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    Vanity Plate - an oldie but a goody?

    So I have a vanity plate on the M Coupe now, but I'm thinking of moving that to the Roadster and applying for a new plate. I'm trying to avoid the "usual suspects" a bit. Some ideas:

    KERMET (M Coupe is Boston Green)
    TOO UGLY
    MINI VAN

    Others? Please avoid any variation of:
    shoe
    Coupe
    M
    Clown
    S52

    Limit is 7 characters. Looking for something tongue in cheek but not obnoxious or antagonistic to police (no U LOST) or any of that stuff. Thanks!
    1999 BMW M Coupe
    2002 BMW M Roadster

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    Vanity Plate - an oldie but a goody?

    Just ordered these two, one for the M and one for the Mclaren.


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    These are a couple I am thinking about in the spring. Any opinions?
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    Is the James Bond thing too corny?

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    Vanity plates are often a grope in the wrong direction, and/or too "cute" or
    esoteric. I tend to prefer literal as in mine:

    99MCOUP

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    Because the model name is nowhere else on the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by E.Hands View Post

    Because the model name is nowhere else on the car.
    I always remove badges and model information from my cars. The outback we just bought had tons of it all over the back hatch. The most common question is "Is it an M". My next vanity plate will be NICHT-M.
    Sorry OP as this does not apply to your issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paul4223 View Post
    Vanity plates are often a grope in the wrong direction, and/or too "cute" or
    esoteric. I tend to prefer literal as in mine:

    99MCOUP
    Kind of like this?

    28528058593_d1ccc0d672_o.jpg
    2002 M Roadster, Steel Gray Metailic, Gray Nappa Leather, Black Soft Top, Steel Gray Metailic Hard Top, TC Kline Double Adj Shocks with H&R Springs, Stromung Exhaust, SSR Type C Wheels. Looking for a new home.

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    YEP! Pretty much.

    Quote Originally Posted by khammack View Post
    Kind of like this?

    28528058593_d1ccc0d672_o.jpg
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    Perfect!
    Quote Originally Posted by E.Hands View Post

    Because the model name is nowhere else on the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by E.Hands View Post

    Because the model name is nowhere else on the car.
    Those tires; looks like a Pro-Street BMW! If we can pull it off, might be making a trip to Acadiana early April. Fingers crossed...

    My apology to the original poster, I have no imagination when it comes to vanity plates

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    Saw you parked out in the grass at Laguna Seca this year for the Historics... nice plate!
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    Mine:

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    Plate came from my old Scirroco, someone already beat me to ACHTUNG.
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    Quote Originally Posted by achtung98m View Post
    Plate came from my old Scirroco, someone already beat me to ACHTUNG.
    My Scirocco plate:
    TYPE 53

    Thanks for all the ideas, folks!
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    Mine's FO'SHUZL. Most people don't know 1. the derivation (fo'shizzle = "for sure" in urban slang), or 2. the SHU part, so it's pretty obscure, and a lot of work explaining it to folks. Kind of rolls off the tongue though.
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