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Yep, the radar thingies front and rear. Wife's car has 'em and I got used to it. My SUV I parked via the braille method at times. My new car has more gadgets than I've yet figured out. Darn thing is able to parallel park itself, although I haven't tried that one yet.
Wow... they're already changing TX plates? Seems like the gaudy blue ones weren't issued for long. I thought they had a screwy configuration that I'm sure law enforcement didn't like. I thought people voted on them and chose them as a favorite?
I live in Colorado and love our base plates... and like having the front plate as well. I know you can be ticketed for not displaying your front plate. Front plates make a lot of sense for law enforcement reasons. That's why pretty much anywhere you go in the world, cars have a front plate. CO plates really don't clash with any car color, IMO.
I'm just glad I don't live in a state with gaudy license plates. I prefer simple, easy to read plates. I doube if Colorado will ever change from the current design since it's become iconic and people like them. CO has had pretty much the same design since the 1960s, other than reversing colors.
Yep, I think the gaudy ones were only issued out for 2 or 3 years. I personally never liked them, even when they were voting for best design, but I guess people thought they looked much better in a picture than in real life, lol.
Rear-plate-only states are Michigan, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Delaware.
Nevada has an interesting law: front plates are required except that if you drive a luxury or expensive sports car you don't have to put it on. Well, that's not exactly what it says, lol, but the result is about the same. The statute actually says that a front plate is optional if the vehicle was not designed for a front plate or if the manufacturer did not provide an add-on bracket or other means of displaying the front plate.
Until I read this thread I would never have imagined that there was even one person who cared whether their license plate matched the color of their car, let alone a whole passel of them.
There may be something more trivial to worry about, but at the moment I'm having a hard time thinking of what it might be.
I'm considering it. Just mounted my plates on my new car... had to drill the bumper. Ugh....
Drilling the bumper on a brand new car was one of the hardest things I've had to do to a car. No way around it except for the plates holders that mount from underneath, but that looks a little stupid. Sigh.
As I noted above, Nevada's law specifically addresses this issue. Although NV requires front & rear plates on most vehicles, yours would have been exempted.
I love being in New Mexico where we only need a rear plate. I also love the fact the same plates are used no matter if you drive a passenger car or truck, and that there are a couple of nice design choices to pick from when you get plates. You can keep your plate for as many years as you have the vehicle, just getting a new sticker every year. I believe that if the cops are out trolling to fill their month end quota, let them work a little harder for our money by having to drive around the back of our vehicles to see the plate number.
Yep, I think the gaudy ones were only issued out for 2 or 3 years. I personally never liked them, even when they were voting for best design, but I guess people thought they looked much better in a picture than in real life, lol.
I lived in San Antonio in 1990 and really liked the plates I got then.. white, blue letters/numbers and the TX flag at the top, off-centered. I haven't cared for any plates they've had since then. I especially hate the flat plates trend. They tend to look plastic or "fake", although MN and AZ use dencent fonts on their flat plates that look ok.
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