FREE WHALEN SHIFT KNOB!!!
1st Gear
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Oakland
Simple fix.. Change it to BLKBLLD
And I met you at AMVIV, although I was aiming for "blackballed", not "black, bald" 
I may as well. For weeks after AMVIV, I had the nastiest cold in my life (I can STILL feel it!).
For several days my voice sounded just like Barry White.
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 484
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From: East Bay, CA
LOL, thx 70spop, I was surprised nobody had suggested that one as I read through to pages.
I still laugh when I come back and think of that on a plate, it's perfect!
I want to start making shifters so I can use it! 
I still laugh when I come back and think of that on a plate, it's perfect!
I want to start making shifters so I can use it!
Okay, it's time to announce a winner (though I've seen a LOT of winners here!).
I feel like the guy on The Bachelor; "I love you all; I wish I didn't have to choose just one; this is so hard to do...blah, blah, blah, schmooze, schmooze..."
All right; drumroll please............................................ .........................I'm going with MRSHFTR, submitted by Marco621.
I like the way it just rolls off the tongue; Mister Shifter, Mister Shifter....
There were so many great ideas submitted, I already want another MINI, just for the cool vanity plate!
Thanks to all of you for your efforts!
Happy Motoring! And thanks again!
I feel like the guy on The Bachelor; "I love you all; I wish I didn't have to choose just one; this is so hard to do...blah, blah, blah, schmooze, schmooze..."
All right; drumroll please............................................ .........................I'm going with MRSHFTR, submitted by Marco621.
I like the way it just rolls off the tongue; Mister Shifter, Mister Shifter....
There were so many great ideas submitted, I already want another MINI, just for the cool vanity plate!
Thanks to all of you for your efforts!
Happy Motoring! And thanks again!
Personally I think we should stay on topic. Doug has a lot of work ahead of him to sift through all the suggestions, and I know that he won't be doing it with the benefit of an Excel spreadsheet, lol--let's not make his job any harder than it already is---having held a similar naming "contest" for my Black Wow, I feel sorry for him. =)
Richard
Richard
With any luck, I'll have the plates by Winter.
. It showed as being available on the IL gov site.
Okay, it's time to announce a winner (though I've seen a LOT of winners here!).
I feel like the guy on The Bachelor; "I love you all; I wish I didn't have to choose just one; this is so hard to do...blah, blah, blah, schmooze, schmooze..."
All right; drumroll please............................................ .........................I'm going with MRSHFTR, submitted by Marco621.
I like the way it just rolls off the tongue; Mister Shifter, Mister Shifter....
There were so many great ideas submitted, I already want another MINI, just for the cool vanity plate!
Thanks to all of you for your efforts!
Happy Motoring! And thanks again!
I feel like the guy on The Bachelor; "I love you all; I wish I didn't have to choose just one; this is so hard to do...blah, blah, blah, schmooze, schmooze..."
All right; drumroll please............................................ .........................I'm going with MRSHFTR, submitted by Marco621.
I like the way it just rolls off the tongue; Mister Shifter, Mister Shifter....
There were so many great ideas submitted, I already want another MINI, just for the cool vanity plate!
Thanks to all of you for your efforts!
Happy Motoring! And thanks again!
I'd have to say that my second and third choices were SHFTNEZ and EZSHFTN, both from Marco621. Maybe he and I think alike; I don't know.
But the more I look at it, SHFTURS from Goodwood looks better and better.
I like the fact that it can have several different meanings.
Since getting my MINI last February, my plan has been to sell my '99 M Roadster.
Having one fun car is great; owning two makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
But I can see one of these cool vanity plates on that car, should I decide to keep it.
What a silly reason for keeping a car, yes?
HOBKNOB
Last edited by revray; Jun 2, 2008 at 04:09 AM.
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Joined: Jul 2004
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I've got a great story about custom plates and I couldn't resist sharing...
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
I've got a great story about custom plates and I couldn't resist sharing...
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
But I admit to having had to look up that one myself!
Coordinator :: Metroplex MINI
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 162
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From: Dallas, TX
I've got a great story about custom plates and I couldn't resist sharing...
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
In Texas, the DMV is supposed to check the plates for suitability... not allowing swearing or off-color references, etc.
One of my local MINI club members, a British ex-pat, thought that it would be funny to have 'TEABAG' on her license plate and was quite proud of her selection. She announced it to the club a week or so before the plates were due to arrive. Once I stopped laughing and dried my tears, I had to provide a link to the Urban Dictionary definition for her (I couldn't bring myself to post the full definition on the board). She had never heard of the word having that particular, off-color definition. Unfortunately, she had to call the DMV and explain the problem (and the definition!!! I would have loved to hear that phone conversation) to them. They nicely pulled the plates from production and substituted a new selection.
Where is her number?!?!