It’s Tuesday. Some idiot in Dubai paid $15 million for a vanity license plate. Not a car. Not a mansion. Not a private island with a helicopter pad. A freaking piece of stamped metal with a number on it. The plate, “P 7,” sold for 55 million dirhams at a charity auction in 2023.

I’m all for having money to burn, but at $15 million I’d expect the damn plate to start the car, change the oil, and maybe wash it on Sundays. Instead, it just sits there announcing, “I have way more money than common sense.” To be fair, the auction was for charity, so at least the money went to a good cause. But still… $15 million for the number 7… WTF?

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A staggering $15 million license plate has been spotted on a $100,000 Mansory Tesla Cybertruck EV, on what people are calling ‘just another normal day’ in Dubai.

The sighting was posted on LinkedIn by 1rank Digital, which managed to secure footage of the license plate on the truck. In the footage, we can see the plate itself is incredibly simple: P7, but it happens to be the most expensive plate ever sold.

Paying $15 million for a license plate and putting it on a Mansory Tesla Cybertruck really is the ultimate flex of wealth. At the rear of the truck, we can see the P7 license plate, and it is also present at the front of the truck.

The Guinness World Records state that this is the most expensive license plate ever sold. In April 2023, it was purchased for a whopping $15 million at an auction. While that is a ludicrous amount of money, plates being sold for millions does happen in Dubai.

Some dub them ‘vanity license plates’, and they typically consist of low- or single-digit combinations. Yet despite the high price tag, there is extra meaning to these plates. While $15 million is a wild amount for a license plate, there are positives to this high cost. According to 1rank Digital, the money from these sales often goes towards charitable initiatives.

For example, in the case of plate P7, the funds supported Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s ‘One Billion Meals’ campaign. This is a campaign that addresses food security for vulnerable populations.

It isn’t the first time that this plate has been seen on a Dubai-based vehicle either. Previously, P7 was spotted on a Tesla Model X before it appeared on the Cybertruck. The plates are assigned to the owner, not a specific vehicle. That is how they can be sold and reappear on a completely different car or vehicle.

It’s Monday. It wasn’t much of a weekend for me. I started feeling crappy Friday night, and things got worse as Saturday rolled around. I ended up spending about half the day in bed and didn’t really start feeling better until Sunday morning.

I still didn’t have much energy, but the girlfriend figured it would do me some good to get out of the house, so we decided to head over to Oakbrook for some shopping. I hadn’t been out that way since I worked for a communications company in one of the business towers near the mall back in 1997–1999.

One thing I noticed right away was the traffic. Holy crap, it was ridiculously busy! The only time I remember seeing that much traffic out there was during the holidays. Another big change was the number of restaurants. There are so many now that I couldn’t possibly count them all if I tried. Apparently, Oakbrook spent the last 27 years making sure nobody has to travel more than 50 feet to find something to eat.

Anyway, I’m hoping for some better sleep tonight.

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It’s Friday! If you want to stay dry, you might want to steer clear of the entire state of Illinois right now. It has been raining for days and Mother Nature apparently has no plans to turn off the faucet anytime soon. We’ve had torrential downpours, high winds, tornadoes, lightening, flooding, and just about every other weather-related middle finger she can throw at us. At this point, I’m pretty sure Noah is somewhere around here looking for lumber. Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes.

Last Saturday I headed over to Morris, Illinois, for their monthly Cruise Night, and as usual, Liberty Street was packed with an impressive amount of automotive goodness. There are so many cool cars, trucks, and customs that you can easily spend several hours wandering around and still feel like you missed something. It’s definitely one of my favorite car shows of the summer.

As promised, I put together a gallery featuring some of my favorites from Cruise Night. And because it’s Friday, you’re also getting the usual double dose of babes and double dose of jokes. Basically, it’s everything you need to properly kick off the weekend. Enjoy!

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