Running license plate thread

I'm a little biased, but I'm a fan of New York's plates. My wife and I have this beauty (well, not *this* one) which was popular in the '70s and '80s before being brought back in 2010. These plates remind me of visiting my grandparents.



They've also recently added region-specific plates. A little pricey but I do like the detail on the Long Island one.


As for other states, Florida has way too fucking many plates. I can't tell you how many times I come upon a car with an unfamiliar plate and I get excited hoping it's one we're missing and nope it's just fucking Florida. Ohio is getting that way too.

Also, this week I drove by a tractor trailer with ALBERTA plates. Now that was cool. But still no fucking Wyoming!!!!

 

We played the license plate game on a summer road trip a few years ago, and crossed most off the list after walking around the parking lot at Graceland.

 

My walking group has a "count the different license plates" game when we go through an apartment complex in Microville. I think our record is 10 or 11, lots of OOS plates in a college town.

 

It took 20-plus years, but I finally have all 50, arranged (more or less) geographically on the back wall of my garage. The final few (a couple New England states, South Carolina) were found online by my wife and kids, about five are from my cars and moving around the Upper Midwest and Northwest, but most were found in antique and/or Knick Knack stores.

(I will add photos later)

 

And if memory serves, three plates (New York, Pennsylvania, Texas) came to me as part of SJ.com’s Secret Santa gift exchange. Thanks for setting that up for several years, “Secret Santa”!

 

Here is my stab at license plate glory. Based on available images, shitty Photoshop and shitty resolution.


(EDIT: I dub this version "Darkansas.")

 

Who decided that Tennessee's state shape is a parallelogram? The shape they keep putting on the plates is not even close to the real shape.

 

The problem with New York’s yellow plates are that if you drive in Ohio you look like you have court-ordered DUI plates.

 

License plate collection photos ... starting with the "lower 48":

 

The Pacific coast states, Alaska and Hawaii. I think the Alaska plates, with the Big Dipper flag, is one of my favorites.

 

Your Tennessee plate is from about 20 years ago and from the Maryville area outside of Knoxville.

 

Looks great. I love how you have them placed by geographic location.