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Old 23rd June 2007, 17:35   #1
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What do you think of this number plate for an M5 E39?
What do you guys think of this number plate for an M5 E39?

"M5 ETN"

Does those in the know notice the significance?
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Old 23rd June 2007, 21:04   #2
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i am thinking...

M5 ET[hirty]N[ine]

or maybe that's just too obvious and i should be looking for something a bit more byzantine...
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i am thinking...

M5 ET[hirty]N[ine]

or maybe that's just too obvious and i should be looking for something a bit more byzantine...
could be, went over my head. I was just thinking ETN = eatin'
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I thought "eatin" at first too, but that makes no sense...at least to me. HAS to be E Thirty Nine. I wanted to get a vanity plate, but couldn't find anything that I liked... I really wanted MI55LE, but it was taken....
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what about "M5 8U"
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Old 24th June 2007, 12:38   #7
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what about "M5 8U"

V Good but over here would have to be M54TEU
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Some of you got it...

M5 E'T'hirty'N'ine it is....I thought it worked quite well?
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