• Jalopnik
  • spy-photos
  • jalopnik-reviews
  • Profile logout login

#plate

Jalopnik

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #offtopic,
  • #tips,
  • #spyphotos,
  • etc.

Detroit, 7:26 AM
Fri Dec 4
27 posts in the last 24 hours

Contact

Tip your editors:

Editor-in-Chief:
Ray Wert | | AIM

Road Test Editor:
Wes Siler |

Weekend Editor:
Murilee Martin |

Associate Editor - Houston:

Associate Editor - Detroit:

Editor-at-Large:

Contributors:

John Krewson |

Follow Jalopnik on:
Facebook
Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jalopnik RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1753 Subscribers
Jalopnik
  • posts about #plate more →

    "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras

    Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT

    $14.3M Vanity Plate Shatters Record, Makes Orphan Babies Cry

    Massachusetts Lawmakers Want to Simplify Plates, Add Symbols
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    the winning mod to this would be to hook up one of those sensors that you see on pro photographer strobes that let all the big strobes slave to the flash on the camera. when the device detects the flash of the speed camera, black out.

    of course, that would defeat the whole safety purpose of speed cameras, and that would be wrong, so just forget i said anything. #speedcameras
     Reply
    Clown Shoe Pilot was starred Clown Shoe Pilot was unstarred
    Image of AddysDaddy AddysDaddy
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    Wasn't there a story about a guy who wears a Monkey Mask while driving, and got out of 45 moving violations by saying it cant be proven that he was driving when the violations took place?

    Wouldn't that just be cheaper, and less illegal, than this? #speedcameras
     Reply
    FrankGrimes promoted this comment AddysDaddy was starred AddysDaddy was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/05/09

    @AddysDaddy: Not to mention more hilarious. #speedcameras
     Reply
    FrankGrimes was starred FrankGrimes was unstarred
    Image of RandomArt RandomArt
    11/05/09

    @AddysDaddy: the story's in the side bar of related stories. #speedcameras
     Reply
    bzr promoted this comment RandomArt was starred RandomArt was unstarred
    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    I'll take two. Since Wisconsin is one of a few States that requires front and rear plates. #speedcameras
     Reply
    lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras

    There is a cheaper way. #speedcameras
     Reply
    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment oddfish was starred oddfish was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/05/09

    @oddfish: But that might only work in Japan. #speedcameras
     Reply
    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was starred FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was unstarred
    Image of jedimario jedimario
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    You used "obfuscate" in a post. Awesome. #speedcameras
     Reply
    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment jedimario was starred jedimario was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/05/09

    @jedimario: I listen to "Car Talk" religiously, what can I say? #speedcameras
     Reply
    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    Not particularly useful for those looking to block cops from looking up their license plate or blocking traffic cameras. Needs to be automatic. #speedcameras
     Reply
    P161911 probably shoudn't have promoted this comment maximum-sienna was starred maximum-sienna was unstarred
    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    Same technology from my peril sensitive sunglasses. #speedcameras
     Reply
    JCWhitless promoted this comment Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was starred Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/05/09

    @Tiberiuswise: Hoopy #speedcameras
     Reply
    JC Whitless was starred JC Whitless was unstarred
    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    To bad it just blacks it out. How much for one that makes it look like a totally different plate? Or better yet, replaces it with the Laughing Man logo? #speedcameras
     Reply
    Skunky was starred Skunky was unstarred
    Image of tempesjo tempesjo
    11/05/09


    @Skunky: Can you pick which plate you want to replace yours with? I pick this one. #speedcameras
     Reply
    tempesjo was starred tempesjo was unstarred
    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    @tempesjo: Y'know, that button is AWFULLY close to the "Eject R" button. I think my girlfriend would really hate it if I hit the wrong key. #speedcameras
     Reply
    Skunky was starred Skunky was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/05/09

    @Skunky: Ha! H-click. #speedcameras
     Reply
    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was starred FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was unstarred
    Image of KeyserSoze KeyserSoze
    11/05/09

    @Skunky: the blood analyzer would have been pretty handy before this...

    (Michael Knight) Kitt, get me a frckn hmbrrgeg...

    (gay KITT voice) Oh, Michael , that's not a good idea, please use the blood analyzer button, BE CAREFUL, NOT THE EJEC....... Oh shit... #speedcameras
     Reply
    Skunky promoted this comment KeyserSoze was starred KeyserSoze was unstarred
    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/05/09

    @KeyserSoze: Just once I would love to hear KITT say "Oh shit." #speedcameras
     Reply
    Skunky was starred Skunky was unstarred
    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    11/05/09

    In reply to "TricPlate": Definitely Not For Defeating Speed Cameras
    I need it.

    For my show car, of course.

    Thank you Jalopnik. #speedcameras
     Reply
    leavethegun-takethecannoli was starred leavethegun-takethecannoli was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    I believe the license plate caught in this photo to be serendipitous, the initial prompt for camera phone photography was the M3 turn signal, previously thought not to exist and even now extremely rare in the wild.
     Reply
    TimTim was starred TimTim was unstarred
    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    Seriously, some of you guys don't get the stutter?

    M M M. Three Ms. M3. This is a horribly overused trope in personalized BMW plates. I have this awful feeling that this guy had a hearty chuckle when he thought of this, and that it probably still makes him think how clever he is every time he walks out to the car.

    As bad as that is, it isn't as bad the plates that simply list the year and model of the car (which is acceptable if you are driving, say, a 48 Tucker or some other piece of auto obscura, but not if you are drive a "93 Probe.")

    Having been as judgmental as I can be, I'm now going to admit that I don't know how to feel about the plates that just list the engine or model designation (like, e.g., SR20DE or, in this case, S54B32, or E46 M3C). They have the advantage of skimming over the heads of the non-cognoscenti, and have lots of nerd cred...but are they too cute/too easy?
     Reply
    Ash78 promoted this comment Edited by FormerlyPreferredCustomer at 08/25/09 1:26 PM FormerlyPreferredCustomer was starred FormerlyPreferredCustomer was unstarred
    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    08/25/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: I'm generally anti-vanity plate, but I do like non-state-issued vanity plates (eg Euro/Asian plates).

    The front of my car is a real German EU plate (non-registered) that says "VITAMNB5" as a nod to the chassis model. Kind of cheesy, yes, but it does a great job covering the existing holes and providing better visibility to other drivers (reflective and contrasting against the dark green car).
     Reply
    Ash78, cube farmer was starred Ash78, cube farmer was unstarred
    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    08/25/09

    @Ash78: I always wanted to get one for our Mk IV GTI 1.8T that said "PIECHY," but I figured that other than me there were about 4 people in the world that would get it. And those people would think I was the world's biggest dork. And they would have been right.

    But I still wanted to get it.
     Reply
    FormerlyPreferredCustomer was starred FormerlyPreferredCustomer was unstarred
    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/25/09

    @Ash78: Likewise, I got a similar plate reading "CORRADO" for Christmas from my ex-girlfriend's mother. It was the second present I received, and ran outside in my pyjamas to put it on the car.
     Reply
    TimTim promoted this comment Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    08/25/09

    @Deartháir II The Return: You lucky folk who can do whatever you please on the front end of your cars... Oregon is a two plate state and the five oh can be real sticklers about it. So we're stuck trying to find room for disproportionate North American plates on front bumpers designed for no plates at all. They don't care for the front plate in the windshield either, not that it looks good to begin with.

    I don't care for the painfully obvious vanity plates either... I didn't need you to tell me it was a GT STNG, you've got emblems that say Mustang GT that's how I figured the whole thing out.
     Reply
    TimTim was starred TimTim was unstarred
    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    08/25/09

    @TimTim: i know what you mean with the two plate state thing... wouldn't believe how many times i got pulled over driving an IN car in NE they're sticklers (in the small towns especially) for it too....
     Reply
    günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was starred günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08/26/09

    @TimTim: ***They don't care for the front plate in the windshield either, not that it looks good to begin with.***

    That, plus it'll fly back & slice yours or your passenger's head off when you accellerate rapidly from a dead start.

    Oh, come ON!!!! Don't tell me you've never had THAT happen before! :)
     Reply
    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 08/26/09 10:35 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08/26/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer:

    ***MMM. Three Ms. M3. This is a horribly overused trope in personalized BMW plates.***

    OK, then let's suggest some other options to this guy along this same theme:

    MMMORON
    MMMANIAC
    IMMMODEST
    MMMADCOW
    DUMMMASS
    MMMANHO
    MMMILF (for his wife)

    Or, probably the most apt for someone like this person, but I don't think it would fit, in any state...
    MMMISANTHROPE.
     Reply
    HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    These types are always fun to get in front of on a curvy road, and then drive real slow.
     Reply
    Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of cabjf cabjf
    08/25/09

    @Flathead Smith: It's funny how they don't realize that if they weren't such jerks, people wouldn't get in their way on purpose so often.
     Reply
    Flathead Smith promoted this comment cabjf was starred cabjf was unstarred
    Image of nick2ny nick2ny
    08/25/09

    @Flathead Smith: How come?
     Reply
    Flathead Smith promoted this comment nick2ny was starred nick2ny was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/25/09

    @nick2ny: When I was a teenager a friend and I had a summer job one year working for a contractor at a resort in the mountains. He would let us take his truck to get supplies which required a trip down the mountain. When coming back up we always had great fun getting in front of some out-of-towner, who were usually driving a Cadillac or a Mercedes, and drive at the slowest speed possible, but at a high enough speed that made it unsafe to pass. In the straights we would floor it, and once in the curves we would slow down and do the same routine again and repeat all the way up the mountain. We would point out the window like we were sight seeing and just yuck it up. The roads were very curvy and treacherous and most the visitors were not very used to driving in that environment. Looking back it probably wasn’t the brightest thing we did, and could have led to an accident, but we thought it was great entertainment.
     Reply
    Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of gravit8...drives with the lights on gravit8...drives with the lights on
    08/25/09

    @Flathead Smith: blood boils thinking about it.

    ex-PJ/PH/Dominhoes delivery driver (full-time, no less). Have lost vast sums of money due to jack-assery like above. Would you want someone holding up your dinner? Well, would you?
     Reply
    Flathead Smith promoted this comment gravit8...drives with the lights on was starred gravit8...drives with the lights on was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/25/09

    @gravit8: You're both right.

    If someone's being a flagrant jackass, there's nothing wrong with returning the favour. If they're just speeding slightly and leaving sufficient distance between their vehicle and others, leave 'em be. Dickery is only appropriate as a response to dickery.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of veronykah veronykah
    08/25/09

    @FP - Activity resumes!: I have never understood the "drive slow in front of someone driving fast" line of thinking.
    Me, yes I LOVE to drive fast and appreciate the hell out of anyone who has the courtesy to move if they are driving slower. In turn, I do the same if someone is behind me.
    Why be a dick? Why would you WANT someone pissed off behind you? Whether or not the accident is your fault or theirs, you could still get in an accident and ruin your day and your car.
    Let em go, if they really are that much of jackass it WILL eventually catch up to them.
     Reply
    veronykah was starred veronykah was unstarred
    Image of Iron-Balls Minardi Iron-Balls Minardi
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    TI 3VOM
     Reply
    jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware promoted this comment Iron-Balls Minardi was starred Iron-Balls Minardi was unstarred
    Image of James Marino James Marino
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    was this picture taken in woburn?
     Reply
    Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys promoted this comment James Marino was starred James Marino was unstarred
    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    08/25/09

    @James Marino: That is what I was thinking. Those signs look like 93 and 95.
    No street view, so it is hard to tell:
    [maps.google.com]
     Reply
    Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of James Marino James Marino
    08/25/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: dude i think it's that nice exit that is just north of the 95 exit. check out the target sign on the left
     Reply
    James Marino was starred James Marino was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    08/25/09

    In reply to Polite BMW Driver Asks Others To MMMOVIT
    Maybe he wants everyone with a rear view mirror to know his M3 skips commericals:
    TIVO MMM
     Reply
    TimTim was starred TimTim was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jalopnik account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.