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> > That's very interesting. In New Zealand, the plates are two letters followed by four numbers. I was surprised to find out that in the USA you get new plates every year -- here they go with the car for its lifetime. Annual re-registration of your car is policed by a sticker on the inside of the windshield.
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> We don't get new plates every year. However, the plates are new for each owner... when you get a car, you have to go get plates for it. After that, you get new registration stickers that go on the plates each year.
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> Le "my horse trailer plate says Timmy" en

And here in Arizona, you get a plate that you take with you from car to car.

-FP