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Started by Alex, February 04, 2010, 10:38:53 AM

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corco

I never understood plates staying with cars- I guess it saves waste. I bought a Dodge Colt in Tacoma WA that hadn't been registered in a couple years but still had license plates on it and they just reactivated the old plates when I went to register.

On the flip side, when I got my Jeep Liberty from my uncle who passed away in Idaho which is an owner-owned plate state, we had to discard his plate and put my plate on it, even though he obviously wasn't going to be using the plate for anything.

From what I understand, Arizona recently switched from the license plates staying with the car to with the owner too- I just moved from down there and when I signed a Ford Escort over to my parents (who do the snowbird thing and registered it in AZ), they had to get new plates.

But if I were selling a car in a non-family transfer, I'd want to have the rights to the license plate and the time left on the registration.


Big John

Quote from: corco on April 07, 2013, 10:53:35 PM
QuoteI was going to say the owner's birthday is in May, but I guess that's not the way they do it everywhere...

Whoa, vehicle registration expiration is tied to birthdays in some states? That seems like a privacy issue.

Georgia does it, with registrations expiring exactly on the birthday rather than the end of the month.  They also impose ad-valorem taxes on the renewal fees, so it is called a "Birthday Tax" by residents.

vdeane

I don't really like the whole "plates stay with owner idea" myself.  If I see old plates, I expect the car to be old too.  Likewise, If I see new plates, I expect the car to be shiny and new.  Plus I would really like to not be stuck with empire gold plates for my car when I graduate college.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

agentsteel53

Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on April 07, 2013, 10:25:44 PM
I might be a license plate collector, but there is one thing concerning license plates that I don't really understand, and that is the stickers. What I mean is that all the month stickers are jacked up compared to when the plate was actually produced. For example, yesterday, I was out on the road and I saw a 6YOJnnn plate that had May 2014 stickers. Now I'm confused about this because the late 6Y series was issued in December and May obviously hasn't come yet. Any explanations for this?

the other explanation is that the car's plates were damaged or stolen.  a new plate is issued, but the month of registration expiry is unchanged.

I saw an August 2013 6ZVTxxx plate the other day.  6ZVT was definitely not out in August 2012, so the replacement plate is the most logical explanation in my case, and a possibility in yours.
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agentsteel53

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 02, 2013, 12:49:03 PM


I have a photo of 7ABF080.  Scott Broady spotted it in San Francisco.

I have a photo I took myself of 7ACT366, and spotted 7ADDxxx on Saturday but did not bother taking a picture.  apart from the first digit being "7", the plates are unchanged from the 6 series.

in other news, I did spot 8Z99993 the other day, which is just 7 shy of the Big Flip (CA commercial going from 1A23456 to 23456A1). 
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kphoger

I recently found out that, in Kansas, if you have several months left on your registration when you trade in your car, you can get credit back for your "lost" money.
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Brandon

Quote from: vtk on April 07, 2013, 10:48:45 PM
I was going to say the owner's birthday is in May, but I guess that's not the way they do it everywhere...

In Illinois, the expiration date at the end of the month has to do with when you first got your plates whether you bought your first car, or moved in from out-of-state.  Then you keep your plates and transfer them from vehicle to vehicle as you buy and sell them.  The plates are supposed to be replaced every so often, so no old plates on old cars.  Just old numbers with long-time residents.
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Quote from: vdeane on April 08, 2013, 11:31:10 AM
I don't really like the whole "plates stay with owner idea" myself.  If I see old plates, I expect the car to be old too.  Likewise, If I see new plates, I expect the car to be shiny and new.  Plus I would really like to not be stuck with empire gold plates for my car when I graduate college.
You never HAVE to, but it's a nice option. Especially for those of us with customized plates...
Quote from: corco on April 07, 2013, 10:53:35 PM
QuoteI was going to say the owner's birthday is in May, but I guess that's not the way they do it everywhere...

Whoa, vehicle registration expiration is tied to birthdays in some states? That seems like a privacy issue.

So now that I know the owner is born in May, I can steal his bank account, no?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 03, 2013, 10:21:18 AM
Quote

The yellow band at the left contains the island's current tourism slogan, "Puerto Rico does it better," in English at the top and in Spanish at the bottom ("Puerto Rico lo hace mejor").

The blue dot within the yellow band contains the message "Llévalos contigo siempre: Valores," or "Always take your values with you"--a motivational message being promoted in various public venues around the island.

I see potential here for at least six more catchphrases.

(seriously, is there any other jurisdiction which has more than one on their plates?)
Didn't DC have "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" as a choice instead of a different slogan?

6a


CentralCAroadgeek

'Tis nice there! Thanks for getting a picture of it! Now for a picture of the Arizona BAA0000 plates...

agentsteel53

Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on April 15, 2013, 07:00:18 PM
Now for a picture of the Arizona BAA0000 plates...

I've seen one. looks just like you would expect.
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corco

That's the best looking Ohio plate than the red/white/blue Heart of it All! plate. The last one looked like it could be any plains state, the sunburst was generic and looked too much like an Idaho plate from a distance, the bicentennial was generic, and gold isn't an Ohio color. That plate is distinctly Ohio colors (though it could use some blue)...just wish they would have put something other than the website on the bottom.

agentsteel53

I wonder about the website craze.  has anyone ever decided, upon seeing a website advertised on a license plate, to go check it out when they were next at home?  (or, good grief, immediately while driving!)
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Big John

Quote from: 6a on April 15, 2013, 06:48:20 PM
Eh, it's not so bad.


And it is a good raised characters, unlike the flat hideous 3M font shown on page 14 of this thread

Big John

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 15, 2013, 07:40:29 PM
I wonder about the website craze.  has anyone ever decided, upon seeing a website advertised on a license plate, to go check it out when they were next at home?  (or, good grief, immediately while driving!)
Georgia removed the website from their new plated issued last year.

kphoger

Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on April 15, 2013, 07:00:18 PM
Now for a picture of the Arizona BAA0000 plates...

Baa




Quote from: 6a on April 15, 2013, 06:48:20 PM

Eh, it's not so bad.



Agreed, that looks much better than what we all thought it was going to.
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NE2

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stormwatch7721

Is that a sticker on the left that has the county name, 6a?

agentsteel53

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Quote from: stormwatch7721 on April 15, 2013, 09:29:45 PM
Is that a sticker on the left that has the county name, 6a?

yep.  Franklin County.  not sure how that came to be County #25 in the official registry.  Alphabetical?

btw, if you click on an image that the forum has resized, it restores it to the original size.  at that size, the Franklin becomes quite visible.
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stormwatch7721

Thanks for the answer, agentsteel53. I don't remember Ohio nor any other state doing sticker-based counties. When I lived in Ohio as a kid,
the county name was in the center.

vtk

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 15, 2013, 09:35:20 PM
Quote from: stormwatch7721 on April 15, 2013, 09:29:45 PM
Is that a sticker on the left that has the county name, 6a?

yep.  Franklin County.  not sure how that came to be County #25 in the official registry.  Alphabetical?

Alphabetical it is.  Also, now we know 6a's birthday.  (Or, at least, the birthday of whoever owns that car...)

Also also, I noticed the 8 is misaligned.
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

tdindy88

Quote from: stormwatch7721 on April 15, 2013, 09:38:33 PM
Thanks for the answer, agentsteel53. I don't remember Ohio nor any other state doing sticker-based counties. When I lived in Ohio as a kid,
the county name was in the center.

Indiana's been doing sticker-based county stickers for at least a few years on the specality plates and the new general license plate now features them as well, they only use the county number which, like Ohio is done alphabetically. The previous plate featured the county name on the top and the majority of the plates before that featured the county number as a part of the license plate number. Though I may have to correct myself on that one (I am days away from getting the new plate myself) but it appears that the numbers are now put on the plates directly without the sticker.

agentsteel53

Quote from: vtk on April 15, 2013, 09:45:41 PM
Alphabetical it is.  Also, now we know 6a's birthday.  (Or, at least, the birthday of whoever owns that car...)

I assume it is November 4.

what does the "3 11" mean on the yellow sticker?  the remainder of the codes, I can figure out.
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kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

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Molandfreak

Quote from: kphoger on April 15, 2013, 10:08:24 PM
Quote from: NE2 on April 15, 2013, 09:04:39 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on April 15, 2013, 07:00:18 PM
Now for a picture of the Alanland BAA0000 plates...
Anyone?


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