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VANITY PLATES

elcome to the Vanity Plate Gallery. Know of a good vanity plate? Click here to submit it, and we'll add it to the Gallery:

Here are vanity plates submitted by readers:

Chuck Williams shares this matched pair:

U DORK

Douglas Smith in Hillsboro Oregon shares this one

 

 

MIYY4U
AN Oregon contribution from Taylors Towing
(am I too wise for you)

WARP 5
Tommy J Edwards' plate on his black 2006 Chevy Avalanche in Memphis TN

PREP H
Bill Parker saw this one on a Porsche leaving a hospital parking lot in Orlando. Writes Bill, “..figured it was a proctologist, my wife said maybe he was just a butt!”

COOLHUH
Kevin Knoke sports this plate on his 1998 Corvette Convertible in Arkansas

26Y4U
Dee Dennis reports they were driving along behind this one in Idaho recently

MZ MARPL
Submitted by Ruth. This is her own vanity plate.

NT CRBY
Submitted by Leslie. It appears on a Virginia Chesapeake Bay plate featuring sea grasses and a blue crab.

BKWRM
Also submitted by Leslie. She wonders if there are any Dorothy L members in Alabama(?) where they're issuing a bookworm plate to raise money for education.

UPPA US
Submitted by Pattie. As seen on a car screaming past her!

ACAR
Submitted by Sandie. This is her own vanity plate on her 1997 Corvette. The original owner of the car, Jim Schefter, wrote the book ALL CORVETTES ARE RED and initially got the plate in Utah. Sandie was able to get the same plate in her state when she bought the car.

OPN 4SN
Submitted by Jodi as seen on a convertible.

ICU I2I
Also submitted by Jodi. This plate belongs to an optometrist.

IXIIIX
Jodi saw this plate on a Mazda and provided this hint: they make the 323 and 626.

XQISIT
Mary saw this plate after seeing April at a reading in Arizona.

MYN HARE
Ruth (1QTP2T) caught this plate on a VW Rabbit in California.

Ruth has quite an eye for vanity plates. The following are Pennsylvania plates she has seen.

HVE F8TH
IPRA4U
INO HYM
RFNR FYR
HLON WLS
SAIL AWA
SRFNSUN
ACELLR8
H82BEL8
CME-DOC
MPRCTCL
JOI DVIE
BLW BYU
LNCH MOB
IRIGHTI
MRALD
CURTN UP
UNBELDI
GETA LFE
HEYY NOW
WA2COOL
NO PBLM
EEYORE
WNA PLA
MOBEE DK
STELLLA
YEEEHAH
FEAR TAZ
WANNA PLA
EE ORE

ISAYES
William sent this one as seen on a Nebraska University coed's vanity plate. “Probably a very popular young woman,” William muses.

OLD DUCK
Another Nebraska plate submitted by William. If this were an Oregon plate, we might believe it was a University of Oregon alumni.

BEME UP
Star Trek fan Elizabeth saw this plate and wished she had thought of it first.

2BOR&2B
Mem offers this plate: To Be or Not To Be

IMATCHR
Elizabeth noticed this scholarly vanity plate.

Karen sent us these four vanity plates...

MANAKN
NVRANF
OPNHSE
FWEEBE

Tamara and her family have owned a number of plates...

T N LACE
This is her current plate. Very appropriate for a tea loving lacemaker/designer. Surprisingly, someone in her state had already registered her first choice: T&LACE.

NU2THIS
Tamara remarks, “It worked a treat—people gave me a wide berth, especially when I tried to parallel-park...”

MBVLENT
Ambivalent. “I learned to drive like I learned to use E-mail—kicking and screaming all the way,” Tamara quips.

0 2L84T
“When I thought it up, I meant the 0 to be interpreted as "naught" (not),” Tamara explains, “so the plate was to read ‘not too late for T’, meaning that I learned to drive late, but still managed. However, most people read it as ‘oh, not too late for tea’ which was OK, but not satisfactory.”

IMAQT
“I'm a cutie” This is a plate Tamara happened to see.

UCYIMPO
Tamara saw this one on a Caddy. Translation: “you see why I'm poor”

Eagle-eye Lynne finds intriguing plates...

MD MD
Lynne offers this clever plate representing “paradox” via “pair of docs”.

AIC YPS
Lynne's friend, Janet, is an Attorney at Law and has this vanity plate. To translate, read it backwards.

AZ IF
Lynne noted this plate on a shiny blue sports car in Oregon. “Of course the Oregon tree was right in the middle of the words, so it was AZ (tree) IF,” Lynne quipped.

BWARM2
Lynne's husband, Bob, noticed this plate on a Buick sedan.

77AG47
Bob had this plate in California for a 1977 car, silver (ag47) in color.

LRT
Another Lynne find in Oregon. “Maybe it means ‘be alert, the world needs more lerts’,” Lynne jokes.

FISHED
This plate was spotted on a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with an Oregon salmon license plate. “FISHED” displays right over the salmon.

NOT A MG
Lynne's 1959 memory:

Today Bob and I pulled into the parking lot at our gym near a little bright red car. “Oh, look,” said Bob, “That's an MG.”

“No,” said Lynne (also known to family and friends as “Clueless about Cars”), “That's a Morgan.”

We got out of our car and went over to the little red convertible. At that moment another couple walked over, saying “Look at the MG.”

Said I, “I think it's a Morgan.”

When we got to the car, we found small plaques installed on it (both front and back) stating “75th Anniversary of the Morgan” or something similar.

And to cinch the matter, the license plates clearly proclaimed “NOT A MG”.

MY GEE
Seen in the parking lot of Costco on a small, dark green convertible MG.

WNT MOR
This plate adorns a shiny new red GMC RV somewhere in suburbia.

SLYPIG
Mike offers this plate from his friend in Oregon.

ID10T
A “computer error” reported by Scott. This one is best heard first, then written down to reveal the nature of the computer error. This is an “ID10T” error.

O-QUAP
Jo Ann saw this plate in Sausalito CA about 20 years ago and notes, “I don't know if you could get by with that today.”

Judy sent April these plates...

YB ERLY
The owner of this plate is running late in Missouri.

BTLSFAN
A Fab Four fan in Idaho sports this plate.

SHADOS
An intriguing Oregon plate.

FANTOM
A Washington plate of mystery.

GLFNUT
The Oregon driver with this plate would rather be on the green than on the road.

UNLMTD
Endless possibilities for this driver.

OXY MRN
Drivers education?

AG HG
While living in California, Mardi frequently saw a silver Mercury with this plate. Given there was always a male and female in the car, she logically concluded these were the initials of the owners. Mardi continues, “Then one day I was giving a ride to a co-worker who was an engineer. He idly asked me if I had figured out that license plate message. It was then I learned the cleverness of it and have not forgotten it. (Reading your current paperback Heart-Shaped Box reminded me of it as you used AG in a plate.)”

LUV2CDL
Mardi saw this license plate which she took to mean “love to cuddle.” Says Mardi, “...it being on a small camper really tickled me.”

PURRR
Brenda submitted this vanity license plate as seen on a Jaguar.

Shon (The Mad Hatter) spotted these plates...

MYMYMY
MRY WDO
BLOOEY
4C GEESE

“Now, picture this: You pull into the parking lot at MailBoxes, Etc. In front of you is a VERY GREEN, brand new VW Bug. Picture the back of a new VW: see the shape, and think of an animal. Now, think of the view through the rear window, of the head rests--with a big oval hole
in the middle of each one. Do they make you think of eyes? Picture the rear bumper: doesn't it resemble a really wide mouth? Now back up enough so you can see the license plate--Ta Da!”
RRIBBIT

NO HEIRS
Shon noted this wistful plate on a zippy little silver Mercedes sports car.

UBIQTUS
THE HECK
WHATA ZU
SCHUEY
YNO
WRITE BK
IM1DRFL
HALCAT

U2 FNATIC
Guess we know what's in this driver's tape deck.

RLST8GAL
HM4SALE
Seen on Realtors' tour day.

DOGOES2
K9 AGENT
On an SUV with animal cages in the back.

SUNBUM 5
As seen on a convertible, of course.

GINYBUG
On a VW Bug (current model)

TICKL8S
On another current model VW Bug

AYE DOK
Presumably an ophthalmologist

RAZBER1
Seen on a really raspberry-colored car

STL CRZE
Decorating a Mazda Miata

DUX VOVO
On a Volvo, of course.

MRS MVP
Shon saw this plate on a red Dodge 4x4.

KZILVUR
“Cause I love her?”

3 CHIENS
As seen on an SUV with a dog screen in the back.

And from Northeastern Oregon...

STMPDN
This plate belongs to the Inn Keepers of the Stampede Inn in Elgin, Oregon.

PTCRUISERGUY.COM, whose own personalized plate is GUY.COM, submitted these Floridian plates...

12THDR
1 Tooth Doctor (a.k.a. dentist)

SPLIT
Gynecologist's Mercedes Plate

DEENSEA
OB/GYN's Plate (DNC)

Every plate tells a story and so do these plates submitted by Sharon...

FRDLVR
This plate, “Ford Lover”, adorns a Ford pickup owned by Sharon's friend. Explains Sharon, “The interesting part is her boyfriend's last name is Ford, so she apparently loves two Fords.”

LK2SKY
Sharon's husband owns this plate symbolizing “Lake to Sky”, the name of their 50 acre land on Flathead Lake in Montana

UU EEEE
Mike contributed this easygoing plate which translates to “to use for ease”

AR UCNOK
Scott saw this plate just fine.

CN DBBLE
No, you're not seeing double. Scott submitted this plate, also.

Greg noted these plates on his travels...

IAMB4U
Here's a plate you can get behind.

EZ2PLZ
Can't go wrong with this one.

NOXQCS
There's no excuse for this plate.

IC U 2
Don't look now, but Greg spotted this one, also.

IMOKRU
You're OK, I'm OK.

INOU
Have we met?

WAZIT2U
Now here's a plate with attitude.

IXLR8
Don't slow down to read this plate.

4U2NV
A real vanity plate.

PERQL8
Keep on perking?

URAQT
Hey buddy, keep your eyes on the road.

6UL DV8
Here's a driver to avoid.

Here are some classic plates on some classic cars at the 20th annual Klamath Kruise in Klamath Falls, Oregon...

XCITMT
on a Corvette

FORDY-7
on a 1947 Ford

BCHN32
on a 1932 Chevy

NEAT56
on a 1956 Thunderbird

6T7VET
on a 1967 Corvette

57T
on a 1957 Thunderbird

RED68
on a Chevy Camaro

TRK TOY
on a 1964 Chevy Impala

AMC JAV
on a 1971 Javelin

LUVR55
on a 1955 Chevy

1BAD67
on a 1967 Camaro

CRZN32
on a 1932 Ford

6D6NOVA
on a 1966 Chevy Nova

GIDIUP
on a Ford Mustang

SIZLN55
on a 1955 Chevy pickup

SEEUSA
on a 1957 Chevy

MY70SS
on a 1970 Chevy Super Sport

BYE BYE
on a Corvette

Only in Beverly Hills...

MSWASMR
Karyl spotted this gem in Beverly Hills CA. Says Karyl, “Driving the SUV was an incredibly, astoundingly lovely woman!”

Judy spotted these plates in Washington and Oregon...

BE LUKY
As luck would have it, Judy spotted this plate in Oregon.

WY WURY
This carefree plate adorned a black Honda Accord.

LVA LTL
This plate was seen on a fast traveling red Volvo.

GO4RET
Motivation on wheels. In this case, very nice wheels—a red Ford Mustang convertible.

Kevin sent April these clever plates...

H20 MLN
Kevin spotted this plate on, what else, a green VW bug. (Watermelon)

I1DER Y
I wonder why someone wanted this plate.

JEENYUS
Jan sent this brilliant plate. Says Jan, “My friend used to have this one, but it kept getting stolen, so she gave up on it.”

BKEYPR
Here's one to keep traffic buzzing.

W8TR
A plate that doesn't have to be served.

CUZI12
Jan explains, “A young, blond girl, 20-ish, in a BMW, on the phone (of course).”

MOFAUX
Lori sent us this plate that somehow got past the Vanity Plate Decency League.

2PCME
Karyl offers this urologist's license to pee in North Carolina.

XQUIZT
Ravin spotted a white Corvette sporting this exquisite plate.

LVS4FR
Barbara paid tribute to a music icon with this vanity plate which could also mean "love's forever”.

PP DR
Michael shows us once again that Urologists are not humorless.

MER M8
Should this one be driving?

12MANE
If you can't figure out this vanity plate, you may have had one too many.

IM4GZS
I'm for Jesus

IBELVNU
I believe in you.

This one needs no further explanation.

 

 

ICURBZ
I see you are busy.

IMAQT
I am a cutie!

BTUCNT
Donetta spied this plate while driving through Albany, Oregon. Translation: Bet you can't.

DMV SUX
Jennifer spotted this one which makes one wonder how it slipped past the DMV censors!

HITN RN
As the saying goes, if you can't serve as a good example, serve as a bad warning.

EC2 LUV
Can't help but like this driver.

HI M8NS
Mary submitted this tricky plate seen on a white Honda Accord in Phoenix Arizona. Translation: High Maintenance.

HA Y N
Kevin saw this plate on a brightly-colored VW bus. Says Kevin, “It took me a minute to figure this one to be ‘Hawaiian’.”

MILL1ON
Another Kevin find, “One that was obvious, but subtle in its creativity. One in a million.”

SWE PEA
“And it seems like every new Beetle has to have a personalized plate,” Kevin quips. This one is on a green Bug.

CHEETO
This one is on an orange Bug.

BMBLBG
This one is on a yellow Bug.

LDY BUG
This one is on a red Bug.

Liz spied these plates on the streets of New York...

4EVRGRAY
Seen on a gray sedan, driven by a gray-haired man.

ILB BAK
Seen on a black sports car with tinted windows.

Rot may not have his own vanity plates, but he's friend or family to many who do...

CME4DK
“my dentist has this one”

LV2 SKI
“my dad has this, we're a family of snow skiers”

BVR BTL
“on my mom's orange VW Beetle—my parents are Oregon State Univ. (Beavers) fans”

NA LOS
“on my sister's VW Passat (German for “let's go” or something to that effect)”

FAU WEH
“saw on red VW beetle it is the German spelling for the German pronunciation of ‘VW’."

Mike tells it like it is...TOPLES-T

Mike in Florida keeps a sense
of humor on his Convertible Thunderbird.

Beth takes her work on the road...

OPC3
“ OPC3 is a super antioxidant that I take and sell.”

HUT234
“I was in the military, but I am now retired......25 years Active Duty.”

John sent us this one...

Doody
As seen on an AUDI

April recently spotted these plates...

SEWNLUV
EXCV8R

Jennifer “Jenny” has this memorable plate...

Jo G and her husband saw these two plates:

SAVYGRL
4ZENUF
“Being the parent of four children there were days when I really identified with the second one!”

David has had all of these plates on his black Convertible:

AYR HEDS
I LUV LIZ
IT OPENS
OH QUAP

R K noted this enviable plate:

4U2NV
“..on a white Jaguar XJS with a blonde babe driving it.

Irene saw this vanity plate in Ontario, Canada:

NTFADA

"My husband thought about applying for "4Q", but decided against it.  He saw LQQKIE: "Lookie " with the Q's for eyeballs - kinda cute."

"WNPLSHO (WinPlaceShow) and QNSPL8 (Queen's Plate -the Cdn version of the Kentucky Derby)  are two I saw in the parking lot at
the Woodbine Race track (also in Ontario)"

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