California car names

publish Opened 2024-11-14. From Musings on everything else.

There’s a common pattern in California license plates. Their first character is typically 1 number (usually 7, 8, 9), followed by 3 letters, followed by 3 numbers. For example: 9ABC123.

Not all plates are like this. But I notice cars like this so often that I’ve made a game out of it: the 3 letters sandwiched in the middle of the plate is the car’s name!

For example, meet Fenix: “Vroom” says Fenix.

Deanna:

Hero:

Jay Peg:

Rubolf (sometimes making a name is hard):

And my favorite plate yet. Carlos! His friends call him “Car”