Personalized Plate - I'm thinking "MOV-OVR" is that stupid?

vancouver335 · 05-10-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LEDZEP

His point, I believe, was that just being a BMW is often enough to cause the vandals to target your car.

Yup, that's true enough and my point is that I don't care even remotely enough about vandalization to affect my choice in cars but at the same time I don't want to increase my odds with a vanity plate. It's just a personal preferece.

It's like door dings, you can park anywhere and hope you don't get dinged or you can pick your spots a little more carefully, walk an extra 20 feet and reduce your chances of getting dinged, you don't eliminate the possibility, just reduce your odds. Unless of course you take up two spaces in which case you almost guarantee yourself getting keyed with a crowbar.

MadDog · 05-10-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by vancouver335

Yup, that's true enough and my point is that Unless of course you take up two spaces in which case you almost guarantee yourself getting keyed with a crowbar.

Happened to my supervisor when I was in the Air Force at Norton AFB. He bought a new 240Z (this was 1974), and used to park 100 spaces away from civilization. However, he always took up two spaces. Came back to his car one day and someone had keyed the entire side of his car, leaving a note to "not take up two spaces". He was so pissed off, he couldn't see straight for a month.

MD

JackMac · 05-10-2007, 04:23 PM

Just caught this yesterday with my camera phone:

LEDZEP · 05-10-2007, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vancouver335

Yup, that's true enough and my point is that I don't care even remotely enough about vandalization to affect my choice in cars but at the same time I don't want to increase my odds with a vanity plate. It's just a personal preferece.

It's like door dings, you can park anywhere and hope you don't get dinged or you can pick your spots a little more carefully, walk an extra 20 feet and reduce your chances of getting dinged, you don't eliminate the possibility, just reduce your odds. Unless of course you take up two spaces in which case you almost guarantee yourself getting keyed with a crowbar.

Understood, I was just explaining the point.

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Originally Posted by JackMac

Just caught this yesterday with my camera phone:

That's funny! Took me a minute... I'm not a teenage txt messager...

vancouver335 · 05-10-2007, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JackMac

Just caught this yesterday with my camera phone:

Too funny!

I noticed he has the plate locked! I guess if you are actually able to get that past the DMV, you've got something pretty valuable!

nyc3r · 05-10-2007, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by canucklion

might as well go for "KEYME"

+1, leave it as is..

a burrito · 05-10-2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by canucklion

might as well go for "KEYME"

LOL

wj4 · 05-10-2007, 08:49 PM

I just ordered my plate yesterday.

I got "TTI6FTW"

snareman · 05-11-2007, 02:42 AM

In got my plate same as my ED plate "M 7318 Z" Doesn't get too much attention. Some people may know what it represents. I know what it represents and the memories it brings back. It has some meaning, but it out there enough not to get me keyed. On my G35 I had "Veloce G." Italian for fast. Also just esoteric enough to not have anything bad happen to my car, but to attract enough curious questions.

edgarj · 05-11-2007, 02:47 AM

I know a guy who has "FUN4ME" as a tag on his "lady-porsche-S". If it's not already taken in your state, it's a winner.

tommydogsdad · 05-11-2007, 02:52 AM

There use to be a cute white girl in my town who had a plate that read "EZLAY"

LEDZEP · 05-11-2007, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tommydogsdad

There use to be a cute white girl in my town who had a plate that read "EZLAY"

Did you ever follow her home to the trailer park?

turbocoins · 05-11-2007, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wj4

I just ordered my plate yesterday.

I got "TTI6FTW"

twin turbo inline 6 .........?

LEDZEP · 05-11-2007, 06:58 AM

Sometimes, you just can't do any better than what the state provides....

BMW //MPOWER · 05-11-2007, 07:19 AM

Personally i prefer this one

BMW //MPOWER · 05-11-2007, 07:21 AM

There is a hottie over here with an E46 M3, with the plates MISSM3, now that's the sorta chick i wanna take out on a date!

BMW //MPOWER · 05-11-2007, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nub340

For a while I thought about getting "ELMNT92" for my plates, as in Element 92 (which is uranium I believe). Kinda cool sounding but doesn't really mean anything; What the car is radioactive? It's really heavy? Anyway I'm over it now...

Hahahaa how about U235? or PL238, if your after radioactive isotopes, sorry that's just the scientist coming through.

snareman · 05-11-2007, 08:04 AM

When I went and got my personalized plated last week, you write down what you want your plate to say and then above it you have to write what it means. I guess that way if your plates means something like "buy drugs here" or "screw my mom" and they can't see that they can reject it. They said they reject quite a few/day.

MadDog · 05-11-2007, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by LEDZEP

Did you ever follow her home to the trailer park?

Paul330d · 05-11-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 335Topless

Also I thought about "E93". Maybe the whole idea of a vanity plate is stupid.

As a rule, I don't like personalised plates, but MOV OVR actually made me smile

My favourite was a self-deprecating PEN 1S on a Countach I spotted in London some years back

pacman · 05-11-2007, 11:24 AM

the other day i say this lady driving a corvette..her plate read 1VETLADY

///McRae · 05-11-2007, 01:51 PM

Ass Orgy? WTF?

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snareman Leave the gun. Take the Canoli. 10526 Rep 8,522 Posts Drives: ///M8 & X5 ///M60 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio iTrader: (0)	In got my plate same as my ED plate "M 7318 Z" Doesn't get too much attention. Some people may know what it represents. I know what it represents and the memories it brings back. It has some meaning, but it out there enough not to get me keyed. On my G35 I had "Veloce G." Italian for fast. Also just esoteric enough to not have anything bad happen to my car, but to attract enough curious questions. __________________ Current: 2025 X5 M60 Retired: 2023 M8 \|\|\| 2023 X3 M40 \|\|\| 2021 M4 \|\|\| 2018 M4 \|\|\| 2017 M4 \|\|\| 2014 435 \|\|\| 2009 335 \|\|\| 2007 335
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snareman Leave the gun. Take the Canoli. 10526 Rep 8,522 Posts Drives: ///M8 & X5 ///M60 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio iTrader: (0)	When I went and got my personalized plated last week, you write down what you want your plate to say and then above it you have to write what it means. I guess that way if your plates means something like "buy drugs here" or "screw my mom" and they can't see that they can reject it. They said they reject quite a few/day. __________________ Current: 2025 X5 M60 Retired: 2023 M8 \|\|\| 2023 X3 M40 \|\|\| 2021 M4 \|\|\| 2018 M4 \|\|\| 2017 M4 \|\|\| 2014 435 \|\|\| 2009 335 \|\|\| 2007 335
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