show off you license plate

[DarkBuddha]

Should I not drive down the street with the plate on the car either???? I attend several shows hundreds of miles from home each year also - should I not drive in Nashville (with 4000+ other Mustansg) with the plates on?

Seriously, I'd be more worried about someone who lives close to me following me home and trying to take the car (or a local tracing the ownership thru DMV) from there than some "internet predator"... Just my .02.

I know, I know... good point. I'm probably just being paranoid, but lets face, it sure seems to be getting worse out there... Stories of people being followed home from shows and the like seem more common than they used to be. You can bet that professional thieves will be haunting the big shows and checking hotel parking lots. I do think its probably less likely to happen if you're just tooling around (how likely are you to be spotted in traffic by a thief???) though. BTW, I do know of guys that don't leave their plates on at shows... I guess I believe in more caution rather than less.

BTW, BobV, it was very nice to see the well deserved feature on your car. Congratulations.

 

[GTRocks]

Not sure about other states, but in MD you can block the ability of someone to track you down via the MVA. Mine's blocked, so good luck!

You make a good point though. Personally, I think it should be blocked by default and you'd have to remove the block for someone to be able to get your info. Anything for a buck....

 

[BobV]

Thanks, DarkB!!!

I hope I didn't sound too harsh earlier. I've heard the stalker stories, but then again, we've all heard the stories about people waking up missing kidneys and stuff too!

I think the pro's will most likely be found around major events, stalking and taking cars out of shows and hotel parking lots, where it won't matter what the license plate says. It's pretty easy to slow/stop an amateur, but if a pro is willing to travel thousands of miles to stalk a car, he's probably not going to bother hot-wiring it - he'll show up with an enclosed trailer and a winch. The best way to stop a pro??? Good insurance!

I actually feel MOST secure when the car is parked at home under my own eyes. Yeah, there's always a risk, and you do bring up a valid point, and I didn't mean to sound like I was "dismissising it"...

 

[MustangPaul]

These are the plates I have for classic cars. All, except for the dealer tag, are brand new never been issued still in the original plastic bag and the original newspaper divider just like they rolled out the prison almost 40 years ago. I also have an original 57 dealer tag on the T-Bird. I have not decided what plates to put on which car yet but I think the dealer tag will go on the Fastback restomod so I won't have to run a front plate.

Ron--I got my 1966 Louisiana Plate off of eBay. It cost me $10 from, it turns out, a guy in my town. His Dad used to work at the DMV and kept the plates that were never issued. Fortunately, my plate doesn't have a Pelican on it--those are big money. Anyway, the trick here is finding one with your Highway Patrol Troop Letter on it. ex plate # 12 A 345 is troop A. I couldn't get that specific, but the plate was still in the shrink wrap from Angola, our maximum security prison. Perfect condition and matches the Ivy Green of my car perfectly.

It is funny to see newbie cops roar up behind me for five minutes as they run the plate. They follow me for about 5 minutes and then roar off when they realize I'm legal!

--Paul

 

[mschmidt10k]

My plates say "IT IS 42" - which seem to confuse the hell out of a lot of people.

In case you were wondering, it's a nod to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-series where a super-computer is asked what the meaning of life is, and the answer is '42'. Yeah, I'm a sci-fi geek

 

[blandq]

Here's my plate. Myself and a gent I don't even know have tangled horns on the street a couple times, he in his Vette, me in the pony. His plate is 2FST4U....so I one upped him with mine.

-Q

 

[guywmustang]

Good plate idea

For those of you who have been driving around your classic mustang lately with gas prices at $2.00+/gal, you'd like this one.... I swear my car actually gets this...


"10 MPG" - Probably not that far off from what I realy get
or howabout: "GOT GAS"