Someone at the DMV must have been having a bad day

[Munkie]

I've seen DRKJEDI, and a plate with 3 14(and several other numbers that i don't remember). There've been a few others, but none so noteworthy.

the DRKJEDI one is currently a plate "of interest" to the EPS and so is the driver of said vehicle.

I want one that says "MUNKIE"

[edible_hat]

OT, but I wonder why car makers don't check out what their names mean. The marketing department at Toyota must have been asleep at the switch, because Sienna is an earth pigment that gets its colour from hydrated iron oxide - in other words, rust.

In Australia there was the Mitsubishi Starion. Apparently it was supposed to be Stallion but somebody goofed up the translation from Japanese.

eta: there's one around here that says "EGS 000".

[wolfie]

In Australia there was the Mitsubishi Starion. Apparently it was supposed to be Stallion but somebody goofed up the translation from Japanese.

Or somebody who believed in the stereotype of Orientals pronouncing "R" as "L" to the exclusion of logic (i.e. "Which of these possibilities is a real word?") "corrected" for a mistake that wasn't there. Just goes to show that bigots can let their prejudices cause expensive mistakes that make them look like idiots.

Just curious - is the Starion a sporty car? If so, the goof-up may be all for the best, because it would avoid the issue of partisans for another brand referring to it as the "Gelding".

[infinitemonkies]

People where I grew up have no imagination, and I don't get why someone would pay so much extra for a totally inane personalized plate like these 2:

on a Toyota Forerunner: 4RUNNER
on a blue-painted VW Beetle: BLU BTL


It's kinda like getting a bumper sticker that says "I have a car" but it costs more.

[Tireana Dorcha]

Saw one that was ### PMS. It had a liscense plate frame that said "Manwhore".

[edible_hat]

Just curious - is the Starion a sporty car? If so, the goof-up may be all for the best, because it would avoid the issue of partisans for another brand referring to it as the "Gelding".

According to Wikipedia, it's the same as the Chrysler Conquest.

Mitsubishi made the best of the error by referring to it as the "star-ion" which made it sound futuristic instead of racist.