+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I posted this in the Northeast forum but I wanted to get a larger perspective. Also how many cachers actually are lucky enough to have the plate GEOCACHE. Do you know how hard it is to get a lic. plate in NY with the word cache in it? I'm trying to get plated for my jeep. GEOJEEP 0 - 9 are taken, 0 - 9GEOJEEP are taken, I've tried just about every combination that makes sense. But what I really want to know is who has the jeep with the plates geocache? Also, any suggestions for a plate would be welcome. Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 California only allows 7 characters (or 7.5 if you use a half-space) New Mexico only allows 6 Quote
+OurWoods Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) I actually had this convo a couple weeks ago in the NYGO chat room with someone, we came up with a few neat ones, but of course i can't remember them. There are a couple creative plates available for NYer's. Cach3r NYCacher WGS84 n43 w077 (or whatever) iluvGPS GeoCash (bleh) CacheHnt GoCache (hmm maybe I will get this) Go Cache Go@Cache (@ is the NY State symbol) I Cache I@cache GotCache (for safety sake probably a bad idea) Navicach (haha) gofindit LuvCache Edit to add: NY allows 8 characters including a space or the NY symbol (you can use one or the others not both) Ok I better stop. Edited December 29, 2003 by OurWoods Quote
+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 I thought I tried GOCACHE. But I guess I didn't cause it's available. Quote
+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 GO CACHE is no longer available. Quote
+T-storm Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 How many characters you get for customization in Texas depends on whether you have a standard plate or one of the special plates but is pretty limited regardless. Special plates, such as the conservation plates have graphics that take up a portion of the plate and limit characters to 5. Any alphanumeric, space, dash or period may fill those slots. A silhouette of Texas may be used but will take 2 slots! Standard plates allow up to 6 alphanumeric characters. Spaces, periods, or dashes may take one of the alphanumeric slots or up to 2 additional slots. You may replace one special character with a silhouette of Texas. I have a personalized specialty plate... it's a conservation plate featuring a large-mouth bass. The tag spells CACHE. When I got it this past summer, I could find no way to search to see if my choice would be available. I had to fill out the form, mail in the check, and wait and see. We had a whole list of things we considered, but I can't find it now! Quote
+gallahad Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Why not save a few bucks. Go to the Groundspeak merchandise section, buy yourself a geocaching sticker (that nice egg shaped item that reads "GEO") and save the money you would have spent on a personalized plate for some really great geocaching accessories? Signed.... More Bang For Your Geocaching Buck Quote
+OurWoods Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Go to the Groundspeak merchandise section, buy yourself a geocaching sticker (that nice egg shaped item that reads "GEO") and save the money you would have spent on a personalized plate for some really great geocaching accessories? Those "Euro" stickers are everywhere now, (how many hundred thousand OBX stickers have you seen?!) I also don't really like the fact that they just say "GEO" or "GPS." Besides, not everyone like to put bumper stickers on their cars. I ordered the long geocaching.com window cling, but becaue of the tint on the windows of my SUV its not visible on the back window from outside the car. So I have to have it on the front window along the bottom. Hopefully thats an okay spot. I hope to get a personalized geocaching plate soon, but now I will have to think something up besides GOCACHE.. hmm.... Quote
+9Key Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I'd love to get "9Key" on a plate, but I can't justify the $$. Quote
+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 Why not save a few bucks. Go to the Groundspeak merchandise section, buy yourself a geocaching sticker (that nice egg shaped item that reads "GEO") Got it. I ordered the long geocaching.com window cling, Got it. Quote
+gallahad Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) ... I hope to get a personalized geocaching plate soon, but now I will have to think something up besides GOCACHE.. hmm.... Try EHCACOG - it'll drive 'em nuts. Edited December 29, 2003 by gallahad Quote
+OurWoods Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 ... I hope to get a personalized geocaching plate soon, but now I will have to think something up besides GOCACHE.. hmm.... Try EHCACOG - it'll drive 'em nuts. It would drive me nuts too. Quote
+hedberg Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Here in Sweden can we buy our own license plate also, but it is really expensive! It's about $100 for 7 years or so... 7 letters (A-Z (plus the three Swedish extra letters ÅÄÖ), 0-9 and space). CACHER CACH3R Quote
+Divine Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) Here in Sweden can we buy our own license plate also, but it is really expensive! It's about $100 for 7 years or so... 7 letters (A-Z (plus the three Swedish extra letters ÅÄÖ), 0-9 and space). CACHER CACH3R You think that's expensive? Also in Finland you can choose your licence plate, but it must be in the following form ABC-123 where ABC can be 2 or 3 letters of your choice (with limitations with letters W, Q, Å, Ä and Ö) and 123 can be 1, 2 or 3 numbers between 0-9 (0 may not start the number part or be the only number). And, you can't choose CD to your letter part. The price? 1000 Euros plus additional registering fees (either 9,5 € or 14 €). With today's rates that's about $ 1240 in the US currency. Possible geocaching related Finnish plates would be: GEO-123 (with any 1 to 3 digit number series) Guess I'd choose GEO-666. Pretty boring choices for that amount of money, huh? Edited December 29, 2003 by Divine Quote
+Trudger Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 My plate reads: CACHER I was amazed that it was available in Ohio, but I was glad it was. I get people saying things like, "Cacher....so you play baseball?" and "Cacher....like a computer?" (I'm a computer tech by trade, so people assume) Anyway is always gives me an opportunity to spread the word about Geocaching. There was a recently an article in a paper in my area that a guy did about Geocaching and they used a picture of my plate. I'm waiting to sign my first "Geocaching Celebrity Autograph" but so far, no dice. Anyway, when I was looking for my plate there were quite a few caching plates available. I couldn't decide at first on "Trudger" or "Cacher" but I figured "Cacher" would give me a better shot at letting someone know about the game/sport/hobby that we all know and love. I also have one of those long Geocaching.com stickers on my back window. I like it a lot there. I'm turning my little red beetle into a regular Cachemobile. All I need is a mounted GPSr and some custom Geocache Logo Rims. (and 4WD, Mud Tires, Monster Truck Suspension, and a First-Aid Kit) Cache On! ~~Trudge Quote
+hedberg Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Oops, I missed one digit on the Swedish price. It's about $1000 for 7 years! Not $100 as I wrote... Oops... Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Is there a way to check what plates are taken by state? Quote
+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 Is there a way to check what plates are taken by state? try this Doc. Quote
+JMBella Posted December 29, 2003 Author Posted December 29, 2003 Is there a way to check what plates are taken by state? try this Doc. Wait... That's not what you meant is it. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Is there a way to check what plates are taken by state? try this Doc. Wait... That's not what you meant is it. I have the application for a personalized plate... Unfortunately for the type of plate I have I can only get 5 letters. Not much I can do with that.... Cache maybe? If I change to another type of specialty plate I can do 7 letters so that may work better but I hate to have to give up my Univ of Florida Gators Plate!! Quote
+hedberg Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Unfortunately for the type of plate I have I can only get 5 letters. Not much I can do with that.... Cache maybe? Why not (a wrongly spelled word) that says what we are: ADICT Quote
+Stunod Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 You could always ROT13 your license plate TRBPNPUR Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 You could always ROT13 your license plate TRBPNPUR LOL!!! I bet that would get a few quizzical looks from people. Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I don't have any caching plates. The one on my Camry is "SPARKY", of course. I guess the one on my GMC Pickup would kinda fit with geocaching, though: YMIHERE. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I guess the one on my GMC Pickup would kinda fit with geocaching, though: YMIHERE. oh yea.... I see it clearly! Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I guess the one on my GMC Pickup would kinda fit with geocaching, though: YMIHERE. oh yea.... I see it clearly! I've had that one since 1985, when I first bought my Toyota 4wd pickup. It's the question I ask myself most often: Why am I here and when can I leave? Quote
Colonel Mustard Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 maybe TNLNSL??? That should keep the non-beleivers guessing. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 maybe TNLNSL???That should keep the non-beleivers guessing. ya know what... I really like that one! Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 TNLNSL Sounds like an epitaph. Quote
Fakk 2 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) My Current plates on my jeep is GOT A MAP I think the image is still in my personal section. Just checked, not sure how to get to the images anymore since we got the new boards. hmmm. ok here it is Edited December 29, 2003 by Dream Alchemist Quote
+GatoRx Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 If I change to another type of specialty plate I can do 7 letters so that may work better but I hate to have to give up my Univ of Florida Gators Plate!! Don't do that! Don't give up your Gator plate! I'm sure you can come up with something that's 5 or fewer letters. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 If I change to another type of specialty plate I can do 7 letters so that may work better but I hate to have to give up my Univ of Florida Gators Plate!! Don't do that! Don't give up your Gator plate! I'm sure you can come up with something that's 5 or fewer letters. You know I don't wanna!! Besides my father would never forgive me... His Florida plate says: NYG8R Quote
+hedberg Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 The plate and the sticker doesn't really go along? Is it expensive to have a personalized plate in the US? Quote
+T-storm Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 buy yourself a geocaching sticker (that nice egg shaped item that reads "GEO") 'Cause I don't put stickers on my cars... EVER. I do have the license plate ring, but I'm going to have to remove or try to modify it or it's not legal here. I have the cling sticker, but it doesn't show through the tinted glass on the back of the geosled. No one has ever asked me about the stickers, only one about the license plate ring, but I get questions about the plate frequently. Quote
+carleenp Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Seems that everything I tried is available in Nebraska. And it is only $30! Quote
+T-storm Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Is it expensive to have a personalized plate in the US? It varies from state to state. Here in Texas I paid $40 for the personalized part... it's good for one year. The specialty conservation plate cost an additional $25, a good part of which goes to the Dept. of Parks & Wildlife. If I keep the personalization, it'll be a new plate without the specialty image. I like to support the parks, but our financial circumstances have changed and they've raised the cost of the conservation plate another $5 now too, and all of that goes to the DOT for "administrative costs". Quote
+Capt. Jack & 1st Mate Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 We felt lucky to get this one: Quote
+Right Wing Wacko Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 (edited) Taken at the Spokane Cache Machine. Sorry about the glare. It was taken trough the front window of my truck while we were moving from one cache to another. Edited December 30, 2003 by Right Wing Wacko Quote
+yumitori Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 The Washington TNLNSL plate is Pepper's, who by the way just hit 1000 caches. Drop by the Northwest forum to congratulate her and her kids. We wanted FOUNDIT, but also wanted a specialty plate to support one of the Open Space groups that is preserving land in the area, and incidently providing more places to hide caches. Since those are limited to 6 characters, we ended up with CACHER. Quote
Fakk 2 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 (edited) Ohio costs $75 a yr. Bit expensive, but the Jeep is my first vehicle bought new, so I spoil it. As for plate and Sticker not matching. The plate is to be read as a question... Got a Map? (Just wasnt allowed to have a ? placed on the plate) Edited December 30, 2003 by Dream Alchemist Quote
+TeamTJ Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Well, if you can't get the real plate you want for some reason, you can always make your own. Quote
+hedberg Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I can't wait until someone makes the Cache Making Machine. If you can't find the real cache, just go to a website, select the typ of box, write what you want it to be on the cache and voila, you have your own version of the cache you couldn't find! Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Well, if you can't get the real plate you want for some reason, you can always make your own. Cool, and all this time, I've been trying to get sent to prison so I could make license plates! Quote
+BeachBuddies Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 I don't know, the whole idea seems kind of geeky to me. Quote
+Capitalpete Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Well I don't know about others, but we try to WALK or cycle to our geocaches, that is one reason we do not have hundreds and hundreds of finds yet. To us Geocaching is about getting out and spending time together as a family doing something fun and cheap. For us, conquering the outdoors is something we do on mountain bike, in our sailboat or by foot, not in an SUV. We have a GPS guided stroller, mountain bikes, and sailboat complete with dinghy. This spring we (us along with Rasputin and others) will be placing Geocaches on other islands that we get to sailing on weekends and evenings. The car will do you no good as there is no access via car ferries! Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Well, if you can't get the real plate you want for some reason, you can always make your own. Maybe I should get this one made: Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Well, if you can't get the real plate you want for some reason, you can always make your own. Maybe I should get this one made: But what does that have to do with geocaching? Other than some of us here in the forums call you that, and your avatar has a sax........anything? Quote
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