As an alternative to both vanity plates or bumper stickers, you can get
license plate FRAMES customized to say anything you want from a
the website www.traffictalk.com.
Their website gives you a wide array of frames in metal or plastic, different
colors, and fonts.
They are familiar with the Texas legal requirement that no part of the word
"Texas" on our plates can be obstructed, so they have frames which are skinnier on the top.
They are reasonably priced and the service is quick. Their physical location
is in North Carolina. Their order form also has a freeform text area, so that you can
clearly specify any special instructions you have.
SIA
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- Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:23 pm
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- Topic: Why Are Custom Plates So Expensive in TX?
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- Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:06 pm
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Re: Why Are Custom Plates So Expensive in TX?
I've had the same 6 character vanity license plates in both Georgia, 1989-1995,
and Texas, 1995-present. My message is American patriotism, though I won't
detail the 6 characters here.
When I got to Texas, IIRC, I only had to pay a onetime $25 app fee, and since that
time I only pay about $40 a year to keep my vanity plates.
When I got mine in 1995 the State of Texas issued them directly.
Then around 2006 or so, they outsourced the personalized plates to a private firm
from a foreign country. They jacked the prices up sky high and the first private firm
went out of business in short order, without issuing very many.
Then the state awarded the vanity plate business to the entity behind myplates.com.
Although I am a dedicated number plate watcher, and like the wide variety of plates
now seen on Texas vehicles, the prices are now outrageous.
My original Texas vanity plates were a plain white background with navy blue characters.
At some point the plain white background remained, but they switched to black characters,
which in my opinion, didn't hold as sharp an image as the previous navy blue letters.
Since I have the original Texas vanity plate style issued directly by the State I am kind
of "grandfathered in" to paying a more reasonable price.
By the way, did you know that "general issue" Texas license plates never use vowels?
That's right, no A, E, I, O, or U.
With regard to North Carolina vanity plates, the state used the extra fees to plant
the highway medians/shoulders with flowers. When they raised the price from the
original amount to something higher, fewer Tarheels got them, resulting in fewer
roadside flowers.
SIA
and Texas, 1995-present. My message is American patriotism, though I won't
detail the 6 characters here.
When I got to Texas, IIRC, I only had to pay a onetime $25 app fee, and since that
time I only pay about $40 a year to keep my vanity plates.
When I got mine in 1995 the State of Texas issued them directly.
Then around 2006 or so, they outsourced the personalized plates to a private firm
from a foreign country. They jacked the prices up sky high and the first private firm
went out of business in short order, without issuing very many.
Then the state awarded the vanity plate business to the entity behind myplates.com.
Although I am a dedicated number plate watcher, and like the wide variety of plates
now seen on Texas vehicles, the prices are now outrageous.
My original Texas vanity plates were a plain white background with navy blue characters.
At some point the plain white background remained, but they switched to black characters,
which in my opinion, didn't hold as sharp an image as the previous navy blue letters.
Since I have the original Texas vanity plate style issued directly by the State I am kind
of "grandfathered in" to paying a more reasonable price.
By the way, did you know that "general issue" Texas license plates never use vowels?
That's right, no A, E, I, O, or U.
With regard to North Carolina vanity plates, the state used the extra fees to plant
the highway medians/shoulders with flowers. When they raised the price from the
original amount to something higher, fewer Tarheels got them, resulting in fewer
roadside flowers.
SIA