Sir? Looks like your nuclear core is overheating...

MELTDWN is from Tim B. I'm guessing this person is either really into nuclear accidents, or throwing tantrums. I learned on wikipedia that a tantrum is officially:

... an emotional outburst that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, defiance, angry ranting and a resistance to attempts at pacification. A tantrum may be expressed in a tirade: a protracted, angry, or violent speech.

Or in this case is expressed by: a horrible vanity plate, a giant spoiler, and a Chevrolet logo that is making my eyes burn.

Save the drama for your momma

Sarah sent in ATTI2D (Attitude). Really? That 2 is going to make my head explode.

LadyStyx sent in ADITUDE. Speel it wit mee naw! A-D-I-T-U-D-E. Duh!

If I can think of one thing this world needs more of, it's drivers with attitude, poor spelling skills, and vanity plates.

GEEEt out of my way!

Brian B. sent in MOVEEEET (Move it). Instead of using up your 8-character limit with those irritating extra Es, maybe you should have asked other drivers to move nicely, eh? MOVETPLZ?

I guess it is a vanity plate, and we should expect it to just be completely annoying.

I'm sorry officer; I thought you wanted to race.

Alison B. sent in N A RUSH (In a rush). She writes: Here I am Mr. Police Officer!!! Come and get me!!!

Exactly. You might get some laughs from drivers who think this kind of thing is funny, but we think you are just going to wind up with more speeding tickets. So good luck with that.

MooseNuggette sent in YSOSLO (Why so slow?). She offers the perfect answer to this question: It’s the skinny pedal on the right!

So I think today's lesson in vanity is an important one: Do you like to pay speeding fines? Get a vanity plate. Problem solved.

Well, I H9 you. That is H8 + 1.

YUH8TEN (Why you hatin'?) is from Katherine T. She writes: What I thought was funny about this was the license plate frame that says “retired US air force”. I just can’t imagine an older man who was in the military with a pimped out Mercedes having a plate like this. The two just don’t go together, but I guess I was wrong!

Why am I "h'eight'ten'"? Let me count the ways! This plate is all over the place: missing words, extra Ts, letters used to represent words, numbers used to represent letters. The plate-rage is strong with this one.

U 8H I was sent in by MooseNuggette (not to be confused with moose knuckles!). I guess this is supposed to be one of those look-in-your-rear-view-mirror kind of plates, because then it would read: I H8 U (I hate you). Kudos if this is actually mounted to the front of your vehicle, but I am pretty sure it has to be displayed on the back as well. YOU EIGHTH I just doesn't have the same effect now, does it?

We're going streaking!

FLASHER is from John K. According to wikipedia, a "flasher" is: A person who displays his or her body in a form of indecent exposure (flashing genitals, breasts, buttocks, etc.) Although I guess they could also just be really into turn signals.

Uh, sir, your epidermis is showing.

Mr. Creepy McCreeperson

Correy sent us GR8D8B8. Yes, this says, "Great Date Bait." According to the Urban Dictionary, Date Bait is: any material object or event that entices the opposite sex to seek interest in reuniting with a person at a later date. Correy writes:

I saw this plate the other day. No offense to other SE-R owners that might be reading this but Nissan's have no soul! As a chick, I'm not impressed!

Yeah, as a chick myself, nothing tops my list of desires more than a Nissan, a vanity plate, a tailpipe I can stick my head into.

My Hybrid can beat up your SUV

Happy Earth Day! What better way to save the earth than brag about it on our cars! Our first, however, does just the opposite: GAZGZLR (Gas Guzzler). Betsy T. writes: So basically, this jerk in a Chevy behemoth cut me off and I found myself rather annoyed. Then I noticed the license plate. Assbag is honest about his fuel consumption at any rate, but what takes the cake was the flag 'freedom' license plate choice. This is why the entire solar system hates America.
Helen C. sent in SAVERTH (Save Earth). So I'm guessing the driver of this vehicle bought an SUV, and then decided to go with an environment plate and message, you know, to cancel out all that bad karma.

Heidi R. sent in EPA OK. The EPA isn't FANTASTIC or GREAT or even GOOD. They are just okay... And I got this vanity plate to prove it.

What do you call the horse than lives next door? A NEIGHbor!

You asked for it. TRBL (Trouble) was snapped by Heather A. I think the trouble here is you drive a convertible in Maine (and it's dirty).
Wendy K. captured WOAHRSY (Woah Horsie) for us. Get it? It's a Mustang, which is also a wild horse. Hardy har HAR.

Chapter One: How Not to Attract a Mate

Neil sent in LYKMBIG (Like 'm big). Also note, this plate is on a Hummer, one of the largest vehicles known to man. He writes:

I don't even want to try guessing at the meaning of this plate. I am sending it because I assume you will have a chapter in your Horrible License Plates Coffee Table Book dedicated to Hummers. I also assume you will have a Horrible License Plates Coffee Table Book.

Chapter? Pssht. I could write a whole book on Hummer vanity plates. It would be called: Hummers: Sorry About Your Tiny Pee-Pee.

I AM retired. I was tired yesterday, and I am tired again today.

MooseNuggette sent in today's plate: NO401K [No 401(k)]. She writes:

I’ve seen this plate 3 or 4 times over the past year but it was always movin’ – go figure. Finally captured it for you! I happen to think it is pretty funny, but am pretty sure you’ll have a stronger reaction.

Stronger, indeed. Basically I think this driver is trying to tell us that he spent his retirement on a Porsche Carrera AND A VANITY PLATE. Really smart, if you ask me.

Try Decaf Next Time

Heidi sent over this mind bender: NRJISD. She writes:

Vanity plates: better than coffee!

Get it? It says "energized." This one is so annoying that every time I glance at this photo my eye twitches a little. I hate this plate.

That's What She Said

Tom over at MINI-E #250 sent in this plate, TOOBIG with the comment, It's the antithesis of what I drive (and promote)! Check out Tom's blog and you'll see why this is true.

Clearly this person's life is defined by excess, to the point where they've called themselves out with this awful SUV and corresponding vanity plate. Might as well say LAME, if you ask me.

I moved here from Canada and they think I'm slow, eh?

Keith S. sent in YA IMSLO (Yah, I'm slow). "Slow" might be referencing this driver's speed, however, I'd like to think it references his mental state. From the urban dictionary:

slow: not fast in the mind.

Trust me dude, you'll get this joke in like 5 minutes.

Sorry?

Beth sent us RCWIDO (Rich Widow?). She writes:

I parked next to this car at Target this weekend. Besides being just plain wrong, my thought was, "You claim to be a RCWIDO (Rich Widow), and yet that's the car you choose to drive?" Yikes!

Excuse my french

Jami (from Date Wrecks) sent us this Georgia peach, CHIKMAG (Chick Magnet). She writes:

He was at least sixty years old, bald, and about 4' tall. Bless his little heart! I'd like to say that MAYBE back in the day the Chrysler LeBaron was a chick magnet, but really... I don't even think it was back then.

It's like I've time traveled to the worst part of 1995.

Congratulations! On pissing the world off!

I really hope this car was the one that this car was talking about. Anyways, WINNER is from Carrie. She writes:

I saw this in [Oregon]. Funny, my first thought was, "loser."

Mine too.

I will bite your head off, regardless.

PMSDIVA (PMS Diva) comes to us from Saint N.

PMS, meaning: Pre-menstrual Syndrome or the difficulties associated with menses.

And Diva, meaning: Selfish, spoiled, and overly dramatic.

Uh, thanks for the warning?

Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Laura P. sent in this lovely plate: SVELTE. Svelte as in, "attractively or gracefully slim; slender." She writes:

This was on a college campus, but in the students defense, it was in the employee parking area. So who exactly is this "svelte" professor?

Oh wait, I just received this e-card from her:

Classy, like boxed wine.

Missy writes to us:

This classsy person had a front-row parking spot at Macaroni Grill. The extra S, for me, really puts the "ass" in classsy.

There is a difference between being classy and telling no one, and trying to be classy and telling everyone, no?