Vanity plates: why?

[Alex K]

if you'll allow me to vent for a moment,

I was parking in a lot last night and I happened to catch a prius with the personalized plate "56 mpg" and I found that terribly obnoxious.

I don't think I've ever seen a vanity plate that reflected positively on the driver. no matter what it said, it just made the person look pompous and unbelievably uncool.

what are your thoughts on personalized plates?

p.s. do you think its possible to squeeze "roughly 15 or so mpg" on my plate?

[tigger]

I've never seen a clever or even remotely funny one. I think they're pretty pointless.

[bone]

i've seen a few cool ones (evo with "V8haha" comes to mind)

but in general they make you look very stupid indeed

[JipJopJones]

When they are good, I like them, but some are pretty stupid.

I saw one on a 1969 Camaro in the states saying Stangsux... it made me laugh

[teeb]

Originally Posted by Alex K

if you'll allow me to vent for a moment,

I was parking in a lot last night and I happened to catch a prius with the personalized plate "56 mpg" and I found that terribly obnoxious.

I don't think I've ever seen a vanity plate that reflected positively on the driver. no matter what it said, it just made the person look pompous and unbelievably uncool.

Because people are cocks.

[chaos386]

I think you're getting too worked up over a handful of painted letters on a metal plate.

[Militant-Grunt]

A white ford van full of Mexican workers with a vanity plate "Mexicana".

[epp_b]

They can be well done. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but I know that a lot of them are pretty funny. The one you point out, however, is downright obnoxious. What a stupid twat that owner is.

BTW, can you fit "Suck-it-Prius" on your Mustang?

[MadCow809]

ive seen plenty of good ones in South Africa

including this

E39 M5



"BY-BY-COP"

i LMAO everytime i see this plate.


oh yeah, and there is an VR6 in SA with a personalised plate that reads "M3 eater" which was pretty cool. And another one in Durban, on a Vauxhall Astra VXR, the plate reads "RIP GTI", something for the GTI drivers to read when they get smoked : )

[Steve Levin]

We had an Isuzu many many moons ago with "GZUNHYT" as the plate -- I suspect most folks won't remember those commercials, though

I've been threatening to get my friend a plate that says "EVO MGNT" for his Mazda 3 since every time he takes on on track Evos seem to do stupid things right around him.

Steve

[bartboy9891]

When I buy my first car, whatever it is, I'm going to try to get a plate that says NCC-1701. Most people will think it's a random letter/number combination anyway.

[MattD1zzl3]

Originally Posted by bartboy9891

When I buy my first car, whatever it is, I'm going to try to get a plate that says NCC-1701. Most people will think it's a random letter/number combination anyway.

I know what it really means: You have never seen female genitalia


(i kid, i kid.)

[Scott]

I am getting one for my Audi that says "broken"

[CraigB]

I think they have a place, but many of them are stupid or self serving...

[Whappeh]

I saw a Miata with the plate "CIGOBYU"

So naturally I had to pass him on the highway at about 95.

[klutch]

I was pretty surprised at the "custom plates" industry in the UK; people there are foolish enough to dish out thousands, even tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds over for a lame-ass plate.

[SuperStalin]

PLZ DNT 5734L ME

[public]

I would get something that fits the car, but isn't terribly overdone.

Obviously, the strict (A)BC-1(23) format over here kind of limits the inspiration.

ABC-123 is a Porsche 944 cabrio, by the way.

[edkwon]

um, they do it out of vanity?

[BerserkerCatSplat]

I've seen a lot of useless ones, but there's some good ones out there.
Ones I remember liking:

AMG LOL (black M3)
BUKKAKE
OWNED