Juttin from the license plate

  • no banana@piefed.world
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    2 hours ago

    We used to do this in Sweden! That was years ago though. You can sometimes still see older cars with them left on. Some of them are thicc.

  • xylol@leminal.space
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    3 hours ago

    I scrape off the old one with a razor and clean it with alcohol before putting on the new one

    • Xanderill@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 hours ago

      yeeaah sorry it is…we do things pretty dumb around here. I wonder if you can’t come up with an example specific to your country

      • Hubi@feddit.org
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        4 hours ago

        Maybe they stick it on the inside of the windshield? That’s the only way the comment would make sense to me.

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          2 hours ago

          Yes, so there’s no way to stack a new sticker on top of the old one, it can only be placed behind it.

          • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
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            3 hours ago

            that makes sense, it looks like there’s only 3 states that do this though so it sounds weird when you’re used to them going on the license plate!

            This method would have the added benefit that people can’t steal your stickers!

    • Xanderill@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 hours ago

      Mine is one of them, but I’ve almost always had not so great cars that I’m not prepared to bet on making it another 2 years. Also never owned a vehicle for any longer than a couple years so never new there was a limit. The joke is ruined

      • bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Not really. Still a good joke.

        Yeah, the plates are spec’s to rust to bits in 15 years (approximately because they are cheaply made by slave labor) and states require them to replaced every 10 years (or less in states that have heavy saltiness)

        • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
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          4 hours ago

          I have never heard of this! In my current state and last state it was the same rule, i just double checked:

          “[the motor vehicle dept] provides this service, which is necessary when a license plate is lost, stolen, damaged, or becomes illegible.”

          my in laws have plates that are 30+ years old and look fine. Mine are 12 years old and fine except some dents.

          No salt on the roads though maybe that’s the difference.