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cdennisg Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:56 am

Russ Wolfe wrote: Cops do not like them as they are harder to read from an angle.

cdennisg wrote: Idaho went to the flat plate a few years back. Cops don't like them because you can't read them from an angle.

Must be an echo.

Russ Wolfe Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:09 pm

I have heard it from my neighbor too. He is an Iowa highway patrolman.

theastronaut Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:04 pm

Russ Wolfe wrote: Is there a plastic cover over that one?


Nope! Just the tag itself inside the Leroy Cannon dealer frame pictured in my earlier post.

Ken J Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:33 pm

North Carolina is going with the flat plates, starting with the personalized ones. I just got one. It does look fake. They claim it reduces the cost. Maybe they'll lower our license plate fees.........Bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaaa!!!

Russ Wolfe Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:07 pm

Iowa just doubled the fees I pay on my VW's.
I put 3 of my cars into storage, to I would not have to pay the license fees. I was informed that if/when I took them back out of storage the fees would be doubled. From $10 to $20.
The ones I am keeping plates on, went from $10 to $16.

cdennisg Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:49 am

Oh, the humanity! Those prices are outrageous! :lol:

Ken J Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:17 am

Russ Wolfe wrote: Iowa just doubled the fees I pay on my VW's.
I put 3 of my cars into storage, to I would not have to pay the license fees. I was informed that if/when I took them back out of storage the fees would be doubled. From $10 to $20.
The ones I am keeping plates on, went from $10 to $16.

Russ, I can see that you've never lived in California. When I moved there quite a few years ago, I registered a fairly new Mercedes station wagon and an older Mercedes sedan, both diesels. In Illinois, any diesel vehicle was a flat fee of around $15 if I recall. I almost crapped my pants at the California DMV when the clerk told me it would be $1800 to register both cars!

vwluver74 Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:32 am

My 61 ragtop costs $69 to register. My 59 chevy flatbed truck is a bit over $1800 a year to register. If reg's only cost me 20 dollars per vehicle id have everything I own tagged!

Russ Wolfe Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:58 am

My wifes SUV is over $250 a year to register.
Used to be in Iowa, any car over $25 years old was $10, and any truck over 25 was $25.
My son lives in Sandy Eggo. I hate to see what his 28 ft motor home costs to register.
And they wonder why people are fleeing California.

BUGTHUG Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:26 am

vwluver74 wrote: My 61 ragtop costs $69 to register. My 59 chevy flatbed truck is a bit over $1800 a year to register. If reg's only cost me 20 dollars per vehicle id have everything I own tagged!
Why is the 59 chevy so much? Just get an antique about $50.00. If your in Kansas?



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