Running license plate thread

[micropolitan guy]

We play a 12-month license plate game every year...from whenever we go on vacation in July until whenever we leave for vacation the following July, We have never seen Wyoming. So thanks for the big tease here, @micropolitan guy!!! It's the only one we're missing right now. I showed the pic to my wife and asked if it counts. She said no. Speaking of my wife...she scolds me every time I pick up my phone while driving, but she made sure to pick up her phone while driving to take a picture of Hawaii a few weeks ago.

I add an extra layer to the game by trying to identify the state's capital. I did a states project in elementary school, which remains on the short list of the most useful things I ever did in school. What's cooler than random state capitals? I like shouting "JEFFERSON CITY!!!" when we see Missouri and "CARSON CITY!!!!" when we see Nevada. The only ones I've missed this year are West Virginia (why would I say Wheeling?) and Oregon (I said Eugene and wanted extra credit for not saying Portland, but my aforementioned wife wanted nothing to do with that). I've tripped up on St. Paul and Santa Fe in the past and remember those now b/c the former is where the Twins' AAA affiliate plays and the latter is usually the car we're driving on trips.

Do you get dinged if you don't pronounce South Dakota's capital city correctly?

 

[Slacker]

Do you get dinged if you don't pronounce South Dakota's capital city correctly?

FARR-go. ... Sheesh!

 

[maumann]

I saw a Hawaii plate on I-4 near Tampa over the weekend. Now that's far from home. My best guess would be someone in the military who was transferred to Central Command in Tampa or the naval officers' school in Orlando.

It's not unusual to see Alaska plates or even western Canada ones at our RV park near Bradenton. Everybody wants to get warm at some point.

 

[lakefront]

Do you get dinged if you don't pronounce South Dakota's capital city correctly?

I did not know that, they taught it the other way in my Connecticut school.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I did not know that, they taught it the other way in my Connecticut school.

Yeah, the first time I heard "Peer" as the capitol was strange. "What do you mean, Peer?"

I guess they couldn't put it in Sioux Falls or Rapid City, but man, Pierre was a real stretch. It's in the middle of nowhere. But a better choice than Yankton, the original capitol of the Dakota territory.

 

[dixiehack]

Worked in Florida once upon a time but didn’t live there. If I had this would have been mine.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Most challenging states for which to design a plate:
* Nebraska
* Iowa
* Kansas

 

[Batman]

Most challenging states for which to design a plate:
* Nebraska
* Iowa
* Kansas

Kansas had some great ones in the late 90s. The blue sky with a shock of golden wheat in the middle was really pretty. One of my favorites.
The follow up with the statehouse followed the same color scheme and wasn't too bad. The current ones suck.

 

[dixiehack]

Nebraska missed its window by not turning Warren Buffet into the new Land of Lincoln.

 

[Gutter]

I've known my Cornhusker wife for over 10 years now. They are on their 3rd plate design in that time.

Many hated the last one because they used University of Michigan colors. The current one features Apollo for some reason. No, not Creed, which would be much cooler and make as much sense as the $500+ car registration we have to pay each year.

Meanwhile the last time Wisconsin redesigned its main plates was 1986. Even more outdated than the playlist at Lambeau Field.

 

[I Should Coco]

I've known my Cornhusker wife for over 10 years now. They are on their 3rd plate design in that time.

Many hated the last one because they used University of Michigan colors. The current one features Apollo for some reason. No, not Creed, which would be much cooler and make as much sense as the $500+ car registration we have to pay each year.

Meanwhile the last time Wisconsin redesigned its main plates was 1986.

"America's Dairyland" was a great license plate slogan.

 

[FileNotFound]

I've known my Cornhusker wife for over 10 years now. They are on their 3rd plate design in that time.

Many hated the last one because they used University of Michigan colors. The current one features Apollo for some reason. No, not Creed, which would be much cooler and make as much sense as the $500+ car registration we have to pay each year.

Meanwhile the last time Wisconsin redesigned its main plates was 1986. Even more outdated than the playlist at Lambeau Field.

North Carolina has had the same basic design since 1981. They very briefly did the serial in red a few years back before switching back to blue.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Starting to see many of these around town. They came out about two months ago and replace a 20-year-old ugly Beaver plate.

And yes, Oregon is officially known as "The Beaver State."

I still like the "Pacific Wonderland" plates better, but the new Beaver plate is pretty sharp.

 

[dixiehack]

The state requires the university affinity plates to switch designs every few years. Bama just got a new one this year and I'm happy it at least continues the trend of shifting back to the classic 80s logo.

Still think this one was the best they ever came up with, about 20 years ago.

 

[dixiehack]

The very best one though was for Alabama State in the 90s. Even the whitest of white boy car freaks have some thought to ponying up for these bad boys.

 

[swingline]

Looks like you just drove down a blacktop that was oiled and graveled that morning.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Saw a license plate today on a white Nissan Altima that read "DIDDY."

 

[tapintoamerica]

I liked the North Carolina one with the red text, but as someone else has said, it didn't last very long.

Interesting case in Rhode Island, where the ACLU challenged the state's censorship of vanity plates and won. Not sure if the state appealed.
https://www.riaclu.org/en/news/court-declares-ban-offensive-vanity-plates-unconstitutional

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Finally I can move to Rhode Island and get my ASSMAN plate!

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Speaking of ASSMAN ....