3M W018 in my rear view mirror...then I just did.

But I don't get the No TIX PLS one. TIX as in ticks cuz I wouldn't want any either.

I saw a car pulled over with a cop giving the guy a ticket. His license plate said: EX CON yeah not a good license plate to have and getting a ticket at the same time.

But David Shutter's car (bancrupt defense attorney who got kicked out of jail because he was giving convicts free get out of jail advice) was a gold Rolls Royce with plates that said: SUE EM

[stapler]

A couple of months ago I saw a truck with FGNKUL. Don't know how that onw slipped by the censors.

[craigwatanabe]

It's how you justify the acronym. When I was in the Air Force, some guy got a license plate that said: FTAF. The base commander told him he had to replace it with something derogatory other than F@#K The Air Force.

The puzzled airman said it meant: Fly The American Flag

He got to keep his license plate even though it really did mean F@#K The Air Force. :D

[MadAzza]

Last night (Friday) on the way home from work at about 1:30 a.m. (OK, early this morning, in the usual heavy Friday night traffic), I pulled up to the stoplight in front of Zippy's on Nimitz. I heard a bunch of whooping and yelling and looked to my right -- a carload of boys drunk enough to be excited about a woman on a Harley. I grinned and waved, they whooped some more, waving their heads and arms out the windows in my direction, and when the light changed, they pulled away and I saw the license plate: DRY HEV.

I almost fell of my bike laughing, thinking about the guy filling out that form at the motor vehicles dept. and handing it to the nice lady behind the counter. Her wondering, "What does 'dry hev' mean? Well, I guess it's OK ..."

[MadAzza]

Two pointless plates I saw recently: SXY LXS and MINI C (on a BMW Mini Cooper).

The "SXY LXS" was the usual boring but functional Toyota sedan. Not a bad car, although a tad overpriced, but certainly not sexy in the least.

The "Mini C" was ... a Mini C. Cute car, love 'em, but why bother having a vanity plate if it just repeats what the logo says two feet to the right of the plate?

[buzz1941]

For my birthday many years ago, my parents bought me personalized plates with my real name on them. Well, you can't bitch about it. I drove 'em for a couple of years, cringingly embarrassed, and thankful I wasn't driving a getaway car, and then quetly changed 'em to something anonymous.

[pzarquon]

http://photos21.flickr.com/28246469_9b0d887a38_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/28246469/)

Spotted this one today, in the parking lot of our church, of course.

[craigwatanabe]

Two pointless plates I saw recently: SXY LXS and MINI C (on a BMW Mini Cooper).

The "SXY LXS" was the usual boring but functional Toyota sedan. Not a bad car, although a tad overpriced, but certainly not sexy in the least.

The "Mini C" was ... a Mini C. Cute car, love 'em, but why bother having a vanity plate if it just repeats what the logo says two feet to the right of the plate?

A former co-worker of mine has a Mini Cooper (with the turbo or was it a super charger) with a license plate that reads: UR2BG

[DMM]

One of the best was a brand-new, huge black Hummer with the license plate "GI JANE." Driven, of course, by a six-foot+ blonde wahine.

[1stwahine]

A friend sent me an email with a pic of a law firm's card. It showed a Mercedes Sports Vehicle with the license "WAS HIS"!

Too bad my ex has nothing to sue for. That's another topic!heheheh :eek:

Auntie Lynn

[craigwatanabe]

A friend sent me an email with a pic of a law firm's card. It showed a Mercedes Sports Vehicle with the license "WAS HIS"!

Too bad my ex has nothing to sue for. That's another topic!heheheh :eek:

Auntie Lynn


I think I saw that license a few years ago.

[lurkah]

About 10 minutes ago I was cruising down da street in da boonies where I live on my way home from work in one pilau mood because had babooze kine drivers making me all huhu. But den I started following one car dat had one license plate frame dat wen grab my attention because da buggah had da word "KAUAI" ontop. Took me a few seconds, but I no could help bust out laffing because da buggah wen catch me off guard. Kden dis is wat da license plate frame said...


AFTER I LEFT HAWAII
:p
I KAUAI'D

[craigwatanabe]

I wanted to put on my minivan "6BOYS" but it was taken already. So I opted for "6KIDS" but ho! That was taken too!

Ahhh in my age I think I'll just replace my "WH_LS2" (Wheels 2, guess what my other car says) on my BMW with ENZYTE, that way my teenage boys will feel shame if they want to drive my Ultimate Driving Machine to their girlfriends parents house. :D

[MadAzza]

That's a good one, Lurkah! Did you give him shaka?

[pzarquon]

I wanted to put on my minivan "6BOYS" but it was taken already. So I opted for "6KIDS" but ho! That was taken too!What about "6KEIKI"? :p

I always wanted a binary plate - you know, some combination of 1s and 0s that signified... well, something. I also thought "SAMPLE" would be cool... before I read somewhere that the word is specifically banned as a choice!

[lurkah]

That's a good one, Lurkah! Did you give him shaka?
Nah, I didn't give him shaka -- now I wish I did -- but if he looked in his rearview mirror he would've seen me laughing my head off. http://allthingshawaiian.com/lurkah/smileys/smileylaughing2.gif

[adrian]

On my morning commute around Pearl Harbor area, I seen a Chevy truck with the license plate "UNX-WIZ".

[kimo55]

on a Mini Cooper S
runnin around Hawaii Kai
this plate
KISMY S

[1stwahine]

mistake oops!

[Fondoo2]

I heard of a guy that made up a rude one that could only be read while looking at it in a rearview mirror so it made it past the dmv screening,pretty funny

[toeknee]

I saw one recently on an old, white Ford Bronco that read, "IMNOTOJ."

[craigwatanabe]

How about a license plate that says: BLANK

I think I'll still put: ENZYTE on my Red BMW when I turn 50. :D

[cezanne]

Plate frame I saw today: Proud To Be Lolo
:D

[Glen Miyashiro]

Somebody on this island is driving a red Corvette with the vanity plate, "VIAGRA". There's a photo at quark's Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytemarks/39471393). The mind boggles.

[MadAzza]

Somebody on this island is driving a red Corvette with the vanity plate, "VIAGRA". There's a photo at quark's Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytemarks/39471393). The mind boggles.

That sounds like one of the more honest vanity plates!

[adrian]

I just saw someone's license plate, that when you unscramble it, it spells out the name of adult anime (don't ask me how I thought of that when I looked at the license plate). I hope it was a proper name for something else, or DOT has some explaining to do.

[kimo55]

why would it be DOT's responsibility to explain anything?!

[tiptoetulip]

I saw a couple of license plates today, in Aiea Shopping Center parking lot:

TNXDAD

and

SAYPLZ

Kinda cute. Don't ask what kind of car!

[ojosverdesdegato]

I drive a Year 2000 VW Bug, and I asked for the plates to be Y2KBug, but of course it was already taken, so I settled for IMBUGD. I get lots of smiles when I stop at cross walks...probably because I stop at all..(lol)!

My husband the retired cop has a PT Cruiser, and I got him the plate that says COP OUT. In British Columbia we must stay with 6 letters, and no commas, or quotation marks allowed.

By the way, my VW Bug has cost me nothing but money, and I will NEVER buy another one! Hubby is happy with PT Cruiser....but that's all another subject.

I guess this post should have been on the "Licence plate" thread...didn't see it earlier.

Malama Pono,

Claudia

[drewb]

I had a Dodge Grand Caravan with the license plate of JSS 727. I got stick on letters and made it say... JeSuS heb.7:27. "who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."what you did was illegal and you bible tells you to obey all of the laws of the land. Explain yourself.

[GypsyLika]

This morning, I just saw a Scion xB with the license plate "bntobx" (bento box)

I thought that was the perfect name for it, as that car is a box on wheels.

What other weird license plates you've seen on a car?

I want a black scion with license plate: MUSUBI :D

[zztype]

One of my all-time favorites was a nondescrept Toyota in Foster Village with the plates OKWEGO. I loved that one!

And another favorite from back in the 70s was a VW Bug with the license plate BUGGA.

Blaine

[GypsyLika]

I was thinking of getting USGODEN on my Pathfinda. :D

[mattyj]

I saw two that were good

FA-Q

and

HA Y N

GOOD THINKING.

[Menehune Man]

I had a Dodge Grand Caravan with the license plate of JSS 727. I got stick on letters and made it say...
JeSuS heb.7:27.

I got called on this illegal activity by Kimo55 and drewb. I'm sorry and I truly repent. I gave the van away to a family that needed it so it has probably been rectified by now. Oh well never said I was perfect.

[Menehune Man]

I saw this one on a nice silver Mercedes Benz...
2 2's 1

[drewb]

Ahhh, the beauty of being a christian. All you have to do is repent and you are cleansed and left to cheerfully skip through life without conscious of your hypocritical deeds.

[drewb]

I got called on this illegal activity by Kimo55 and drewb. I'm sorry and I truly repent. I gave the van away to a family that needed it so it has probably been rectified by now. Oh well never said I was perfect.
Ahhh, the beauty of being a christian. All you have to do is repent and you are cleansed and left to cheerfully skip through life without conscious of your hypocritical deeds.

[Menehune Man]

Ahhh, the beauty of being a christian. All you have to do is repent and you are cleansed and left to cheerfully skip through life without conscious of your hypocritical deeds.

Why is that license plate and the fact that I messed with it got you sooo upset. Geez it's a pretty manini thing. :rolleyes:

[drewb]

Why is that license plate and the fact that I messed with it got you sooo upset. Geez it's a pretty manini thing. :rolleyes:
it's not the plate. it's jesus............keep him at home to yourself

[MadAzza]

it's not the plate. it's jesus............keep him at home to yourself

Yeah, just like the Jews during the Hitler years in Germany. Better keep it hidden from the marching robots. You don't want to go around having all that freedom of religious expression, especially in a public forum such as HT. It could lead to multiculturalism, democracy, open exchange of ideas ... all kinds of dangerous stuff.

/sarcasm

[Menehune Man]

Yeah, just like the Jews during the Hitler years in Germany. Better keep it hidden from the marching robots. You don't want to go around having all that freedom of religious expression, especially in a public forum such as HT. It could lead to multiculturalism, democracy, open exchange of ideas ... all kinds of dangerous stuff.

/sarcasm

Thanks MadAzza! I knew what he had a problem with and am actually proud of him for 'fessing up. The thread topic, which I hope we can get back to now is "Weird license plates you've seen" And my old van's plate certainly seems to fit in that catagory.

[Pomai]

Not necessarily weird, but certainly ironic.

Just minutes ago driving home from work, I followed a Blue Audi TT Convertible (blue top) with a license plate HT MAMA.

Does this person have anything to do with Hawaii Threads?

[lavagal]

Not necessarily weird, but certainly ironic.

Just minutes ago driving home from work, I followed a Blue Audi TT Convertible (blue top) with a license plate HT MAMA.

Does this person have anything to do with Hawaii Threads?


Well it ain't me, although I am a HOT Momma. @:) And I ain't talking opera, however, I've been known to hit the high notes on a regular basis. @:)

[lavagal]

Spotted on a silver Mini Cooper today: "minipua"

How coo-yute is that?

[Pomai]

Spotted on a silver Mini Cooper today: "minipua"

How coo-yute is that?

Very kewl!

That could mean several things:
1.) An obvious spin-off of Manapua (a.k.a. Chinese Hamburger)
2.) He's broke now from the car payments, hence mini---pua (poor)
3.) She likes mini skirts and she's "pua" from the car payments
4.) She drives a mini and her name is Pua (short for Pualani or Flower of Heaven)

There must be COUNTLESS vanity plate spins of "mini" on MiniCoopers around the world.

Speaking of MiniCooper, just seen they're gonna' introduce a Mini-SUV. Nice design!

[Lalalinder]

I saw one of those new vw bugs with a bright yellow with orange flames paint job parked on the shoulder of I-5 last week. The plate said FIRE BUG. But he didn't look so hot to me in the breakdown lane.

A bit off topic.....anyone remember those bumper stickers some years back that read " I FOUND IT"? A friend of mine, with a magic marker, would go up to any car in a parking lot with one of these and change it to "I POUND IT". LMAO!!

[adrian]

I saw a touring motorcycle that has the license plate: "bike me"

[pzarquon]

http://static.flickr.com/27/56454379_b2f90e2a15_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/56454379/)

License plate spotted at Manoa Shopping Center. The car? A Jaguar, of course.

[Mokihana]

We once lived on a half-acre "mini-farm"... chickens, huge garden, etc. We also were beekeepers. My license plate read: EIEIBZZ

[backwoodlessons2]

I've seen a license plate E J WEBB which is my grandma's initials :eek:

[AbsolutChaos]

Someone at work said they saw this one:

QQQQ

Took me a minute to figure it out--heehee--surprised that one slipped by the censors too!

[adrian]

I saw this on a Mercedes Benz SUV:

PHT-LUV

Luckily I was at a stop light when I saw it, because I had a few dirty thoughts.

[adrian]

I saw a vehicle with the license plate: TOTOI. I nearly LMAO in the car. I should have took a picture of it, but I can't do it while driving. :(

[SusieMisajon]

Did I tell this one, already?

There used to be an orange jeep in Hilo, and the plates said 'agent'.

[Mike_Lowery]

MUFDVR

I SWEAR. I saw it on Maunakea Street years ago
And around what time was this car prowling this area? :eek:

[Mike_Lowery]

I saw a vehicle with the license plate: TOTOI. I nearly LMAO in the car. I should have took a picture of it, but I can't do it while driving. :(
haaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahyuk

[ErikaMarie]

I have a 94 Pontiac Trans Am GT M6
http://erikamarie.us/transAmPetalsFront.jpg



PS (those are rose petals on it)

[Menehune Man]

I have a 94 Pontiac Trans Am GT M6

Choice car and license plate! ;)

[ErikaMarie]

Choice car and license plate! ;)


Don't you just love it? I do! :D

[Queenolu]

My car has THKUGOD on it....

It says it all...

[adrian]

PS (those are rose petals on it)
Good, because I was about to suggest washing it then putting a good coat of wax.

[adrian]

Well, I can offically say that I'm the first person to see my new license plate: "ALT - F4" (I'm turning my car into a geek mobile, so now people will know its me)

[Surfingfarmboy]

This past weekend, I saw someone driving a Volvo station wagon with NOKAOI embossed on Rhode Island plates. It wouldn't be a weird plate in HI, but around here, not too many know the meaning of that phrase. I have also seen HAWAII as well on a RI plate.

[pzarquon]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/366059487_dbda79ac53_t.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/366059487/)

[LikaNui]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/366059487_dbda79ac53_t.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/366059487/) Immediate first impression: the vehicle belongs to bluesman B.B. King.
(For the uninitiated, his guitar is named "Lucille".)

[Palama Kid]

After shipping my almost-brand new '72 Datsun 510 from Honolulu to the Bay Area, I got KIMO U because I started calling myself Kimo. Since then, that plate has jumped from that Datsun to a '92 Toyota pickup truck then to my latest car, a '97 Toyota RAV4. During my travels through NV, ID, OR & WA, I periodically get the shaka. The KCCN license plate holder probably doesn't hurt.

Oh, yeah, when I bought my '78 Lancia Beta coupe, I got RANCIA for my plate. I claimed to be Italian for so long that I wanted to reclaim my Asian heritage.

[craigwatanabe]

Immediate first impression: the vehicle belongs to bluesman B.B. King.
(For the uninitiated, his guitar is named "Lucille".)

I thought that was Frank Delima's license plate.

In Reader's Digest a middle-aged overweight reader quipped about his vanity plates when he wrote regarding his plates on his new sports car: 18 AGN for 18 years old again.

His teenage son came home and said, "Cool plates dad...I ate again"

But I like: 5-4-4 Go Shi Shi:D

[zff]

I saw one on a black guy's motorcycle that said "POPOLO".

[Palolo Joe]

Immediate first impression: the vehicle belongs to bluesman B.B. King.
(For the uninitiated, his guitar is named "Lucille".)

I thought that was Frank Delima's license plate.

*WHOOSH*

Bet the local reference went right over his head...

[oceanpacific]

Saw this on a Camry: MW 2KDS

Being that the Camry is a "family sedan" .............

[craigwatanabe]

I wanted to put 6BOYS or 6BOYZ on my Astrovan but both were taken. In 15-years maybe I can put on whatever I'll be driving: MTNEST.

[adrian]

I saw the plates "KIMO" and "4 KIMO", remembering that I think someone here has those plates. :confused:

[Vanguard]

When I lived in Hawaii last, I remember 2 vanity plates;

Jedi and "God". The God one was funny because the car looked so shabby :P

[cynsaligia]

being a trekker, i thot this was sweet:

IMZADI

i'm planning to buy a MINI cooper S later this year (yaaaaay turbo) and i envy this plate very much (but heard it got complaints from the prudish):

KISSMYS

[memorylane]

I saw its companion on a girl's porche. 3M TA3

Not weird but i had HER6T5 on a Mustang once. Couldnt believe how many couldnt figure it out. Did however see a really messed up one shortly after getting out of the hospital from losing a baby at 19 weeks and it was simply the name of the drug they used to soften the cervix so that delivery would begin---Csomething, 7 letters cuz thats all you get here in Oklahoma.

[Ecntrc]

mine would be MONEIL. my dad got his like that and my brother. not with the M obviously. with thier own letters of their first name.

[craigwatanabe]

being a trekker, i thot this was sweet:

IMZADI

i'm planning to buy a MINI cooper S later this year (yaaaaay turbo) and i envy this plate very much (but heard it got complaints from the prudish):

KISSMYS

A friend of mine has a real Mini Cooper and his license plate reads: UR2BIG

Okay OT but I was sitting in my car in the Home Depot Parking lot when I glanced out of my rear view mirror to see the emblem SUBARU on a Forrester. Backwards it read YOU ARE A BUS. Get it? URABUS. That would be an interesting vanity plate I'd love to see on a Subaru.

[alohatim]

THAT is REALLY clever, Craig! I hope a Subaru owner nabs it before someone gets it.

For some reason, we have lots o Hummers on our island. I saw a bright yellow one the other day. It reminded me of a school bus. Probably need a 7 letter plate to spell that so everybody would get it.

My car's model is called SLK. My softball team's name was "Slackers". My plate reads "SLKERS"

[adrian]

THAT is REALLY clever, Craig! I hope a Subaru owner nabs it before someone gets it.

I never got why someone would put their car's make/model onto a license plate. What happens if they sell that car and want to use those plates on a different model car?

[craigwatanabe]

I never got why someone would put their car's make/model onto a license plate. What happens if they sell that car and want to use those plates on a different model car?

Easy...you don't. Actually you simply transfer the plates to another car that you own then transfer it back to your new car. Yeah right...easy for me as I own four cars.

But since we're on that subject, my kid hauler Astrovan has my WH__LS plates on it. I've kept that license plate since putting on my now defunct 1984 VW Scirocco where the WHEELS plate made sense.

Once I saw this Red Miata with the plates: L-L RED. The owner put a short vertical black line under the hyphen to make his plate read: LiL RED.

My WH__LS plate is actuall listed in DMV as WH LS with two blanks between the H and the L. I used black tape to make two underscores in the blank areas. When people ask what does my plate say, I tell them to buy a vowel like the letter E.

[memorylane]

I dont get QQQQ, anyone? Please...........thanks:o

[Miulang]

I dont get QQQQ, anyone? Please...........thanks:o
"FourQ"s...say it fast. Get it?:)

Miulang

[adrian]

"FourQ"s...say it fast. Get it?:)

Miulang
ROFL

I wonder how DMV got passed that?

[craigwatanabe]

ROFL

I wonder how DMV got passed that?

I think those five old ladies working there are getting too old to care already.:D

[adrian]

I saw this in the walmart parking lot last night:

"3SMLUV"

I wonder who's the 3rd person? ;)

(I read it as "threesome love") - if its different to you guys, then I gotta wash my mind.

[lilin]

I thought of this thread after reading Dear Abby (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20070315/lf_ucda/namegamegivespleasuretothosewithearforirony;_ylt=A tYGDoZiPuLukVwquSgICDPqChkF).

[MonkeyMan]

Jedi and "God". The God one was funny because the car looked so shabby :P

JEDI was on a black Camaro with dark tinted windows. Looked like Darth Vader. Pretty funny.

[achow]

I saw this vanity plate a few weeks ago when I was walking. It said LIKIKEA (Like I care)

[pzarquon]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/417943868_67e923c122_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/417943868/)

Spotted in the parking lot of our church in Manoa.

[oceanpacific]

Saw this on an SUV tonight on the H-1: KEEKS

Is it "kicks" (KICKS already taken), or kick *ss?

[cynsaligia]

I saw this vanity plate a few weeks ago when I was walking. It said LIKIKEA (Like I care)

wow! how'd they do that? i thot you can only have six letters in a personalized plate. if we can have seven...*having thots*

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/417943868_67e923c122_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/417943868/)

Spotted in the parking lot of our church in Manoa.

well, the first thing is to recognize you are a sinner. the next thing is to atone for it. so, i guess that car's owner is on the right track, spiritually? :confused:

[hifotog]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/366059487_dbda79ac53_t.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/366059487/)

On this plate, I think...if I did see this driver once (but forgot...heck! old age...despite what HTC said I am a keiki???)....if NOT Frank Delima driving this vehicle....its a well known businessman who works in town area.

[oceanpacific]

On a silver minivan today: SNAUZR.

Must be a dog owner.

[adrian]

Saw a couple this evening:

4runner that had the plates "ututmo"
(the driver looked flip)

prius with the plates "61 mpg"
(like it gets that much)

[Pomai]

Recently sighted on a Mini Cooper...

MININI

Get it... MINI (Cooper) + MANINI (da small reef fish; also pidgin for "small time").

Very cool.

[oceanpacific]

PUG 4ME on a small 2-seater sports car, either a Honda S2000 or Mazda Miata. I think it was the Honda.

[craigwatanabe]

I saw this vanity plate a few weeks ago when I was walking. It said LIKIKEA (Like I care)

Look carefully...the fourth letter was probably inserted after the fact. On file it's probably LIK KEA.

[adrian]

I saw a truck with the plate "walker". It would have made sense if that truck was a Dodge Ram, but it was a Chevy truck (I'm talking in reference to the TV show 'Walker, Texas Ranger' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker,_Texas_Ranger))

[oceanpacific]

More plates spotted recently:

CRS FIR - "cross fire?" (it wasn't a Chrysler product)
M4 CREW
TYGR LL - "Tiger Lily?"
MEEMO
B-TWINS
WACK 'EM - Auntie's car?
IMMUNE

[TATTRAT]

My Mom has had WDTSF for her plate for about 15 years...if you ask, you will figure it out.

I have had GRT WHT for my old white ford, GLDYLX for my Lincoln, and TRNGWHL for my old bike.

We see a LOT of ****- BCH, for whatever Beach, but I have seen a lot where the BCH=Bi*ch,lol.

[Menehune Man]

On a shiny black Nissan Xtera...

LUVMYX

[adrian]

on a white Jeep Grand Cherokee: MRNMRS.

[Ms_Aloha_Nui]

saw FUAMA2 on an SUV....I wonder what their last name is??????

[oceanpacific]

saw FUAMA2 on an SUV....I wonder what their last name is??????

FUAMA2 could be FUAMATU, as in Chris FUAMATU-MAAFALA, a local boy who played full-back in the NFL.

[LikaNui]

Seen on an SUV today:

I2MHWN

:)

[TATTRAT]

http://chickencrap.com/images/412.jpg

[Karen]

I see some really cool ones sometimes when out driving, but can't recall any of them at this moment. I don't have one and never have. I really don't wish to bring any attention to myself in this whacked-out world, when out and about. I wouldn't even buy a new car that had the gold lettering when I saw one on the lot. (Camry) It's like....if I ever win the lottery I won't be driving around in the flashiest car or anything, but will still look like everyone else.

Yeah, I'm a very careful old biddy I guess.

[oceanpacific]

I see some really cool ones sometimes when out driving, but can't recall any of them at this moment. I don't have one and never have. I really don't wish to bring any attention to myself in this whacked-out world, when out and about. I wouldn't even buy a new car that had the gold lettering when I saw one on the lot. (Camry) It's like....if I ever win the lottery I won't be driving around in the flashiest car or anything, but will still look like everyone else.

Yeah, I'm a very careful old biddy I guess.


There's lots of advantages in anonymity vs. calling attention to your car. I once declined an offer of "free" gold lettering on my new car. The chrome lettering from the manufacturer was good enough for me!

Your car might not get stolen, but acts of vandalism are all too common these days. Often fueled by jealousy and envy. :eek:

Similarly, I don't favor cars like a Benz, BMW, Audi, or Porsche. I'm more inclined toward Japanese imports like Honda, Toyota, Mazda, etc. 4-door sedans with automatic transmissions - my five-speed stick shift days are long past.

[LikaNui]

Seen just a few minutes ago on a gold Cadillac Escalade, with a driver who was pretty obviously a "high maintenance" lady:

LUI VTN

:p

[Karen]

LOL the dude that has his initials all over his purses and too many bootleg purses copying him?! I don't get it....why do so many gals oogle for his purses? Now, if he makes a quality bag that is a solid color, maybe all leather, okay, I'll probably bite but I just don't get it. I even saw a diaper bag that looked just like his purses and his initials all over it just does nothing for me.

Cute car tags~ LOL high maintenance gal? I'm almost as low maintenance as duck tape, and just as reliable and easy to deal with, LOL.

(Heck, it's aloha FRIDAY....cut me some slack for silliness here, will ya? :cool: )

[Fat Jeff]

Then there was the Urologist who's two cars had....

CNTPCME & CME2P

[Pomai]

Then there was the Urologist who's two cars had....

CNTPCME & CME2PThat's pretty clever.

With that, I've never seen this before, but this would be a good one for a CEO of a company...

IMNOPON
(I'M NO Pee-ON)

Then the company vehicles can have their own plates...

P ON 1
P ON 2
P ON 3

:D

[cynsaligia]

seen just ten mins ago near the main entrance at my work:

IMPLSV

grey 2006(?) frontier.

[Mike_Lowery]

I was at Sports Authority on Ward last week, and saw a Tacoma that made me chuckle. The plates read: "UTUTMO" (your fart, in Tagalog).

[Mike_Lowery]

Seen just a few minutes ago on a gold Cadillac Escalade, with a driver who was pretty obviously a "high maintenance" lady:

LUI VTN

:p

Maybe she was Tongan or Samoan? :p

[glossyp]

Seen just a few minutes ago on a gold Cadillac Escalade, with a driver who was pretty obviously a "high maintenance" lady:

LUI VTN

:p
I saw a public declaration of such reading "HI-MANT" on a black 350Z on the viaduct yesterday. I turned to the dearly beloved and said, "At least everyone's forewarned!"

[cynsaligia]

Saw a couple this evening:

4runner that had the plates "ututmo"
(the driver looked flip)

QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mike_Lowery;150252]I was at Sports Authority on Ward last week, and saw a Tacoma that made me chuckle. The plates read: "UTUTMO" (your fart, in Tagalog).


so was it a 4runner or tacoma? either way, flip or not, if the owner meant to spell "your fart" in tagalog or ilocano, s/he spelled it wrong. should have been "utotmo," which, by the way, is still available for use, as is "obetmo" (your as*), "ukimo," (your err, flower, if you are female) "lateg" (peenie--or so i'd guess from how my mom & gramma used that word) and "urmot" (pewb).

[adrian]

so was it a 4runner or tacoma?
Same t'ing anyway. One has a bed, and the other is covered.

I just remembered seeing a car with the plates "JESUS". I wanted to say something funny to him, but I was too tired.

[oceanpacific]

Recent sightings:

BOO PAT;
MIMIC;
TAKO JU;
BENZ 64 (it wasn't a 1964 M-B);
CLD STN (Cold Stone, the ice cream store?);
BB PHAT (BB = bebe = baby, therefore "baby fat").

[LikaNui]

Saw this one yesterday:

X QZ

[adrian]

so was it a 4runner or tacoma?
confirmed it was a tacoma with a camper shell. (I saw it at work)

[adrian]

A friend told me about this plate: "X32" (try look at it through a mirror :D )

It was a small Suzuki SUV with a civic (yes, a Honda Civic - the car) bodykit.

[cynsaligia]

confirmed it was a tacoma with a camper shell. (I saw it at work)

too funny that the tacoma crossed your path again and that you are so conscientious to report back.

can't make this one out:

GTITMD

eric thinks it might mean "glutes & boobs doc" (g = glutes...and so on) but i'm thinking not.

maybe, "get it, doc?" aaaah, i give up.:confused:

[foxyfox31]

We have seven letters here in Va so pretty much everyone but me has a vanity plate (still have my MD tags). I saw a VW bug that was a two-toned version (convertable) that said: ESTREGG
It really looked like one too :)

[foxyfox31]

Oh, and my brother-in-law has IRAD8U. He's an x-ray tech.

[GypsyLika]

I drive a gray Pathfinder & live in a state with hardly any poi; my new plate says:

POIFINDA

[glossyp]

On Black BMW X3 on the viaduct this morning "MSJDGD". Not sure what the message means - a wrongly convicted former felon or someone who believes the world just doesn't understand him/her?

[Karen]

Hmm, or the victim of religious hypocrites, or suffered a failed marriage? Lost a beauty pageant? LOL...I wonder~:D

[craigwatanabe]

One day in Honolulu a few years ago I saw this SUV pulled over with a cop giving the driver a ticket. His license plate said: EX CON.
:eek:

Across the entrance from the Early School parking lot in Moilili there's a house with two cars in the car port. One says HOLN1 (Hole in one - won the car that way) and the car next to it said: ALMOST

[LikaNui]

Well, I knew it had to happen eventually, and yesterday I saw the plate:

HAOLE 1

Interestingly, it was a little old lady, easily in her 80s!

:p

[cynsaligia]

A former co-worker of mine has a Mini Cooper (with the turbo or was it a super charger) with a license plate that reads: UR2BG

super late rxn to your post, mr. watanabe, but since you posted this in 2005, it would have been a supercharger. turbo not available until this year in the MINI cooper s (btw, s stands for nothing but s. not super, not sport, not s-type. just s. just like the s in harry s truman. you'd be suprised how many s owners think it stands for something. *grumble*)

[craigwatanabe]

you'd be suprised how many s owners think it stands for something. *grumble*)


Maybe the "s" should stand for "small":D

[TATTRAT]

saw MOG WHY today, like the gremlins..Gizmo was awesome back in the day.

[oceanpacific]

Well, I knew it had to happen eventually, and yesterday I saw the plate:

HAOLE 1

Interestingly, it was a little old lady, easily in her 80s!

:p

Perhaps, she used to live in Pasadena ............. where she drove a Super Stock Dodge!

[adrian]

I saw this plate today: sidwyz

and guess what kind of car...


Nissan 350z - a drift car.

[glossyp]

On my morning commute around Pearl Harbor area, I seen a Chevy truck with the license plate "UNX-WIZ".

I saw this guy last week - I figure he is giving us his resume.

[scrivener]

I've been thinking of getting a vanity plate sometime in the next couple of years, but I wonder if my favorite idea is too esoteric. What would you think if you saw this on the car ahead of you?

2BV-2B

or, less esoteric:
2BR-2B

[glossyp]

I've been thinking of getting a vanity plate sometime in the next couple of years, but I wonder if my favorite idea is too esoteric. What would you think if you saw this on the car ahead of you?

2BV-2B

or, less esoteric:
2BR-2B
Well, the second one would make me think you are a real estate agent or describing your living circumstances for some reason (there's a thought), so I vote for the first one.

[ploal5333]

2BV-2B

or, less esoteric:
2BR-2B

I agree with glossyp the second one makes me think of real estate, but what does the first one mean? I have no clue.

[Eric]

I've been thinking of getting a vanity plate sometime in the next couple of years, but I wonder if my favorite idea is too esoteric. What would you think if you saw this on the car ahead of you?

2BV-2BGroan. Way too esoteric! I only know because I'm a fellow math geek.

"( TWO B ) OR ( NOT TWO B )"

or, less esoteric:
2BR-2BTwo bedrooms, two baths. Definitely a realtor's plate.

[scrivener]

Groan. Way too esoteric! I only know because I'm a fellow math geek.
It's too bad you can't use a tilde, because if I could use 2BV~2B, I'd do it in a second.

I like it because it combines the two disciplines I primarily teach. And I like it because not ANYbody would get it. But I do want people to get it, or else what's the point?

The second one was supposed also to say "to be or not to be."

What about the U for "or" instead?

[Eric]

What about the U for "or" instead?I don't think that would work. The "U" symbol usually means union, so your plate's reading would be

The union of 2B and not 2B

or

2B union not 2B

or

2B and not 2B

:rolleyes:

[pzarquon]

Recently spotted:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1191/749736127_654a6a58df_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/749736127/)

[oceanpacific]

Recently spotted:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1191/749736127_654a6a58df_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/749736127/)

She must like to go skiing ...............

[glossyp]

She must like to go skiing ...............
Or she was a disco queen in the 80s :D

[LikaNui]

Seen a couple of days ago:

EH CUZ

:p

[christa]

MAN i used to *always* grab a shot of them when i see them but i've been seriously slacking lately.

just grabbed this last week. first one in over two years though:
guess who!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/cwittmier/july07/wk3/1c1.jpg

[scrivener]

I don't think that would work. The "U" symbol usually means union, so your plate's reading would be

The union of 2B and not 2B

or

2B union not 2B

or

2B and not 2B
Wait a minute. You're correct until that last step. Union means "or." Intersection means "and."

If set A = {abcde} and set B = {defgh},
Then AUB includes any item appearing in at least one set, so AUB = {abcdefgh}. In other words AUB means A or B. So 2BU-2B would be "to be OR not to be."

Boy, you Iolani grads. You learn it all for the test and then nothing sticks after graduation!

[craigwatanabe]

I saw this on a car today in Hilo: NO B2BZ or No be too busy. I told my wife he should have just put LAZY on his vanity plate.

[pzarquon]

Or she was a disco queen in the 80sTurns out this random snap of a license plate, which I had posted to my Flickr account, triggered one of those "small world" moments (http://scrivenr.net/post/6052000) involving a couple of our fellow HT users...

[68-eldo]

A coworker bought a Volkswagen Rabbit when they first came out. He got the plate “WABBIT” and above the plate he put the letters “KWAZY”.

In Colorado I saw a Corvette with the plate “55HAHA”. He was very carefully following the speed limit.

Spotted recently on H1; “H8MYEX”. That must have been a bitter divorce.

My plate just cuts down on the number of people that ask what kind of car it is.

[EastCoastTropics]

Couple NH plates I saw recently..Mahalo and Haleiwa
Swapped shaka's with da couple in the car with Haleiwa plates!


This past weekend, I saw someone driving a Volvo station wagon with NOKAOI embossed on Rhode Island plates. It wouldn't be a weird plate in HI, but around here, not too many know the meaning of that phrase. I have also seen HAWAII as well on a RI plate.

I know a couple folks in the NE Hawaiian club who live in RI....hmmm...

[glossyp]

Say one of those very large Nissan Titan crew cab trucks on the H-201 with this license plate: 8AHEMI. I hope he didn't get indigestion!

[oceanpacific]

Saw all of the following yesterday:

B KAPU;
SS 66 (1966 Chevelle Malibu SS);
GBSR (GB, Sr.?);
HWSC 88;
GOOD4U;
SHAZAM;
GYP MAN (gypsum board installer?);
CHA C

Any possible interpretations?

[SusieMisajon]

Is there still, in Hilo, the orange Jeep with the plate 'AGENT' on it?

[Leo Lakio]

Is there still, in Hilo, the orange Jeep with the plate 'AGENT' on it?Ouch. Wonder if it's owned by a 'Nam vet with a twisted sense of humor?

[Sprite]

What's in a name? :o Uh, I guess I don't need to say what my vanity plate says, and no, it's not EVELYN. But, I do promise to drive more carefully.

I think we need to get bumber stickers that say HawaiiThreads.com so we know who NOT to cut off in traffic! ;)

Tsk! Man! Now I have to drive nicely. :p Just kidding.

Some people are so creative and cute with their plates. I'm not, but I have smiled at many.

[craigwatanabe]

Ouch. Wonder if it's owned by a 'Nam vet with a twisted sense of humor?

Yes it's still around. I saw a vehicle resembling your description driving around Pahoa about a couple of months ago.

[68-eldo]

I seem to remember reading somewhere (Reader’s Digest?) about a guy that had the plate “NONE”. When he received a parking ticket the officer dutifully filled in the blank for License Plate No. as NONE.

When he went to court he was hit with a fine for not having a license plate. Every time he tried to correct the problem it required filling out forms that ask for the plate number which in turn got the same response. Nobody could grasp the idea that a valid plate would have the word NONE on it.

[oceanpacific]

Saw this one today:

I IV V ("one, four. five" in Roman numerals?).

Anyone have any idea of its significance? Assuming that I've correctly deciphered it, which is very open for debate!

[Pomai]

SPOTTED BULLETIN

FYI:

If you see a brand new black and silver Mustang Shelby GT (http://cars.ign.com/articles/727/727298p1.html) with the vanity plate 'POMAI' in the greater downtown Honolulu area, that is NOT me.

Although I am slightly jealous that it isn't! ;)

[Pomai]

Couldn't find if this link was provided here before, but anyhow....

See if your vanity plate idea is available in the City and County of Honolulu here: Special Personalized Plate Order (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/main/frmInquiry.asp)

[oceanpacific]

More recent sightings:

RED P - graphics on car indicated "redpineapple.com" website;
ASCEND - it was not an Ascender SUV;
GIDO;
BRUTUS;
S SURF;
URAKU2 - the restaurant (?);
LOUNGN;
RE JEAN;
RAY2X;
1 NAHOA

[Fat Jeff]

Yesterday in traffic I noticed in my rear view mirror, a customized mini ute, bright orange/gold paint with the plate "X 3 2".

In the mirror...looked like it said "S E X"

Sneaky buggah...

[adrian]

Yesterday in traffic I noticed in my rear view mirror, a customized mini ute, bright orange/gold paint with the plate "X 3 2".

In the mirror...looked like it said "S E X"

Sneaky buggah...
you mean sneaky sistah.

and the bodykit on that suzuki sidekick is from a honda civic.

[craigwatanabe]

can you imagine a license plate with just a single phonetic word for any letter such as Alpha. The officer calls it in and the dispatcher looks up the license plate "A" instead of the entire word.

[oceanpacific]

Saw an Audi last night with:

0000

[adrian]

can you imagine a license plate with just a single phonetic word for any letter such as Alpha. The officer calls it in and the dispatcher looks up the license plate "A" instead of the entire word.
man, that'll be funny.

[GeckoGeek]

Came up behind one tonight: HPD 666

Yes, it was a police cruiser. I was a little surprised to see "666". Since I saw him around 11PM, I imagine he'll still be on the road at midnight. :p

[zztype]

Here ya go. DISNEY with "Imagineering" lic. plate frames.

Wonder who this guy is?

[scrivener]

See if your vanity plate idea is available in the City and County of Honolulu here: Special Personalized Plate Order (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/main/frmInquiry.asp)
Very cool!

These were all taken:

http://chalkdust.mitchellkdwyer.net/stuff/sudokuplate.png
http://chalkdust.mitchellkdwyer.net/stuff/EADGBEplate.png
http://chalkdust.mitchellkdwyer.net/stuff/is_the_plate.png

[scrivener]

But this was available:

http://chalkdust.mitchellkdwyer.net/stuff/scrvnrplate.png

Okay, so what would YOU get?

[TATTRAT]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/544142897_625e15a977.jpg


courtesy of http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2007/06/the_best_license_plate_ever.html

[Pomai]

Very cool!

Totally cool. I'm surprised nobody linked that before.

Dig the (standard) guitar tuning idea. I remember you saying you play.

Hawaii IS THE Aloha State is also very clever.

Just for juvenile kicks, my friend tried YUFAKA and it was available! So was YU ASO. lol So would the cop call you that if he pulls you over. "OK YU ASO, you were going 50 in a 35". :D

Those actually weren't in the database as considered vulgar or offensive. Go figure. I doubt the powers that be would let you use those though.

[adrian]

http://chalkdust.mitchellkdwyer.net/stuff/is_the_plate.png
Oh, I get it.

[zztype]

Just for juvenile kicks, my friend tried YUFAKA and it was available! So was YU ASO. lol So would the cop call you that if he pulls you over. "OK YU ASO, you were going 50 in a 35". :D

But they'd probably let you have USO. :)

[zztype]

How about VOID?

http://zztype.com/ht/lic_void.png

(Yes, it's available!)

[Pomai]

Howzit Blaine and welcome back!

Hey, this is available (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/main/frmInquiry.asp)!...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1078067261_aa7054567f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1078067261&size=o)

That'd be way cool on a red Prowler (http://icpusa.icpusa.net:227/Prowler%20drawing.jpg).

Make sure you wear some cheap sunglasses. :cool:

[zztype]

Aloha Pomai!

Actually, I thought of that, and did look it up.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1078067261_aa7054567f_o.jpg

Would go well on my REAL car:

http://www.zztype.com/ht/bus.jpg (http://www.zztype.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=8119)

But I'm afraid if I decide to sell the van, I'd have to give up the ZZ plates. I'm still thinking about it. I'll probably do it anyway, at some point!

:cool:

[Pomai]

Sweet Dub Van! ZZTYPE (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1078067261_aa7054567f_o.jpg) on that would ROCK! Just get it. Otherwise I'm getting it and selling it to you 2 years later on eBay . :p Kidding.

Here's one that's available (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/) for Ryan...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/1079220644_11f691052e_o.jpg (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/)

:cool:

[craigwatanabe]

Sweet Dub Van! ZZTYPE (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1078067261_aa7054567f_o.jpg) on that would ROCK! Just get it. Otherwise I'm getting it and selling it to you 2 years later on eBay . :p Kidding.

Here's one that's available (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/) for Ryan...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/1079220644_11f691052e_o.jpg (http://www4.honolulu.gov/specialplates/)

:cool:

Now that one rocks!

Maybe we should all do an HT 1 all the way up to the higest number of Hawaii Threads posters.

[adrian]

Now that one rocks!

Maybe we should all do an HT 1 all the way up to the higest number of Hawaii Threads posters.

'HT 20' will be the highest? LOL

Maybe we should do bumper stickers or those pins for those w/out a car.

[GeckoGeek]

But I'm afraid if I decide to sell the van, I'd have to give up the ZZ plates.

Ask. I think there are ways around it. Something like changing back to a normal plate and then putting the vanity on another. I'm pretty sure I've see the same vanity on different cars at different times.

[LikaNui]

Was just out picking up extra medicine for the pet, and saw a lady driving a red Mustang convertible with the plate

HOW LEE

:p

[craigwatanabe]

This girl I knew bought the first year Ford Probe and asked me what vanity plate she should get. I jokingly said, "PROBE" She ended up using that. Last time I saw the car some black guy was driving it.

[Konaguy]

Da Tita and when I was driving by Keaau yesterday, I saw a license plate BYMEER on a BMW SUV.

[Palama Kid]

oh, nuttin

[Pomai]

Sighted in front of me today on Ala Moana Blvd., a Mini Cooper with the plate
MUNCKN

Seems many use the smallness of the car for their plates.

Some other Mini (Cooper) suggestions using the name (which is on a badge on the back hatch over the plate) could be...

SKIRT

ME

MAX

SCULE

[adrian]

I saw this plate when I let a VW vehicle into my lane:

4N-OBJT

[LikaNui]

No surprise that I just saw MY MINI on a Mini Cooper today. But the pleasant surprise is that it was the old-model (1960s) Mini, and in British Racing Green. Sweeeeet!
:)

[GeckoGeek]

Saw one today: EST8

[zztype]

Saw LIKAZ yesterday at Airport Post Office.

[scrivener]

Some other Mini (Cooper) suggestions using the name (which is on a badge on the back hatch over the plate) could be...

SKIRT
ME
MAX
SCULE
I like "scule." What about PLATE?

[LikaNui]

Saw LIKAZ yesterday at Airport Post Office.Wasn't me! Da nerve of dat guy. :rolleyes:

Just now saw a Mini Cooper convertible and the plate was WINO.
I stayed several car lengths away from him.
:p

[glossyp]

The first time I saw this one it really made me laugh. Now I see it frequently as the driver works at the middle school in the neighborhood and it still makes me smile. Late model red mustang bearing the plate "LIE2ME".

[pzarquon]

Saw LIKAZ yesterday at Airport Post Office.Weird. I was there on Saturday and saw POOMAI! Totally different from Pomai, of course, but...

[pzarquon]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1107/1336531735_7e319da7a3_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawaii/1336531735/)

Yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Of course.

[GeckoGeek]

Saw one yesterday: I TAP

[Pomai]

Weird. I was there on Saturday and saw POOMAI! Totally different from Pomai, of course, but...I heard there's a new Black Mustang Shelby GT (the top of the line model) with POMAI driving around the downtown area. For the record, that isn't me. Nor is the car with POOMAI me. So yeah.. totally different from me! Flattering though. lol

[craigwatanabe]

Wasn't me! Da nerve of dat guy. :rolleyes:

Just now saw a Mini Cooper convertible and the plate was WINO.
I stayed several car lengths away from him.
:p

That plate was on a car here on the Big Island. Total jerk too. He used to cut in and out of traffic coming into Hilo on Volcano Highway once passing on the shoulder lane.

It wasn't a Mini Cooper though so he must have transferred it to that car.

[zztype]

Don't know if you've posted about these here before, but recently spotted two Scion Xb's with clever plates.

One said, "XBOX" and the other said "BNTOBX."

Pretty good.

[lavagal]

Don't know if you've posted about these here before, but recently spotted two Scion Xb's with clever plates.

One said, "XBOX" and the other said "BNTOBX."

Pretty good.

I wonder when we'll see a Boxter with BOTOX on it!

[Pomai]

I wonder when we'll see a Boxter with BOTOX on it!Or one that says HERBOX :eek: :D

[craigwatanabe]

Or one that says HERBOX :eek: :D

As in Greased Lightning? cuz she's a real Pus*y Wagon Greased Lightning...:eek:

[GeckoGeek]

Saw one on a blue mini CRIT-ER

[Leo Lakio]

Saw this one in Seattle this past weekend:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb89/LoriYosh/DSC03632.jpg

[glossyp]

Parked in front of the Old Navy at Waikele: "2 6E4U" - I hope they were describing themselves as the auto it was attached to was nowhere near sexy.

[oceanpacific]

A few more plates I've seen lately:

GTO-1 (not on a GTO);
HESTIA;
GT HIGA.

[LikaNui]

Seen on a Hemi 4x4:
DRTYCHK
Made me wonder what kind of doctor that was, before I realized it was Dirty Chick.
Darned shame the windows had such a dark tint so I couldn't really tell.
:p

[LikaNui]

It's not a vanity plate, but I saw this sticker in the rear window of a new truck here today:

IX VI VII IV IV

Who'll be the first to correctly interpret it?
:p

[zztype]

It's not a vanity plate, but I saw this sticker in the rear window of a new truck here today:

IX VI VII IV IV

Who'll be the first to correctly interpret it?
:p

96744 - Kaneʻohe!

[zztype]

Seen on a Hemi 4x4:
DRTYCHK
Made me wonder what kind of doctor that was, before I realized it was Dirty Chick.
Darned shame the windows had such a dark tint so I couldn't really tell.
:p

You wait until I tell Dr. Tychek what you said about her truck! The NERVE! :D

[LikaNui]

96744 - Kaneʻohe! Correctamundo! You win a cookie!

You wait until I tell Dr. Tychek what you said about her truck! The NERVE! :D Heh. Heheheheh. Bwaaahahahaha! Good one!
TWO cookies.
:D

[LikaNui]

Was just going over H-3 townbound and saw a silver Rav4 SUV. Got a chuckle that the cover for the spare tire on the back said "Hummer", and then saw the license plate:

PK

Couldn't see the driver.
Auntie Lynn, you got anything to say?
:p

[LikaNui]

Going to City Mill this morning, I saw a red Mustang with
GETYUP
Dunno if that was supposed to be "giddyup" or "get yuppie", but.
:p

[zztype]

Last night saw a black 300zx headed onto the H-1 freeway at a fairly high clip with the appropriate plates:

SITH

[Paul Ogata]

Not really a vanity plate, but this made me laugh out loud. (This was in California.)

http://www.paulogata.com/GeneralLee.jpg

He even installed a brush guard up front. I guess so his car remains in its pristine state. General Lee? Hardly. Generally stupid is more like it.



Also, a few years back in Hawaii, I saw a Ford Escort with the license plate "BATMAN."

[Leo Lakio]

General Lee? Hardly. Generally stupid is more like it.Sure, it's the General Lee ... just insert the first name of "Ug."

It would be even funnier if the car had The Club on it.

[oceanpacific]

Looks like it doesn't even have any SALVAGE value! :eek:

[craigwatanabe]

Looks like a typical car here on the Big Island.:D

[scrivener]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/1957413307_054fb5a3e4.jpg

On Valkenburgh near Nimitz.

[oceanpacific]

Seen today:

10SKAA (Sienna minivan) - Tennis KAA?;
RAINY (4-Runner SUV)

[scrivener]

10SKAA (Sienna minivan) - Tennis KAA?
Tennis car. I've seen "kaa" used as "car" on a few plates.

Saw jdub's ride in Kalihi this past weekend:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2233/2086663537_80567d9c75.jpg

[Lanikaibabe]

I wanted to get Lanikai on mine. When I put in for my plates in '99 ... I figured no one in my state would have it, right? WRONG. Got my second choice... OAHU ... almost shed a tear when I didn't get Lanikai!

It's cool though, go to Hawaiian concerts or events in the area or out of state and the shakas you get. Or sitting in traffic on the way to an east coast beach and the car next to you shakas and start up a conversation about what high school you went. Of course, I'm not local; they were.