Antique Car

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GmaninMS@reddit

When a car hits 25 years, it becomes an antique here. According to that, im almost an antique x2. 🫣

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Here in Georgia there isn’t really a benefit to “Antique” plates like in Mississippi. Apparently there this antique plate is permanent. The one cool thing in Georgia is if your care is 89 or older you can find a period correct license plate and use it (as long as you keep the real plate in the car). Too bad that my GMC truck is an 91.

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Revolutionary_Gas551@reddit

Kansas the cutoff is 35 years, but I think my Jeep is well past that. 🤣

I found the 1948 plate at an estate sale for $5, too!

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memymomeddit@reddit

Antique plates are permanent in Virginia too, but there are a lot of usage restrictions that com with antique plates, and you have to have another car registered with normal tags to be able to get them.

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ExtraNoise@reddit

I did exactly this with my 1987 project car. Was able to find a set of 1987 "Centennial" plates and register the car as an antique using them. I'm kind of a plate nerd and was super excited about this because this was the first year the "Mount Rainier" design was used on our plates and has since become the standard. (Current WA plates have different fonts and a different layout now, though.)

I got a set of replica tabs to put on the plates (technically I don't have to have any tabs, but it looks weird without them) and it's funny the number of comments I've gotten about how expired they are.

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GmaninMS@reddit

Yep. You hit 25 years, you buy the last tag you need. About the only good thing when it comes to tags. Tags on your car here usually have to do with the actual value of the car and highly depends on what county/city you are in.

A car in the city of Jackson could be 2000 for your first year, and the same car registered out in the country would only be 300.

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camstercage@reddit

We still have my grandads that he bought new in 98. My son is going to drive it. That body style is invincible

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Common_Juggernaut724@reddit

Except the rear bumper. Seems that almost every time I've seen one of these, there's been a dent off to either side of the rear bumper.

I remember being so amused by the phenomenon that I did a little Google search, and found several references to the "Camry dent" online, including an article on Jalopnik

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literanch@reddit

99 Toyota Camry. Used to have the same exact car ~20 years ago.

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eyecandynsx@reddit

To be fair, that Camry will outlast anything produced today if it doesn't rust out.

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R0botDreamz@reddit

Those Camrys were almost indestructible. I dont want to jinx that person.

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iiooiooi@reddit

Those things handled great and now I feel old.

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jamessheldon444@reddit

I know in Maryland, any car at least 25 years old can get the "classic" plates. So anything MY 2001 and older.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit (OP)

I think it’s time to take my meds.

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RoundTheBend6@reddit

Thanks for reminding me, I probably have dementia or something. I need those pool organizers to remember if I took it or not,

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CSATTS@reddit

I finally broke down and got one. I don't take a ton of meds, just stuff for gout, ADHD, Zyrtec in the spring, and then a multivitamin, but I couldn't ever remember if I took my medications. Nothing made me feel old faster than realizing I needed a pill organizer.

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