Sure. But vanity plates are easier to remember and are more likely to be posted online.
-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Anyone ordering vanity plates for their M3?
- Thread starter M3Kat
- Start date
Dauphin
Member
I ordered my California Legacy plates in mid-Feb and got them about two weeks ago, so about 4 months total. They charged my CC number in early March, which is probably when they started fabrication.
NotForResale
Member
Good info, thank you. They seem to have removed the message about taking 6-9 months so hopefully that means the wait times are decreasing now.
Did you get a plate with fewer than 7 characters and if so were the characters centered?
m a x i m u s
Member
I ordered and paid extra for the black on gold CA plate to better match my car.
I choose to not personalize the digits though. I prefer to blend in.
I got the metal plates assigned to my car within weeks. The replacement black on gold took a couple months.
The carpool stickers took a year. Partially due to cocos delay; but also because they only partially processed my application and it took forever to straighten out. But I ended up with newer sticker that also better matched the car.
I choose to not personalize the digits though. I prefer to blend in.
I got the metal plates assigned to my car within weeks. The replacement black on gold took a couple months.
The carpool stickers took a year. Partially due to cocos delay; but also because they only partially processed my application and it took forever to straighten out. But I ended up with newer sticker that also better matched the car.
NotForResale
Member
Got my personalized 1960 CA Legacy plate yesterday. Ordered on March 31. Took a little over 3 months (99 days). Much better than the 6-9 month estimate I was given when I ordered. The DMV didn't send me any updates aside from the original order confirmation. Just showed up out of nowhere.
Also happy to say that the text was completely centered on the plate. I have seen many people say that they ended up getting non-centered text on personalized plates with < 7 characters. I mentioned that I wanted it centered in the optional comments. Not sure if that helped or not.
Also happy to say that the text was completely centered on the plate. I have seen many people say that they ended up getting non-centered text on personalized plates with < 7 characters. I mentioned that I wanted it centered in the optional comments. Not sure if that helped or not.
m a x i m u s
Member
Glad to you see you got yours. I ordered mine a year ago. Canceled it last week. Eff it.
That's really strange... I wonder if they lost your order or something?
It took ~8 months to receive the black "legacy" license plates for my Tacoma last year (ordered in March 2021). I was pleasantly surprised that the "whale tail" license plates I ordered for my M3P at the end of February 2022 only took ~3.5 months to arrive.
m a x i m u s
Member
Thats actually untrue. No need to obtain new reg/number before you can apply for custom plates (if your old car already had custom vanity plates and has been sold/traded-in).I've never reassigned/retained a personalized license plate from an old car, but according to these links, you will still need to obtain the new permanent license plate/registration for the new car before you can apply for the reassignment here in CA;
How to transfer custom plates in California
I have a custom plate on my current car and want to transfer that over to my new Model Y that I’m taking delivery of in a few days. The CA DMV site linked me to an application to fill out but one of the boxes asks me for the license plate number of the car I want to transfer it to. Since it’s...teslamotorsclub.com
21.235 Reassignment of Special License Plates - California DMV
21.235 Reassignment of Special License Plates (CVC §§5108 and 5109) A license plate owner may reassign his/her special license plates to any vehicle registered to the license plate owner. Most special license plates cannot be reassigned to another person, except as shown in the Special License...www.dmv.ca.gov
I traded-in my M3 for a Y, and I took off old plates. Within registration application Tesla puts in the request for reassignment of old plates to new reg/car. I just received the registration without new plates - I am just supposed to utilize the ones I have from old car.
HTH
julit0
Member
Just arrived. 9 weeks from order to delivery.
Got a little M3P hidden in there.
Got a little M3P hidden in there.
Had a friend who had a MINT 88 or 89 325is who wanted a “euro plate” license plate, “EUROPL8” is what he chose. Many lulz.
LadyOnikara
Member
Not this time, just handicap plates. I think we can use the same ones that were on our Subaru. It's kinda slow transferring them though. (I guess everything dealing with DMV in California is slow. The closest office to us does have a sense of humor about DMV slowness. They had plush sloths around the place and even a sloth calendar.)
PianoAl
Active Member
I've heard that any vanity plate that refers to not needing to buy gas is automatically changed to "U KEY ME."
JetDriver05
Member
I am partial to 310H55A for the people with rear view mirrors3MTA3I don't really want it on my car I just want to see if they allow it. Then I would hang it in my garage.
