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Old 03-07-2016, 08:08 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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My own plate starts with a "D" here in Allegheny, I have had the plate since these current plates came out.
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Old 03-09-2016, 11:10 AM
 
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My plate starts with "D" and I'm in Luzerne County.








A neighbor's plate starts with "J".


Dear Abby, is there a plot I don't know about?
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Old 03-09-2016, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Berwick, Penna.
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This is not a subject with which I'm completely familiar; I just worked for a while in a field (trucking) where I had to deal with license plates fairly often, but

IIRC, car dealers and in-house notaries often have a stock of consecutive plates on hand, to be issued (and the fees collected and remitted) at individual sales. So that would account for a number of sequential plates within a fairly small community.

County-based tags are issued in some states; from memory, I can recall Kentucky, Tennessee, Montana, and New Mexico, but I'm sure there are more I've forgotten. And a very long time ago, I can recall that just about every plate in Elmira, NY incorporated an 'EL'

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Old 03-11-2016, 08:18 AM
 
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My plate starts with "D" and I'm in Luzerne County.








A neighbor's plate starts with "J".


Dear Abby, is there a plot I don't know about?
It depends if you opt to get a new plate when you buy your next car. You can opt to carry your old plate over to your next car. If you have not bought a car in a long time, that could explain your "D" plate.
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Old 03-11-2016, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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It depends if you opt to get a new plate when you buy your next car. You can opt to carry your old plate over to your next car. If you have not bought a car in a long time, that could explain your "D" plate.

You can get a new plate with a new car? That's new to me, I've always used my old plates, and didn't realize it was an "option".
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Old 03-11-2016, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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You can get a new plate with a new car? That's new to me, I've always used my old plates, and didn't realize it was an "option".
I ALWAYS get a new plate with a new car, or even a used car. Get it at your tag place or the dealer.
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Old 03-12-2016, 03:35 AM
 
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It depends if you opt to get a new plate when you buy your next car. You can opt to carry your old plate over to your next car. If you have not bought a car in a long time, that could explain your "D" plate.

A long time? I bought my last car in 2013. I "opted" to carry the old plate over. Why would you not?
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Old 03-12-2016, 03:41 AM
 
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Unless there are tickets, citations, or violations against the current plate that one would wish to conceal, I can't fathom any reason to get a new license plate with every purchase.


MOF, when my recent car was ready for delivery, the dealership told me to bring my tag. They attached it to my new car and never a discussion about getting a new tag.


Unless the state changes the design of the tag, one could conceivably carry the same tag with every vehicle purchase in a lifetime.
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Old 03-14-2016, 10:49 AM
 
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A long time? I bought my last car in 2013. I "opted" to carry the old plate over. Why would you not?
It's a matter of preference.
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Old 03-16-2016, 11:54 AM
 
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It's a matter of preference.
And willingness to pay a fee to have a new plate.
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