Best Names for Custom Plates for 135I?

onefastman · 06-01-2010, 04:43 PM

1cab

jkoral · 06-23-2017, 08:15 AM

Old thread looking for good plates for a 1 series.

I've toyed with the idea, but MA limits you to 6 characters, no spaces, must start with two letters and numbers/letters can not be intermixed (so E82N54 would violate that).

So BMW135 works (is available, but something I would never get -- would have to debadge!)

The only ones I could come up with are TTINL6, TTN54, TTE82, but don't love any of them. Curious if anyone has a better suggestion?

zx10guy · 06-23-2017, 08:23 AM

RUBN1OUT

Best personalized plate ever. I actually saw it on a Jeep in VA. Can't believe VA DMV allowed that through.

Tenspeed · 06-29-2017, 08:20 AM

I saw a silver 944 many years ago in Jackson, MS with an IOSILVR Tag.

mackeroni · 06-29-2017, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jkoral

Old thread looking for good plates for a 1 series.

I've toyed with the idea, but MA limits you to 6 characters, no spaces, must start with two letters and numbers/letters can not be intermixed (so E82N54 would violate that).

So BMW135 works (is available, but something I would never get -- would have to debadge!)

The only ones I could come up with are TTINL6, TTN54, TTE82, but don't love any of them. Curious if anyone has a better suggestion?

None of these appeal to me because frankly, you ARE just rebadging your car. Informed BMW drivers already know that it is an N54, a 135i and an E82. Other drivers who are ignorant of BMW nomenclature will have no idea what you are trying to say on your plates.

I suggest trying to find a word or short phrase that appeals to you and amuses us all. Try to make it 'sound' German. Maybe a girls name... HEIDI, GRETEL, SUZI or ... or something that means fast, like BLITZN, ZUMI, SCHNEL...or a funny phrase, like CMEGO, IBGONE, BMWBYE.

Just my two cents. You are master of your own domain, right?

Peace... Mack

PA135i · 07-06-2017, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mackeroni

None of these appeal to me because frankly, you ARE just rebadging your car. Informed BMW drivers already know that it is an N54, a 135i and an E82. Other drivers who are ignorant of BMW nomenclature will have no idea what you are trying to say on your plates.

That's exactly the point. I don't want my plate to scream "look at me".
ie. a plate like E82-N54 is perfect. Car people know what it means and the general public doesn't. That's what I would prefer.

minirips2 · 07-06-2017, 09:12 PM

I was going to get plates that read SAYBIMR, because as a former BMW motorcycle owner, it always rubbed me the wrong way when someone calls a BMW automobile a "Beamer". Then I looked into the cost of the plates, and extra cost to register every year, and I figured I have better things to spend my money on.

mackeroni · 07-06-2017, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by minirips2

I was going to get plates that read SAYBIMR, because as a former BMW motorcycle owner, it always rubbed me the wrong way when someone calls a BMW automobile a "Beamer". Then I looked into the cost of the plates, and extra cost to register every year, and I figured I have better things to spend my money on.

True, you might need the extra coin for an expensive future repair bill. I hear ya.

Peace... Mack

mackeroni · 07-06-2017, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PA135i

That's exactly the point. I don't want my plate to scream "look at me".
ie. a plate like E82-N54 is perfect. Car people know what it means and the general public doesn't. That's what I would prefer.

Like I said, other BMW drivers already know you are driving an E82-N54. So what does that say to us? Not much. What does it say to the general public? Nothing at all. So why do that? Just askin'.

Peace... Mack

Esteban · 07-06-2017, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by minirips2

I was going to get plates that read SAYBIMR, because as a former BMW motorcycle owner, it always rubbed me the wrong way when someone calls a BMW automobile a "Beamer". Then I looked into the cost of the plates, and extra cost to register every year, and I figured I have better things to spend my money on.

I agree. I've got other things I'd prefer to spend/waste my money on as well.

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