Model ☰ License Plate Ideas?

[ELRev]

I've been thinking about this since I dropped my deposit almost 14 months ago.

I live in California, so the options were very limited, but I finally pulled the trigger yesterday on:

MRK 3

It's an Iron Man reference as much as it is a Tesla reference. I was shocked it was still available, and I like that it's simple. Looking forward to slapping it on my Model 3 SOON.

 

[rnelsonee]

I work with thousands of physics nerds, so I was thinking the units of Tesla. Volts/m^2 though is VSPERM2. My wife already said it's okay, although I can use any of these. Although 63277 is also a good idea - those are the numbers on all the Model 3 RC's.

 

[GoTslaGo]

I work with thousands of physics nerds, so I was thinking the units of Tesla. Volts/m^2 though is VSPERM2. My wife already said it's okay, although I can use any of these. Although 63277 is also a good idea - those are the numbers on all the Model 3 RC's.

DMV may take issue with that one:

V-SPERM-2

 

[TrickyDimitri]

At the risk of being torn apart on here...I find vanity plates to be pretentious, and have no desire to give my state any more money than necessary for my tag. My dad has vanity plates on his vehicles so maybe I am just jaded. LOL

 

[erthquake]

At the risk of being torn apart on here...I find vanity plates to be pretentious, and have no desire to give my state any more money than necessary for my tag. My dad has vanity plates on his vehicles so maybe I am just jaded. LOL

I understand. I have mixed feelings myself. I don't like to stand out much, but i's just fun to imagine sometimes. Part of me would love to have a plate that says "EFF OIL", but the rational part of me says that's probably not a very good idea .

 

[TrickyDimitri]

I understand. I have mixed feelings myself. I don't like to stand out much, but i's just fun to imagine sometimes. Part of me would love to have a plate that says "EFF OIL", but the rational part of me says that's probably not a very good idea .

I want EVs to be mainstream, and here in the South we would say you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar.

 

[Dynastar]

Inside Jokes:
NOHUD
WNTCARE
DNTCARE
SPCSHIP

But I'm actually leaning towards

NOHANDS

 

[BluestarE3]

Inside Jokes:
NOHUD
WNTCARE
DNTCARE
SPCSHIP

But I'm actually leaning towards

NOHANDS

Well, as long as we're on the Elon's tweets theme:
UJELLY
AMBIEN
REDWINE
BORING

 

[daniel]

I've always thought it was redundant to put a vanity plate on a car that says what the car is. I'd have gotten a plate that says DANIEL, that being my name, but of course it's not available. For many years I had my ham radio call sign as my license plate, and I could get that again if I wanted, but I've not been active or owned a ham radio in over two decades. I'd get DANIEL666 but they don't allow that many characters. My mother had a vanity plate with the name of her favorite author, and everybody who didn't know her thought that was her name. So I just have a regular plate.

 

[tga]

I gave up on my ham plate when I realized someone could google my plate/call and get my name and address (well, at least my PO box, since I didn't give the FCC my street address). It's harder for the general public to look up a generic plate.

 

[daniel]

My understanding is that ham radio license plates existed so that in an emergency, a police officer could enlist aid with communication. When I first got my ham radio ticket, cell phones had not been invented and many hams had two-meter transceivers in their cars. Our local ham radio club had a repeater with a phone patch. If requested I could make a phone call via our repeater on my two-meter radio.

Nowadays everybody has a cell phone. And I no longer own a radio. Ham radio license plates are an anachronism. And as you say, sporting your ham call sign is like broadcasting your identity and mailing address. And for many, that means your home address. I was pretty proud of my 2X1 call sign though. I think it wasn't too much later that they ran out of 2X1 call signs (1X2 call signs were long gone) and Extra-class hams were getting 2X2 call signs. I keep my license current just to hold on to my call sign. It would have been around 1980, give or take a few years, when I got it.

 

[zenmaster]

POMANMS

 

[dgpcolorado]

At the risk of being torn apart on here...I find vanity plates to be pretentious, and have no desire to give my state any more money than necessary for my tag. My dad has vanity plates on his vehicles so maybe I am just jaded. LOL

I intended my plate, which I got for a LEAF in 2011, to be educational — to let people around here know that EVs exist:

It was also a celebration of sorts — after so many years of waiting I finally got the chance to drive an EV instead of an ICEV. Now, 5+ years later, EVs remain very rare in my remote rural area so it still serves to mark my car, now a Model S60, as being different from other cars and my friends have said that they enjoy seeing the plate. At $25 a year I consider it a small, if frivolous, expense. If that is "pretentious," so be it.

 

[GoTslaGo]

Well, as long as we're on the Elon's tweets theme:
UJELLY
AMBIEN
REDWINE
BORING

New one:

FLOOR

 

[wallet.dat]

Thinking about 4RE KLR (Ferrari Killer).

 

[RangerRick]

At the risk of being torn apart on here...I find vanity plates to be pretentious, and have no desire to give my state any more money than necessary for my tag. My dad has vanity plates on his vehicles so maybe I am just jaded. LOL

In NC, at least, vanity plate money goes towards landscaping on medians and around highways, and I'm OK with that.

 

[LakeSurfer]

My model S will prob be

COALPWR

 

[erthquake]

My model S will prob be

COALPWR

You must not live in California. Last month we set a record at one point during the day for over two-thirds of our electricity coming from renewable sources.

 

[TrickyDimitri]

I intended my plate, which I got for a LEAF in 2011, to be educational — to let people around here know that EVs exist:
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It was also a celebration of sorts — after so many years of waiting I finally got the chance to drive an EV instead of an ICEV. Now, 5+ years later, EVs remain very rare in my remote rural area so it still serves to mark my car, now a Model S60, as being different from other cars and my friends have said that they enjoy seeing the plate. At $25 a year I consider it a small, if frivolous, expense. If that is "pretentious," so be it.

Hey, at least you didn't tear me apart.

 

[TrickyDimitri]

My model S will prob be

COALPWR

Okay, now that is the best thing I have seen all day. Hey, at least the power grid should continue to get cleaner as we bring more renewables online.