- Yesterday we asked–no, begged–our readers to please weigh in on an issue that's divided our office for days: what should go on a vanity plate for our long-term Tesla Model 3.
- We narrowed it down from over 180 staff submissions to two finalists, but we couldn't decide, so we asked our readers.
- The results are in, and it appears as though the readers also had a difficult time deciding: CL1CKB8 won by the narrowest of margins.
Breaking news out of C/D's Ann Arbor headquarters this afternoon: CL1CKB8 has been chosen as the vanity plate for our new Tesla Model 3 long-term test car. Leading CAR AND by 51 to 49 percent, it was a close race, but ultimately CL1CKB8 clinched the win.
Our Editor-in-Chief has submitted the request for the plate, and we're expecting it to arrive just in time for the car's next photo shoot. We were asked by a number of readers what our other suggestions were, so we're happy to present the list in its entirety below.
Some are snarky, some are completely indecipherable, and some are inside jokes that only those in our office would understand. Take EMMYLVR for example, a reference to Tony Quiroga's cute pup, Emmy, who joins us in meetings and supervises our newsroom, barking out orders for MORE VIRAL CONTENT almost every day. Take a look through the list and tell us in the comments which one you'd have chosen.
ACDC CD
THXTSLA
SAVE IC
0SAND1S
2000SUX
CAR AND
PANLGAP
SBSCRBE
NIKOLA
OMGBETA
100101
FARADAY
VOLTA
GRANITO
HIGHAMP
EDISON,
1L1L1L
HI VLTG
TSLA 420
FKENEWS
MOARGAS
SMUGNES
HNDSOFF
BYEPLEB
FREEGAS
ELONLOL
NOTASTE
HI ELON
SICKWIP
WATTUP
S3XY
4GRETA
AYOMUSK
CHARGME
MODELCD
GFCI
NOTGPAS
LS3SWAP
POWAH
TENTBLT
FLUXCAP
LOWRNGE
GIGAWAT
NOTFREE
MARSNXT
UWATTM8
FREEDOM
IPADCAR
COALPWR
35K EV
3 4FREE
DUMBCAR
LITHIUM
FIREHZD
IMSPECL
STEERME
2SPACE
3GOBOOM
BIGDEAL
HAL9000
GRETA T
HI PO EV
SKYNET
TAXREB8
SKIPGAS
3SOME
HV2P
CNTMKIT
CH4RGED
THUNBRG
PLUGIN
NOPRBLM
OUTL3T
EZPBLSH
RACE ME
ELEKTRA
2PLUS1
EV4LIFE
UPDTEME
EVFREAK
35KHAHA
OUTAGAS
NOTMINE
CLKBAIT
CLICKB8
CL1CKB8
LWNPKR
FLYNCAR
SHORT
TSLAQ
HANSLVR
HTLTHAI
SLCK3R
3HRTED
DRCTDRIV
BIGEGO
PTYHRST
EMMYLVR
JRDFITS
WEBTRFIC
DURACEL
USA 123
ATHERE
THEPLUG
SLACKME
TNCIUS 3
MTRTRND
AI 4EVR
4QUINT
TO4ST3D
NOTATOY
GOVIRAL
PLUGM3N
R3NTAL
LONGTRM
RUTROH
SPRCHRG
SLOW3R
1WHLSQL
PWRPLNT
NO SRVC
CRBNFRE
87IROCZ
MUSKY3
SLEEPIN
NAPPING
ASLEEP
BARGNEV
POPCAN
SODACAN
HNDSFRE
LIABLTY