personalized plates - curious about other states

  • I have been looking at personalized license plates on the California DMV website and I found one available that would be fun to have "RED SL", as much as I like it I just cant get past the recurring cost that would be paid every year. To get this plate the initial fee would be $53 and then there would be an additional $43 added to every years normal registration fee. I just got the bill for my renewal and the base that $43 would be added to is $267 bring the total to $310 -


    California's registration fees are already insane and I just can see adding an extra $43 every year for something only the people behind me will see


    I am just curious what personalized plates cost in other states and also how many of you have them and whay do they say

    Cage Free - 2016 Pearl Red SL

    DDM Short Shifter, Sway Bar Mounts Coolant tank Master Cylinder Brace & CAI

    Twist Dynamics Sway Bar, JRI GT Coilovers, Assault Hood Vent

    OEM Double Bubble windshields & various other goodies

  • Thanks Tripod - I know get a frame and it may be my only affordable option, but even so it still doesnt have the same impact

    Cage Free - 2016 Pearl Red SL

    DDM Short Shifter, Sway Bar Mounts Coolant tank Master Cylinder Brace & CAI

    Twist Dynamics Sway Bar, JRI GT Coilovers, Assault Hood Vent

    OEM Double Bubble windshields & various other goodies

  • I have been looking at personalized license plates on the California DMV website and I found one available that would be fun to have "RED SL", as much as I like it I just cant get past the recurring cost that would be paid every year. To get this plate the initial fee would be $53 and then there would be an additional $43 added to every years normal registration fee. I just got the bill for my renewal and the base that $43 would be added to is $267 bring the total to $310 -


    California's registration fees are already insane and I just can see adding an extra $43 every year for something only the people behind me will see


    I am just curious what personalized plates cost in other states and also how many of you have them and whay do they say

    Since you have the faster RED SL, EVERYONE will be behind you. Kinda makes spending the extra $43 worth it now doesn't it?

    Nobody gets outta here ALIVE

  • I have been looking at personalized license plates on the California DMV website and I found one available that would be fun to have "RED SL", as much as I like it I just cant get past the recurring cost that would be paid every year. To get this plate the initial fee would be $53 and then there would be an additional $43 added to every years normal registration fee. I just got the bill for my renewal and the base that $43 would be added to is $267 bring the total to $310 -


    California's registration fees are already insane and I just can see adding an extra $43 every year for something only the people behind me will see


    I am just curious what personalized plates cost in other states and also how many of you have them and whay do they say

    If we want to play we got to pay. My Slingshot was the FIRST one every registered and titled and plated in Indiana.... When we could finally get some vanity plates after a period on none... I got Sling 1 ... my extra cost is only $45.00/yr plus $275.00 === $315.00 and I'm in a state where fees aren't to bad?????????????

  • If we want to play we got to pay. My Slingshot was the FIRST one every registered and titled and plated in Indiana.... When we could finally get some vanity plates after a period on none... I got Sling 1 ... my extra cost is only $45.00/yr plus $275.00 === $315.00 and I'm in a state where fees aren't to bad?????????????

    I would have guessed it would have been lower - - perhaps California isn't as bad as I thought

    Cage Free - 2016 Pearl Red SL

    DDM Short Shifter, Sway Bar Mounts Coolant tank Master Cylinder Brace & CAI

    Twist Dynamics Sway Bar, JRI GT Coilovers, Assault Hood Vent

    OEM Double Bubble windshields & various other goodies

  • on the other hand there are options I can get with a frame that they would never let me have on a CA plate

    Cage Free - 2016 Pearl Red SL

    DDM Short Shifter, Sway Bar Mounts Coolant tank Master Cylinder Brace & CAI

    Twist Dynamics Sway Bar, JRI GT Coilovers, Assault Hood Vent

    OEM Double Bubble windshields & various other goodies

  • An online renewal for 2 years registration of a motorcycle in NM, sets me back $34.75 - same for SS.


    (That’s a regular plate. Never had a vanity plate in my life & totally uninterested in getting one)

    Slingshots: making children out of adults since 2014

  • Ga is not cheap but I'm OK with it because we no longer have an annual "birthday tax" that was a percentage of the vehicles value. An example was my Jeep. Every year I had the tag fee and then an additional $350.

    Proud supporter of S.O.G.

    (Slingshot Owners Group)

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  • An online renewal for 2 years registration of a motorcycle in NM, sets me back $34.75 - same for SS.


    (That’s a regular plate. Never had a vanity plate in my life & totally uninterested in getting one)

    Thats nice - much better than the over $500 I will pay for my first 2 years here in CA

    Cage Free - 2016 Pearl Red SL

    DDM Short Shifter, Sway Bar Mounts Coolant tank Master Cylinder Brace & CAI

    Twist Dynamics Sway Bar, JRI GT Coilovers, Assault Hood Vent

    OEM Double Bubble windshields & various other goodies

  • CA will go bankrupt with all their entitlement funding. Luckily, even in this socialist state of Taxachusetts, because it's registered as a motorcycle I only get charged $20/year plus an additional $50/year for the vanity. Let's not get into the excise tax I pay for each vehicle owned based on assessed value. It's theft, pure and simple.