why do people pay for these plates???
Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get
vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? -- Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts: "What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789 |
AZGuy wrote:
> Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get > vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. > > But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has > shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they > have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? > -- > Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts: strange, I never see many vanity plates in Michigan. The few I do are usually the person's name spelled out somehow creative or Dr. (something). I have noticed more cars with stickers of either the make/model on the upper part of the front windshield. In Michigan this is usually seen on the Pontiac Grand Am or Grand Pix. I did see someone with a canary yellow Ford Ranger that had a Honda sticker though.. |
AZGuy wrote:
> Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get > vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. > > But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has > shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they > have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? > -- > Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts: strange, I never see many vanity plates in Michigan. The few I do are usually the person's name spelled out somehow creative or Dr. (something). I have noticed more cars with stickers of either the make/model on the upper part of the front windshield. In Michigan this is usually seen on the Pontiac Grand Am or Grand Pix. I did see someone with a canary yellow Ford Ranger that had a Honda sticker though.. |
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:42:49 -0700, AZGuy > wrote:
>Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get >vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. > >But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has >shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they >have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? They're too unimaginative to come up with anything better. I was behind a car that had the license plate 111-AAA the other day (or was it AAA-111?)...It was on a Cavalier (or something similarly uninteresting). I'm still wondering if that was a vanity plate. |
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:42:49 -0700, AZGuy > wrote:
>Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get >vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. > >But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has >shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they >have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? They're too unimaginative to come up with anything better. I was behind a car that had the license plate 111-AAA the other day (or was it AAA-111?)...It was on a Cavalier (or something similarly uninteresting). I'm still wondering if that was a vanity plate. |
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:51:13 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:42:49 -0700, AZGuy > wrote: > >>Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get >>vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. >> >>But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has >>shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they >>have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? > >People are idiots. > >Nothing says "LOSER" quite like a "FAST VET" vanity plate mounted on a >minivan. :) > >These people also buy licence plate frames, windshield strips, and >stickers that say "NISSAN" or "F-150" on them. As if the badges they >put on at the factory aren't enough to convince people... There's a new Camaro in my neighborhood - well, actually probably about 10 years old, but it's new to the neighborhood. It's got either Chevrolet or Camaro on the windshield strip, twice on the hood, 1 on each side, and one in the back window. I haven't met him, but naturally everyone refers to him as "Camaro Guy". My guess is that he has a hard time remembering it's a Chevy Camaro. |
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:51:13 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:42:49 -0700, AZGuy > wrote: > >>Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get >>vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. >> >>But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has >>shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they >>have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? > >People are idiots. > >Nothing says "LOSER" quite like a "FAST VET" vanity plate mounted on a >minivan. :) > >These people also buy licence plate frames, windshield strips, and >stickers that say "NISSAN" or "F-150" on them. As if the badges they >put on at the factory aren't enough to convince people... There's a new Camaro in my neighborhood - well, actually probably about 10 years old, but it's new to the neighborhood. It's got either Chevrolet or Camaro on the windshield strip, twice on the hood, 1 on each side, and one in the back window. I haven't met him, but naturally everyone refers to him as "Camaro Guy". My guess is that he has a hard time remembering it's a Chevy Camaro. |
"AZGuy" > wrote in message ... > Everyone knows what vanity plates are. You get a new Z car and get > vanity plates that say Z ONE or something. > > But every so often I see a car, lets say a NISSAN, where the owner has > shelled out the bucks for a vanity plate that says NISSAN. Or they > have a Ford F-150 and get plates that say F-150. What's the point???? Well, two old sayings come to mind on the reasoning for people getting vanity plates period, and ones like the tags you describe: "A fool and his money are soon parted." and "There is a sucker born every minute." |
Let 'em pay a stupid tax.
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