CLEAN PLATES (DMV Censors Won't Grant License to Offend)

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | March 6, 2005 | John Wilkens

[xm177e2]

Just how is one supposed to know that the 3s are reversed to be Es?

Common and less-common substitutions for numbers:

I've bolded the less-common substitutions. If it's within quotation marks, treat it as phonetic.

0	O	D	"oh"	"dee"
1	I	L	"eye"	"wun"	"ell"
2	R	"too"
3	E	"three"
4	A	LI	H	"for"
5	S	"five"
6	b	"six"
7	T	"seven"
8	B	"ate"
9	G	"nine"

If you're going to use the less-common meanings for numbers, your meaning is going to be harder to discern (which could be good or bad--after all, what's the fun of having a dirty license plate if no one ever gets it?) More Examples:

4CKB415

5UCK455

6ITC435

[Cloud William]

I think the best dirty plates are those with #LLL## (L letter # number) because they look like non-vanity plates unless you think about them. Using numbers as letters helps to achieve this.

Yep... reminds me of one I saw about 15 years ago:

6ULDV8

[Psycho_Bunny]

AYBABTU

[longtermmemmory]

FR4EVR

[longshadow]

You won't be seeing "H8DCYF" in New Hamshire

http://werme.8m.net/h8dcyf.html

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Corvair?

[goldstategop]

ZUINSIDE

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[LibFreeOrDie]

Thanks for the link! That was hysterical!

NH folks can test their desired vanity plates using this link:
http://199.192.9.86/platecheck/search.asp

When I tried "H8LIBS", it told me "H8 is not allowed." However, when I tried "AXLIBS", it was OK, and even showed me a picture of what the plate would look like! Ha!

[billorites]

"Corvair?"

Yeah. Don't you love it?

[cajun-jack]

used to be one along the Texas border that read "Bread 8".

using gringo border lingo..bread = pan 8 = ocho put 'em together

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Yeah, PRICELESS plate!

[Corin Stormhands]

I actually called one in once that said: MTHR FCR

[general_re]

What made it even sweeter was how picky the Virginia DMV people were about vanity plates.

They can't be all that picky - there's a guy driving around town here with a plate that says CLSTRFK.

[SlowBoat407]

I'm this close to getting one that says VKG KTY.

[PLMerite]

Okay, here's my personalized plate sighting story:

I was in traffic and pulled up to a red light. A lane over and a couple cars ahead was a red covertible 'vette with a young blonde female driver. I immediately had two thoughts:

1 - She didn't pay for that car, and

2 - I bet the guy who did really gets laid.

As the light turned green and the vette pulled away, I was able to read the plate: "he does".

It doesn't get any better than that.

[FreedomCalls]

Car and Driver once had a photo of "FAH CUE" on a California car.

[evets]

http://www.fahq.org

[in the Arena]

[Just another Joe]

There's one running around Kansas somewhere that has
IGVHD
Driven by a woman.

[CJ Wolf]

When ever I see a plate that is written for a female, some poor guy is driving the car.