# 'The Ordinary License Plate's Days May Be Numbered' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720 "2018-07-26T17:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/1 "2018-07-26T17:55:35Z")
> **[The Ordinary License Plate’s Days May Be Numbered](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/business/digital-license-plates.html)** > > Companies are trying out ways to digitize the traditional metal version, eliminating the need for stickers to mark it as up to date. The screen could also be used for advertising or alerts. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/2 "2018-07-26T18:09:44Z")
> [@Digital License Plates](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565): > > New tech is fine to a point but paying $700 plus an $8 monthly fee on top of licensing/registration taxes for a vehicle license plate is not in my budget! ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/3 "2018-07-26T18:18:46Z")
Yeah, that’s absurd. If someone _wants_ a digital plate, fine, but I don’t, and I don’t want to pay for one. I would be especially peeved if they made me pay 700 bucks for my license plates and then used it to display ads. No, sorry, I don’t drive in NASCAR. Ads are not acceptable on my property, vehicle or otherwise, unless I both consent and get paid for them. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/4 "2018-07-26T19:24:32Z")
This was already discussed here > [@Digital License Plates](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/10): > > I don’t buy vanity plates, organization plates, or save-the-whatever plates. Thes plates aren’t going on my cars. If someone else wants to buy them and advertise Alfred E. Neuman for president, that is their prerogative. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/5 "2018-07-27T12:48:39Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > Ads are not acceptable on my property, vehicle or otherwise, unless I both consent and get paid for them. Agreed, I even have the dealership take off their stick on advertisements on the trunk… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/6 "2018-07-27T14:12:52Z")
After further consideration, I just might advertise Alfred E. Neuman for president. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_K1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/steve_k1/32/39535_2.png) [@Steve\_K1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_K1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/7 "2018-07-28T01:46:06Z")
I was hoping “Ordinary license plate’s days may be numbered” would remove one of my few frustrations in life, the front license plate. On most cars it just ruins the looks of an otherwise gorgeous car. On some cars, it’s blocking the air flow to the radiator. It’s just wrong. If the front plate stays, can we at least go to a wider, shorter plate, as in Europe? ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/8 "2018-07-28T03:22:58Z")
Maybe we should have a chip implanted in our butt cheeks at birth, and every permission and restriction we are given can be programmed so the powers that be can keep track of our transgressions. And our bodies can transmit advertisements when they emit particulate matter. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/9 "2018-07-28T03:26:56Z")
> [@Steve\_K1](#): > > On most cars it just ruins the looks of an otherwise gorgeous car. This is why my MR2 sports one of these: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/1/314fdc65e9e8ed129a3be2b23abdd1ede6728710.jpeg "MOTORIZED Hide Away License Plate (Hide The Plate) ON 2011 CAMARO SS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS6YQnl6yCk) My coworkers call me James Bond now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_K1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/steve_k1/32/39535_2.png) [@Steve\_K1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_K1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/10 "2018-07-28T13:44:30Z")
Dang it but that’s neat. And proves (to me anyway) I’m not crazy, that the front license plate really is an abomination. As it happens, my current, maybe last, car is a Toyota Venza, and it sure seems as if the front license plate was designed in. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/a/ac7bd032480957c96faf79f16914b7923c8c3305.jpg) (Disclaimer: Not my car, just a photo taken from Google Images for illustration.) ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-ordinary-license-plates-days-may-be-numbered/121720/11 "2018-07-28T14:48:05Z")
> [@wentwest](#): > > Maybe we should have a chip implanted in our butt cheeks at birth, and every permission and restriction we are given can be programmed so the powers that be can keep track of our transgressions. And our bodies can transmit advertisements when they emit particulate matter. Some burrito shop in San Francisco offered burritos for life to anyone who got a shop tattoo.