Beelzebub

No but there is braile on the drive up ATM's

PortlandRL

Oregon's been using the same tree and mountain base since 1990, I believe.

SidS1045

Lots of NY plates are already printed and not stamped (the special plates for sports teams, different regions of the state, professions, etc.). The plates are covered with a very thick coat of clear-coat enamel and the painted surface is reflective, so trying to alter them is very difficult and easily detected by the police.

SidS1045

Rodney nailed it. Follow the money. Every time they change the plates (produced by prisoners who are paid next to nothing for their labor), they get to charge vehicle owners mucho bucks for the new ones.

SidS1045

Massachusetts plates are considered permanent. There are still some green-on-white plates here which were issued more than 30 years ago, and are still legal to use as long as they're legible.

jas5lf

Found a site which shows past and present license plates for every state.

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/NA_USAX.html

bugeye

The old one looks much, much better. Those new ones are horrific.

And +1 for hating the printed plates, they look fake as hell.

I refuse to get Texas license plates since the new ones are printed (and TX requires a front license plate. Not going to massacre my beautiful front bumper ). FL for life!

mcflyguy24

I didn't know the florida plates no longer had an orange in between the letters/numbers. Its a tomato now

Bearcat94

You're worried they might "clash"?

What are you, an interior designer.

NTTAWWT.

TL1999

new one doesn't look as good as the previous version

TS_eXpeed

TS_eXpeed

And our new ones are too.
Whenever I'm required to get new ones, I'm going to order the "vanity" plain white stamped Texas plate.

JDM Inspired

I used to love this one

LuvMyTSX

Please tell me that's a joke. It's totally hideous!

I just moved to NY from NJ. Want to keep my Jersey plates forever now.....

I'm going to cry the day I have to put that on my car. It looks awful.

I rather like my NJ Olympic plates.

LuvMyTSX

I always liked this one. They should just update it a little and make that the new one.

TS_eXpeed

They should've just stuck with a white/blue theme. Plate would've been alot better IMO. Better than the current one even.

LuvMyTSX

Do we know what the new NY special plates look like? I might have to get one of those when the time comes. I really can't stomach the standard one.

svtmike

Maybe that's part of the reason for making the standard plate so ugly.

LuvMyTSX

That's very likely. Fricking bastards.

SidS1045

In the past, when NY has changed the regular plates, the special plates haven't changed. The ones on their web site should still be good.

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/cplates.htm

Souljah

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

I swiped my plate....

Myxomatosis

I f'in hate the new design, I'd pay the charge for them not to change the design... seriously

CLASSYCLS

OMG... They are so UGLY!! The plates are going to clash with ALL colors. I will be getting custom plates when the time comes if they keep the OLD design!


I HOPE NYS IS READING THIS...CHANGE THE DESIGN BACK!!!

Shoofin

They complain about not having money in the state but it makes sense for them to redesign a plate that there was nothing wrong with..

Not to mention the cost of what it is to register for the first time or renew your registration these days, it's getting outrageous...

LuvMyTSX

How much is it for first time? I'm still debating changing my address officially from NJ to NY (for tax reasons, I still work in NJ and don't want to pay extra taxes). I can still register on Wednesday and get the old plates.

NJ is $46.50 to renew registration, plus an extra $10 so $56.50 for my Olympic plates.

TeknoKing

Yep, those plates were nice, too bad pissy NJ sued to get rid of them...since the Statue of Liberty belongs to NJ.

Shoofin

Depending on the vehicle weight, anywhere from $250 and up for new plates for a 2 year reg.

I just renewed the reg on my wife's car, granted I have personalized plates (IIRC $45 extra every two years), but the 2 year renewal cost me $280.

F23A4

....and as one who grew up in NYC back in the 70s, I hope that NYC doesnt bring back the matching street signs as well. I'm surprised NYS didn't go back even further to the orange on blue plates.

Rounder

They look horrid. Buffalo Sabres colors, too.

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

I've never paid for a new plate. Whenever a state comes out with the new design for their standard plates a new one would just appear when the current registration came due. That is what happened in NY each time. That is also what happened here in NC since they updated in 2008.

So it seems like the only cost would be to the state since they have to change their process each time they change the plates...

CocheseUGA

^ Neither have I.

JahWobble

Design is cool, but the Yellow is

LuvMyTSX

Damn, that's steep!

nj2pa2nc

I remember when Pa had the ugly yellow/orange license plates in the 70's

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

If you were in NY in the last 20 years... you paid for the new plate whether you realized it or not. They roll it into your new registration price. This is a joke for New York to generate money.

If they wanted to SAVE money just stop requiring us to have plates on the front of the car. Cuts cost and labor in half.

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

I never paid an increased registration fee. Every car I ever owned/titled in NY I paid the same registration fee each time. Very rarely did the DMV fees change unless you were buying a personalized/vanity plate. But regular registration was the same on all cars I ever titled

Same with down here in NC. We got new plates, but the registration fees never changed. I've paid the same amount on every car we've registered since we've been here...

nj2pa2nc

NC changed the blue lettering to red because it they were having problems with it fading. The cops then complained that it was hard to see the red lettering so they went back to the blue lettering.

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

Right. But either way our registration fees never changed each time they updated it. We have some blue plates and some red plates... but to register the car cost the same each time. I never paid an increase when they made any changes. Even the personalized/vanity plates pricing stayed the same.

slobeatz

Maybe I missed this:

Officials are saying that they are replacing the plates, because the current ones are fading or hard to read. Yet, I haven't heard them say anything about all of the people who own special plates (i.e. yankees, mets, etc.) being required to replace their existing plates with new ones.