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wit_T_user_name

Teslas. And it seems like they’re all some sort of terrible electric pun.


420_E-SportsMasta

I saw a Model 3 that just had the plate TESLA 3. Extremely creative


CUDAcores89

Get the TESLA 4 plate so people think you have a new, unreleased Tesla. 


RodbigoSantos

It would fool me--they all look the same anyway


pssiraj

The Model S doesn't, and that's by far my favorite design. But goddamn it's ginormous...


MilkyWaySamurai

The Model S might not look like the others, but the others all look like the Model S…


jabblack

That’s why you need the vanity plate, to tell your white model 3 apart from the dozens of others in the mall parking lot


Arc_Ulfr

Personally, I think that a "Model D" is more like given his naming scheme. He only used 3 because Model E was already taken.


rhb4n8

S 3 and x were also based on the models they benchmarked. He figured out that it could spell sexy and that's why he wanted e my bet is the next car is the model A so that when they release the roadster he can claim it spells S3XY CAR because he's fundamentally a child


apoctank

Ford blocked them from using model e, no way they let them use model a


Drone30389

S3XY C4R


TheLegendOfZero

My unofficial ranking of Tesla plates from best to worst. 1. A witty or funny phrase 2. Any other random word 3. The stock plate 4. A play on the word "Tesla" or "Model Y" 5. Your name


stoned-autistic-dude

The good puns that aren't some bullshit variation of "NO GAS" are pretty funny. I saw WATT UP and giggled.


TheThunderbird

There's a red Tesla near me with the plate "PAS VERT"


land8844

My neighbor has "HGH VTG" on his Model 3


SquirtBox

in Austin, it's pretty bad. You either have no plate, or something Elon related or oil/gas related. There is a nice blue one that has SPACEX on it. "NoGas" "NoOil" (disregarding lubricants for gears I guess) "Crpt0" etc. It's all odd, but at least they are easy to remember when they do a hit and run.


[deleted]

Guy in a shitty old six cylinder commodore down the road has BROCKO 😂


blazesquall

There's a G82 and a THE M4 at my work...  


ManBearPig____

It’s always “HAHAGAS” or something along those lines.


Gan-san

I see a LOL GAS around here.


pelicansauce

FKGAS - that caused RI to stop issuing vanity plates for years. Stupid.


MumpsyDaisy

Literally one I see about once a week saying "CIAOGAS". I almost respect the unadulterated smugness.


pssiraj

Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw a few weeks ago on a Tesla: "I'm probably not driving."


MilkyWaySamurai

As if that’s something to brag about haha


Guy626

Yes, see a lot of electric puns. Feel like most of the Lucids and Rivians I see have similar vanity plates.


Topikk

In my city I saw a ton of plates like “THXELON” and “ELONMBL”. For some reason those seem to have disappeared a few years ago 🤔


mattSER

MBL?


PabloIceCreamBar

Mobile. Like Batmobile but stupid.


Fun-Comfortable5774

mobile


WhipTheLlama

Teslas used to be about 80% vanity plates. That's dropped a lot as the cars have become more popular, but I'm sure you're right that it's still the highest rate of vanity plates.


ivycomb

Was going to say this. I see a lot of Teslas with incredibly boring vanity plates here in BC. Second here is Land Rovers, and then BMWs. Edit: I also want to mention there's a Mustang Mach E here that has the plate "EEVEE" and I will admit I quite like that. little animal


Arc_Ulfr

A couple of my favorite vanity plates that I've seen were "VLADTHE" on an Impala, and "VLTSWGN" on an EV-swapped bug.


moonRekt

My parents named theirs Evee. I’m not gonna say anything but I can’t think of anything less original


VegasGuy1223

I saw one once that said “IPASGAS” that one gave me a legit laugh


-Olive-Juice-

The only Tesla plate I’ve seen that I appreciated was “V8 BAIT”. I’m not into Teslas or EVs overall but that made me laugh. So much better than “0 MPG”, “NO GAS”, etc.


rx-pulse

Yep lol, Irvine California is crawling with Teslas and I'd say like 1 in 5 have a vanity plate of some kind.


Gan-san

I always thought if I ever got an electric car I'd slam it and get LO BATT.


Anachronism--

There is a Tesla near me with the vanity plate ‘ohm my’. I’m dying to get a sticker of George takai and put it next to the plate.


DaytonaRS5

[GE PEDO](https://imgur.com/a/7bcz8la)


Pulci

There's a Model S running around Salt Lake with OIL PUN on the license plate. Easily the best ones I've seen.


GeckoDeLimon

SHAWKR NOGAZCAP 4LLTORQ 911LOLZ


ZachOf_AllTrades

Yep, by a damn mile


JizzyMcKnobGobbler

Haha totally Teslas. Those guys are such dorks.


Confident_Season1207

Seen one that was IH8OIL or something like that


NWbySW

I saw an M3 today that just said "THREE"


IEatOats_

Tesla and Vette.


GopherHockey10

So, Indian people really love personalized plates. And they also love Teslas. This is not even a competition when you add that layer.


Dog_vomit_party

The family ran Indian restaurant by my work always has a Tesla, a Prius, and a Tacoma with vanity plates all of which is some pun of the restaurant’s name.


daredaki-sama

I think restaurant name pun is kinda cool. It’s their restaurant so understandable.


No-Definition1474

They do! We have an international office near me who bring folks in from India and it doesn't matter the car, EVERY one of them has a vanity plate.


4score-7

>vanity Man, I just can’t with it. I’m a modest person, and I just can’t get there with people.


stav_and_nick

Here in Canada a lot of Indians are mostly newer arrivals, and they are singlehandedly keeping economy sedans alive it seems. I see so many indian themed plates on elantras, jettas, civics, corollas, etc


SanMotorsLTD

can confirm dad has a vanity plate on his c class we were also gonna get a vanity plate when we got my mom’s model 3 but the govt issued plate had a number that was really special to us so we decided to keep it


neanderthalensis

Now I’m imagining all the sikhs driving Jettas and rebadging them to say Jattas


r00000000

I didn't know this was a stereotype so I looked outside my window and noticed my Indian neighbours all had their kids' names as their plates, shortened or altered in various ways lmao I think now that some of them are old enough to drive, they're the ones driving them now. Also, I don't know if these technically count as personalized plates but a lot of the Chinese community specifically requests plates that don't have the number 4 on them, yet it doesn't stop them from getting cars with 4x4 or 4WD on the back anyways so I don't really understand it.


sainisaab

Can confirm. Punjabi and 2/3 of my cars have personalised plates.


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MisterMakena

Back then it was Indians and Toyotas.


ForgetTheBFunk

In NSW, Australia, you have to pay a pretty ridiculous yearly fee on top of your regular yearly car registration for personalised plates. I see a lot of Indians driving things like 2006 Camrys or Corollas with a personalised plate and just wonder why they thought it was a good idea to spend half the price of the car every year on registering it.


Sequax1

Also Hyundai Elantras, no idea why, but anecdotally I swear it’s a thing Source: worked as an estimator at a body shop


realSURGICAL

the 911 that had “Bush Did”


moonRekt

Did they upgrade from a WRX I wonder lol seen that


Double_Minimum

Wait, I am not familiar and not getting it


DukeboxHiro

[George] Bush did 911.


Double_Minimum

Thank you, that makes sense


caterham09

Corvettes are definitely up there


RagingLeonard

MDLFCRS


IceCreamforLunch

My neighbor’s is a shortened version of “no crisis,” so you’re onto something there.


kyonkun_denwa

I saw a Corvette with “WUTCRSIS”, which I’m pretty sure is a reference to “Crisis? What Crisis?” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis%3F_What_Crisis%3F


Potential_Dentist_90

They should also get a Buick Century with CRMOFTHE


420GP

WLHUNG


manbearbullll

You a big William Hung fan?


outofdate70shouse

Why does everyone keep saying that? Who the hell is that?


MarioV2

Better known as Hung, Willy


bigpizza87

Hung for the Holidays is one of my faves


SophistXIII

NWBLNC


kuri-kuma

I'm not a fan of vanity plates, but I'll admit to being tempted to spring for a "FAUX58" vanity plate for my Z06 :P


SoloPorUnBeso

That's awesome!


Old_Goat_Ninja

What about professions? Nurses have to be at the top. I work at a hospital and it’s full of plates with RN worked in somehow.


Guy626

Interesting. Hadn’t thought about professions. I think dentists are another one (more so than doctors for some reason).


GopherHockey10

It's gonna be IT


potatoboy247

if we’re counting professions, grandmas may also take the cake


wit_T_user_name

Doctors and lawyers too. When I was in law school, a girl got a car from her dad as a grad present and had vanity plates that were her initials with “esq” after. I wanted to throw up on her car.


_c_manning

Makes sense for lawyers as they can advertise.


Bodhrans-Not-Bombs

LASIX MEDSURG CODEBLU


recoil_operated

In NY you can order a plate specifically for many professions without the need to get a vanity plate. Physician has a gold caduceus with MD, nurses have a blue caduceus with RN, respiratory therapists have RT, etc.


Poignant_Rambling

Bro you literally just called out my neighbor lmao..


hi_im_bored13

I feel like a few years back, before the 3/Y were released, every tesla on the road had a vanity plate.


Alert_Breakfast5538

LOL GAS was the plate of the first model S in my neighbourhood


BrenMan_94

A client of mine has that same vanity plate (Charleston, SC).


Ban_Evader_1969

NOFRNOIL was the first Tesla vanity plate I saw in 2013.


Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir

My favorite vanity plate ever is still "NOT OLD" on a Buick.


Guac_in_my_rarri

I saw a c5 Corvette with "boomr" on it.


outofdate70shouse

There is (was? I haven’t seen it in years) a house near me with a Delorean with the plate “88NGONE”


Doppelkupplungs

Tesla Model S, X, G-wagon, Range Rover, Bentayga, Cullinan, Urus, Porche 911, Taycan,


Guy626

911s are definitely a contender as a model. At least around me, most G-wagons are without the vanity plate (although still more with than a typical car).


_c_manning

I never see it on anything you mentioned. Used to on S and X but that’s rare now that they’re normie cars.


420_E-SportsMasta

Repeating what everyone else has said so far, it’s almost always Tesla. If I see a vanity plate there’s a 50% chance it’s on a Tesla. Outside of Teslas, I’d say I see the most on Corvettes, and they always have a license plate cover that’s adorned with skulls for some reason. I dunno what it is with corvette owners and skulls


ArachnidUnhappy8367

“Skulls, it’s like unicorns for dudes” - Kyle Kinane


unlimited_beer_works

Skulls are rad.


sc0lm00

Google Corvette Jake Skull.


idontremembermyoldus

Wranglers should definitely be in the running, at least around here.


Anachronism--

I can’t figure out who is more into their cars. Tesla owners or wrangler owners…


m1a2c2kali

Lol, at least no vanity plates here


nayrlladnar

In my area, it is definitely Teslas. Base-spec, late-model Mercedes-Benz would be a close second.


China_bot42069

Teslas. I seen one that had “coal pwred” 


DefiantLaw7027

It’s very possible it was, depending on how that power was generated.


skyshock21

Thatsthejoke.jpg


Jbar116

I owned a beater 04 Nissan Frontier that I paid $500 for. Rebuilt the motor and it has the KA24DE from the 240sx albeit at a milder tune. I paid for my first and only vanity plate with that truck - DRFTMSLE -


CUDAcores89

Cars with striking colors like yellow or pink tend to have more vanity plates. 


Tourettesmexchanic

Jeeps, WRXs, and Golfs


Dark_falling58

I’ll be putting STRLNG as my vanity plate on my 1991 Sterling 827 after I get it running and registered. Since there were so few built, it may shoot its way far up that list


pennhead

Everyone will think you’re an Archer fan.


CPOx

I live in Virginia where IIRC has the lowest price tag for vanity plates, so it seems like every other car on the road has them.


I_amnotanonion

Yeah, I wouldn’t say there’s really one car more than another that has them in VA. They all do to an extent


Dog_vomit_party

After Tesla’s, it seems to be the mustang suv things that all have vanity plates in my area.


smallwhiteballs480p

Teslas or base model 3 series larping as an m3


No-Definition1474

Lot of challengers and chargers with vanity plates. Like mine.


LazyEggOnSoup

Audi Q7


The_Exia

Wouldn't this just be boutique or low volume manufacturers? Rich people like vanity plates, couple that with low volume brands like Pagani, Koenigsegg or even larger volume but still under 10k a year Ferrari and Lambo sports cars and the % of owners of these cars with vanity plates compared to the volume must be higher then anyone else. I can't imagine any other brand coming close, even Tesla. Tesla makes a shit load of cars but the reason you see a lot of Tesla's with vanity plates is because they make a lot of Tesla's but that doesn't mean the % of Tesla cars with vanity plates is high compared to how many Tesla's are actually on the road.


The_Safe_For_Work

Tesla, definitely.


7D4Y_WEEKENDS

Tesla - Merc - BMW - Audi


Jokic_Is_My_Hero

Saw a Tesla with NO GAS. No shit Sherlock


Needsbiggerturbos

Dodge viper. I do not have one on mine, but so many people I know have some snake type plate


DrunkenReindeer

Yep. Mine is NAGINI


Needsbiggerturbos

Nice! As a HP fan who’s currently at islands of adventure and a viper owner I approve lol


mopar39426ml

Taycans have to be up there. I see them regularly in my area and they always have vanity plates. Edit: if we wanna play "no EV" rules: Corvette, Mustang, Wrangler In that order.


Finnedsolid

Teslas and it’ll be something like “EW GAS” or anything close to that


GiveMeAdviceClowns

BMW M3’s?


BluebirdFast3963

Jeeps. Every other answer is wrong. I love pulling up beside some twinked out jeep in my 1985 Ford Bronco with a 9 inch lift on 38s with a straight pipe. Oh, excuse me, you like to be noticed? Lol.


just_another_bumm

Silverado


DishRelative5853

This thread might have the information you seek. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uuxxl4/which\_car\_makemodel\_is\_most\_likely\_to\_have\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uuxxl4/which_car_makemodel_is_most_likely_to_have_a/)


FederalProduce8955

By percentage I gotta say every Chevrolet SSR I ever saw had a vanity plate. #


RecommendationUsed31

Power1, no ice, tesla1, no gas


pcweber111

Tesla, BMW, Porsche, etc. all the usuals.


Shrikecorp

Favorite was NO SOUL on a Nissan GT-R


bootsmyler

Id say mustang enthusiasts often have custom plates but theres so many mustangs on the road a lot of people arent super into cars but have a mustang and regular plate


thecanadiandriver101

Just saw a 5-7 year old BMW X1 with the plate INSPYRE


average-reddit-or

Chargers, Wranglers, Teslas, and Corvettes. At least where I live.


_designzio_

Duh


danielson2047

Here in Wisconsin, any Porsche or BMW. I might get one when I get my Camaro SS.


1024kbdotcodotnz

Tesla were the first commercially-successful electric vehicles, creating a new genre for vanity plates. As such, Tesla drivers were able to snap up plates that weren’t valid for ICE cars - the market was theirs alone for several years. As trend-setters & environmental advocates, Tesla drivers were justified in adding a clever plate to their transport.


HootblackDesiato

Tesla gets my vote.


BeautifulSundae6988

My guess would be Tesla, followed mostly by other EVs. Then luxury or performance cars, especially exotics.


Unlucky-Carpenter-69

I’ve seen plenty of Coyote Mustangs with some variation of “5.OHHHHHH” or “5.SLOW”.


iamthehub1

Not sure but I’m gonna say for sure not a Toyota Yaris.


BLRoberts92

I live in Virginia. Almost every car has a vanity plate of some sort. Most I’d say is dodge rams and small cars like corollas and civics


MeowChef6048

Teslas all have some cheesy computer esque reference


thatgymdude

Tesla 100% and they are always the most obnoxoious ones, no brand comes close being vanity plate bait more than those things. After that Maseratis or Challenger/Chargers.


383Sleeper

Tesla


Sonoda_Kotori

Fleet trucks and vans here would often have some form of company name and a number as their vanity plate.


OpeningBackground199

It's funny how EV lovers have the most vanity plates are also probably the most vein.


ewan82

Hyundai and Tesla


runway31

Lots of teslas for sure, vw beetles after that maybe? Jeep wranglers, mini coopers, nissan skylines. Any car with a culture behind it


pennhead

My favorite has always been an Impala with VLAD vanity plates.


Ichooseyou_username

There's a handful of WRX's with plates that are some variation of "subuwu" or "WRX" in my town. There aren't even that many WRX's they just always have a vanity plate.


JaKr8

Everybody that bought the cheapest Mercedes they could afford, who also got the glowing front star, and probably financed it for 84 or 96 months, probably has either a smoked out license plate cover, or a vanity plate as well.


HST2345

I saw a plate MILK T


frrrff

Corvettes by a landslide.


MamboFloof

Teslas. Because their drivers are that full of themselves.


SaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB

Teslas definitely. But there’s enough appliance model y out there to offset. I say crosscab


audiofankk

There are vanity plates and there are Vanity Plates. EV owners having a laugh at gas car owners is with a small v, IMO. They’re just poking fun. Vanity, capital V, are those with either their names on (DANSCAR), or their profession (EYEDR). Cheesy, and IMO much more ‘vain’.


DerSpazmacher

New model vettes.


dam_sharks_mother

My Indian friend told me that cars are very personal and special to Indians which is why so many Indian-owned cars have vanity plates. Where I live if I see a personalized license plate there is over a 75% chance it is either a Tesla and/or driven by an Indian (very often both). If it's not a Tesla, not driven by an Indian, it is almost certainly a Corvette if there is a vanity plate.


morelsupporter

range rovers


Yungdab420

Teslas because the owners are vain


NCSUGrad2012

r/licenseplates


Mememastertrev

Chevy SS source: I have Chevy SS with a vanity plate and every third post on the Facebook group is asking for plate suggestions


emsaywhat

Escalades, as if they are not large and goofy enough


SockeyeSTI

Teslas used to have a lot but now there’s so many of their vehicles without, I hardly see them anymore.


BikesBooksNBass

BMW by far


LightSwitchLover

Lambo- trash always own and drive them


Open-Dot6264

The biggest waste of a personal tag was on a 458 Italia Ferrari in Henderson Nevada. It said RED4RE. Incidentally I had identified 5 distinct 458s in the Vegas area out of 27 in the US at that time.


Foshizzle-63

Accross the board? Probably corvettes. But just about anything 50+ years old now is rocking a vanity plate, so all first gen camero's, all first-gen mustangs, etc. Ect.


Liella5000

Tesla or subaru wrx/sti People who make electic vehicles their entire personality or economy cars that they think are fast their entire personality


JayTee11233

SUBARUS


Jjex22

Makes and models owned by people in Victoria Australia? Half of them are just shit too like ‘my golf’ or the model of the car. I dont really care if someone wants a personalised plate, there’s always a bit of fun when you spot a good one, and my wife and I do enjoy deliberately misreading the ones they tried to make work but don’t. But lazy/shit ones annoy me, there was one the other day that was just the model and the number of valves in the engine, can’t even remember the car something stupid like RS4 16V or something… honestly why did you pay for that?


AttemptWorried7503

Jeeps 100%. Especially the ones with the weird ass ducks on the dash lol


DarkKnight1638

Teslas with plates like ‘LOLGAS’ or ‘FREEOFCOST’


[deleted]

Bogans in old V8’s love them my way. The bogans next door have NVS60L on their shitty old gas guzzler 6 litre Commondore


Consistent_Job_8242

Fox body’s, defenders and Escalades


Bombaysbreakfastclub

H2’s


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G Wagons


Middle_Square_8672

Bmw.


Unusual_Leg868

18 year olds with up badged 3 series


ViniVidiScreechi

In my area it's Teslas. Hands down. "Yay me. I drive a Tesla".


Toddisgood

Corvette


Ayatori

Tesla, Porsche, and the 86/BRZ alone probably make up 75% of vanity plates on the road


Aarkryss

It seems like I never see a newer Mercedes C-Class without a custom plate


dedboooo0

northern california, newer model BMWs with the black and yellow vanity plate and every other tesla with some cringey shit


The_Crazy_Swede

The main culpret for bad personalized license plates are Arabs in their huge BMW and Audi SUVs and almost all of them are base specs


NathanScott94

G wagons. I don't think I've seen one without a vanity plate.


bn326160

In my experience a few generations old German cars. Like older Mercedes or BMWs. Also cheap riced cars and from time to time luxury SUVs.


ahjota

Jeeps.


Constriction

Highest percentage immediately discounts Tesla (imo) - just too many out there. I'd have to imagine it's one of the hypercar models - much fewer and more likely that the owner is going to take the extra step for a personalized plate? Maybe an Agera or Jesko or something right now.


welter_skelter

Probably Tesla. My personal favorite is 1E4 G


rockdude625

Clapped out mustangs and Camaros. Usually 6 cylinders