CA HOV Stickers

[NathanielHrnblwr]

They need a special color registration tag for this and be done with it. The current stickers are like putting eyelash headlights on a car.

 

[caskater47]

I just got my stickers today. I didn't realize you could wait and apply the next year. Oh well.

 

[GenSao]

Unless the DMV decides to issue a new color decal next year that expires beyond Jan. 1, 2022 (extremely unlikely), all red decals will expire on this date, regardless of when they're issued.

Think about it: How is an enforcement officer going to be able to determine the red decal expiration date of a vehicle moving in the HOV lane?

The only possible benefit that I can think of for waiting until after the 1st is for the next cycle of HOV decals (if there is one). I got lucky in that the only reason that I qualified for a red decal is that my white decal was issued after Jan. 1, 2017. Had it been issued before then, I would not have been able to apply for the red decal. YMMV

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

 

[drbabar]

Just got mine on Wednesday, the red ones. FYI, I send in the form before I had the plates, but I guess it was ok.

 

[hurjio]

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

LMAO are you f'ing kidding me!? California PLZ!

 

[MXWing]

LMAO are you f'ing kidding me!? California PLZ!

Was hoping for carbon fiber or matte black!

 

[Haxster]

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

Wow! This should look stunning on my chartreuse wrap.

 

[TANGO SUKKA]

Just got mine on Wednesday, the red ones. FYI, I send in the form before I had the plates, but I guess it was ok.

I sent my form before I got my plates as well, but got a letter saying the car wasn't registered to me at the time they processed, so I had to resubmit the application.

 

[ebmcs03]

Purple! I prefer red. But I’ll trade it for an extra year of car pool

 

[Eno Deb]

Was hoping for carbon fiber or matte black!

According to the DMV newsletter the color will change every year now, so you just have to wait long enough (while watching the other cars whizz by on the HOV lane).

Almost everything is better than the bright red abomination we have now (if you don't have a red car) ...

 

[smjbh5]

Ill send in my application in the last week of December. Anyone thinking about applying these to a piece of vinyl then sticking them on their cars? Hear it’s easier to remove them when they expire.

 

[DUBM3]

Ill send in my application in the last week of December. Anyone thinking about applying these to a piece of vinyl then sticking them on their cars? Hear it’s easier to remove them when they expire.

I have to since I have PPF on it.

 

[NathanielHrnblwr]

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

...and they couldn't even update the horrendous design.

 

[brianmeow]

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

omfg, for real?

 

[RayK]

Anyone thinking about applying these to a piece of vinyl then sticking them on their cars?

Yes.

I ordered two rolls of 4" wide x 1' long XPEL Ultimate Plus (XPFCL4U1). Actually, I really only used one since the 1' roll was just under 2' long. I was able to place all four HOV stickers onto a single roll and used an X-ACTO blade to cut out the XPEL film. I've only stuck on two of the decals so far. They were easy to move them around when I was deciding exactly where I wanted them. Hopefully in a few years when they expire they'll be just as easy to remove and won't damage the paint or leave a 'shadow'.

 

[Zeligprod]

Looks like "light purple" will be next years HOV sticker per DMV Vehicle Industry New.

Really? And while are it, why do we need so many of them? It’s insane! As if a cop wouldn’t be able to slow down to check if we have a decal. We don’t need license plates on the side of the car ...

 

[DonLafferty]

I bought a 2016 Leaf in early 2016 and a 2017 Volt in later 2016.

Last week I got a letter telling me I lose HOV for both of them on Jan 1 2019.

I knew this was coming but was holding out hope California lawmakers would come to their senses before that (I know it's almost an oxymoron).

I decided the only way to keep using HOV (I live in the SF Valley and work in the South Bay) was to get a new EV. Originally I thought about another Leaf. My wife has recently stopped driving the Volt so I got to thinking if I sold both the Volt and the Leaf I could buy a Model 3 and still drive long distances (that's one of the reasons for the Volt).

So I ordered one last Thursday and within a few hours I got a message saying I had an appointment for 11/15 which is just one week. Apparently they had my exact car available in Hawthorne and will be delivering to my home then.

So after reading this thread it's clear I should probably wait till near the end of December to apply so as to get the longest length of sticker use.

 

[Maximilien]

Oh my... I don't see how my silver model 3 and purple can go along. I wish we could keep white decal or have a choice of colors.

 

[Maximilien]

Sometimes I wonder if DMV love teasing us and is purposely handing out hideous colors

EV License plate would have worked so much better. $22 doesn't cut it? I would pay $50 for license plate than these ridiculous decals.

 

[Kichwas]

They really ought to integrate this into the fastTrak transponder...
- which I know is a Bay Area thing... but we ought to have a state wide transponder...
- then you could just register a compliant vehicle and your transponder would include that on anything that pinged it...

This is one of things that reminds me that Silicon Valley is in a different decade than Sacramento...