I was looking just now at OPlates.com to see what custom license plates are available in Ohio. It is a pretty slick system that allows you to type in what you want your new plates to say and it check to see if they are available or not. If they are available, it renders a little drawing of them and everything.
I of course, had to try a bunch of them out. Different spellings to get "Phil Smith" to fit into 7 letters and 2 spaces amongst a ton of different things that would make my new 87 Ford Escort look "sweet". I found that CFDC and Phorest are both available. Yahoo for that. The thing that I really found funny was the result I received when trying "FART MAN" Check this:
The following information has been returned regarding your request:
Your request has been found to be inappropriate, you have entered to many characters or your plate request has been found inappropriate due to its meaning. Please submit a new plate request.
What is up with that? Perhaps I need to go in there and prove to them how much I really need that plate on my car. Maybe then they'd allow it.
I of course, had to try a bunch of them out. Different spellings to get "Phil Smith" to fit into 7 letters and 2 spaces amongst a ton of different things that would make my new 87 Ford Escort look "sweet". I found that CFDC and Phorest are both available. Yahoo for that. The thing that I really found funny was the result I received when trying "FART MAN" Check this:
The following information has been returned regarding your request:
Your request has been found to be inappropriate, you have entered to many characters or your plate request has been found inappropriate due to its meaning. Please submit a new plate request.
What is up with that? Perhaps I need to go in there and prove to them how much I really need that plate on my car. Maybe then they'd allow it.
