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The UK does this with their plate numbering system, the first two letters being the area of the country the plate was first registered. I guess it's done more as a record keeping thing, since the plate stays with the car there, and used cars get moved around the country, and "personal" plates that vaguely allude to spelling something amusing get bought and sold and attached to cars that weren't originally registered in that area.
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xzzy posted:Yes, originally Iowa gave each county a number (sorted alphabetically) and stamped it onto the license plates. Now they just print the county's name at lower center. Yeah, the old Hoosier state would do that, just "stamp it in". You would know "out of the 6 counties" close by where they were from from your area. Then they went to printing it in the corner. Problem is when a new register sticker would come in they would peel and cover it over that as opposed to the other corner. And yeah, I understand the confusion.
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Uthor posted:Yeah, I guess I just don't see the point. Do you get new plates if you move? At least in Indiana, if you change your legal address, you will get sent a new plate when registration time comes around again. Colostomy Bag posted:Then they went to printing it in the corner. Problem is when a new register sticker would come in they would peel and cover it over that as opposed to the other corner. And yeah, I understand the confusion. I've seen a ton where they have done exactly this.
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Alabama starts with a number from 1 to 63 then an A, each number corresponding to a county. Mobile is 2A. Baldwin County, the lovely parasitic racist exurb Klavern, is 5A. Guess how cops know how to pull over “don’t belong” types.
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stevewm posted:
The funny thing is it isn't nefarious. It's like a "poo poo hosed up'ed moment" but can't remove the sticker.
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xzzy posted:Montana encodes the county into their license plates too, as far as I can tell it's only used to sneer at bad drivers that don't "belong" in your area. It's based on the population of each county at a certain time in the past, which was probably some kind of big dick swinging from Butte/Silverbow County, because they had the biggest population at the time. It doesn't really seem to serve much purpose anymore, except yeah, it's a good way to get your rear end kicked if you drive into a hostile area. There's a reason why I keep an axe handle and a hunting knife in my my center console. Idaho also marks their counties. I think it's an alphanumeric? I remember being at a gas station in the panhandle once with my roommate, and a stranger asked her something hyper specific about the town she was from and they explained how the code worked. I just didn't really pay attention. I've gotta scan some stuff, but I've got an effortpost about the history of MT license plates in the works. Grandpa was the tag plant supervisor as a prison warden back at the Territorial Prison, and I ended up with a bunch of family heirlooms related to license plates. And like...so many plates. SO MANY. I don't even really do much with them (except a couple of rare one-offs that came straight from the prison's offices that I have hung up at work), but somehow people noticed I had a pile of discarded plates and started giving me more. I should use them for an art project sometime.
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Would love to take sheets of stitched-together license plates and have them pressed into reproduction door skins, fenders, hoods & tailgates, and just set every automated plate-reading device on fire as I pass through.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:It's based on the population of each county at a certain time in the past, which was probably some kind of big dick swinging from Butte/Silverbow County, because they had the biggest population at the time. It doesn't really seem to serve much purpose anymore, except yeah, it's a good way to get your rear end kicked if you drive into a hostile area. There's a reason why I keep an axe handle and a hunting knife in my my center console. What hosed up third world shithole do you live in. That's fucken munted.
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ili posted:What hosed up third world shithole do you live in. That's fucken munted. It's a big state with a lot of varied territory and not a lot of people, so there's a fair to middling chance any time you get off the highway, you're going into sov cit/Native American/meth cooker/otherwise hostile separatist type areas. I mean, you're not dodging bullets on a daily basis by any means, but it's still risky if you're far from a population center. And the wildlife also wants you dead, so that's doubly fun if you like driving offroad or doing nature photography or whatever other hobby puts you in places where "walnut farmers" open carry AKs and will only warn you once.
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Montana is a weird shithole for sure, but it's an interesting one. I'd love to read that effortpost when you get around to making it.
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Is that the new strategy for scaring away Californians? Make up stories about a shooter behind every tree?  I've been all over that state and never had anyone be anything but polite. Obviously there are going to be some lovely people but that's true everywhere. Just make sure you're on public land and no one's gonna give a gently caress.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:There's a reason why I keep an axe handle and a hunting knife in my my center console. Did the phrase "bringing a knife to a gun fight" not make it as far as Montana?  That's the only state I'd assume had more guns per capita than Texas!
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TotalLossBrain posted:Counterpoint: Too bad that one is actually a VW bug.
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Memento posted:
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If those are legit factory badges they are probably worth 1/3 of the MSRP of that truck.
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GD_American posted:Alabama starts with a number from 1 to 63 then an A, each number corresponding to a county. Mobile is 2A. Baldwin County, the lovely parasitic racist exurb Klavern, is 5A. You solve that problem by getting any of the other tags that don't have county identifiers on them. Unless you have a HBCU plate. A great way to get pulled over in places where you "don't belong." Memento posted:
So..................are you gonna be found at fault for the other driver eating a telephone pole because you blinded the hell out of them?
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Meanwhile somewhere in Dallas... 
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Memento posted:
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STR posted:Meanwhile somewhere in Dallas... This seems cooler once you realise it’s American bosozoku
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GD_American posted:This seems cooler once you realise it’s American bosozoku Except it's not. *edit: Bosozoku started out as a biker gang and then some of them moved onto cars, styling them like 80s silhouette racers. There are other Japanese car styling types, I'd put this as more SUV version of Dekatora except poo poo. (officially I'd say it was an art car though) Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:It's a big state with a lot of varied territory and not a lot of people, so there's a fair to middling chance any time you get off the highway, you're going into sov cit/Native American/meth cooker/otherwise hostile separatist type areas. I mean, you're not dodging bullets on a daily basis by any means, but it's still risky if you're far from a population center. These are the rural “values” that the GOP wants to maintain at any cost.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:It's a big state with a lot of varied territory and not a lot of people, so there's a fair to middling chance any time you get off the highway, you're going into sov cit/Native American/meth cooker/otherwise hostile separatist type areas. I mean, you're not dodging bullets on a daily basis by any means, but it's still risky if you're far from a population center. This sounds like paranoia. Rural Idaho and Montana can have some creeps but I’ve never felt the need to be strapped or anything there, whether by the Canadian border or by Wyoming. Top Hats Monthly fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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GD_American posted:This seems cooler once you realise it’s American bosozoku Olympic Mathlete posted:Except it's not. Personally, I'd call it mental illness, but "Art Car" pretty much covers that. edit: I'd say the main difference between.... that.. and Dekotora is that Dekotora is done with something resembling a plan, care, and a modicum of precision with regard to placement, alignment, etc. That poo poo there is just slapped on where it sort of might fit, straightness and alignment be damned. edit2: Also, odds are good that all the "Ford", "F150" and "Texas Edition" badges on that first one were just pried off of other guys trucks in random parking lots. As noted, that's a fortune in badging if bought at the dealer. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Darchangel posted:Personally, I'd call it mental illness, but "Art Car" pretty much covers that. Yeah hence why I went with art car, I just wanted to make the point that it's definitely not bosozoku.
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if the poo poo glued on wasnt a sign of mental illness, its the POWMIA flags in 20 goddamned 20
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super late to the party, and I know it's a sin to paint those, but I actually think this looks pretty good
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tuo posted:super late to the party, and I know it's a sin to paint those, but I actually think this looks pretty good Yeah, it does. I like the official line of how to clean the car. Basically break out a brillo pad where there are issues.
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Darchangel posted:Too bad that one is actually a VW bug. All custom cars can be divided into VW bug or Fiero. No exceptions.
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BraveUlysses posted:if the poo poo glued on wasnt a sign of mental illness, its the POWMIA flags in 20 goddamned 20 Filing bankruptcy after maxing out your credit card on Pep Boys and Autozone stick on chrome poo poo is a good sign too.
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BraveUlysses posted:if the poo poo glued on wasnt a sign of mental illness, its the POWMIA flags in 20 goddamned 20 I mean there’s definitely no POWs but repatriating the remains of the missing gives closure to the families. I will agree that there is a big overlap between the nutters and the guys who fly that flat though.
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Darchangel posted:Too bad that one is actually a VW bug. I heard about that years ago and imagined it was an oversimplification. I expected that underneath were the wildest sand rail parts from the back pages of VW Trends. But now I'm seeing it for the first time and it really is just a Beetle. The steering looks stock.
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tuo posted:super late to the party, and I know it's a sin to paint those, but I actually think this looks pretty good unpopular car opinion: deloreans look better painted than they do stock
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Speaking of shiddy Deloreans... It's poo poo because it's too busy but I will say the rear light setup is pretty hard. 
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gently caress it's so close to getting it right. Quiet the whole thing down, ffs, does it need triple ducts in front of the rear wheels? A couple of clean up passes on design and that would be  Oh, if it also wasn't a delorean I guess.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Speaking of shiddy Deloreans... "Make me a Mustang, but... dumber"
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