08-12-2014, 09:39 PM
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Yeah, and it adds up.
It's amazing what Americans will spend their money on. 
I found that my car goes further on a tankful of gas than on buying vanity plates. |
A vanity plate in VA costs $10. That is over 3 gallons of gas.
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08-12-2014, 09:58 PM
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A vanity plate in VA costs $10. That is over 3 gallons of gas.
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Yes, I read where that fee was already stated. Apparently Virginia's unconstitutional anti-radar detector scheme is subsidizing the cheap vanity plates.
Hey, if you like living there, enjoy it. I prefer any of the other 49 states that respect freedom.
Here's a question for those of you who live in the weird Old Dominion and like it there. Why are the numerals and letters so misshapen and odd looking on VA plates? Are the license plates being made by prison inmates, or what? |
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08-12-2014, 10:39 PM
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Yes, I read where that fee was already stated. Apparently Virginia's unconstitutional anti-radar detector scheme is subsidizing the cheap vanity plates.
Hey, if you like living there, enjoy it. I prefer any of the other 49 states that respect freedom.
Here's a question for those of you who live in the weird Old Dominion and like it there. Why are the numerals and letters so misshapen and odd looking on VA plates? Are the license plates being made by prison inmates, or what?
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08-12-2014, 10:50 PM
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I really want Veteran plates, but the cost is unnecessary, and the Army always taught me to not be a target.
You can go to a site like makestickers.com and make a bumper sticker for $4.65, with free shipping.
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08-12-2014, 10:52 PM
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What's your problem?
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What makes you think I have a problem? What's the insinuation?
There's no reason for you to take my comments or questions personally.
I voiced an opinion and I asked a question based upon an observation. That happens frequently in discussion forums, among mature adults. I don't mind disagreement, but insinuation usually leads to trouble. |
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08-12-2014, 10:59 PM
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What makes you think I have a problem? What's the insinuation?
There's no reason for you to take my comments or questions personally.
I voiced an opinion and I asked a question based upon an observation. That happens frequently in discussion forums, among mature adults. I don't mind disagreement, but insinuation usually leads to trouble.
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http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post438132
You like to argue. This thread is about OP's vanity plates yet you had to bring up Virginia radar detector laws. |
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08-12-2014, 11:17 PM
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I've lived in Texas, Florida, California, North Carolina, and Virginia, where I was born. Never owned a radar detector or had the desire to own one. Plenty of bird dogs to collect the tickets around here if you want to drive that fast, just let one driver go a couple MPH faster. Had a cop with lights on pass me when I was going 15+ over the limit and pull over the car in front of me that was doing 20, many times in my more speedy past. Maybe one ticket a decade or 4 in 40 years.
Kind of funny to see so much about radar detectors on a fuel efficiency forum. Instant on radar pretty much defeats detectors anyway.
These days, if the roads were deserted and there was no penalty for excess speed, I would still drive below the poasted limit.
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08-13-2014, 02:14 AM
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12 months = 12 gallons.
Civic tank = 11.9 gallons.
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08-13-2014, 07:59 AM
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Ill be looking for you next time in in VA!
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Veteran plates are free (freedom, OTOH, costs a buck o'five), and in NH they help you blend in.
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