[DallasRED]

I just renewed my car tag thru the mail since I am currently out of state. I just got it in the mail and instead of sending me a sticker to put on my old license plate they sent me a new one. Did everyone get a new tag this year? I like the old one better and it blended and kinda looks like the MD tag. This one makes me stick out. Of course with the large military community there are many out of state tags in the area...but still.

[barrycdog]

Handicapped will not be able to get one of the new tags

[Shananigans]

I renewed in may and just got a decal.

[barrycdog]

You also should be able to get IN GOD WE TRUST sticker for free

[NC-17]

DallasRED, on 12 July 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I just renewed my car tag thru the mail since I am currently out of state. I just got it in the mail and instead of sending me a sticker to put on my old license plate they sent me a new one. Did everyone get a new tag this year? I like the old one better and it blended and kinda looks like the MD tag. This one makes me stick out. Of course with the large military community there are many out of state tags in the area...but still.

um, if ya wanted to 'blend in' why didn't you register it in MD?

[Lady Raider]

yes i got my tag the other day and the plate

[GGinGA]

I don't like the new tags. The "peaches" in the corner look like pumpkins and the whole thing looks like a fall scene. I also don't like that the numbers are flat and not raised up. They look cheap.

[Lucky64]

I renewed in May and just got the stickers. I renewed my son's car last week and only got the stickers.

[lowrider]

I don't like the new tags either and will get stickers if I can keep my old tags.

[crizzle]

My understanding is if the old plate is 5 years or older it is replaced with a new plate. if not you only get stickers.

[Wineguy]

The new tags became available June 1st. All new tags from June forward will be the new colorful tags.

[raclay]

I renewed last month and only got a decal. it was a relief too, because I really don't like the new tags, they look like they are made of paper since the numbers are flat.

[DallasRED]

NC-17, on 12 July 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

um, if ya wanted to 'blend in' why didn't you register it in MD?

AHHH because I am here because of the military and don't consider myself a resident.

[NC-17]

DallasRED, on 12 July 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

AHHH because I am here because of the military and don't consider myself a resident.

you just want to *look* like one?

[DallasRED]

Lady Raider, on 12 July 2012 - 02:11 PM, said:

yes i got my tag the other day and the plate

Isn't this just a waste of tax payer $$$$ I didn't need a new plate...Not to mention it costs more $$$ to mail it to me.

NC-17, on 12 July 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:

you just want to *look* like one?

Wineguy, on 12 July 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

The new tags became available June 1st. All new tags from June forward will be the new colorful tags.

Thank you.

[Happy Wife And Mom]

GGinGA, on 12 July 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

I don't like the new tags. The "peaches" in the corner look like pumpkins and the whole thing looks like a fall scene. I also don't like that the numbers are flat and not raised up. They look cheap.

They do look cheap.

This post has been edited by Happy Wife And Mom: 12 July 2012 - 03:03 PM

[DallasRED]

crizzle, on 12 July 2012 - 02:24 PM, said:

My understanding is if the old plate is 5 years or older it is replaced with a new plate. if not you only get stickers.

It is a 2003 so yes it is more than 5 years old. When I go back to GA I am def getting a smaller car that gets better gas mileage.

GGinGA, on 12 July 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

I don't like the new tags. The "peaches" in the corner look like pumpkins and the whole thing looks like a fall scene. I also don't like that the numbers are flat and not raised up. They look cheap.

I agree I don't like it either...It also came with the sticker attached to it...UHHHHH

[Caped Crusader]

DallasRED, on 12 July 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I just renewed my car tag thru the mail since I am currently out of state. I just got it in the mail and instead of sending me a sticker to put on my old license plate they sent me a new one. Did everyone get a new tag this year? I like the old one better and it blended and kinda looks like the MD tag. This one makes me stick out. Of course with the large military community there are many out of state tags in the area...but still.

Take a can of FLAT Black spray paint and lightly mist the tag.

It will look old and dingy.

[Far West]

GGinGA, on 12 July 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

I don't like the new tags. The "peaches" in the corner look like pumpkins and the whole thing looks like a fall scene. I also don't like that the numbers are flat and not raised up. They look cheap.

OMG... I just told my husband exactly that on Sunday!

Three weeks ago he did not believe me that everyone was getting a new license plate... I was quacking about what the cost must be. So, Sunday he said, “You were right everyone is getting a new plate!”

I’d much rather we.... oh.... I don't know... keep more police, pay off a bond, fund a Park… instead of giving out new plates.

Other states I lived in had several license plates based on when the car was registered.

The really old ones were almost a status symbol. It’s not like the GA plates are all the same now, with all the special tags anyway! No need to start all over again... just give the new plates to cars that are newly registered!!!????

[Wineguy]

Here are the choices we had for a new plate. The citizens of GA voted on it. I know I voted for them at each stage of the process. I dont know why or the cost of the new tags, but I guess in my superficial views, I love when the new tags come out.

Our Choices

[blessedmom]

I was told today when I renewed the only way you receive a new tag is if you have the old Georgia tag. Have no idea which one that is. They said as long as you have the Georgia on my mind plate you will not get a new one.

[Georgia Dawg]

The new FLAT tags are cheaper to manufacturer.

[sungoddess]

blessedmom, on 12 July 2012 - 05:21 PM, said:

I was told today when I renewed the only way you receive a new tag is if you have the old Georgia tag. Have no idea which one that is. They said as long as you have the Georgia on my mind plate you will not get a new one.

I renewed my tags this week also, and the clerk told me the same thing. You only get a new tag if your tag is old (how old I am not sure)....

[elliesgranny]

We have to renew both of ours in August and I hope we can just get stickers. Those new tags are ugly as a mud-splattered fence!!!

[MsGaStorm]

I believe mine is at least 5 years old but it is a personalized plate. Will I receive a new one when I go next week? My husband received a new one but his isn't personalized. His wasn't personalized before he received the new one.

This post has been edited by MsGaStorm: 12 July 2012 - 06:38 PM

[Caped Crusader]

MsGaStorm, on 12 July 2012 - 06:37 PM, said:

I believe mine is at least 5 years old but it is a personalized plate. Will I receive a new one when I go next week? My husband received a new one but his isn't personalized. His wasn't personalized before he received the new one.

My vanity plate is old style and I got a sticker.

Keep us posted.

[Happy Wife And Mom]

Georgia Dawg, on 12 July 2012 - 05:27 PM, said:

The new FLAT tags are cheaper to manufacturer.

So are they cheaper for us?

[Wineguy]

I just found this information online.

"New license plates became available
beginning Monday, May 7, 2012. Any
license plate issued prior to December 1,
2003 and having the plate heading
“Georgia…on my mind”, is to be replaced
at the time of registration renewal, or
when a vehicle registered in Georgia for
the first time at the county tag office.
Registered vehicle owners having a license
plate issued after December 1, 2003 and
having the plate heading
“www.Georgia.gov” including any vanity,
prestige, veteran, college or university, or
any other specialty license plate will be
replaced beginning May of 2013. "