license plates, why do people do this?
they spend extra money and get specialty plates, then you can't even tell what state they are from and/or the cause they want to advertise because they have dealership or other frames around it
i don't understand...please enlighten me
ps. i'm in michigan, where you can select many different varieties of plates
i don't understand...please enlighten me
ps. i'm in michigan, where you can select many different varieties of plates
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The "2H0T4U" and crap like that are irritating.
FX51 AMD
but the best part, It was on a fucking green "Vauxhall Corsa"
SJ4ever
ipodder
2x G5
/.er
doom3
but the one i would love is
GEEK
That's worth buying a car for.
wifes itsback (for new beetle turbo)
i wish KY allowed 7 letters, more options
link
ie.Fundraising License Plates
010101
http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/specialt...cialindex.html
Identifying the state shouldn't be too much of a problem. Most people in MI have MI plates. Other state plates are recognizable and each state follows a numbering/lettering convention making ID possible for "tough" plates. Also, if you commute enough you learn the different states associated with a plate design.
The first two are variations on postmodern expression of contemptuous social protest. One can only speculate as to whether this represents the former option or the latter. The first possibility is of course outrage at the ascendency of Corporatism as distilled in the Car Dealership Outline Thingie triumphantly obscuring a social conscience as represented by the Indiana Kids license plate with its crayon-esque use of child imagery.
Alternatively there is the more specific case of those plates with a nice generic looking outdoor scene with a bird and like a sunset or something, one cannot help but feel moved to the core by this pogniant and damning confirmation that our society's automobile dependency has eclipsed our communion with nature. Of course one cannot help but give a wry knowing smile at the admitted hypocrisy of this protest being carried out aboard an automobile, a sense of outrage mixed with knowing guilt in the finest Catholic tradition. Naturally the canvas is completed by an accompanying bumper sticker praising America and preaching patriotism which hints at the foreign policy complications of our petroleum dependency and the related costs of this addiction.
The third possibility is that people like to feel like they are doing something good and throw in an Andrew Jackson at the DMV for Cause X but are too lazy to bother taking that frame thing off.
Originally posted by ColanderOfDeath
I see three possible rationales for the oddity you raise.
The first two are variations on postmodern expression of contemptuous social protest. One can only speculate as to whether this represents the former option or the latter. The first possibility is of course outrage at the ascendency of Corporatism as distilled in the Car Dealership Outline Thingie triumphantly obscuring a social conscience as represented by the Indiana Kids license plate with its crayon-esque use of child imagery.
Alternatively there is the more specific case of those plates with a nice generic looking outdoor scene with a bird and like a sunset or something, one cannot help but feel moved to the core by this pogniant and damning confirmation that our society's automobile dependency has eclipsed our communion with nature. Of course one cannot help but give a wry knowing smile at the admitted hypocrisy of this protest being carried out aboard an automobile, a sense of outrage mixed with knowing guilt in the finest Catholic tradition. Naturally the canvas is completed by an accompanying bumper sticker praising America and preaching patriotism which hints at the foreign policy complications of our petroleum dependency and the related costs of this addiction.
The third possibility is that people like to feel like they are doing something good and throw in an Andrew Jackson at the DMV for Cause X but are too lazy to bother taking that frame thing off.
Or more simply, in my case I liked the Maize and Blue of my alma matter over the plain blue of MI plates.
[edit] One day I'll learn to type or. Fixed a type-o
Originally posted by ColanderOfDeath
Ah Maize and Blue eh? What did you study?
Mechanical Engineering.
Originally posted by MarcUK
Uk plates are a bit different, last friday in my sleepy village, I spotted the plate
FX51 AMD
but the best part, It was on a fucking green "Vauxhall Corsa"
this one?
http://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Vir...xhallcorsa.jpg
-Neø the dittohead
Originally posted by Neø
this one?
http://www.digimods.co.uk/images/Vir...xhallcorsa.jpg
-Neø the dittohead
no! thats nice.
it was one of the dark green standard ones.
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
fsck
That's worth buying a car for.
Well, you got right the last 4 digits of my phone number (previous). I could choose ..
My fav car plate I saw was in a car in front of Cincinnati (or Columbus?) Apple Store:
KRNL PNC