OK...Who in VA took my plate!
I went on the VA DMV site to reserve my plate RX-8 and it was taken!! It wasn't taken last week when I checked. Why didn't I reserve it then!
Good plate choice whoever has it ;) Now to choose from something else on my list.........

what was your plate going to be?

RX-8

That was me that reserved the plate - RX-8.....:D

I got the RX-8 Florida Plate back in March.

Originally posted by ninedeep
That was me that reserved the plate - RX-8.....:D

C'mon, stole the plate from a girl:p

And Halley, We officially voted... Virginia is not part of Planet Earth anymore, oh wait my bad that's West Virginia. j/k

Originally posted by HalleysComet
RX-8

Now you have the chance to think of a more creative plate :D

I am still trying to decide on one. I wanted something simple with a statement. RX-8 was perfect for that.
Am I one of the only women with an RX-8 on order or what? Most friends think I've lost my mind and wonder why I don't just get the BMW or Audi. I get the.....your getting a what?.....a Mazda RX-8?
I try to explain about it being the next generation rotory, ect..... and they still think it is odd that I have decided on this as my choice. It may not be an Audi, but I think it looks just as good and will have a much better engine. I am not automotive expert though.

Originally posted by HalleysComet

Am I one of the only women with an RX-8 on order or what?

Yeah, you are...I think there are about 8 of us total, and maybe 3 of us that frequent the boards on a regular basis.

All my female friends are like "Yeah, that's a really nice car" and they have that look on their face that says "I don't know what the hell you're talking about." All the guys just kinda stare at me and drool a bit when i tell them. It's a nice feeling. Can't wait till they actually see it.

So what's everyone else getting on their plates? I was thinking of the gaelic word for "wench" among others. I keep trying to come up with something with "rotary" or "8" in it, and everything I think of is dumb.

Ok, cheezy YES, funny a little, Bad? BIG TIME!

I just thought of MzdaB8 :cool:

RENESIS?

RNSIS?

NOPISTN? (probably taken already)

hi....i'm another female you can add to the list of many (or few) females we have on this forum. yeah i'm really excited about it. ever since i saw the rx-8 i've been like a big car fanatic. my friends get tired of hearing me talk about it all the time, but when i get my car, i bet they'll be begging to ride in it.

i'm not sure what i want my plate to be, but thinking about just putting my name and RX8.

Halley,

If that is you in the avitar I'd say:

LOOKGR8
STUDB8
IXILER8
GR8CHIK

:D

yes, it's me and thanks for the plate suggestions.

I also like:
1GR8RX-8
MY RX-8
RX-84ME
1GREAT8
C MY 8
CMY RX-8
8 RX-8

I do like your IXILER8 , added to my list.
RX-8 & ZM-ZM-ZM are already taken.

Now to decide on something.:D

i think i'll get

LONG W8

Originally posted by HalleysComet
ZM-ZM-ZM are already taken.


Funny that you mention ZMZMZM- someone in Richmond has it on their Miata (at least they did a year ago when I last saw it).

Here's one my husband likes, that you might like as well. Seems like it fits you, from the picture.

XQUIS8



And hi AsNrx8- nice to see another female onboard!

:)

Originally posted by lefuton
i think i'll get

LONG W8

Good one!

If your gonna pick a name just from her picture keep it simple: HOT!!

But anyways, I've decided on mine L8BRAKR

I also liked: 8THWNDR

Another thing you see out here on all chicks cars (not sure if it has made it to the east coast) is the Roxy Girl stickers so you could have a dual meaning: RXY GRL

I'm assuming your name is Halley but that is a very cute name to have on a plate too.

Geez, here we go with the whole Cajun-Man sketch...
FORNC8
MSTRB8
CREM8
E-L8
FELL8
FLATUL8
LCNCPL8
PROST8 ------(for a proctologist)
PROSTR8
PULS8
ROT8

Thanks for the plate idea, Elara. Forgive me for not welcoming
AsNrx8. Welcome! It is nice to know some other females on the board. :)

Originally posted by SPDFRK


I'm assuming your name is Halley but that is a very cute name to have a plate too.


Actually my real name is not Halley. I have a space obsession and one of my first studies was of Edmund Halleys Comet. I am not your typical female reader. I don't read Cosmo or Vogue, but I am a subscriber of Popular Science & Discover magazine. I have vast library on Space, the planets, comets, speed of light, wormholes, and many other theories, ect... along with my Conspiracy theory collection. (Another obsession) I love a good conspiracy.
I love to read up on science & technology. I happen to find the rotary engine rather facinating. I must say, if the rotary was in some ugly car, I wouldn't be so interested in getting it. Since the rotary is in a sweet looking package the obession over getting it has grown. ;)

How about

0BANGR

Try

STARX-8

or

STAR X-8


It'll combine your obsession and your gr(x)8 taste in cars! Of course many will wonder what a starks eight is, or what constellation X-8 is in and why it's so important that someone would commerate it on a plate.
Also check out this web site here (http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/) to preview your plates.

Originally posted by B-Nez
Geez, here we go with the whole Cajun-Man sketch...
FORNC8
MSTRB8
CREM8
E-L8
FELL8
FLATUL8
LCNCPL8
PROST8 ------(for a proctologist)
PROSTR8
PULS8
ROT8

You forgot 6ULDV8...

Originally posted by rossy


You forgot 6ULDV8...

I don't speak australian, can you spell that one out?

I have recently been trying to find the Virginia fashion plate that would reduce the bugs bunny appearance. Of course, since I can't buy my RX-8 for 2-3 years (have to pay off van first), then maybe the choices will get better.

I think if you design a plate, and get a certain amount of people to sign up for it, then you can get it put in the list. Of course, we would have to come up with a charity or a cause. I have some Vette Z06 friends that would like a nice looking plate for the front of their cars too.

By the way, Zoom plate wording is hard to find. We spent hours online trying to come up with a phrase. I have "I ZOOM" for my Protege and "WE ZOOM" for my 02 MPV. My wife really likes that on her van plate. (Though she didn't like it when I got the MPV into a 4 wheel drift the other day...too much zoom for her. And no puritanic mumbo jumbo, I was perfectly safe with no other cars anywhere near!)

See ya!

blaHAhAhAHaHahahAhAhAHAHahahahaaha

ahhhh the cosmos...gotta love it!im a fan of
astronomy, cosmology and all that other good stuff myself, ive been formulating a theory or two for a while now...close to completion, well, almost, its actually more like a bunch of theories that kinda work together to make one big one, many of them sort of redisign the universe(?) as we know it and kind of fly in the face of many other theories, but unify a lot as well...still cant answer the ultimate question though...but getting closer! and were getting close to a quantum gravity, so thats good god i love this stuff, i can go on for hours lol

do you have any of your own theories? and what field fascinates you most? of course i cant divulge mine lol, so i dont expect you to divulge yours.

anyway...
whats the point of some custom plate, i kind of hate them. i think the regular state assigned random order plates are the best ways to go. why? because, if you know your car is hot, why do you have to get some stupid saying/phrase scrawled on the back to draw attention to it? i think they detract fromt he car. sure, some of them can be kool, but most of them are excessive and somewhat tasteless in my opinion

And now we know why he calls himself the POOman.

:)

The main reason is it is very reasonably priced here in Virginia.


I certainly don't think my MPV is "hot" (maybe for a minivan). I just like having the option. Plus the standard Virginia plate is very ugly...why detract from your car either.

Originally posted by P00Man
blaHAhAhAHaHahahAhAhAHAHahahahaaha

ahhhh the cosmos...gotta love it!im a fan of
astronomy, cosmology and all that other good stuff myself, ive been formulating a theory or two for a while now...close to completion, well, almost, its actually more like a bunch of theories that kinda work together to make one big one, many of them sort of redisign the universe(?) as we know it and kind of fly in the face of many other theories, but unify a lot as well...still cant answer the ultimate question though...but getting closer! and were getting close to a quantum gravity, so thats good god i love this stuff, i can go on for hours lol

do you have any of your own theories? and what field fascinates you most? of course i cant divulge mine lol, so i dont expect you to divulge yours.

anyway...
whats the point of some custom plate, i kind of hate them. i think the regular state assigned random order plates are the best ways to go. why? because, if you know your car is hot, why do you have to get some stupid saying/phrase scrawled on the back to draw attention to it? i think they detract fromt he car. sure, some of them can be kool, but most of them are excessive and somewhat tasteless in my opinion
Sounds more like hypotheses you're describing there. How much observation and experimentation have you done to elevate your ideas to the theory level?

I have just returned from a relaxing week vacation at the beach. It was soooooooo nice I didn't want to return to the real world. The weather was perfect everyday, the ocean was nice and calm, and the sound and sight of the ocean waves on my back deck were breathtaking.
Now, about my favorites......theory wise, I'd have to say the Superstring theory. Antimatter is also interesting, physicists have been able to create tiny quantities of anti-matter by smashing sub atomic particles together at near light speeds. It would be a great fuel and an antimatter rocket could reach a planet, for example say the planet is 41 light years away, only 130 earth years to get to. Aside from that wormholes and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe are very interesting. Everyone has a different take on it. I believe with no question that there is intelligent life somehwere else in this universe.
I do have a a few theories of my own, but I could type a book about all of them ;) and I know I don't want to waste forum space with them all.
Conspiracy theories are very interesting too, the current reads the last few months have been books involving them.

I should get Area RX-8 on the plate in honor of Area 51, or perhaps Comet X-8. I still haven't decided on a plate yet but did like Elara's idea XQUIS8, and I also like RX-8 4ME and MY RX-8. I need to get on the ball and get a plate reserved. I missed my chance with RX-8 because I waited too long.

Hey i just read in this months discovery that folks at CERN were able to create 1million anti-hydrogen atoms recently! my own personal theory from years of reading on the topic is that black holes (because of the elongation of time) never actually form in our space/time. about 3 or so months ago, i know this sounds fishy but really i started talking to freinds about it 3 years ago, ther was a story about an up and coming physicist who has according to the mag theorised the same thing in his new way of thinking about relativity. i'm not bragging btw, it's just kind of cool to see some real respected person in the field thinking along the same lines:)

and Halley, just my opinion, you should go with EXQUIS8.

I thought the elongation of time was only viewed by an external observer outside the event horizon (Schwarzchild radius) due to infinite red-shift. The actual particle does indeed fall through the event horizon, but you cannot see this as it appears to slow down and stop and then slowly fade from view. The upshot of all this is that I think there IS a real singularity within the event horizon (i.e. black holes do form). Also if they did not form then we could not have detected them from their gravitational influence or x-ray bursts etc.

Cosmology used to be a hobby of mine a long time back - I went to see people like Patrick Moore and Stephen Hawking give lectures in London and Cambridge in the late 80's. Interesting stuff.

I read the article in Discovery on Anti Matter about the scientists at CERN. Very interesting stuff.
I tend to believe Black Holes do exisit due to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, who have independently provided what could be the best direct evidence yet for the existence of an event horizon, the defining feature of a black hole. X-ray observations have offered evidence for an event horizon by surveying black hole candidates that seem to be swallowing nearly a hundred times as much energy as they radiate. Those results imply that trillion-degree gas is falling over the brink of an event horizon, like water over the edge of a waterfall.
I went on the dmv site and XQUIS8 is taken but EXQUIS8 is not.

actually pelucidor that is what bugged me for years about the idea. i couldn't quite work out that problem. however, this new seems to. and as he explains it better than i , i will get the article and post the appropriate bit in the lounge tomorrow or the next day. that way we won't have to completly hijack this thread. oh and did you hear that someone actually stopped light for a short time recently? things are really cooking now in the astro-physics community.

edit: i know i've been reading all of the stuff from hubble and chandra also, it is very convinincing stuff and i hope it is true as it would makes things easier to my thinking. it's a tough arguement sure. but wait til i post the article;)

I did it!

wow talk about a thread hijacking...atleast it's by the thread started =p all this astronomy is interesting. i had just read an article recently regarding alternate universes. it basically boiled down to 2 conditions, if our universe is a probable universe and the unitary wave theory is correct, there should be another us 10^118 meters away, however the farthest we could possibly see currently is 10^116 meters so that's still 100x farther than we could ever possibly hope to observe given our current laws of physics. anyhow, it was in scientific american if any of you care to check it out.

HalleysComet:

How about Area 51? Get it?
Or, NOTAV8?
:p

Originally posted by boowana
I did it!


SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted that!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did go ahead and reserve EQUIS8 only reserved until 10/12/2003 but my 8 should be in way before then. I may end up changing my mind on a plate but thought it better to reserve it just in case.

Originally posted by boowana
HalleysComet:

How about Area 51? Get it?
Or, NOTAV8?
:p

I tried Area 51 the first time around, its already taken :( Aria 51 is open but not sure how many people will get it or think it's a play on opera and area 51.

DCNTGR8

Now, all we need is that Marvin the Martian friend of Bugs Bunny, with his Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator to zap this down to 6 characters!

http://www.barbneal.com/marvin.asp


um...
ASM IL8
MED IT8
IBA RX8
ITS NOW L8
GON 2 BED- - - GN8

Originally posted by Racer X-8
DCNTGR8

Now, all we need is that Marvin the Martian friend of Bugs Bunny, with his Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator to zap this down to 6 characters!

http://www.barbneal.com/marvin.asp


um...
ASM IL8
MED IT8
IBA RX8
ITS NOW L8
GON 2 BED- - - GN8


I like that one!!!!:D DCNTGR8.

Originally posted by AsNrx8
ever since i saw the rx-8 i've been like a big car fanatic. my friends get tired of hearing me talk about it all the time, but when i get my car, i bet they'll be begging to ride in it.


The same thing happened to me when I saw pictures of the 3rd gen. RX-7 for the first time - Road & Track, December 1991. My friends STILL get tired of me talking about it. And yes, they may not give a rat's @ss about the car and how special it is, but they will think they are pretty cool while riding shotgun in it.

I'm getting an 8, but the FD RX-7 will always be my ultimate car. It is so damned sexy and unique. Despite it's age it can still destroy most cars on the road......... especially the 8 !!!!!! I will have to get used to looking at 8's in my rearview mirror. ;)

btw, i like RENESIS (better reserve it quick)

Originally posted by HalleysComet
Most friends think I've lost my mind and wonder why I don't just get the BMW or Audi. I get the.....your getting a what?.....a Mazda RX-8?
I try to explain about it being the next generation rotory, ect..... and they still think it is odd that I have decided on this as my choice. It may not be an Audi, but I think it looks just as good and will have a much better engine. I am not automotive expert though.


comet-

You don't have to be an automotive expert to recognize genius and a blatant march away from the "beaten path." Good choice. The 8 will be my 9th Mazda product. (5 RX-7's, 2 MX-6's and 1 Millenia). They are/were all great. You will not be dissapointed. Audi's and BMW's are nice cars, but they are boring and EVERYONE has one. Congratulations for joining the "revolution." :D

Originally posted by XUrotaryrocket
2 MX-6's Just wondering what your thoughts are on the MX-6. I guess I should tell you that I have one and it's my daily driver. Now, what's your thoughts please. (You first, cuz I asked you first:D )

That is just to cool.I dont think ive seen more than 5 females in an rx7 since i first got bit by the bug back in '95.

You girls are definatley SPECIAL (i really mean it)and stick to the 8. Dont let the common folk change your mind.

Ive got a special name also and its a secret,i cant wait to cruise down the 'pike in the fast lane..................YEAHHHHH,WOO HOO




your getting a what?.....a Mazda RX-8? SPECIAL

ok...............THIS THREAD IS BLOWING UP,HMMMMMMM.

Since RX-8 is already taken how about 2 L8 4 RX8. ;)

Thats a great license plate.

how about XLRX8

Iam going to get however a visually cofusing plate such as I1L11!L1 to save some parking tickets

Did you get your 8 yet Halley........what plate did you finally decide on......

i'm in PA and my plate is RENESIS... a vanity tag here is only 20 bucks so hey why not

20 bucks? Man it's $225 here!

I'm thinking of getting VELRED8

vanity plate in VA is $10 a year :D

I'm definitely getting one when i get the RX-8 :)

Originally posted by Wing
20 bucks? Man it's $225 here!



Well, yeah, I think 20 USD works out to about $230 Canadian. ;)

I might be wrong but I think its $180 here in CT.
Seems like at this pace everyone who has an 8 will have a vanity plate.

Hey, how much does that cost you guys? I live in VA too.

In VA, plain random plates on vehicles under 4000 lb. are $29.50/yr. Personalized plates are an extra $10/yr.

All the specialized plates (college logos, etc.) are an additional $10-25/yr.

Aite cool. thanks. =)

I got MZDA RX8...almost as good as RX-8...I think. LOL

I just got registered mine today ;) Here's what it looks like on the website.

http://www.bretgorden.com/images/rx8/rxeight.jpg

http://images2.fotki.com/v20/photos/1/140558/518857/IMG_2967-vi.jpg?1073775676

Hey to the other ladies on the board. Add one more female to the group.... My plate is ALWAZL8. More because I AM always late than anything to do with the car. I had it on my last car and transfered it to my 8 when I got it in November. :D

Hello Ladies, Count in one more female! Well, I'm an almost RX8 owner. Mine is on order and should be here in about four weeks. The DMV let me put my vanity plates on hold for 90 days until the RX8 gets here. I'm going to wait until the plates are actually on my new sports car before I tell what they say.

Any interesting stories from female owners about dealing with car salesmen when you bought your RX8? I actually had one tell me that because there wasn't a yellow RX8 with the options I wanted available I would just have to accept that I couldn't have exactly what I wanted. My response was that if I was going to pay almost $31k for a new car I was going to get what I wanted or I wasn't buying. I went to another dealer who was happy to order the car for me plus gave me a better deal. Apparently the other dealer is still living in the old days.....

Originally posted by 1RX8FAN
Hello Ladies, Count in one more female! Well, I'm an almost RX8 owner. Mine is on order and should be here in about four weeks. The DMV let me put my vanity plates on hold for 90 days until the RX8 gets here. I'm going to wait until the plates are actually on my new sports car before I tell what they say.

Any interesting stories from female owners about dealing with car salesmen when you bought your RX8? I actually had one tell me that because there wasn't a yellow RX8 with the options I wanted available I would just have to accept that I couldn't have exactly what I wanted. My response was that if I was going to pay almost $31k for a new car I was going to get what I wanted or I wasn't buying. I went to another dealer who was happy to order the car for me plus gave me a better deal. Apparently the other dealer is still living in the old days.....

I had a dealer tell me there was no way he could let me preorder an 8 without agreeing to anything less than $5k over MSRP. Since I already knew more about the car and what was going on than he did, I told him to shove it (metaphorically speaking, of course) and found a dealer who agreed to give it to me for what I wanted. And the entire time the cars were being built, I knew more than the dealer about their own pre-order program!

The nice thing about being female is that when you DO come in prepared, they're usually unprepared for you- completely throws them off when a woman, god forbid, actually knows what she's talking about when it comes to buying a car.

Somebody get SE3P it's available.

I have RXXX8, just cause my baby is so erotically sexy :P

Rotory Nut ... NICE plate !!!

Another female here to add to the list. I've had my 8 since the week before Thanksgiving and just decided on my plate...FIX8ED.

I saw a Titanium Gray RX8 in Newport News yesterday with the plates "ZOOMX3". I thought that was very imaginative!

I am still (toe tapping) impatiently awaiting the arrival of our RX8. I talked to the sales manager a couple of days ago and he said they have the VIN # for it but not a build date. ARRGH!

The dealers in this area stink.

You may be waiting for awhile. :(

In fairness to the dealer he did tell us it would take about 8 to 10 weeks for the car to be built and shipped. It will be 7 weeks since we ordered it this coming Wednesday. I guess I'm just impatient......

I just ordered my plate, I thought it was appropiate for living on the east coast H8 SNOW. Knowing that individuals that live in that type of climate know.

What about some of these?

X-R8ED

XCELER8

FIX8ED

I8U-UP

Who knows, someone may use one of those besides me... ;-)

After ten long weeks of waiting our Lightening Yellow RX8 has finally arrived! Now all we have to do is make a definite decision about what to put on the plates....

How about:
EIGHT
ZUM-ZUM
ZOOM
ZOOM 8
9K RPM
9000RPM
9K REVS
REVITUP
DRIFTER

Or if all else fails:
ABC 123

;)

I'm surprised that I haven't seen this one yet:

ROTARY

I have WANKEL as my plate...

Dan

GR8 RX8 here :D

Our plates are finally on the car:

1HOTRX8

I know this is an old thread, but I like the idea of knowing the Virginia gang and there plates. Just ordered mine... VR8

yes, it's me and thanks for the plate suggestions.

I also like:
1GR8RX-8
MY RX-8
RX-84ME
1GREAT8
C MY 8
CMY RX-8
8 RX-8

I do like your IXILER8 , added to my list.
RX-8 & ZM-ZM-ZM are already taken.

Now to decide on something.:D

I have GR8 RX8 in NY and love it! I was surprised it was available...

you could have gotten 1FINE8.