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Old 06-14-12, 10:33 AM
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yeah AZ has a desert scene in the background of our plates
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Originally Posted by DrDrilZ
have to get a new plate for my car and the new Georgia license plate is so busy and ugly
???

I'm not sure I understand your question or the purpose of this thread. If your car is (or will be) registered, in your name, in GA, then you don't have a choice.......you must get GA plates. Of course, you can choose from among those available (sometimes at extra cost), if the GA DMV offers different designs like they do here in VA.

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http://motor.etax.dor.ga.gov/motor/p...tesamples.aspx

Standard plates are at the very bottom.
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Old 06-14-12, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by DrDrilZ
hmmmmm, maybe ill just get this one

Ga has a ton of specialty plates too.
So is it your Porsche or your GT-R that's restricted to 35 mph?
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Old 06-14-12, 01:41 PM
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I think our new Texas license plate is terrible:



Luckily I have the older design:



Here's one of the most interesting plates out there. NWT's plate:

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Old 06-14-12, 02:28 PM
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The new tag here looks fake in person.

Thankfully, you can still get the alternate plate like greg0126 linked too.
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Old 06-14-12, 05:08 PM
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Biggest problem with these new plates and the color schemes the state are going with is the color of the car they are going on fortunately Im able to keep my original old NY plate that is not burnt/rust orange
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
I think our new Texas license plate is terrible:

Luckily I have the older design:

Here's one of the most interesting plates out there. NWT's plate:
I liked the older Texas plate design better too.
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Old 06-15-12, 08:53 AM
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New ohio plates are real busy
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Hands down the best looking plates are vintage black plates, like these CA plates from '63-'69:



As far as recent plates, these black Pennsylvania D.A.R.E. plates from '05 were sweet looking:



If CA allows black plates to be reissued, I would pay extra for them:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1557570.html
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Old 06-15-12, 02:39 PM
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Mike those plates are hot

Originally Posted by DrDrilZ
have to get a new plate for my car and the new Georgia license plate is so busy and ugly imo. ive noticed many states are going to very artsy and busy designs. whats wrong with simple? i think tennessee is also one of the worst. the best? californias simple design. at least we dont have to sport that ugly plate on the front of our cars in georgia.
Yup. I think I made a thread about it too. Lame GA decides to hold a contest where some lady that hates cars draws a picture of some rolling hills I was unaware of here and some grass and now we have one ugly ****ing plate. I am not putting that POS on my car(s).

Then GA in its infinite wisdom decides if you don't want it you can get the plain plate but it must say "In God We Trust" on it, mind you seemingly no one in office actually follows the Bible.

So then that leaves us that want other options to pay an additional fee every year to get a "special plate" so we have a less ugly one. For example the GS 430 has the one with the Eagle on it while the GS 450h has a plain plate.

To Gov. Deals credit after March 2013 we no longer have the ridiculous "birthday tax" where we pay a tag fee based on the cars value. So if you are a Lexus driver or expensive car driver you get a nice "FFFFFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUU" bill. So thank you Gov. Deal.

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???

I'm not sure I understand your question or the purpose of this thread. If your car is (or will be) registered, in your name, in GA, then you don't have a choice.......you must get GA plates. Of course, you can choose from among those available (sometimes at extra cost), if the GA DMV offers different designs like they do here in VA.
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Mike those plates are hot



Yup. I think I made a thread about it too. Lame GA decides to hold a contest where some lady that hates cars draws a picture of some rolling hills I was unaware of here and some grass and now we have one ugly ****ing plate. I am not putting that POS on my car(s).

Then GA in its infinite wisdom decides if you don't want it you can get the plain plate but it must say "In God We Trust" on it, mind you seemingly no one in office actually follows the Bible.

So then that leaves us that want other options to pay an additional fee every year to get a "special plate" so we have a less ugly one. For example the GS 430 has the one with the Eagle on it while the GS 450h has a plain plate.

To Gov. Deals credit after March 2013 we no longer have the ridiculous "birthday tax" where we pay a tag fee based on the cars value. So if you are a Lexus driver or expensive car driver you get a nice "FFFFFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUU" bill. So thank you Gov. Deal.



Please see above Mike.
Before I made this thread, I didn't know Georgia had an alternate plain plate option that is "free". I was merely ranting about having to get an ugly new plate. Today, I got my new plate and chose the plain one and it doesn't say " in God we trust".
As far as the ad velorem tax, yes in 2013 it will go away. If you purchased a car this year, you will also be able to opt out of paying ad velorem beginning in 2013. Any car purchased before 2012, you're still stuck paying the yearly car property tax. The down side is, in 2013, we have to start paying the tax on private party car sales.
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I with the others in saying the new orange ny plays are hideous. I'm planning on keeping my blue and white NY pats as long as i can. The best NY plates were the white ones with the red statue of liberty in the middle. Similar to the colors of California plates. Very simple and elegant.
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Just wanted to update:

Texas has come out with a new general issue plate



since the old one was so ugly and illegible.

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every Texan should have this plate

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