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North Carolina DMV Discovers Internet, Is Not Amused
Acronyms and turns-of-phrase penned for expediency on the World Wide Web are so commonplace now they're practically real words on their own. With usage so ubiquitous, it's hard to believe it took until now for the North Carolina DMV to be alerted to the fact the acronym "WTF" actually meant something — and that something is plastered across up to 10,000 automobiles in the tar heel state. More »
racing news
Lewis Hamilton Buys "LEW 1S" License Plate For $392,000
Doing his best impersonation of a UAE oil sheik, Mercedes-Benz F1 racer Lewis Hamilton has picked up the very vain "LEW 1S" vanity plate for a smooth £200,000, or about $392,000. This, of course, leads us to believe Hamilton is 11 years old and still likes to write his name on desks, in bathroom stalls, and onto tree trunks. Then again, we don't drive F1 cars for a living and get paid $27.8 million a year to do it, so what do we know? Considering Hamilton is living every 11-year-old boy's dream anyway, why not buy ridiculous things with your piles of loot? More importantly, what car is it going on? More »
novelties
Map Of USA Made of States' License Plates
Here's some art which brings up a "why haven't I seen that before" thought. License plates, cut into the shapes of each state, arranged into the shape of the United States. Neat. Is it cool enough to fork over prices starting at $1,895, depends on if you've got spare scratch laying around. Of course if you've got a set of fifty plates, a template of the US (a map comes to mind) and a plasma cutter laying around, you can make your own for probably a lot less. Still a clever idea we wouldn't mind having on the wall of our garage. [License Plate Art]
offbeat news
Delaware License Plate Goes for $675K, All Of Middle East Giggles
Oh, how they must be laughing at us in the United Arab Emirates, where high-rollers bid in the multi-millions for low-digit license plates. Our big counter-news from the land of liberty is that a collector from Delaware just coughed up a measly $675,000 at auction for that state's plate number "6." More »
novelties
Ten Page Gallery of Internet-Themed Vanity Plates
We can't tell which is more sad, the ten pages of vanity plates all referencing some form of geekdom and Internet speak; or the fact that we could interpret almost all of them right away. For reasons unknowable, the Internet License Plate Gallery offers a compendium of the what the world's nerds consider appropriate for their tags and worth the additional cost or registration. If you fall into this variety of the w3bz0r35 133t, you can submit your very own version of automotive-brand girl repellent for all the world to enjoy. Some of our favorites are... More »
news
"GET OSAMA" Man Wants 9/11 Vanity Plates
The guy from NY that wanted the "GET OSAMA" vanity plates to go along with his American Flag Aerostar minivan has decided to push for a 9/11 vanity plate for New York (surprisingly, one of the states not to have one). The main hold up exists in the fact that the previous governor, Pataki, stopped all vanity license plates in 2006 after the threat of lawsuits over pro-life messages. More »
news
In God We Trust, In Indiana We Sue
Indiana has all sorts of specialty license plates available at extra cost; you can show you're against stuff (breast cancer, child abuse) or for stuff (the environment). But there's one specialty plate you can get at no extra cost: the one with a snazzy IN GOD WE TRUST logo on it, for which even the normal $15 specialty-plate administrative fee is waived. Whoa, hold on a second there, says construction worker Mark Studler and the Indiana ACLU, who filed suit on the issue last week. Seems there's this pesky separation-of-church-and-state thing in some dusty old piece of paper somewhere in DC, and maybe it even applies to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. More »
novelties
Enter Sandman: The Metallica License Plate Rules!
The LA area spawned the metallic metal band, so we guess it makes sense you'd find this here. Also yes, we'd have to agree — it's probably the most metal license plate we've yet to see out of LA, or any other area for that matter. At least until someone comes up with a MegadetH one. It's just too bad it's on a Passat. Somehow I think when Hetfield was going on about heading off to never-neverland, I don't think he was hoping for it to happen in a VW. More »
news
Call The Feds, We've Got An Older-Model Lincoln: Traffic Stop In Detroit Nets FBI Attention
Normally when a traffic stop in Detroit merits federal involvement, its the Justice Department getting on the City of Detroit 5-0 over potential indiscretions or some kind of attempt at a claim of mis- management. But hey, maybe the City's cleaned up its act after the Super Bowl and All Star Game turned the worlds eye with a laser-like focus on the City — because today, the FBI's getting involved because the Detroit City Police have actually done something positive for a change, pulling over a older-model Lincoln at 3 AM today after he ran a red light on Woodward Avenue south of West Chicago Blvd. Spokespo-po James "no relation to Terry" Tate confirmed the Detroit police had contacted the FBI for assistance after the motorist was found carrying maps and five out-of-state license plates and driver's licenses in his vehicle. Of course, he could have just been a collector of license plates and been carrying ID's for his buddies at the bar — but whatever — Detroit Police, 1. Terrorists, 0. More »
news
Nader? I Don't Even Know Her!: Corvair-Loving Iowan Must Give up "F Nader"
Our tabloid-y bretheren at Sploid bring us the story of a Corvair-loving Iowan who's been muzzled by the man. It seems the "F Nader" plate on one of his beloved whippities has tapped a wellspring of righteous indignation in one of his fellow motorists, who wonders how to explain the plate to his kids (their apparently having learned the alphabet from the little-known TV spinoff "Sesa-f***-me Street"). The motorist ratted out the guy's secret f-bomb to the Iowa Department of Transportation, which is taking back the plate sporting the man's personal message to the author of "Unsafe at Any Speed." Sounds like a job for the ACLU. More »
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I'm Tellin' All Y'All, It's Sabotage: Brit Footballers Suffer Plate Vandalism
Players for the UK's Motherwell football team have been suffering the ignominy of having their plates swapped while they play their matches, with one player becoming what we infer to be a "shitter" while another ended up as a "b**bag," an epithet we can't quite figure out. Figure there's a vowel in there, which narrows it down to a, e, i, o, u or sometimes y, and then you've got 20.5 consonants to choose from. Any across-the-pond readers wanna help us out with this one? More »
novelties
What Would Jalopnik Do?
We had some really funny and some really not-so-funny responses to our question, "What Would Jalopnik Readers Create On A Plate?" Sifting through the e-mailed responses has made us giggle more than once. In fact, it's been so enjoyable, we are thinking of printing cute little wrist bracelets. I can see it now...little kiddies on the playground asking their schoolmates "What does W.W.J.R.C.O.A.P mean?" Then instead of forking it over, we'd watch the little tike beat the crap out of them in response. Here are the responses we've received so far: More »
novelties
Go Ahead And Plate It Your Way
Acme Labs, the purveyors of fine freeware on the interwebs since 1991, has a neat little license plate graphic generator online. What's different about this fun little time-suck is that it allows you to choose not only the State, but also the year. That means that you can finally get a picture of that 1991 Ohio license plate that tells the whole world how you think "BUCKEYE" should really be spelled. Or you can use any old state and any old buggery joke. Actually, that's brilliant. Send in a license plate graphic you make off using the app (you have to attach the actual *.jpg for the plate, and not a link to the site) and the best and funniest will be posted here tomorrow. Send your name, your site if you have one, and attached graphic to tips@jalopnik.com More »
novelties
I'll Trade You My "Jumpy" "Mickey Mouse" For Your "Navel"-less 1910 Michigan
Everyone knows cars are collectible. In fact, they are second to none, despite our love of all things you can categorize, number and store...baseball cards, barbie dolls, comic books...lingerie. I even had a really sweet signed 1968 Topps Don Wert card (not that it was THAT difficult). But who knew that license plates could be springing up a collectible industry all its own? More »
Dueling Digicam Dualities: Spay or Neuter Your Mercedes?
Somehow we're betting that this person...
...Doesn't live in this house.
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Let That Be a Lesson: Revenge [Internal]
Somehow we're betting that this person...
...Doesn't live in this house.
Related:Let That Be a Lesson: Revenge [Internal]
