Warning about "Specialty" license plates and theft...

[ray1970]

And, for the record, I’m with 68Charger. I’m not spending extra money on fancy plates.

The lady at the DMV asked me if I was interested in them once. I told her that if I thought I’d never get a ticket that I wouldn’t even put license plates on my vehicle. Much less spend extra to do so.

[kidicarus13]

[Gman]

I think the rule is that if your purple heart plate gets stolen and you want to replace it, you have to deploy overseas and get shot again.

[Justin]

Had some jerk try to pull my rear plate off a few months ago. He failed due to the security bolts, but the plate was bent enough that I ended up having to buy a license plate frame to keep it flat.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I don't know about other plates, but the one's I have required me to donate a minimum of $50 to the organization my plates are designed for, and then show the receipt as proof, no money to the gov.

I think the two I did were that plus extra to the government for the different plate. I'm down to one "fancy" plate now, but I registered a car on Thursday and ALMOST did this again. It was $50 to the org, and then $25 to the government, IIRC.
Ultimately I just went with the regular ones. After this thread, I'm more glad I did.

[ray1970]

On a related note, a person could keep spare razor blades handy on their vehicle by taping them to the back side of the license plate for safe keeping.

[ray1970]

I think the two I did were that plus extra to the government for the different plate. I'm down to one "fancy" plate now, but I registered a car on Thursday and ALMOST did this again. It was $50 to the org, and then $25 to the government, IIRC.
Ultimately I just went with the regular ones. After this thread, I'm more glad I did.

Not sure about the $50 but keep in mind the $25 isn't just an initial investment. That $25 gets charged every time you renew those plates if I understand correctly. So if you have those plates for ten years that's $250.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Not sure about the $50 but keep in mind the $25 isn't just an initial investment. That $25 gets charged every time you renew those plates if I understand correctly. So if you have those plates for ten years that's $250.

I think I had mine mixed up - it was the opposite. These are the only specialty plate I have left: https://www.bicyclecolorado.org/get-...hare-the-road/
Says it is a one-time $50 to the gov't after the one time $25 donation. I've never really noticed the extra fees over the years - but I did get an itemized breakdown of the fees on my [plain green/white] plates on Thursday afternoon.

BTW: Props to JeffCo taj mahal on Thurs afternoon. I got there at 4 and was out in about 20 minutes! That was a first as I've definitely been there > 90 min in the past.

[spqrzilla]

Last time I bought a vehicle, I had the clerk register it to the plates from the Jeep I'd just scrapped.

[brutal]

I only have the basic Honorably Discharged Veteran plates and never had any issues.

While we're on the subject, $177.97 to renew the plates for my 13.5 year old truck that does around 5K miles per year. I find the state's vehicle registration fees absolutely egregious, particularly when the roads and bridges we pay EXTRA fees for are all still shite. At least I get a pass on the $40 emissions test this year. Fuckers.