Personalized Plates
First, I know I am going to upset some of you out there, but I have to rant. What is the deal with the guy or girl who has the stupid, not witty, obvious, uncreative, mind boggling, doesn’t make sense vanity plates? I mean, I drive around and see these plates all day long and 99% of them are worthless. Here are some rules to live by when selecting a personalized plate.
1) NO YEAR MAKE and/or MODEL. Please do not pick a plate that tells me the year, make and/or model of your car. That’s just dumb. I can look right above your plate and see that it is a Ford Mustang, or a Dodge Charger, or a Pontiac GTO. I get it. Now, there is one exception to this rule. If you have a very RARE car that a regular Joe may not know what it is, then by all means, tell us what it is. For example, if you own a 1970 COPO Nova, then yes, you may have a plate that read 70 COPO. That’s cool. But if you have a 2008 Mercedes SLK 350 and your plate reads SLK 350….dumb. Here’s a tip, if the plate is available and easy to get, that should be a tip off that it’s dumb.
2) NO NUMBERS ON THE END. If you have to add a number to the end of your plate, then just forget about it. I mean, if 6 other people have had that same idea as yours, then let it go and keep looking. For example, if you have a black Thunderbird and your plate is RAVEN….that’s cool. But if your plate is RAVEN7…so not original. And again, there is an exception to this rule as well. If you own a 1955 black T-Bird, a 1956 black T-bird and a 1957 black T-Bird and your plates are RAVEN, RAVEN1 and RAVEN2, then that’s cool. Or if you have a fleet of cars for your business, then that’s OK too. Comprende?
3) NO CREATIVE SPELLING. If you have to be creative about the spelling of a word in your plate, give it up. For example, if you own a house cleaning service and your plate reads ICLEAN, then cool. But if you are the one that has ICLEEN or IKLEEN…give me a break. Try to be creative, search for CLN IT UP, CLEAN U, or BCLEAN. This item is the reason for this article. My plate is IM ON IT and I saw a copy cat that has IAMONIT and IMMONIT. Stop it. You are not original.
4) BIG BROTHER IS NOT WATCHING YOU. If you are the ones that don’t like Big Brother watching and want to hide under the radar so you get the plate BB88B8, let me let you in on something…it brings MORE attention to you. I am assuming they get these plates so the ever popular Photo Radar does not pick it up and makes it hard to read. Two words, High Definition. Save your money and get a regular plate.
5) PLEASE MAKE SENSE. Here is the best. If a normal Joe does not get it after 30 seconds (the typical time for a light to change), then forget it. Trust me, you are not smarter than the next guy for thinking up a plate that has no logic. For example, if your are trying to say “Too fast for you” and you use 2FAST4U or 2FST4U, then great. But if you use 2FT4U…dumb. Are you trying to say “2 Feet for you” or “2 Fists 4 you.” Are you a boxer? Please make sense.
So there you have it. Be creative, don’t settle and make it personalized. That’s the whole point. Personalize your plate! P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-Z-E your plate. If you are a dancer then GROOVY, or a Tennis Player LUV LUV (wait, make sure you have a license plate holder that’s says Love to Play Tennis), or a Boxer 10UROUT, or a dentist OPEN YDR (I’m assuming a dentist ;-) get the picture?
Here are some creative ones, see if you can get them.
XOSTED, XCLR8, VNTYPL8, NO CARB (on a Toyota Prius),
VAN GO (on a MiniVan), TI 3VOM or 3M TA3 (these may be tricky),
IM RETRO (on a scooter), IM A CAR (that’s just funny),
9 MPG (it was on a jacked up F350 Truck),
and the last one ICDEDPPL…wait for it, wait for it…there it is!
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