The other day, i was driving behind a Saab 9-5 Aero. The license plate said, "SAAB V6."

Why the hell did this person feel the need to pay an extra $60 a year for a vanity plate (or whatever it is, I've never checked) to tell the world she was driving the car anyone could tell she was driving? Maybe she thought, "most people don't know the 2007 9-5 Aero is a V6--I'd better make sure people know that." Or perhaps she was so miffed at Saab eliminating the V6 option on the 2008 model that she had to ensure people didn't think she was driving the 4-cyl 260 hp engine, but then again, if you were really into Saab's you'd know that.

But certainly anyone can tell it's a Saab. I mean, it says it on the back on the medalion above the license plate. So why say "SAAB" on the plate?

My old boss bought a blue BMW and wanted to get a plate that said "BLUEBMW." Thanks, you've done a great service to the color blind. Turns out, some other yahoo beat him to it. So he got one that recognized the fact that it was a convertable.

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Anyway, vanity plates are dumb. Paying extra to put the name of your car on your license plate is even dumber.

On one drill weekend as I was driving home I saw a plate on a Honda CRV that read "MY CRV". I guess to keep someone from mistaking it for theirs, thanks the innumerable stickers and decals all over the bumper and windows declaring this person to be everything from a hippie promoting free love to a soccer mom with five kids that was an avid churchgoer.

when you sell your car here in az, you keep the license plate to put on your new vehicle. i'm looking forward to the day i start seeing "BLUEBMW" and "MY CRV" showing up on Fords and Chevys

I want "KTHXBYE" as my vanity plate.

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BigFrank105 wrote:

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i have a picture on my camera from Virginia where I saw "OH SNAP" as a vanity plate.

I always wanted "NINJAS" or "BAR CAR"

the second one will get you pulled over ASAP.

I'd like to have one that is blank.

BLANK would work, although I'm holding out for VOID.

(I get parking tickets.)

Couldn't you get one of those old fashioned LED text scrolling things?

You could scroll messages along it!

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The_young_scot wrote:

Couldn't you get one of those old fashioned LED text scrolling things?

You could scroll messages along it!

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"THE DRIVER OF THIS JETTA HAS CRABS"

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There's a whole list of banned licence plates and complaints about ones that slipped throught the cracks at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/blueplate/blueplate.html

Some of them are banned because of how they look backward, such as "3M TA3" - when someone sees it in in their rearview mirror, it's "Eat me."

a list of New York plates :

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/blueplate/nydmv1.html

Way to suck at the internet Mr. Nolink.

Yesterday, I saw a Scion with a plate that said "PSYON."

Oh, you're so clever, Mr. My-License-Plate-Sounds-Like-My-Car-Name-But-Means-Nothing. Another wise spending decision.

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Yesterday, I saw a Scion with a plate that said "PSYON."

Oh, you're so clever, Mr. My-License-Plate-Sounds-Like-My-Car-Name-But-Means-Nothing. Another wise spending decision.

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  "3M TA3" - when someone sees it in in their rearview mirror, it's "Eat me."

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Only if they have a dirty mind.

Who doesn't have a dirty mind? Some people just let the dirtiness out more than others.

2NAHNTR - Tuna Hunter?

many many more lolz here : Yattaaa

I just StumbledUpon (StumbleUpon-ed?) this one:

My sides hurt from laughing at that banned list!