On Friday the 13th, the California DMV tried to give my 1987 300D plates with the devil's number. Nah, give me a different one.



Wearing that plate would have been far too much bad luck for my poor car.

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Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

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Oh I don't know, every time I have to go to the DMV it's like a visit to Hell. Seems appropriate.

The DMV office isn't located on 8th Avenue by any chance?

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Are you kidding, thats good luck. I would trade my 80s California sunset plates for those.

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LOL, too true! Every time I visit the DMV, it's a reminder of how much gov't sucks at managing things.

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If I got those plates and my first name was Dave, I would keep them. Otherwise I'd have to keep explaining what the 8AVE stood for.

BTW in IN the BMVs work great, pick a number wait ten minutes, one person does everything, you need a title transferred, renew a license, one person. License plates renewed on line in minutes. Not like in IL you picked a line then when you went through your half hour wait the loafer behind the counter says go to the other line over there wait again then sent back to the first line you were in.

My first commercial building had 8 bays in it. From 650 to 668 Main street.

I had never heard of 666 being the sign of the devil but I had potential tenants say they did not want it as their address. So I took it myself. Then I had a sign painter paint 666 1/3 on the door.

He said "you can't just change the address you have to go to the city Engineer and request it". I said "OK just paint the number please". He did.

Then the next day the mailman came and saw the number and said "you can't just change your address you have to go to the City Engineer and ask to". I said "If I tell all my suppliers that is my address and print all my business cards saying 666 1/3 and you get letters addressed to me at that address what are you going to do with them?" The mailman said "I'll deliver them here".

I said "There you go"!

I never had any more complaints about the address.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast

I should have just taken it and got a "hell on wheels" licence plate frame.

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Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

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RenaissanceMan Labs: where the future is being made today.

Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

That's the first CA plate I've seen starting with 8. The last 7's I've seen were already followed with Z so it was bound to happen soon.

I recall our late forum member Jim Baubel could figure out a vehicle's general area/location based on the license number.

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That plate (almost) became mine in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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RenaissanceMan Labs: where the future is being made today.

Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

Dang. That'd be sick. I go to that DMV too.

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