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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

British number plates are issued for the lifetime of the car. You sell the car and the plate goes with it. Personal plates can be any combination the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) care to sell you. They can be bought from other people as well. It takes a lot of paperwork to change the registration number of a car and about a £50 fee or so. There are a few provisos; You can't have obscene combinations, also anything that would make the car appear newer than it is.

We pay a yearly fee, called the Road Fund Licence, to keep a car on the road. Also known as car tax. Proof of payment is in the tax disc we display in the bottom left corner of the windscreen. You can also declare a car "off the road" and not pay tax, but then using it on a public road will incur a heavy penalty.

Bea"Still waiting on his new company car. *sigh* "sty