This one’s a fan of Gran Turismo, one way or another

By Stephen Munn | September 6, 2008

On my commute home the other day I passed through downtown Albany and found myself behind this vehicle. It’s a blue Dodge with a license plate that reads GRN2RZMO. Pardon the cell phone camera image quality, and check out the overlay for a sense of what it would look like close up. It’s clear that the owner of this plate is a solid fan of Sony’s Gran Turismo franchise. Either that, or they’re showing off the fact that they know what the common automotive term GT actually stands for.

Gamer license plates are pretty entertaining. It becomes a kind of an in-joke between the owner and the person stuck behind them in traffic, assuming that person is also familiar with the reference. While it’s not certain that this person put this on their plate because of the racing simulator, I’m sure it’s been taken that way by others before I saw it, which makes it good enough a reference for me.

I found someone online using the name Rocket Punch who’s used this string of characters for his blog and on message boards, and I have an inquiry in to find out if this is the guy.