New Mexico License Plates (Albuquerque, Hope: live in, legally, move to)

[jsc23]

Originally Posted by Towanda

This one is good too.

You could have a choice: a plate that says "Mañana baby" or one that says "Red or Green?"

or NM, Christmas any time

[vegaspilgrim]

"Zia"-- I'm assuming that refers to this thing:

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(city-data.com editing screws it up, but I think you know what I'm trying to show)

Can anybody tell me what the zia means?

[Hunter Wold]

*Both are manufactured in Nova Scotia.

I thought they were made in the prison system, how come we have to pay Nova
Scotia, another country//I guess this is a form of "outsourcing"...
Back to the old system of prison work...
Hw

[yukon]

I LOVE the "red or green?" idea. How do we get it added, petition maybe?

[Merlander]

Originally Posted by Towanda

This one is good too.

You could have a choice: a plate that says "Mañana baby" or one that says "Red or Green?"

Towanda, how did you get that cool squiggly above your "n"?

vegaspilgrim - Zia is an Indian tribe. Here's the meaning:

The Zia Sun Symbol

Pretty cool state flag, IMO.

[rainbird]

well I'll not vote since I'm not yet a New Mexican. But I have to say I always liked the old Zia Plate, I think it's pretty unique among the vairous state plates I've seen. I also think Towanda's Red or Green? idea is worthy.

Cool thread BTW

[CelticLady1]

Well, I'm not a New Mexican, (though I wouldn't mind being one), but I like the traditional Zia plate. It's always an easy plate to spot, and I do see it occasionally, here in NW Florida. It's very unique, (rather like Wyoming's plate. As a former Wyomingite, I can spot that cowboy a mile away). I like the symbolism of the Zia plate, and I think it better reflects New Mexico, as opposed to the hot air balloons. Nothing against the balloons, of course, but as others have noted, it's mainly an Albuquerque thing, rather than something that represents New Mexico, as a whole.

[Towanda]

Towanda, how did you get that cool squiggly above your "n"?

Tim:

Press down the ALT key with your left hand ... and at the same time with your right hand, type 164 on the number pad at right.

ñ ñ ñ

There are many others:

ALT + 165 = Ñ
ALT + 130 = é
ALT + 160 = á
ALT + 161 = í
ALT + 163 = ú
ALT + 168 = ¿
ALT + 173 = ¡
ALT + 155 = ¢
ALT + 167 = º (degree)

I have more of them. Send me a private message if you need others which aren't here. Or discover them like I did .... hit and miss!

« Sorry for the thread drift »

[br7or13]

The old yellow zia plate is not old enough. I like the yellow and red zia plates from the 60s and 70s. When they added that green navajo design at the top, I wasn't too thrilled.

[jazzlover]

These are my favorite versions of the New Mexico plate. Personally, I wish they would go back to one of these designs--simple, distinctive, easy to read. I also agree with Celticlady1 about Wyoming's plate being unmistakable with the cowboy and bronc on the plate, just as New Mexico's is with the Zia.

This website has a neat page of old New Mexico plates:

http://cybergata.com/nmplates.htm

It's the first I've seen that has the old pre-1971 county number codes. I actually remember those plates. Too bad New Mexico got rid of that. There aren't many states that still do that--Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska being three states I know of that still do (though Nebraska appears to be transitioning away from it). Still, when all is said and done, a license plate is still just a fancy tax receipt . . .