All the really important people have negative numbers.

I'm tempted to propose the same thing for domain names. One billion dollars per year divided by 10^(number of non-dot characters before TLD), something along those lines, with a floor.

Mine's imaginary.

It's on my hypothetical Lamborghini.

So if I get a license plate that's 42 characters long, will the state pay me a few grand?

Ric Romero reports: Most sought-after vanity plates are most expensive.

Tomorrow: It costs money to register a car.

Delaware does the same thing, but I think the lowest you can get is 4

TFA:Plates with four or fewer digits used to go only to the well-connected. Under Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes, those who want the plates apply for them, and the numbers are awarded as they become available to those with records of community or other service.

Is having a 4-digit New Hampshire license plate really that prestigious? Maybe the cops go easy on them, like the people with FOP stickers?

/...death is not the worst of all evils.

hello you cretins
auction them off on ebay or equiv ...
HELLLOOOOO

how about optimizing the revenue rather than limiting it ?
sheeeeshhhhh bunch of tards

I thought that was just Delaware?

So FU2 is out of the question?

What about if I just spell out "ZERO" as my tag?

Isn't 1 reserved for the Governor of a state ?

Is this a New England thing or something? A few years ago, the History Channel did a 10-part series called "The States" where they spent about 8 minutes discussing the history and culture of each of the 50 states. The fashionableness of low-number license plates was presented as one of the major aspects of life in Rhode Island.

Everyone here has vanity plates already, so I'm not surprised at all.

/new hampshire native
//never got the low-number thing either

Scored a low number license plate in Massachusetts:

I thought this was a Middle Eastern thing as well . . . something about the Sultan of Brunei paying millions for a plate with just "5"

Too lazy to Google. I'll just assume that's the way it happened.

I read somewhere that the Saudis will pay millions of dollars for the single digit ones.

You know, I grew up here and never heard about this low number thing until I recently moved back. Now I know 3 people with 3-digit plates. They are quite proud of them.

People will use anything as an excuse to stroke their dicks.

0 isn't a number, it's a limit.

Learn some damn math.

Pfff. Common it's obvious! You're just not cool unless you have a really low digit license plate. All the cool kids are doing it. Get on board.

+2 Subby for "fewer" rather than "less".

/Grammar nerd
//Suck it

namatad:

hello you cretins
auction them off on ebay or equiv ...
HELLLOOOOO

That capitalist idea doesn't fit very well into our increasingly socialist government.

Why do people care about low number license plates?

Oh for the love of Alah. This is a carry-over that started in the Middle East, carried over into parts of Asia, and now has hit the mighty Eastern Seaboard. Many Arabic countries have a '1' for the supreme ruler (King, Sultan, pick your poison), 2 for the crown prince, and so on. The lower the number, the closer the relative (and thus wealthier). The Asian's loved the idea and auction the stupid things off in many countries (similar to their lucky number plates). This is just retarded.

CTaylor80: I thought this was a Middle Eastern thing as well . . . something about the Sultan of Brunei paying millions for a plate with just "5"

Too lazy to Google. I'll just assume that's the way it happened.

bmihura: I read somewhere that the Saudis will pay millions of dollars for the single digit ones.

Close.

http://www.luxist.com/2008/02/18/worlds-most-expensive-license-plate/ (new window)

Abu Dhabi is not part os Saudi, contrary to popular belief. It's the place Garfield kept mailing Nermal to. About an hour's drive from my apartment. Not enough bars to make it worth a visit.

Arabs also like palindrome plates: 12321 or whatever.

Dubai Vol: Abu Dhabi is not part os Saudi, contrary to popular belief. It's the place Garfield kept mailing Nermal to.


LOL.

/Still remember that.

Unimpressed!

//AND Toasty linked!

Eowunyth: Why do people care about low number license plates?

This. WTF?

heebie_stevo: Pfff. Common it's obvious! You're just not cool unless you have a really low digit license plate. All the cool kids are doing it. Get on board.

Oh yeah like you mean 5 popped collars, because 2 just isn't enough?

Delaware is the same way. The lowest numbers are getting bought for over 100k. Even numbers in the 20k and 30k range can fetch over 1k. Black plates are the only real investment in delaware now; real estate can tank, but low number plates' value will never go down.

jimpoz: The fashionableness of low-number license plates was presented as one of the major aspects of life in Rhode Island.

If you've ever spent any time there, you'll know that there are few other aspects of life in Rhode Island.

Eowunyth: Why do people care about low number license plates?

Pick your favorite reason. But some people will use them if they have fleet vehicles with a couple letters in front to identify the company.

What really amuses me is here in NC you get 8 letters and characters, and there seems to be no limit on the creativity, or lack thereof in vanity plates. IMGR8 aside.......

I would want a complicated license plate, it makes it more difficult for people to remember it after one of my hit and run incidents.

swr2000: Delaware does the same thing, but I think the lowest you can get is 4

4 is the lowest that is not owned by the state (1 is for the gov, 2 is for the vice gov, 3 is for sec of state). I heard a rumor that 4 is owned by dupont co and is attached to some rusted, old-ass truck somewhere.

From? FROM? Please read that as 'front"

58008 Taken?


Just need to get my car fliped over every few days to make it worth it.

$25 to make your car more easily recognizable, what a bargain!

/had a two digit plate number three cars ago
//no extra charge
///spent $20 to get rid of it

Eowunyth: Why do people care about low number license plates?

I had A6 once. Was kinda cool. I wouldn't have spent money on it, but it was still cool. Mine was just the 6th car registered in a newly set-up system

robotpirateninja: 0 isn't a number, it's a limit.

Learn some damn math.

Got into a big time argument on fark last year about my position that zero was not a number, just a place holder.

You rock bro.

Vanity plates are bull shiat.

rindeee: This is a carry-over that started in the Middle East

Oh really?

I was trying to find a pic of that episode from (I think) Tales From the Crypt where the guy was on trial for a "Sue Me" license plate. Was that from a different show? Little help?

Check with my man Kurt Vonnegut. His plate ran CHOICE. It runs upside down and backwards in a mirror. Also on a pack of Camels. But that's another story.
Something about a woodpecker......

soj4life: Delaware is the same way. The lowest numbers are getting bought for over 100k. Even numbers in the 20k and 30k range can fetch over 1k. Black plates are the only real investment in delaware now; real estate can tank, but low number plates' value will never go down.

Since I'm sure many people won't believe you... here's some confirmation from the federal courts (new window)

This article makes me proud of my 4-digit Fark account number. Beats having a TotalFark account!

Lifeless: People will use anything as an excuse to stroke their dicks.

I'm stoking my d... Nevermind.

smells_like_meat: robotpirateninja: 0 isn't a number, it's a limit.

Learn some damn math.

Got into a big time argument on fark last year about my position that zero was not a number, just a place holder.

You rock bro.

Vanity plates are bull shiat.

And if you said that zero was not a number you would be wrong. Zero is even you know and falls into the set of the natural numbers (integers)