One of my personalized plates came in and it is glorious

"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori) 02/05/2020 at 13:29 • Filed to: The Hot Mess

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You may remember January I ordered two personalized plates after discovering they’d modernized the process. One of the two has arrived.

And it is amazing. Snowing today, so no picture of it on the Jaaaaaaag, but I’ll follow up with one soon.

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ttyymmnn > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:32

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Aren’t you supposed to put your thumb in front of it?

WilliamsSW > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:35

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Awesome!  Although I’m a little surprised this wasn’t rejected.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW 02/05/2020 at 13:36

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Oh?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:38

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Cool plate. Do you need to run a front plate in OK?

That’s a very generic looking license plate. Only other plate I think I’ve ever seen black and white is Texas.

And what’s with the DNA strand going down the middle? WTH, Oklahoma?

WilliamsSW > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:40

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If you add “ off” to the end... 

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/05/2020 at 13:43

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The more I learn about you......

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/05/2020 at 13:44

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N o front plate, but in the past I’ve run my “normal” plate in front as you’re required to have it in the car at all times since you have to maintain separate registration on those too.  Which is fun . Probably won’t run a front plate on the Jag.

California has some pretty generic plates, though I think they’re blue and white. I absolutely prefer the simple to anything else. The normal plates look like this, at the moment:

They’re really hard to read and look a little derpy.

No idea on the DNA. I think maybe something to prove the plate isn’t fake as I believe it is reflective?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW 02/05/2020 at 13:45

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Fair, though a long way to go for the joke.  Probably helped that it was going on a Jag.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 02/05/2020 at 13:45

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Yeah, now I can file a lien against his house and take out several credit cards in his name. Or, so I understand the theory

someassemblyrequired > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:47

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O ther Jag owners may take issue as the plates are not stolen/forged , and also have unexpired tags.  Not really in keeping with the JAAAAAG lifestyle.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:47

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Yeah, the black and white certainly isn’t bad, just something I haven’t seen often. And yes, the “normal” plate is rather derpy.

So you need to have separate registration on the original plates you had with the car?  That seems really confusing.  Why would they do that, besides the obvious money grab?  

WilliamsSW > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:48

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Oh I know how you meant it — I just suspect a lot of DMVs are overly sensitive to ANY possible misinterpretation.

Ash78, voting early and often > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/05/2020 at 13:49

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Alabama has the “ DNA,” too. Ours is a pretty complex hologram to deter counterfeiting, like the stripe in the dollar bills.

Ash78, voting early and often > ranwhenparked 02/05/2020 at 13:50

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You already kidnapped his family, right? That’s an Internet Rule.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > someassemblyrequired 02/05/2020 at 13:50

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Fair point.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:51

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Should have thought of that when I went to get FL plates for my Jag after I moved. But since SMURF U and SMURFY were already taken, I was so sad that I just went with regular plates. 

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/05/2020 at 13:51

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Incompetence? Or yeah maybe just a cash grab. I think it is like $12/yr to keep the plate.  Though it can be transferred to another vehicle, so I guess it sort of makes sense to treat it as its own thing.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > haveacarortwoorthree2 02/05/2020 at 13:54

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I almost did “BLUPILL” for the Volvo because while the Volvo is blue and pill shaped, I thought the viagra and Matrix references were funny. Apparently the term has taken over by crazy people so... glad I didn’t.

shop-teacher > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 13:54

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Niiiiiiice

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/05/2020 at 13:58

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Naah , I’m just picturing a sour looking DMV employee imagining it to be something offensive.

Chariotoflove > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 14:05

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Sweet.

someassemblyrequired > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 14:10

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Too bad you sold the Civic, you could have had matching WAAAAAG plates

LastFirstMI is my name > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 14:16

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Better than the old “Oklahoma is OK” plates....

AkursedX > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 14:23

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There's a guy locally here in NY who has that plate on his F-Type R. I love it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 14:29

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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > someassemblyrequired 02/05/2020 at 14:38

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I guess I could get ‘ SAAAAAB’

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 15:05

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Did you put it on one of these?

/s/  Just kidding!

M.T. Blake > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/05/2020 at 17:16

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Love it. Going to be hard to remember how many As are in it when the hotel wants your plate. Almost as bad as the plate I saw BMWMWMW. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/06/2020 at 10:02

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Fantastic.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2020 at 11:50

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Haha sorry I didn’t get more creative than that :-P

Odd they came separately ... Hopefully the other one will come in soon.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/06/2020 at 11:55

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It’s good!

Looking forward to the next one.

JMKarstetter > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 02/11/2020 at 02:46

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I didn’t get a custom plate, but I did get one of the buffalo plates. I really really dislike the plates Oklahoma went with for the standard plates. And these are waaaaaay better, plus $20 of the plates cost goes toward the Nature Conservancy’s conservation efforts.