Custom Vehicle License Plates
Custom vehicle license plates were first explored in GTA Vice City, where the Love Fist's limousine features LUVFIST plates and the Banshee LEONY, the only instances of a custom license number in the game. With the use of more flexible license plate graphics in GTA San Andreas, more vehicles would appear with customized license numbers. However, the custom license plates cannot be saved in garages; once a car is saved in a garage, its plate will become random.
List
| License number | Image | Vehicle | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSMAN |  |
Washington | Car used during the mission Badlands, and obvious reference to him as a "Snitch," as well as a reference to the television series Seinfeld. |
| 4GEDIT |  |
Sentinel | Marco Forelli's car from the mission Saint Mark's Bistro. Translates as "Forget it", and is meant as a message for the player to forget about exploring Liberty City. Also a slang word in stereotypical Italian dialect. |
| A2TMFK |  |
Glendale | Big Smoke's car after his black Perennial is destroyed. The license number translates as either "A two-timing mother fucker", reflecting Big Smoke's two-faced attitude towards both the Grove Street Families and the Ballas, or "A two-tonne mother fucker", which is a play on his obesity, an early running gag in the game between Ryder, Carl Johnson, and Sweet (Could also be a reference to Cypress Hill's A to the K lyrics: "A to the mother fuckin K", though the song wasn't released until 1993 on the Black Sunday album). |
| CFC 1888 |  |
Packer | Used during the mission Cop Wheels, a reference to Celtic F.C. and their year of foundation. |
| CHUNKY |  |
Bullet | Bullet by the Burger Shot in Calton Heights, a reference to Burger Shot. |
| CUFFS |  |
Ranger | Barbara Schternvart's car (a reference to her job as a police officer). |
| DBP |  |
Banshee | Banshee next to the Cobra Marital Arts Gym. |
| EA SUCKS |  |
Bullet | Importable in Easter Basin, on Saturdays. A reference to Rockstar North's view toward EA Games at the time. |
| FELTCH |  |
Tampa | Car used for target practice during Emmet's training mission (Nines and AK's). A reference to the sexual act of felching. |
| FUCK YOU | Bullet | Import/export. | |
| G1RUYHUN |  |
Admiral | Mafia Admiral from the mission You've Had Your Chips. |
| GROVE4L |  |
Greenwood | Sweet's car (Grove for Life). |
| GOLD |  |
Hotknife | Awarded by the Driving School when the player completes all tests in gold, and parked outside the school. |
| H CARMAN |  |
Patriot | Patriot featured during the mission Intensive Care. |
| HO 2 HO |  |
Broadway | Jizzy B.'s car, a reference to his life as a pimp. |
| HOM |  |
Waltons | Waltons from the mission Body Harvest. A reference to life on the farm. |
| HOMEGIRL |  |
Hustler | Denise Robinson's car (a reference to her association with gang life). |
| IMY AK |  |
BF-400, Feltzer | Seen on the BF-400 used in Just Business (PS2 version only), seen on the Feltzer used during the mission End of the Line. Could be a pun on "ah, my AK!". |
| J LOMAX |  |
Windsor | Used during the mission A Home in the Hills. Also seen on a Windsor imported from Easter Basin. |
| LA5H L3Y |  |
BF Injection | Used during the mission Cut Throat Business. |
| LION CUM | Sultan, Stratum | A possible license plate which appears on your Sultan during Test Drive and your Stratum during Puncture Wounds. | |
| LOLLY |  |
Comet | Importable at Easter Basin on Fridays. |
| LVA4L |  |
Savanna | Cesar Vialpando's car. Translates as "Los Varrios Aztecas for Life" |
| MR B3NN | Stratum | A possible license plate which appears on the Stratum in Puncture Wounds. | |
| N13 LLF |  |
Club | Featured during the mission Customs Fast Track. Translates as "NIE LIFE". |
| NOS |  |
Monster | Michelle Cannes's monster truck. A reference to nitrous oxide car boosts and Michelle's job as a mechanic. |
| OMEGA |  |
Washington | Mike Toreno's car, a likely reference to clandestine government organizations and operations. |
| OUTTHERE |  |
Mothership | The Truth's van. Like the Camper, the rear license plate is mirrored. |
| PREACHER |  |
PCJ 600 | Featured during the mission Highjack. |
| PULASKI |  |
Buffalo | Eddie Pulaski's car during the mission High Noon. |
| SHERM |  |
Picador | Ryder's car. A reference to his drug use. CJ calls Ryder a "sherm head" during Photo Opportunity and Pier 69. |
| SPANK |  |
Club | Millie Perkins's car. Most likely refers to her sexual fetishes, though also a drug's nickname in the GTA world. |
| SWAG |  |
Boxville | Featured during the mission Home Invasion. SWAG: "Etymology of this term most likely stems from a middle-English use of the word 'swag' often in pirate circles or other criminal circles as a euphamism for loot or plunder." |
| TAMMY |  |
Walton | Featured during the mission Don Peyote. |
| T3H BUCK | Tahoma | Found parked on Grove Street after completing House Party. | |
| TH3 DON |  |
Sentinel | Translates to THE DON. |
| TH3 P1G5 | Police Car | LSPD squad car from the mission Home Invasion. A slang term for the police ("The Pigs"). | |
| TIM |  |
Walton | Featured during the mission Don Peyote. |
| TIMEBOMB |  |
Tampa | Used during the mission Yay Ka-Boom-Boom. The car is rigged with a bomb to explode. |
| TRAUMA |  |
Romero | Katie Zhan's white hearse. A reference to her job as a nurse. |
| TOO FAST | Bullet | Import/export. Available on Saturday. A reference to the Ford GT being very fast with a top speed of 205 mph (330 km/h). |
