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"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 07/27/2018 at 13:43 • Filed to: None

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Normal licence plates in Montana have a one or two digit number to start the plate number. The number represents the county in which the car is registered. The county’s are roughly listed by population.

For example, Missoula is county 4, Flathead is 7, Lake is 15, Ravalli is 13 and so on.

So the next time you see a lambo with 31-XXXX plates ask them how life going in Anaconda.

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HammerheadFistpunch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 13:50

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Idaho does the same thing, I’ve started to learn which counties the slows are from to avoid them.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HammerheadFistpunch 07/27/2018 at 13:58

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Idaho gets all of their good ideas from Montana.

I grew up in county 15, and we always cussed out County 7 drivers for being asshole drivers , now I live in county 7....

Svend > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 14:09

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So the next time you see a lambo with 31-XXXX plates ask them how life going in Anaconda.

Erm, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Anaconda is 30, not 31.

Sorry. I’ll go away now.

I love how licence plates can say so much, if you know what to look for. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Svend 07/27/2018 at 14:11

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Yeah my bad. I know it’s 30-something but forgot it was 30. Butte is 1, so I must have combined the two.

Pickup_man > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 14:15

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South Dakota is the same way. You quickly learn what counties to identify as terrible drivers, or people who are here from the other side of the state. 

Svend > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 14:17

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Lol. I’ve had a few to drink so being pedantic (aka an arse).

No worries.

Jonee > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 14:26

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The sher iff and the coroner is the same person?

I wonder if Barry is related to Giovanni.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 14:29

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In California:

AAA### =car

AA#### =trailer

A##### =truck

After they ran out they added a # as follows

#AAA###=car

#A#####=truck

They ran out of truck numbers recently and reversed it:

######A#

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 07/27/2018 at 14:31

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If it has an Idaho plate it doesn’t really matter, they definitely do n’t know how to drive like the locals.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 07/27/2018 at 14:33

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You can tell the age of the car by that first number in addition to the plate design, too. If that prefix number doesn’t match the age of the vehicle, you know there’s some history there or they moved the car from another state.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jonee 07/27/2018 at 14:47

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I’m guessing not.

mtdrift > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 15:44

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I would add, too, that these are historic population numbers from the time when the county-counting paradigm first began. Yellowstone, Missoula, Lewis & Clark, Gallatin, and Cascade counties have long since left poor ol’ Butte-Silverbow in the dust population-wise.

Wyoming does the same thing, but with only 23 counties, it’s a lot easier to memorize. 

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/27/2018 at 15:55

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Further, they issue the letters/numbers sequentially, so you can estimate the age pretty accurately from them.

The same is true in a number of western states. Like my wife has a ###-AAA plate, which were last issued in 2009. From 2010 onward they issue AAA#### plates, which have gradually incremented the letters. My car has ASP#### and they’re somewhere in the BLA#### range for new cars today.

However, WA doesn’t keep plates with cars, so every time one changes hands the plates get replaced, which is far less efficient than the CA method.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > mtdrift 07/27/2018 at 16:06

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True, I thought they did this back in the 1950's. Also 1 plates are the best. I had 1 plates for a few years and nobody gave me any shit.

DrunkenGator > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2018 at 16:12

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Back in the day (‘63-’08) , Indiana did something similar: 1-or-2 digit number, letter, and string of numbers (up to 4, if I recall) after that. The 1-or-2 digit number came mostly from alphabetical order for the 92 counties, 93-99 were used for the larger counties. Then they decided to chuck the system for some reason.