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Tesla Roadster vanity license plates part 2

  • May 15, 2010
    TEG
    Saw "GHG FREE" (GreenHouseGas Free I assume) on a red Roadster today.
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  • May 15, 2010
    TEG
  • May 15, 2010
    edo
    Google search for >>> intitle:"the secret of NiMH" +battery
    About 425 results (0.46 seconds)
    so I wasn't the first to think of it... (next up "The Li-ion King"?)

    How to get back on topic??? I saw a Tesla with "GTR GUY" plates last week, but I don't think the plates were Tesla related... If anyone can think of one it at least gets us back on the topic of confusing vanity plates.:redface:
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  • May 15, 2010
    TEG
    Was that in North Carolina?
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  • May 17, 2010
    edo
    Nope, just off of Cape Cod, MA. Florida plates though... I think
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  • May 28, 2010
    doug
    "USHDGT1" seen on an orange Roadster here.
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  • May 28, 2010
    TEG
    In case anyone didn't get it: "You Should Get One!"
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  • May 29, 2010
    codagent
    I got it, I just need the money first. :frown:
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  • May 29, 2010
    roblab
    The money for the plates isn't too steep. I got TSLA IYQ and have it on my interim car (between EVs), a Scion xA. I know. Sad.
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  • Jun 4, 2010
    Tdave
    This morning I was behind a muscle car with the plate "PSI ENVY". Pulled up beside him going about 30 mph just before the road opens up in to a divided highway. He downshifted and floored it. I floored it (instant reaction, couldn't help it, like a cat that jumps when you startle it, and by the way no downshifting required!). I of course blew him away. In that moment I wish my license plate read "KW ENVY" as I pulled ahead up to highway speed.
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  • Jun 11, 2010
    777dgt
    AC2DC ordered....:smile:
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  • Jun 11, 2010
    vfx
    DC2AC works too. :)
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  • Jun 12, 2010
    dwegmull
    I've been thinking about getting ACDCAC to describe the complete flow and confuse non electrical engineers :biggrin:
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  • Jun 12, 2010
    TEG
    Or (PV) DCACDCAC (EV)
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  • Jul 4, 2010
    vfx
  • Jul 4, 2010
    TEG
    Is that rhetorical?
    I think I understand just about all of them.
    (Too geeky I guess.)
    I bet if you were curious about any in particular you could just Google the term/acronym and find answers.
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    vfx
    Back at you. Is that rhetorical?

    Have not a clue.

    Not quite. Googling "1001010" without context is not reallly useful.

    This is now an off-topic quiz. Only valid since Teslas are favored by the geeky types and some have similar plates.


    Funny thing is, I my circles, I am considered the geeky one. :rolleyes: Truth be told I rely on the uber geeks for sustenance.
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    CarbonOne
    SCREW BP

    GOTESLA

    DRTESLA

    RDTESLA
    BLUTSLA
    GRNTSLA
    BLKTSLA
    TESLAGD
    TSLAGOD
    FSTTSLA

    :biggrin:
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    TEG
    Not totally sure about that one.
    1001010 is binary for 74 which is 'J' in the ASCII alphabet.
    Possibly a reference to Hackfest 74 (1001010) (which happened in Georgia which matches the plate)?
    Or, perhaps a reference to the programming language 'J'?
    Or maybe the driver is 6'2" tall (74")?
    See also http://1001010.com/
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    TEG
    Some more thoughts for VFX on his Geek Plates link
    (mods feel free to move this and related to a "Geek plates" separate topic)

    Some Linux ones:
    "Root 777" : Root = Linux computer superuser... 777 are file permissions that means everyone can read and write any file. Basically they are saying they have full access to a unix system and will let everyone else in.
    "RM -RF *" : The unix command to recursively delete all your files and ignore any file protection bits. (Basically wipe out your hard disk). Danger Will Robinson.
    "7DEV7TRK" - Hardware devices on Unix have software drivers in the "/dev/" directory. "7DEV7TRK" is like "/dev/trk" which means to me a software developers truck.
    "Opn Src" = "Open Source" (software with the sourcecode available to all for any purpose)


    ALT-F4: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ALT%2BF4

    "WTF OMFG" (What The Frack? - Oh My Fracking Gawd)
    "HEY STFU" ("Hey, Shut The Frack Up")

    "BFG 9000" ("Big Fraggin' Gun") the most powerful weapon in the Quake/Doom game series.

    Ideas on the 31337 plate here.
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    Doug_G
    Non-Custom Plate

    Tesla Toronto registered my car and it got the VERY FIRST Ontario "Green Vehicle" plate.

    4765952252_5bcddaa0a4_m.jpg

    So much for the vanity plate... this is too cool!
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    doug
    ^^ nice!
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    CarbonOne
    Congrats!
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  • Jul 5, 2010
    ChrisC
    This was already my favorite TMC thread, but that just seals it. Awesome!
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  • Jul 6, 2010
    doug
    4758381243_ffc18df3e1_b.jpg
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  • Jul 7, 2010
    DrTaras
    No... you are considered the one that takes 10 minutes to set up a photo-op! :tongue:
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  • Jul 13, 2010
    Andy811
    Absafrigginlutely phenomenal! :eek: Talk about an instant collector's item!
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  • Jul 16, 2010
    Adm
    New plates!!

    Going to change this to include a half space to read NIKOLA T
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    vfx
    [?IMG]
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    chronopublish
    Wow. Viral Tesla picture!

    This picture in it's bigger form has made it all the way to the Netherlands.

    Yesterday another owners and I received it more than once.

    Of course it's Chronopublish's (nice work on the plate getting the viral going) here in LA (shot taken on the 5 freeway)

    I have been sent the info on who took the picture, a Google image of the location and the link to the flicker page Chronopublish has the other shot that is linked to this thread.

    Here is the one sent to me. This shot has gone viral in the Tesla circles. Who sent it to you Adm?

    Edit to add:

    This just sent to me the next day:

    http://failblog.org/2010/07/19/epic-fail-photos-license-plate-win-2/
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    doug
    It looks like the blogosphere approves of my plate. :eek:

    I need to get a frame that says "Electric Vehicle" on it because in the wake of the oil spill I think quite a few people are missing the joke.
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    PopSmith
  • Jul 20, 2010
    shark2k
    At least the first comment was pro-electric. Most of Jalopnik and it's regulars still follow the "It's powered by coal = dirty" partial-myth.

    Yes, a coal-fired power plant is dirty. There is zero debate about that.

    However, as most of us here know, when accounting for well-to-wheel pollution an EV puts out about half the pollution of a gas-powered vehicle.
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    vfx
    It also made it to Engadget (though they just got it from Jalopnik I think.)

    -Shark2k
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    Doug_G
    Can anyone read this plate?

    [?IMG]
    look like it might be a CA vanity plate.
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    ChargeIt!
    Uh, not hard... looks like 68106.
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  • Jul 20, 2010
    dwegmull
    With a "DLR" at the left (Dealer Plate) ?
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  • Jul 21, 2010
    vfx
    Hi,
    That picture on the tow truck was taken traveling East on the Hayward San Mateo Bridge, not far from TM's headquarters. TM dealer plates are not an uncommon sight in the Bay Area. The odd thing is the use of an open truck as TM owns several enclosed trailers...

    Greetings,
    David
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  • Jul 22, 2010
    ChrisC
  • 1/1/2015
    guest

    I've had this thread tucked away for the day that I get my own EV vanity plate, and that day is nearly here.

    I'll be getting one of the first Chevy Volts in a couple months -- I've been dreaming of a Tesla for years, but I can't justify a Roadster and I don't want to wait until the Model S is out in volume. So I know I'm a poser, please be gentle :) I'll be doing the 3-year lease on the Volt, so by end of 2013 I'll be back in the market, in particular for a higher performance pure EV.

    I have learned that in my state (Georgia) and maybe others as well, I order the plate first, and then register the car with it. So I can go ahead and get my plate before I actually have the car. I just have to register a car on it within 2 years or it returns to the pool.

    Soooo, I have gone through this entire 32 page thread and made a list of all of the plates that remotely appeal to me. I called up the state DMV and talked the clerk into checking a couple for me (all taken!) but I've got a list of 35+ plates to check. I don't think I'll be able to talk someone into checking all of them :)

    Does anyone know of a way to check plate availability, either nationally or specifically for Georgia? I believe it's against the law to just "run plates" to see who a car is registered to, unless you're a cop and have reasonable cause, but just checking whether it's a valid plate might be doable.
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  • Sep 10, 2010
    SByer
    Wow, that's nasty. Here in CA, you just start the ordering process online and it kicks you back each time it has a match.
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  • Sep 10, 2010
    Jaff
    Somewhat the same here in Ontario (CA).

    You fill out a form with up to three choices...hand it in to the clerk...they input the info to the MOT computer...it either gets accepted or rejected...if accepted, you can buy it on the spot.

    I don't know if our new "Green" plates work in the same manner though.

    Ottawa Doug has a green plate...is it a vanity plate?...if you don't mind me asking Doug, how did you go about acquiring it?
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  • Sep 10, 2010
    Doug_G
    They don't allow Green Vehicle plates to be vanity plates. They are all of the format GVAA 000 (or VEAA 000 for Vehicle Ecologique).

    Telsa (Hans) got the plates for me, but according to the MTO website the process is exactly the same (and the price is the same) as for any normal plate. You just have to have a "qualifying vehicle". Currently the complete list of qualifying vehicles is:

    "Tesla Motors Inc, 2010 Roadster Convertible".
    (end of list)

    Doug
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  • Sep 11, 2010
    Jaff
    Ah, I wondered about that (vanity green plates)...I was trying to figure out what your acronym GVAA meant :biggrin:

    Thanks for the info Doug!:smile:

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  • Sep 12, 2010
    ChrisC
    Thanks guys for the feedback. I guess I'll try making periodic calls to the DMV to whittle down the list. They allow me to ask for 3 checks over the phone, so it'll just take me 10 phone calls to get through the list :) No big deal, I'll just spread it out over a few days so I don't get on their enemy list.
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  • Sep 12, 2010
    mt2
  • Sep 13, 2010
    Kipernicus
  • Sep 14, 2010
    DrTaras
    I think the picture would make a great poster that Tesla should hang in its showrooms?
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  • Sep 14, 2010
    dwegmull
    As A "stared" commenter on Jalopnik, I went back through that thread and "promoted" some good comments and replied to others, trying to bring some facts into the discussion... I'm not quite sure why both the Jalopnik editorial staff and its commenters are so dead set against TM...

    Greetings,
    David
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  • Sep 14, 2010
    Todd Burch
    They're just dead set against electric cars, primarily because
    a) they're not educated or
    b) Napoleon Complex: they think the noise, power, and exhaust from ICEs make up for their tiny penises.
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  • Sep 21, 2010
    johnr
    Here are a few ideas. All of the plates below (with one exception :cool: ) are currently available for the taking in California:

    SOLR 4ME
    SOLR 2GO <- except this one - reserved it for myself just now :biggrin:
    SOLR YES
    SOLR FTW
    SOLR MY?
    ?EV SOLR
    PLUGZ N
    PLUGZ+N
    240V PWR
    SLNT PWR
    EV RULZ
    EV XTASY
    EV BLISS
    EV JOY
    UBER EV
    CYA GAS
    185 KWH
    185KW EV
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  • Sep 21, 2010
    TEG
    ???
    185kw
    53kwh
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  • Sep 21, 2010
    TEG
    bye_oil.jpg
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  • Sep 21, 2010
    TEG
    attachment.php?attachmentid=1004&d=1285129263.jpg
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  • Oct 4, 2010
    dsm363
    Just ordered
    TESLA R

    for Telsa Roadster of course although I guess driving the actual Roadster is more impressive=)
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  • Oct 8, 2010
    tdelta1000
    Hey folks...here's one that will not if on a plate but could be a sticker:

    otletpwr=(Outlet Power)
    or
    outletpwr

    But here's one for a plate:
    dccurnt=(DC Current)
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  • Oct 11, 2010
    tdevince
    My wife vetoed "4Q OPEC"

    I bet I could have gotten that one through.
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  • Oct 19, 2010
    tdevince
    Thinking about RE-VOLT
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  • Oct 19, 2010
    kgb
    More like for a chevy... RE-VOLT-ING

    How about VOLT-WAGN?
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  • Oct 19, 2010
    edo
    VOLT-WAGN is too long for most states.... VLT-WGN or VLTWAGN works though...
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  • Nov 3, 2010
    strider
    Just ordered this one:
    attachment.php?attachmentid=1077&d=1288849418.jpg
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  • Nov 4, 2010
    doug
    Haha... I love this one! For those that had to spend a lot of time converting between cgs and mks.
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  • Jan 8, 2011
    TEG
  • Jan 8, 2011
    kgb
    If I were in to vanity plates, I'd get this: ELECTRIC or LL CTRIC
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  • Mar 9, 2011
    MelTyree
    Wind energy for cars

    Here is a vanity plate for you. #443
    I have a home that is Net Zero Energy; it burns nothing for heat and derives all its energy from the sun and wind for heating/AC, hot water and everything else. Heating and AC is provided by a geothermal heat pump. I make enough excess energy to drive my Tesla about 10,000 miles per year.
    -Mel
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  • Mar 9, 2011
    vfx
    Cool. Mel is living the dream.
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  • Mar 9, 2011
    erichmond
    I just picked up my twilight blue roadster 3 weeks ago. I'm in Portland, OR. Where did you see this one?

    E
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  • Mar 10, 2011
    DZCPA
    My 2011 Roadster #1263 to be delivered 4/16/11 will have (already reserved) - NO GAZZZ
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  • Mar 20, 2011
    vfx
    Saw this on the 101 in CA today.


    0 oil 0
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  • Apr 7, 2011
    TEG
    Not a Roadster plate, but I saw a Hummer today, filling up at a gas station no less, with the license plate "FUELISH".

    At least the owner has a sense of humor (and perhaps a hint of self loathing.)
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  • Apr 7, 2011
    Dragon
    I would certainly take the plate SL 000 OW, if it would be possible in Italy. No customized plates here.
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  • Apr 8, 2011
    rabar10
    You could always go for the old-school EV reference:

    GLF-CRT
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  • Apr 11, 2011
    TEG
  • Apr 11, 2011
    user497
    I wonder what percentage of roadsters in the US have vanity plates. We still have our default DMV plates but have considered vanity plates. We just wanted something a little more subtle than the typical vanity plates.
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  • Apr 11, 2011
    Doug_G
    Just get the plate "USER 497". Everyone will think it isn't a vanity plate...
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  • Apr 15, 2011
    Slackjaw
    We are still waiting to get out of "State zero" in the build queue but have discussed trying to get

    UGOTGAS

    The idea being that people will mostly not see it until we tear past them... The problem is we expect to be sued for "emotional distresss" by someone with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. So, probably not.
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  • Apr 15, 2011
    user497
    There's always something like "UGOTOIL" or "UGOTPETROL"/"UGOTPTRL" :)
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  • Apr 15, 2011
    doug
    No no no... The value is in the double meaning. :smile:
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  • Apr 21, 2011
    Slackjaw
    OK, here's another one... Too obscure perhaps? Seinfeld fans only?

    NOCO24U
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  • Apr 21, 2011
    vfx
    Easy!

    And good.
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  • Apr 21, 2011
    TEG
    Can I at least have some croutons?
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  • Apr 21, 2011
    bonnie
    Okay, that's one I'd be okay with. Nice!
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  • May 1, 2011
    erichmond
    IMG_0129.JPG

    Thanks for the idea for the plate. Just got them this week.
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  • May 2, 2011
    RoadsterWarrior
    Do you have your Tesla yet?

    Do you have your Tesla yet?
    We are in Westchester County and waiting for ours........May 21/22, maybe.
    Are you interested in a road rally in Westchester/Putnam/Rockland/Bergen County when you get yours?
    We are thinking of organizing a road rally in late June.
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  • May 3, 2011
    Slackjaw
    We're still waiting, ETA first week of June! Unbearable. The first few weeks of waiting were the worst. The next few weeks were the worst too. And it went downhill from there.

    If you are going to organise a rally please make a separate thread to bring in any interested parties... I'd be into it. A suprising (not!) number of friends and relatives are planning to visit in June/July to play with our new toy so I might have a passenger or co-driver... :smile:

    I am also planning to do a lesson and maybe some open track days at Raceway Park road course (link), and have already talked to the organiser about getting some NEMA 14-50's for us to recharge from but if there's only one socket then it could get ugly. It's about 55 miles drive from my house so in theory I could get there and back (and do a few laps) without a recharge but I don't want to rely on that as it would undoubtedly detract from the fun. When I swapped some emails with the guy about a month ago he had never had a Roadster down there and was quite keen to help.
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  • May 3, 2011
    JRod0802
    That reminds me of a scene in the movie Office Space:

    Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
    Dr. Swanson: What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
    Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
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  • May 6, 2011
    vfx
  • May 6, 2011
    NigelM
    I love the license plate frame!
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  • May 11, 2011
    doug
    9b4ys.png
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  • May 12, 2011
    zack
    It's Nikola. Sigh.
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  • May 12, 2011
    vfx
    I'm sure the correct spelling was already taken.
    Here in CA the pickings are pretty slim -even in the EV related realm since it's been going on so long here.
    (Or maybe he just likes nickel-flavored soda?)
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  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
    I totally stole Slackjaw's suggestion - and it wasn't taken in CA. Plates on order, I should receive soon.
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  • May 12, 2011
    DaveD
  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
    And when I told my son that I ordered a vanity plate, he didn't believe me. "I know you better than that, Mom." no, really. "No way you did that." I did. "Yeah, whatever."
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  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
    But I'm not naming my car.
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  • May 12, 2011
    vfx
    Snow White?
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  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
    No. Def not.
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  • May 12, 2011
    Slackjaw
    Awesome. Especially because I was so pleased with it, and we're probably not going with it. I sorta wanted to. I feel like one of my little baby turtles has made it to the ocean. [wipes tear from eye]. Thank you.
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  • May 12, 2011
    vfx
    That would be an odd plate:
    DEF NOT

    Snow Leopard?
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  • May 12, 2011
    bonnie
    As a thank you to Slackjaw, I'll refer to it on this forum ONLY as 'baby turtle'.
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  • May 13, 2011
    Slackjaw
    This time I cried laughing :biggrin:
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  • May 13, 2011
    bonnie

    :)
    ...
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  • May 13, 2011
    SByer
    Now why would I name my car after an operating system?
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  • May 13, 2011
    bonnie
    "BBYTRTL" is available.
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  • May 13, 2011
    SByer
    I I were to do such a fool thing, I'd go with the classic 'LOTS'.
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  • May 13, 2011
    TEG
    If you are talking about the L.O.T.S. I know, it was running TOPS-20 OS. L.O.T.S was the facility name.
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  • May 14, 2011
    mt2
    I've always wanted 'SYSCAR', a play on the device naming in MVS and OS/360. The Model S seems like a perfect candidate.
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  • May 14, 2011
    DrTaras
    IMG_2284.JPG
    The lettering color variation is not from photo-shopping, but from the angle of the flash!
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  • May 17, 2011
    TEG
    5728037499_7975b7dd85.jpg
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  • May 17, 2011
    vfx
    DCXCV.jpg Dcxcv
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  • May 17, 2011
    TEG
    Roadster #695?
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  • May 20, 2011
    tdevince
    looks my little Blue Car made the internet :) As far as I know, I'm the only Tesla in mid-Missouri.
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  • Jun 3, 2011
    NigelM
    So, finally got my "standard" plates and can now change to a vanity plate. (Why can't we have vanity plates from the get-go??).

    In FL they won't allow "protest" registrations, which means that I couldn't have anything that included "NO" such as NO_GAS or NO_OIL. I asked what statute prohibited the use of the word "NO" but no-one could quote me and I figured the tax collectors office is not a place to start an argument (actually the lady helping me was very pleasant and kind!). Other variations such as ZERO_GAS were not available; so I settled on the following:

    Reef plate:
    protect_our_reefs.jpg

    And (drum roll) here's the number....
    plate.jpg

    I also ordered a chrome bracket and now have to wait 45-60(!) days for it to be delivered.
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  • Jun 3, 2011
    hjr
    CT only allows 6 letters. I am thinking GASLES for my 2week old VIN 1291.
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  • Jun 3, 2011
    TEG
    Nice!:
    5713125498_aed5a808ae_b.jpg
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  • Jun 3, 2011
    DrTaras
    Maybe if you told them "No" was just short for "Know" they would have been baffled and let it go?
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  • Jun 4, 2011
    Nvbob
    This is ours:

    IMG_2772.JPG
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  • Jun 4, 2011
    Doug_G
    I like the plate holder!
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  • Jun 4, 2011
    Nvbob
    I must be honest. We saw that on this forum about 6 or so months ago and thought it was very appropriate (especially for those of us with kids who like fast cars).
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