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Has anyone received a CA Green HOV Sticker yet?

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by elmofongo, Mar 2, 2012.

  1. tarantoga

    tarantoga Junior Member

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    Actually my plates came the same day when I wrote this post. So the package with the plates contained a copy of my decal application with the license plate number filled in and stamped "COPY", so this very much looks like DMV completed the decal application form and sent it on to the decal people.
     
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    Maeva @ Putnam stamped copy on there and forwarded you the plates after she picked them up from DMV.
     
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    Your stickers will arrive between the 23rd to 26th.
     
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    I suspect Maeva was also the one who sent the application, rather than the DMV clerk who issued the plates to the dealer.
     
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    Correct
     
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  6. CharlesH

    CharlesH CA HOV Decal #5 on former PiP

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    My dealer (Piercey Milpitas) just provided me a copy of the application form for me to fill out. But they had the plates ready for me at the dealership the Monday after I picked up the car the previous Wednesday. I don't know if they made a trip to Sacramento to walk through registrations, or if they are a DMV authorized agent who can process the registration themselves (kind of like AAA can handle registration renewals).
     
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    Here a shot of the decals on the right rear/side of the car.
     

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  8. LurkAzusa

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    That's where I plan on putting mine. As low as possible.
     
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    i've seen a lot of gen-2 priuses with stickers on that low that are 1) totally covered in road grime and 2) disintegrating/peeling off due to said grime.

    to me these stickers are like gold and i don't want any harm to come of them :)
     
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    In So Cal there isn't any weather that dirties or wears them. The stickers on my 2005 looked like new when I peeled them off in July.
     
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    They only need to last until the end of 2014. Mine were still in good shape and weren't peeling after five and a half years on my '06. I don't think it's going to be a problem.:D
     
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    Ditto
     
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    WAY to Go - sticker # 0005

    I wonder who the other 4 lucky stiffs were, that beat you to the punch
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    Although a couple of others have made the point, the weather and road grime here in SoCal doesn't impact the decal as it may in other parts of the country. I have attached a picture of my 2006 Prius that I took earlier today in which you can clearly see the similar placement of the decals. Those decals were put on in February of 06 and have held up almost perfectly.
     

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    I guess the DMV was true to their word that it was first in, first out. I got sticker #00001.

    It either came Friday or Saturday. I was out of town for the weekend and came home Sunday.
     

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    in all fairness some of the ones i've seen that are peeling were applied to the black trim and because of the complex contour dirt gets underneath the sticker. the new prius does not have that problem.

    as for not needing to last too long, there is of course the possibility that they extend the program as they did with the yellow stickers.

    still, my bigger issue is damage to the bumper and the need to replace stickers due to body work. i'm going to put the stickers above the bumper, i don't mind how it looks.
     
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    that is awesome! a collector's item.
     
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    Sorry, but I got EH00000! Man, I hope I never get stopped, they will think they are fake.

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    Glad they are coming through. Hoping mine comes today or tomorrow, so that I can switch to my handicapped license plates. We're leaving on a trip to Ohio on Thursday for a couple of weeks (in the Lexus, not the PiP) and I'd like to have it done before then. It's exciting to have a low number. I notice they now start with "EH". The very first ones were "HE" for hybrid-electric, I suppose. Anyway, congrats to those who can now jump in the HOV lanes!
     
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    John in LB Life is good

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    Congratulations !!!!!! :rockon: