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Grex > Agora46 > #18: license plate observatoins and comments | |
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gull
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response 183 of 261:
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Aug 12 20:10 UTC 2003 |
Re #146: I always thought 2 Kings 9:20 would be good, but there's no way
to fit that on a plate. Maybe a bumper sticker? ;>
Re #173, 179: I think sometimes they're just meant to separate the
airflow to eliminate lift, too. An example would be the little spoiler
tab they added to the trunks of Audi TT's after they started having
spin-out wrecks on the Autobahn. The car is basically airfoil shaped
and was generating enough lift at high speeds to break traction. The
New Beetle Turbo's spoiler is probably of this type. People who souped
up old Beetles found the rear end would start to come unstuck above 90
mph or so, I've heard, so it doesn't suprise me that the New Beetle
needed some airflow tuning.
Re #176: "2QUAHOG" Maybe a Family Guy reference? It was set in Quahog,
Rhode Island.
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russ
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response 184 of 261:
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Aug 13 02:13 UTC 2003 |
Various, all Michigan AFAICR:
FORBINS (on an old VW bus)
BLUSTO
MUNEDOG
KASH (seen right next to the above)
Z9M9Z (can't figure that one out)
Re spoilers, the Mitsubishi 3000GT had a retractable spoiler
which popped up at speeds over something like 40 MPH, if you
selected that setting (it was controllable by dashboard switch).
I've seen some econo-GT cars with serious-looking spoiler wings
set way up high on struts over the trunk lid. Those would appear
to be at ieast potentially effective, if the speed got high enough.
Holding down the back end would improve traction there and help
keep the car going in a straight line, which is probably a good
idea at the speeds you'd have to go for the spoiler to work well.
Most of the time I bet they just slash a few MPG off the highway
mileage.
The little molded plastic pieces on trunk lids are just jokes.
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gelinas
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response 185 of 261:
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Aug 13 02:20 UTC 2003 |
The last above is a palindrome, but I can't pronounce it.
I saw LITE FT this evening.
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dcat
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response 186 of 261:
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Aug 13 19:18 UTC 2003 |
KUANG
JLKMNS
both MI
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gelinas
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response 187 of 261:
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Aug 13 19:23 UTC 2003 |
Michigan Bridge plate: VA GIRL
I also saw U MICH, but I didn't see who issued it.
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tpryan
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response 188 of 261:
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Aug 14 17:44 UTC 2003 |
LUVUGOD on a PT Cruiser
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ea
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response 189 of 261:
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Aug 16 14:55 UTC 2003 |
Ontario plates
D GEESE
BURP
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polytarp
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response 190 of 261:
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Aug 16 15:47 UTC 2003 |
I'm in Ontario.
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bruin
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response 191 of 261:
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Aug 16 20:33 UTC 2003 |
BTW, just got word that Ohio, our neighbor to the south, is phasing in the
new license plate technology where the registration number is laser printed
onto a flat surface. This should only affect new personalized plates and
special issues for the time being, and only for new registrations.
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albaugh
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response 192 of 261:
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Aug 16 22:18 UTC 2003 |
Ohio plate: P8RIOT 1
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gull
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response 193 of 261:
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Aug 17 00:46 UTC 2003 |
I've seen plates from other states like that, I think. The most
noticable thing about them is that the letters aren't raised, like a
stamped plate.
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russ
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response 194 of 261:
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Aug 17 04:58 UTC 2003 |
Two more I forgot:
CMUJD (I knew they were juvenile deliquents in Mount Pleasant)
NOW IR1
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goose
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response 195 of 261:
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Aug 17 13:39 UTC 2003 |
I'm living proof Russ.....;-)
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remmers
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response 196 of 261:
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Aug 18 16:36 UTC 2003 |
Michigan plate: RDBARON (on a Chrysler Le Baron)
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albaugh
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response 197 of 261:
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Aug 18 18:58 UTC 2003 |
Illinois plates seen on westbound Ohio turnpike:
ESYNC
SAM JAKE
Bicentennial Ohio plate seen in MI: L BEAN
The licence plate frame had a purple neon light that slowly "filled in" from
the top around, and then shut off and repeated.
College football commercial on ESPN shows Michigan fan putting MICHIGAN #1
bumper sticker on back of car of nieghbor the Ohio State fan.
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bruin
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response 198 of 261:
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Aug 19 01:00 UTC 2003 |
r
Michigan "Block M" plate AXIMA on a Nissan Maxima.
Michigan "Bridge" plate LAMUJER
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gelinas
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response 199 of 261:
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Aug 19 03:52 UTC 2003 |
We saw the Michigan plate SAMHAIN today.
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gelinas
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response 200 of 261:
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Aug 19 06:44 UTC 2003 |
We also saw the Michigan plate GASNJOE today (well, yesterday, now).
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albaugh
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response 201 of 261:
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Aug 19 21:56 UTC 2003 |
Plate on station wagon with big "Aussie in the Kitchen" sticker in back
window: CHEF OZ
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goose
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response 202 of 261:
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Aug 20 01:41 UTC 2003 |
IHVADRM on a Mercedes Benz in East Lansing
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scg
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response 203 of 261:
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Aug 24 05:58 UTC 2003 |
California plate "DIE4OIL" in (where else?) Berkeley.
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bruin
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response 204 of 261:
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Aug 24 15:42 UTC 2003 |
Michigan "Blue" plate KIKIDEE
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gelinas
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response 205 of 261:
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Aug 24 23:26 UTC 2003 |
Michigan 'Bridge' plate MATHREV and Michigan Blue plate "BUMBLBE" on a yellow
Porsche Carrera
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albaugh
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response 206 of 261:
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Aug 25 18:48 UTC 2003 |
On a pickup, iIrc: SHADOW
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albaugh
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response 207 of 261:
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Aug 25 22:20 UTC 2003 |
A batch from the commute home:
BGRTFUL (BGR8FUL might have been a little better ;-)
YESLIFE
ANDREA1
7AM ZOO (perhaps a parent?)
ZARAHI
TOYZ1
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