Plates changing in 2009. Cast your vote (Voting only lasts 1 week :confused: )
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Plates changing in 2009. Cast your vote (Voting only lasts 1 week :confused: )
LINKIE
I think they all look nice... I cant decide.
"My Texas" is our current plate so I have to wonder why we commisioned artists to make other plates when the plate today shows up as an option? :confused:
The underlying bonus is the reason that they are picking a new plate... A move to 7 characters. This provides more options for custom plates. ::Banana::
I can finally get FU TITUS!Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
I like the current plate. My second choice would be Traditional Texas.
Well that didn't exactly cure my itch to vote... ::Banana::
Chris
Where do we vote for just one plate rather than two?? :confused:
They are all ugly :(
Sorry... The wife is getting that one. I hear CATHEAD is available. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by JDMClassic
I'd prefer a boring plate like this one, only with a block font instead of a Times New Roman-ish font.
http://z.about.com/d/waterski/1/0/U/plate-tx3Footer.jpg
Out of the choices i like New Texas best
I am not fond of our current, but the new choices are even busier.
With all the other choices, I don't see the point.
I prefer my vintage 1962 plates I run on the Thunderbird, and in a few more years we will have antique plates on NA's ;)
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Originally Posted by Rogue
:clap:
Very true!
Is it twenty years for a vintage plate?
No kidding... A car-hop at Sonic commented that she liked my car and all I could think was "it's probably older than you are..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogue
A few more years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas DOT
Then you can get the cool plates that have a picture of Onething's first car on them! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JDMClassic
http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Texas/tx2003antique.jpg
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Originally Posted by POS Racing
LOL
I voted the Nature one because it was the most understated colorwise. I don't like the plate to be a focal point.
It's nice to have the option to say "no thanks, I like the current plate over the others" That's my preference personally.Quote:
Originally Posted by XM_Rocks
I voted for the winner! I win!!!
I voted for the traditional as a cover will hide the blue and it will look almost plain like they used to be.
That was Mom's car when I started driving. My first convertible was a few years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
I voted for the plainest one there was. I think I'll do vanity plates again this year... just gotta decide what to use. Maybe "Le Pew" since my car looks like a skunk ;)
DANGLEQuote:
Originally Posted by MadMonkey
FIFEQuote:
Originally Posted by altiain
DRUMQuote:
Originally Posted by sammm
And the votes are in:
Texans pick new license plate in online vote 4:02 PM CT
04:10 PM CST on Monday, February 11, 2008
Associated Press
AUSTIN – Texans have clicked their picks for a new state license plate design, voting online in favor of open spaces rather than city skylines.
The Texas Department of Transportation said Monday it still needed a few days to validate the unofficial results of the weeklong vote. New plates will start going out next year.
Almost 1.2 million votes were cast, and nearly half went to a design called "Lone Star Texas," featuring a hilly range across the bottom and a partly cloudy Texas sky across most of the top. The top left corner has streaks of blue and red behind a white star.
If the 456,000-plus votes check out and the design gets state approval, those images will replace the horse-mounted cowboy, cactus, oil derrick and fake night sky adorned with a space shuttle, moon and stars. The current plate, called "My Texas," finished last among five entrants with about 114,000 votes.
"I'm just really, really pleased that there really is one clear majority winner, even though it's unofficial results," said department spokeswoman Kim Sue Lia Perkes.
The state needs new plates because it's running low on six-digit combinations. The new plate, regardless of design, will have seven digits. The digits are divided into two sets by the state's distinctive outline, which is filled in by the flag design.
The winning plate has "TEXAS" in white block letters centered across the top and "The Lone Star State" in scripted letters centered across the bottom.
Finishing second with about 295,000 votes was "Natural Texas" – a shaded picture of a hillside covered with wildflowers, mostly bluebonnets, underneath a party cloudy sky.
"New Texas" finished third with about 127,000 votes. Its distinguishing feature was a collection of skylines from the state's biggest cities.
Perkes said her department was pleased – but not shocked – by the number of votes.
"There is just a Texas pride that you can't really explain to the outsiders so well," she said. "This license plate for a lot of Texans was a really important symbol to show that Texas pride."
Perkes said the design will be taken to the Texas Transportation Commission for final approval Feb. 28. Drivers who aren't required to get new plates can get the new design for a fee, and Perkes said the losing designs might be available as specialty plates, which carry additional fees.
Teh weiner is -
http://apps.dot.state.tx.us/txdot_im...kyandmount.jpg