personalised licence plates - who has them and why?

[naimitsu]

My car plate is made up of numbers... in japan numbers can be read many ways, and this is how they make personal plates.
Mine reads: Sa Mu Oh
Read: SamO
My name

Huh? I knew that about Hebrew, but not Japanese.
How does that work?

[Sammyo]

My car plate is made up of numbers... in japan numbers can be read many ways, and this is how they make personal plates.
Mine reads: Sa Mu Oh
Read: SamO
My name

Huh? I knew that about Hebrew, but not Japanese.
How does that work?

It's hard to explain, like all Japanese there are too many rules to follow... But each number can normally be read three ways for different purposes. But the Japanese also "modify" or "shorten" sounds for ease of reading.

For example, the number 9 can be read kyu, ku, kokonotsu; 8 can be read hachi, ya, you, ha; etc...

So mine is 360,
3 = san, mi, sa
6 = roku, mu, ro
0 = lei, zero, or for mine, it's read as the letter sound "O"

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[Scrawler]

Kinda obvious?



John

This is the best one

[pengeezer]

Kinda obvious?



John

This is the best one

Thanks.....couldn't fit "Stylophistic Fogey" on the license plate......



John

[Liquid360]

I bought my dream car which meant spending my savings.... hence the plate. Sometimes people buy a Porsche because they’re rich while others are poor because they bought a Porsche and my name is Nate or N8

Funny side note. I wanted POORN8, but it has PORN in it and they wouldn’t let me ☹️


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[SIR]

Sometimes people buy a Porsche because they’re rich while others are poor because they bought a Porsche

Sounds a lot like owning a horse...

Looks good; what products you use to keep it clean?

[Liquid360]

Sometimes people buy a Porsche because they’re rich while others are poor because they bought a Porsche

Sounds a lot like owning a horse...

Looks good; what products you use to keep it clean?

Thanks! Nothing special, grocery store auto wash soap.
The horse analogy sounds apt lol

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[SIR]

Nothing special, grocery store auto wash soap.

Blimey!

Try this - http://www.nipponshine.com/shop/body-sealant/879/

for long lasting extra gloss protection with minimal effort.

[Liquid360]

Nothing special, grocery store auto wash soap.

Blimey!

Try this - http://www.nipponshine.com/shop/body-sealant/879/

for long lasting extra gloss protection with minimal effort.

Are you saying my car looks dirty? ☹️ I thought I did a pretty good job. I do have it professionally waxed, but I like washing it.


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[SIR]

Are you saying my car looks dirty?

Not at all!!!

I was just amazed at how good it looked for having only had 'ordinary' car soap!!

I do have it professionally waxed

That is how it looks .

[Liquid360]

Thank you! I meant that lightheartedly. No offense was taken. I find having waxed professionally once a year allows for simple/basic regular cleaning without the need for anything special. The guy who waxed it, and I kid you not, spent 7 hours on it. I felt bad for what he charged. He worked his tail off and it looked amazing, like a sea of liquid black. Black cars are just stunning when clean, my favorite color, but dang they show dirt well!!

Not at all!!!

I was just amazed at how good it looked for having only had 'ordinary' car soap!!

I do have it professionally waxed

That is how it looks .

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[SIR]

The guy who waxed it, and I kid you not, spent 7 hours on it.

Quite believable, though your's is quite a smallish car, the paintwork needs to be cleaned, refined, and then coated.

Black cars are just stunning when clean ... but dang they show dirt well!!

Don't I know it!

[SIR]

Just applied some left over CQuartzUK to a Lamy Joy...

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread...ting-on-a-pen-!

[Scooby921]

My car plate is made up of numbers... in japan numbers can be read many ways, and this is how they make personal plates.
Mine reads: Sa Mu Oh
Read: SamO
My name

Huh? I knew that about Hebrew, but not Japanese.
How does that work?

It's hard to explain, like all Japanese there are too many rules to follow... But each number can normally be read three ways for different purposes. But the Japanese also "modify" or "shorten" sounds for ease of reading.

For example, the number 9 can be read kyu, ku, kokonotsu; 8 can be read hachi, ya, you, ha; etc...

So mine is 360,
3 = san, mi, sa
6 = roku, mu, ro
0 = lei, zero, or for mine, it's read as the letter sound "O"

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This is awesome!

I bought my dream car which meant spending my savings.... hence the plate. Sometimes people buy a Porsche because they’re rich while others are poor because they bought a Porsche and my name is Nate or N8

Funny side note. I wanted POORN8, but it has PORN in it and they wouldn’t let me ☹️


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Ah, another Cayman owner!

Here's mine. I don't have a personalized plate just yet, but I have been thinking "DINK" is appropriate...Dual Income No Kids.



I've had a few other personalized plates in the past. I had "STX WRX" on a Subaru which I autocrossed in the SCCA's "STX" class, and the car was obviously an Impreza WRX. After that I owned a Miata and put "MIOTTER" on it as a plate. On my daily driven vehicle for the last several years I've had the plate "SCBY921". I've been using the same login/screen name on any and every forum for over a decade. It started on a Subaru specific automotive forum, and we had a rather large contingent of local owners, so I put the login name on a plate so others would know who the car belonged to. This plate has been on three different vehicles now, and will probably go onto a fourth next spring.



And because we're getting nerdy about cars, here is naimitsu's pumpkin, which she coincidentally took delivery of as the leaves were falling off the trees.

[SIR]

We can't import any cars for road use until they are 25 years old. Mainly because back in the 80s, people figured out it was cheaper to import expensive German cars directly from Germany instead of buying the ones built specifically for the US market with the excessive dealer markup. They threw a big fit and lawmakers passed the stupid 25 year rule.

Coincidentally, Pelikan are apparently reducing the price of their pens in the US market .
http://www.peneconomics.com/blog/201...elikan-pricing

And because we're getting nerdy about cars, here is naimitsu's pumpkin, which she coincidentally took delivery of as the leaves were falling off the trees.

Nice car and nice background; I love early autumn.

[Scooby921]

Nice car and nice background; I love early autumn.

I love autumn as well, though it very quickly becomes an annoyance. We're nearly surrounded by oak trees. I spend several hours on multiple weekends cleaning up all the leaves and acorns that fall.

[Liquid360]

A couple of my previous plates...


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[urushi4u]

I had one when I was younger. Now I just think they're pretentious and immature.

[SIR]

I had one when I was younger. Now I just think they're pretentious and immature.

Blame clothes!

[Liquid360]

I had one when I was younger. Now I just think they're pretentious and immature.

Oh come on... it’s just fun. If fun is immature, I feel sad for you. Loosen up.


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