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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:04 AM
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so what do you think about them? im not feeling the new red lettering.
Old Apr 28, 2007 | 03:38 AM
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yeah i agree....not really an improvement from previous plates... i recieved a letter stating that they changed the color of the lettering to 'make them safer and easier to read'....and boy am I glad, now I can drive without stressin', knowing that the red letters on my license plate are keeping me safe.
Old May 2, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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Don't like them at all. seen one on the road the other day and it is pretty ugly.
Old May 3, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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anybody got a pic of them, i recently moved and haven't seen em.
Old May 4, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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I haven't seen them either but they can't look any worse than out SC plates.
Old May 9, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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I've seen a few. Thought they were a special edition plate or something.

BTW, what's wrong with the SC plate? If you have to have a plate, there could be worse. And at least we don't have a front plate.
Old May 9, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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sc plates come with a palm tree.

we get an old airplane :-P
Old May 13, 2007 | 03:08 AM
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SC tags also have a corny little rhyme on them "Smiling Faces Beautiful Places"
When I lived in Myrtle, I asked the DMV if I could get a set made saying "Smiling Faces, Missing Teeth in Many Places"
The lady did not find it as funny as I did. Heh
Old May 13, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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Old May 21, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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wait, do you HAVE to have the red plates now?? I can't stand them.
Old May 21, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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wait, do you HAVE to have the red plates now?? I can't stand them.
Old May 24, 2007 | 03:55 AM
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The red plates are being phased in, and will be a NC standard within the next year. Read a sign at the tag trade in place here in Concord.
Old Jun 1, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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for those who been stuck in the garage....

Old Jun 2, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Is that your plate? Interesting letters...
Old Jun 2, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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just got my permenant tags for my motorcycle today and they weren't red??
Old Jun 10, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Fran82
Is that your plate? Interesting letters...
haha nah. thats the demo plate directly from the NC DMV web site
Old Jun 13, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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I HATE the red plates BUT a few weeks ago i ordered a personilized plate and she (the lady at the counter) never told me they were gonna be red...................I bet they will be huh? Grrrrrrr should have just keep the old
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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yup they will be red. im gonna order new vanity plates since i dont run with TeamscioNRG anymore.

my plate's gonna read 04NCP-31
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by firesquare

thats the demo plate directly from the NC DMV web site
Apparently they don't like the red either if they use those letters for the state demo.
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Yep got my new plates today................they are RED!!!!!!!! grrrrrr so much for putting PINK decals on my scion emblem in the back



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