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Jan. 30, 2017
Can you decipher personalized license plates?

Have you noticed the growth of “vanity” license plates over the past several years? It seems more and more people are using their vehicle license plates to express humor, individuality, creativity and self-expression.

My Plates is a company that designs and markets new specialty license plates as a vendor for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. It recently announced its Texas’ best, most classic and funniest personalized license plates for 2016.

There was a starting list of more than 30,000 different personalized plates that were narrowed down to My Plates’ top 27 plate messages across nine categories.

Best Texas/USA Pride Plates

TEX BORN

I@MURICA (I love America) 

TXN BLUD

Best College Plates

EYZOF TX (Eyes of Texas on burnt Orange plate)

ATX AGIE

LSU@MAMA (on a Purple plate)

Best Plate Speak Plates

YULQQKN (You looking)

URNZVAY (You are in the way)

L8R G8OR (Later Gator)

Best Romantic Plates

2 WIFEY

MRS@MR (Missus loves Mister)

LV@UMORE (Love you more)

Cutest Plates

MEEEOW

WUF WUF

ANMAL@VR (Animal Lover)

Funniest Plates

EVL TWIN

GOAL DGR

GOT BAIL

Best Movie Themed Plates

CHWBACA (Chewbacca – Star Wars theme)

DEADPUL (Deadpool)

CPTMRCA (Captain America)

Best Sports Related Plates

DA CWBYS

GO CUBBZ

HUT HUT

Best Auto Related Plates

PORSHAH

YBUYGAS (on an electric car)

LIKE NEW

Read any good plates lately? How about passing them along and I’ll share them in another blog. E-mail me at [email protected]

About the Author

David A. Kolman | Contributor - Fleet Maintenance

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