"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
07/27/2015 at 18:02 • Filed to: None
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"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
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TA4K
> Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
07/27/2015 at 18:06 |
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How does it work in the states, I.e how do cars get so many number plates over their lifetimes? In NZ a plate gets assigned to a car when it is first registered in the country and that stays with the car forever or until it is deregistered. Do you have a different set of plates for each owner or something?
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> TA4K
07/27/2015 at 18:08 |
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pretty much, Canada is the same. In some cases, plates can be transferrable.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> TA4K
07/27/2015 at 18:10 |
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Each owner plates separately, and every state does as well. Worse, plates are reissued based on age. So, if a car is owned by one man who owns it for ten years, moves, sells it to a man in the new state, who then moves, then resells it to another man who owns it ten years, then replates it with a vanity plate, that could be eight plates in the space of ~25 years and only three owners.
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TA4K
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
07/27/2015 at 18:11 |
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Ah right. The only time you are even allowed to permenantly remove a set of plates is if you are swapping them for a personalized set, those you can transfer to another car but the first car has its old plates put back on. Registration plates are tied to VIN numbers first and then ownership.
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TA4K
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/27/2015 at 18:15 |
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Holy crap that’s weird. No wonder you use a 7 character plate. Also the only “vintage” status we give our cars is a classic car registration, which is just a way cheaper rego, but no restriction on how much it can be driven. Registration is mandatory as is getting a warrant of fitness but at least I pay $200 less for a rego on my triumph.
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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> TA4K
07/27/2015 at 18:16 |
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First set was supposed to be removed prior to my purchase due to lein sale, but was on it from 1963-2012, second set was on it until I moved in 2014, third set got swapped out for the antique plates because I don’t want to bother with all the inspection hassles while I’m working on selling it (inspection sticker expires in a few days). So yes, the car went most of it’s life with a single set then I swapped them more often than spark plugs.
lonestranger
> TA4K
07/27/2015 at 18:19 |
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Plus, each state (and Canadian Province) issues their own plates, often in differing letter/number formats, and may or may not require a front plate. So, when I moved from Alberta to B.C., my truck went from having only one plate on the rear (ESU - 289), to needing plates front & rear (AD - 7296).
If I sell it, the next owner gets issued their own plates. Depending on the state/province and the rules at the time, sometimes the selling owner can keep their old plates and re-issue them to their new vehicle, but that rule isn’t set in stone.
Either way, the plates don’t stay with the vehicle when it’s sold.
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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> lonestranger
07/27/2015 at 18:22 |
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In California, plates normally stay with the car, in Virginia, they don’t, in Nevada, they stay with the owner. Varies widely.
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TA4K
> lonestranger
07/27/2015 at 18:23 |
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Far out. I’m glad we have no states haha. The front plate on my triumph was lost (original black plates) so I have to send back my other one and get a new white set, however they are issued with the same number. It’s very easy to track a vehicles history with just a plate number thankfully, and we can even look up mileage online since it gets put in a database when we get a warrant of fitness.
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lonestranger
> Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
07/27/2015 at 18:28 |
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Ahh, I see. I knew it varied, but I didn’t know that California cars kept their plates.
TrickJos
> TA4K
07/27/2015 at 18:52 |
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In the USA it’s more like the number plate belongs to the owner rather than the car. In Ohio you can get a new set of plates each year when you pay your registration fee if you like. The license plate style seems to change about every ten years in Ohio and a lot of people tend to go for new plates when that happens. You can transfer the plates from one car to another if you sell the previous car before buying a new one. The plates cannot be used by a new owner of the car. However, the owner of a classic car (25+ years) can find plates from the year the car was manufactured and use them on his car if he wants to.
I wish we just had plain license plates. Blue or black numbers on a white background. I hate it when the colors look bad on my car. Look at this abomination I had to display on my Camaro for two years! Thank god Ohio has a new plate now, it’s much better.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> TrickJos
07/27/2015 at 19:25 |
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I actually like that plate. IT’s better than that god damn gold thing NY puts on our cars.