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Mr Ferret 75

Mr Ferret 75

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Songbird76 said:
Our regular plates are yellow, but if we have a trailer or bike rack or anything obscuring the plate, we have to have a matching one, in white, on that. And it has to have the same number as the one for your car, so you can't lend out the trailer to someone else. Or maybe they just have to have their own plates to put on? I'm not sure, but I know it's illegal to pull the trailer or anything if the plate doesn't match. And you can't just write out the number on a piece of wood or cardboard and attach it. It has to be an actual plate.
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Yeah . Our plates are supposed to be yellow rear , white front. The plate on the trailer or bike carrier has to match the reg any style on the car.
Due to regulations we can have black and silver front and rear plates. Looks much nicer.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Songbird76 said:
Out of curiosity, does the license plate come with the car, or is it registered to a person? Over here, the plate goes with the car. Every time you get a new car, you get a new plate, because the old plate goes with the car you got rid of. But in the US, they are registered to a person, so you just keep renewing, and a lot of people get vanity plates to show off their interests or professions. How does it work in Mexico?
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You get temporal permit when the car goes out of the agency,m but you have to buy the plates by registering to the government.
And yes, it is registered to a single person. And the renewals you always keep the normal ones.
Only when you sell the car or lose the older ones you change them and usually the change is done by the guy buying.

And I never seen vanity plates in my country. Probably limited since buses, bikes, federal, military, etc.. all have different themed plates.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Songbird76 said:
Our regular plates are yellow, but if we have a trailer or bike rack or anything obscuring the plate, we have to have a matching one, in white, on that. And it has to have the same number as the one for your car, so you can't lend out the trailer to someone else. Or maybe they just have to have their own plates to put on? I'm not sure, but I know it's illegal to pull the trailer or anything if the plate doesn't match. And you can't just write out the number on a piece of wood or cardboard and attach it. It has to be an actual plate.
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Each state here has their own "decal" and style of plates (usually something related to the state, like the Minerva for Jalisco, or the famous Chair mountain in Nuevo Leon).

but generally, they are all almost all white.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
I find it a bit weird that most areas in the USA do not require two sets of plates. all my country is 2 plates. I think Europe is also 2 plates per car.
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Yea, I’m not familiar with any other states laws regarding such, but, Texas requires both plates.
Back in 1985 when I bought that new Mustang GT, I really didn’t wanna’ put the front plate on it, but, I did anyway, because it was just one less thing I could be pulled over by the police for (you know, trying to avoid any Imperial entanglements…!!!!! :hilarious: ;)

Below is a pic of the exact model I owned, including the paint scheme and interior…!!! :)

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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Goofyernmost said:
It's hard to tell by looking at her but she is only 26 years old. ;):D
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What struck me is, yea, she looks middle-aged. And, assuming it’s her, her husband, and 8 offspring, you’d think at least half of ‘em would be off fending for themselves by now…unless they started a family really late in life and had about one kid a year…?!?!?! 🤔😃
Of course, there’s always adoption…?! 🤔
I need context…!!!!! :hilarious:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Cesar R M said:
Each state here has their own "decal" and style of plates (usually something related to the state, like the Minerva for Jalisco, or the famous Chair mountain in Nuevo Leon).

but generally, they are all almost all white.
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Yeah, the US does that too....Wyoming's plates used to have a bucking bronco on them. Now I think it's Devil's tower. South Dakota's has Mount Rushmore on it. Florida's is the silhouette of the state. Each state has their own design and that's a common vacation game....see how many different license plates you see. We found all but Hawaii, Delaware, and New Hampshire this summer.

Wyoming's also has the county on it. The counties are numbered and the license plate has a small number on the left to show what county it is. Natrona county has a 1, Laramie county a 2, Laramie County a 5, Campbell County a 17. So you can tell where someone is from even within Wyoming, but I don't know if other states do that because I never lived anywhere but Wyoming.

Germany's plates start with 3 letters that tell you where in Germany they are from. There are a lot of people here who buy cars in Germany because it's cheaper, and we're so close to the border. So a lot of cars in this neighborhood have German plates, and their plates start with KLE for Kleve.
 
Mr Ferret 75

Mr Ferret 75

Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
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Songbird76 said:
Yeah, the US does that too....Wyoming's plates used to have a bucking bronco on them. Now I think it's Devil's tower. South Dakota's has Mount Rushmore on it. Florida's is the silhouette of the state. Each state has their own design and that's a common vacation game....see how many different license plates you see. We found all but Hawaii, Delaware, and New Hampshire this summer.

Wyoming's also has the county on it. The counties are numbered and the license plate has a small number on the left to show what county it is. Natrona county has a 1, Laramie county a 2, Laramie County a 5, Campbell County a 17. So you can tell where someone is from even within Wyoming, but I don't know if other states do that because I never lived anywhere but Wyoming.

Germany's plates start with 3 letters that tell you where in Germany they are from. There are a lot of people here who buy cars in Germany because it's cheaper, and we're so close to the border. So a lot of cars in this neighborhood have German plates, and their plates start with KLE for Kleve.
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Do they not have to re-register the vehicle in the country they are resident in ?
Over here if the car is going to be used locally for more than 3months (I think) it has to be re-registered for a local number.

Also we are pretty unique in our registration plates. It is numbers only. You can buy specific numbers (if they come up for auction or people are selling privately). The lower the number the higher the price. Our "DVLA" released the number 007 for auction and I think it went for around £250 thousand.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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North Carolina is one plate. I think we had three months from the time we became permanent residence to lose our origin plates (Vermont in my case) and get NC plates. That is mostly because we have a municipal personal property tax that is assessed based on the value of the car. Incredibly it is charged every year with plate renewal. This past year my actual registration was $50.00 but the tax was over $100.00. That happens every year until the car is worthless. (Hint: that never happens. By the time that happens it becomes a classic and it gets a whole new value.)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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King Racoon 77 said:
Do they not have to re-register the vehicle in the country they are resident in ?
Over here if the car is going to be used locally for more than 3months (I think) it has to be re-registered for a local number.

Also we are pretty unique in our registration plates. It is numbers only. You can buy specific numbers (if they come up for auction or people are selling privately). The lower the number the higher the price. Our "DVLA" released the number 007 for auction and I think it went for around £250 thousand.
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No, I don't think they have to register it here...it comes with the car, it stays with the car. If the car was bought in Germany, it remains a German car, even if purchased by a Dutchie. At least as far as I know. Maybe it's only within certain countries? I have no idea. There are also a number of people who move just across the border in Germany because the cost of living is cheaper there. Although gas is no longer cheaper there because they brought back the tax they had eliminated to bring the prices down. Now Germans are crossing the border here to tank up. That's never happened before. But a lot of people do grocery shopping in Germany, or get a house in Germany, etc because the cost of living is cheaper, and since we're already so close to the border, it doesn't matter whether they live in Germany or the Netherlands as far as distance to work goes, but it saves them a lot of money on living expenses. There are actually some towns that are split....half the town is in Germany, half in the Netherlands. E was telling me that some kids at school were talking about a bar in Dinxperlo where teens go. Half the bar is in Germany, and half is in the Netherlands. The drinking age in Germany is 16. The drinking age here is 18. So the kids go to that bar, go to the German side, and they can drink. How they then get home, I don't know, because they still LIVE in the Netherlands. But apparently it's a "thing" here.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Songbird76 said:
No, I don't think they have to register it here...it comes with the car, it stays with the car. If the car was bought in Germany, it remains a German car, even if purchased by a Dutchie. At least as far as I know. Maybe it's only within certain countries? I have no idea. There are also a number of people who move just across the border in Germany because the cost of living is cheaper there. Although gas is no longer cheaper there because they brought back the tax they had eliminated to bring the prices down. Now Germans are crossing the border here to tank up. That's never happened before. But a lot of people do grocery shopping in Germany, or get a house in Germany, etc because the cost of living is cheaper, and since we're already so close to the border, it doesn't matter whether they live in Germany or the Netherlands as far as distance to work goes, but it saves them a lot of money on living expenses. There are actually some towns that are split....half the town is in Germany, half in the Netherlands. E was telling me that some kids at school were talking about a bar in Dinxperlo where teens go. Half the bar is in Germany, and half is in the Netherlands. The drinking age in Germany is 16. The drinking age here is 18. So the kids go to that bar, go to the German side, and they can drink. How they then get home, I don't know, because they still LIVE in the Netherlands. But apparently it's a "thing" here.
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That is kind of interesting. Here and in most countries.. you have to "import" the vehicle and "make it regular" by paying taxes and applying for new country issued plates.

Most of the times you only have a small permit, like 1 month or up to 6 months for tourists who come here and will leave.
Canada has a 1 year sort of permit if you are a visiting student if I remember correctly.
Mex has 6 months to 1 year. But its hardly fully policied.
 

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