Need some of your opinions/advice on the following plates!
03-22-2006, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mr_grinche' post='258608' date='Mar 22 2006, 05:53 PM
How about "5 Play"
Five in German is FUNF (with umlau over U). You could try for that or maybe FUNF50. (They may get a little nervous about FUxx plates), but you could always ask for the umlau over the U.
My favorite BMW plate was my old one that I had on my bike for years (and until recently, my avatar here) BUMWA. It stemmed from a 1971 story when a guy asked me how to pronounce the name of my car (now my avatar). I responded: "B M W." He said, right, but how do you SAY it? "Is it bim-WA or BUM-wa?" I nearly drove off the road and have told the story a thousand times since.
I have had a two-digit plate for about 30 years (long before phonetical games), that still rides around with me and is easily seen in all the wrong places..... I believe less is more.
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03-22-2006, 04:54 PM
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Your tag says "hate" phonetically? I dunno.
03-22-2006, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by katheikia' post='258659' date='Mar 22 2006, 07:58 PM
I was thinking of getting XXX
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Originally Posted by Ray Hull' post='258676' date='Mar 22 2006, 08:14 PM
Yes, that's very good. I've always liked amusing plates (and was Deputy Commissioner of NY DMV for a while, so I've "seen 'em all").
Five in German is FUNF (with umlau over U). You could try for that or maybe FUNF50. (They may get a little nervous about FUxx plates), but you could always ask for the umlau over the U.
My favorite BMW plate was my old one that I had on my bike for years (and until recently, my avatar here) BUMWA. It stemmed from a 1971 story when a guy asked me how to pronounce the name of my car (now my avatar). I responded: "B M W." He said, right, but how do you SAY it? "Is it bim-WA or BUM-wa?" I nearly drove off the road and have told the story a thousand times since.
I have had a two-digit plate for about 30 years (long before phonetical games), that still rides around with me and is easily seen in all the wrong places..... I believe less is more.
Attachment 16903
Cheers,
Ray Hull
Five in German is FUNF (with umlau over U). You could try for that or maybe FUNF50. (They may get a little nervous about FUxx plates), but you could always ask for the umlau over the U.
My favorite BMW plate was my old one that I had on my bike for years (and until recently, my avatar here) BUMWA. It stemmed from a 1971 story when a guy asked me how to pronounce the name of my car (now my avatar). I responded: "B M W." He said, right, but how do you SAY it? "Is it bim-WA or BUM-wa?" I nearly drove off the road and have told the story a thousand times since.
I have had a two-digit plate for about 30 years (long before phonetical games), that still rides around with me and is easily seen in all the wrong places..... I believe less is more.
Attachment 16903
Cheers,
Ray Hull
I also was thinking of something along the lines of WHY H8 ? or DONT H8 !, but I dont know how the guys at the DMV will be towards the "?" or the "!" symbols.
I know the guys in jail who make these don't care what to put on there!
03-22-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='258530' date='Mar 22 2006, 12:31 PM
I've been thinking of getting this one... or else a non-vanity with the same underlying design.
i also thought about F3V3R 5 as in fever 5. rolling a 5 in dice is "fever dice" or "fever 5" but its the play on the word fever (from merriam-webster dictionary) 2 a : a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity. because WE all know that rolling in a 5 is a state of intense emotion
calif dmv denied b/c you are not allowed to represent letters with numbers and vice versa. oh well.
03-23-2006, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='258601' date='Mar 22 2006, 05:44 PM
I'm not sure they do 1s and Is. In most states, the 1 and I are the same. One that I've seen that is very hard to discern is a mix of Qs and Os.
03-23-2006, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by cobradav' post='258829' date='Mar 23 2006, 08:49 AM
In Florida the 1s are distinguishable from the Is. For instance we could not get BRASIL, BRAS1L or BRAZIL as they were taken but could get BRAZ1L.
Wow, not in VA. What a mess - then go for a mix of 1s and Is. I bet they'd never be able to run your plate. Ever.
