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What do your personalized plates say?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by cary1952, Aug 25, 2013.

  1. cary1952

    cary1952 Member

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    I have a Blue 2013 Prius 4. Plates are 2BLUE4U.
     
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  2. DadofHedgehog

    DadofHedgehog Active Member

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    We just went through Belle Fourche - right up the road from Spearfish - two weeks ago on a major road trip. Nice authentic town - we ate lunch at that real old-style diner by the rail road tracks and grain silo in the center of town.

    Our Prius plate is VOLTME.
     
  3. Jonny Zero

    Jonny Zero Giggidy

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    I want one that says

    BAC-OFF

    or

    FUC-OFF

    :)

    When I was in Singapore, I saw a police vehicle, which was a Toyota Corolla, with a scrolling electronic message board in the back window.

    It was running lights on VIP escort duty. The message board read: "POLICE. BACK OFF. VIP MOTORCADE."
     
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    I dislike personalized license plates.

    But I dislike bumper stickers and/or whatever trendy sticker is the thing to attach to the back of your vehicle.

    I mean if I see your vehicle parked in the parking lot, and/or I pull up behind it? I don't care if you are stick figure Man and Wife, with stick figure children dog and cat. Who cares?

    Same with personalized license plates. Whatever cute saying you morph into a series of letters and/or numbers? Well how long does that remain entertaining to you? If the charge lasts more than a month, you are far too easily entertained.

    I don't really care that UR A DOC or U LOV DOGS...or even PRIUS 4 EVA....

    My vehicle is my platform for driving. For getting from point A to B. It's not my platform for self asborbed cutesy communication.
     
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    Mine says "LXH-160". ;)
     
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    SWAGG3R
     
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    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    No vanity plates for me :-(

    I have a Carlsbad license plate holder.

    It says Village By the Sea

    It cost $3 at the visitor center
     
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    Mine have my college logo.
     
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    Hahaha! Nice post. I'm with you on bumper stickers or other stickers, but I think plates are ok.

    Thing is, I don't think I've ever cared enough about anything to put a sticker on my car (same way I feel about tattoos.) Maybe that's sad, but I don't know.

    I was going to get the newly available Washington Nationals license plates but the DC DMV (and the Nats) want you to pay $100 every year. Pfff.
     
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    Really? NC DMV charges $25 for the personalized plates and $15 goes to my school.
     
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    The California Coastal Commission (Whale Tale)with a random plate number is an initial $50 plus $40 annual for renewal above normal fee's.

    The California Coastal commission with a personalized plate number is an initial $98 plus $78 annual for renewal above normal fee's.
     
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    Yep, I got the blue Whale Tail license plate not because I care about the cause but because I dislike how the standard white CA license plate sticks out like a sore thumb on black cars.
     
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    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    I'm thinking of doing it mid year, wonder if they send me the reg stickers with the new plates
     
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    Yes, you'll get new stickers.
     
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    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    Thx buddy !
     
  17. DadofHedgehog

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    I had that Whale Tail plate on my BMW 318i in the late 1990s.
     
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    :)Like or dislike, two choices. I'm a big personalized plate fan and have had them continuously since 1977. Some are well done and clever, some suck. I prefer my initials for a classy look. I deviated with my Prius Plug In - R3VOLTN, but in my opinion, driving a Prius sends the same message. I don't do bumper stickers, stick figures, dealer names and logos. All the items you describe are innocent fun to those that choose them.


    :confused:Tattoos? Years ago, mostly bikers, sailors, and tough guys. Couldn't pay me enough to get one even in the deepest crevasse in my outer body, void of light.
     
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    mrbigh Prius Absolutum Dominium

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    My Avatar explain it all !!!;)
     
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    Mine says
    WAYWARD

    And my wife's Venza says
    WARCRFT
     
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