Connecticut License Plates

[jon daly]

When I was a kid, Conn.'s license plate format was AB 1234.  But for many years, it has been 123 ABC.  They are on the Ws and Xs now and I was wondering what the new format will be.  Also, it seems like they are replacing plates with new numbers as people reregister there cars, but I'm not 100% sure about that.  Mine has ended in MMJ for quite some time, but I think I'm seeing a lot more new plates than normal.

[Alps]

NJ's into the Zeds now.  As soon as we roll over I'll let everyone know how that one works.  Most states don't wait till the last second to roll over - in fact, the current NJ series (XXX ##X) was begun 25-30 years ago, left off at E or F in favor of a seven-character plate, then ended up coming back!

[mefailenglish]

In Maryland, the plates used to be XXX ###.  Now they're #XX X##.  Maybe CT will do something similar?

[Kacie Jane]

Washington just went to a seven character format last year (although I didn't spot one in use for the first time until last week) after running out of 123 ABC plates.

I think here you have to get new plates every 5 years, although it may be longer, I'm not sure. 

[Roadgeek Adam]

Jersey's still 6 digits, as all of the cars we've had were

[Alps]

Jersey's still 6 digits, as all of the cars we've had were

See my post on Jersey license plates oh, three below yours

[Duke87]

Huh. I always thought the jumble of letters was random.

But now that you mention it, of the cars that have been in my family...

- one, perhaps both, of the old Subarus (CT plates put on in '90) definitely had G as the first letter
- the Villager ('95) had JOF
- the first Quest ('98) had MDP
- the Sentra (plates from '05) has RFT
- the Murano (plates from '06) has SPD
- my Focus ('09) has XMS

Yup, they're moving forward in the alphabet!

[signalman]

NJ's into the Zeds now.  As soon as we roll over I'll let everyone know how that one works.  Most states don't wait till the last second to roll over - in fact, the current NJ series (XXX ##X) was begun 25-30 years ago, left off at E or F in favor of a seven-character plate, then ended up coming back!

You're close.  Actually they ended the blue plates at GZZ-99Z, then 7 character plates were introduced.  After that, BA-100A thru ZZ-999Z were issued through the 90s.  Then the old format was picked up at JAA-10A to the current late Z series.  Upon reaching ZZZ-99Z (which should happen in May or June) the format will reverse to an A10-AAA format.  Not sure how progression will work on those yet.