Vanity Plates?

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:07 pm

Hi everyone...I've been lurking for a little while, but now I have a question so here goes.

I'm in Providence, RI and just upgraded my (beloved) Honda Met to a Saint Tropez Buddy. Wow, what a difference! Happily I sold my Met to my neighbor a few doors down so I'll still get to ride occasionally.

I'm off to the DMV today and I'm thinking about a vanity license plate. "Buddy" is available, but it's kind of lame, and also the name of our former mayor who was convicted of several felonies while in office.

Rhode Island allows 5 characters, letters only (no numbers -- otherwise I would get "90MPG" in a second).

Any ideas you like to offer are most appreciated!

MFrost · Post by **MFrost** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:27 pm

How about something like: 100 mpg

Mike

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:33 pm

All the ones I thought of are 6 letters...

Being able to use numbers would be a lot easier! I'll let you know if I come up with anything...

chadc · Post by **chadc** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:34 pm

5 characters make it tough and no numbers makes it even harder.

H8GAS maybe?

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:35 pm

how about "SWEET".

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:40 pm

madtolive wrote:how about "SWEET".

yes. it is true. there is no denying...

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:42 pm

how about " OLBLU" (ole' blue)or "HNDRD" (hundred).....man 5 letters and no numbers it tuff.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:43 pm

maybe "RIBUD"? (Rhode Island), but then again if you just read it straight through it doesn't sound so great...

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:45 pm

do your family or friends have any nicknames for you that you can use?

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:47 pm

brimstone wrote:how about " OLBLU".....man 5 letters and no numbers it tuff.

Yeah, I know it's tough without numbers. I was playing around with BLU (I liked BLUBUG but too many letters). The online form isn't allowing numbers, but I'm reading the regs and it doesn't say anything about numbers. I'll see what they say when I go.

SWEET is taken, unfortunately.

Now I'm thinking SBAHN, which is the subway in Berlin and a take on my name.

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Tue May 13, 2008 5:59 pm

yeah, i'd call the DMV and see if they allow numbers...that'd be so much easier. i like blubug or blubtl but still....6 long.

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:06 pm

funyn

Post by **ericalm** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:34 pm

SCOOT

Because "it's not a moped!" is too long.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:37 pm

MOMPG (more MPG)
GOMPG
SCOOT (did you check that?)
MYMPG
YOMPG (Yo, check out my MPG)
YAMPG (Ya! - I get good MPG)
NOSUV (my favorite)
MPGME

weaseltamer · Post by **weaseltamer** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:02 pm

sBahn is cool.

kazoo · Post by **kazoo** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:19 pm

RdBud

jmazza · Post by **jmazza** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:43 pm

YrMom

As in "my other ride is..."

ryder1 · Post by **ryder1** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:37 am

Are you sure RI doesn't allow letters and numbers?

http://www.dmv.org/ri-rhode-island/lice ... e-faqs.php
Can I get vanity plates for my motorcycle?

Yes. You can have a combination of five letters and numbers. Fees vary depending on what plate design you choose. Here's a breakdown of the costs:

Wave design: $37.50 + $27.50 vanity fee.
Sailboat design: $51.50 + $27.50 vanity fee.

For more information, visit our license plate resource page.

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heavypetting · Post by **heavypetting** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:50 am

www.cafepress.com/mpgstickers

Get the MPG sticker, get something else for your vanity plate.

Kurzer · Post by **Kurzer** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:21 am

jmazza wrote:YrMom

As in "my other ride is..."

addictionriot · Post by **addictionriot** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:10 am

That's so wrong.. I love it

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:39 pm

Thanks everybody for your great ideas.

I wound up getting sbahn (as in Schnell Bahn!)...TARDIS was too long. When it arrives, I'll take a pic of me on my scoot.

RI is completely messed up with its license plates. People hand them down in their family and the lower the number you have, the cooler you are because you've lived here forever. RI-ders also put renewal stickers all over the plate because we want to show how long we've lived here. I was once behind a van with 12 registration stickers scattered over the face of plate. No idea if any of them was current.

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:15 pm

Here you can use numbers and letters but are limited to 4 characters. When you apply for the vanity plate, you have to submit 4 choices for what you want.

Rhodyterri · Post by **Rhodyterri** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:21 am

Siobhan -

I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that you are not a native Rhode Islander? I will say however that you have excellent taste is scooters! Which plates did you get, the wave or the sailboat?

I lucked out when I went to register my Buddy and got a plate that had the number of my first PIN number when ATM's first started being installed at the banks.

Maybe I'll see you around on your scooter? Do you leave Providence on it? Or maybe I'll run into you at JAVASPEED!

Peace -

Modern Buddy

Vanity Plates?

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