[Mgs] ATTN: Californians

[Paul Root]

Plates never change on a car in California, unless damaged, destroyed,  
or
stolen.

On Nov 3, 2007, at 11:13 AM, David Breneman wrote:

> --- Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Many car enthusiasts are against this bill, by the way -- they want
>> to
>> maintain the current situation where an "original CA black plate
>> car" means something.
>
> So what *does* it mean?  Don't most states require all vehicles
> to get new plates every few years when the design changes or
> the reflective coating is assumed to be degraded?  Would the
> presence of an old plate on a California car "mean" that it
> had recently been found in a barn, or what?  Anyway, whatever
> it means it would be meaningless outside of California since
> the plates would have to be replaced.  Here in Washington,
> you can register a classic car with any set of plates from its
> year of manufacture.  No one here would assume that those plates
> have been on the car since it left the showroom, because the
> state requires old plates to be replaced every few years.
> That's why it's a coup to find plates from the year of
> manufacture.  How is California different?
>
> BTW, the plates on my MG were never issued - a collector
> found a few sets in an old Auditor's office that was being
> torn down.  My car is the first and only one to carry that
> number - now *that's* unusual.
>
> Picture: http://tildebang.com/mg/images/trim-32-1.jpg
>
>
>
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