John S. Markowitz

I know it would save me money to put in my car maintenance fund, but I cannot bring myself to put a "Antique" Designated License Plate on my car.

To me it would result in a severe decline in what I call the "Coolidity Quotient" of the 928..

How about you guys?

buccicone

In Ohio we have "Historical". Not as old sounding as antique.

hlee96

Antique plates in PA lasts a lifetime and the car won't need annual emissions/safety inspections.
Don't mind it at all

Hey_Allen

I was considering it for my car, in Washington, but there is a severe limitation to usage when on a Collector Car or Horseless Carriage plate.

I don't know how heavily they are enforced, but the WA state regulations have the following listed for them.

Must have a current registration, must be more than 40 years old, be capable of operating on the highway, be owned and operated as collector vehicles.
May be driven to and from auto shows, circuses, parades, displays, special excursions, and antique car club meetings; for testing purposes; for the pleasure of others without compensation.
May not be used for regular transportation in the manner of a fully licensed vehicle or commercial purposes or to carry a load.

GT6ixer

I have classic plates on two of my cars (not the 928 yet though) here in Seattle, one since 2004. I've never had an issue. It's not heavily enforced. Now if you decide to daily drive your classic, then it'll be exposed more and you may have a LEO ask you some questions. Oh and classic plates in Washington are for 30+ year old cars, not 40+.

Hey_Allen

Right you are, on the normal classic car plates.
The ones I'd last been looking at were the Horseless Carriage plates, which are 40 years.

That said, I can't see ANY difference in the rights or privileges given by the plates, just the different symbols, and the different age thresholds.

Thanks for your experience on this, I guess I'll be looking closer at getting it plated that way, as it's not going to be a daily driver, more of a fun-runs and occasional meets vehicle.

Wisconsin Joe

Additional bolding mine.

I can see an argument that "I'm taking it over to my dad's. He loves to go for a ride every now and then" would be a perfectly acceptable and legal use for the car. I think that phrase is enough of a 'catch all' that you would have little difficulty in fighting any citation for 'inappropriate use' (if there's even such a thing).

Wisconsin has "Collector" plates. A bit more to get them ($50 to become a collector, plus 2 years of registration), but they never expire. No renewals. There are restrictions, but mostly on the car itself (20 years old or more, largely original condition), the owner has to have another 'regular' car registered, and the car can't be driven in January (in Wisconsin, most if not all of them are parked for the winter anyway). I have both the 944 & 928 registered that way.

bubba928

It was a no brainer for me.

hb253

Hey, at least NJ has one thing going for it. Vehicles model year 1995 and older are exempt from annual emissions insoection. Even without that benefit, I'd avoid antique plates because they greatly restrict how you can use the car.

Hugo

polecat702

Here in Nevada, Classic plates cost 20 bucks a year extra, and any vehicle is eligible at 25 years. No Smog required the 20 dollar fee for the plate covers that money the state loses on the smog testing. There's a 5000 mile limitation on driving the vehicle, but it's all on the honor system. I have 15 cars, and never come close to the 5000 miles per year on any of them. I do write the stated mileage on the registration, so I know what it is for registration purposes each year. I claim at least 3500 plus per year, so I can take them on long trips if I wish. My Pantera, and 928, are both supercharged, and wouldn't pass the visual inspection at the Smog Shop, so the Classic plate works for me.

Believe it or not, my 89 S4 is the most expensive car to register here in Nevada. The state went back to the original purchase price for registration fees. My 37 V12 Packard Victoria Coupe, is insured for $400,000.00, and It costs $63.00 a year for the tags.

Petza914

Move to SC. You can run whatever plates you want and we don't do annual inspections, at least in my part of the state.

No trailer license plates either unless you'll be taking it out of state and you can get a one time fee lifetime one.

Oh, and no front plate.

vanster

For some reason, I don't see our cars as "antiques" . Classic.....maybe. They are just one of the best cars that Porsche made and are as current today as most cars on the road.

Bigfoot928

I did the antique plates in in texas for the no smog, and no front plate requirement. I don't care what the plate looks like.

Hey_Allen

I actually picked up a vintage plate for the car, learned that Washington allows use of appropriate vintage plates, as long as they are authentic and in good condition (legible).
It looks like a huge cost savings for my toy car, as well as only requiring a rear plate.

dr bob

We don't have smog inspections in this part of the state, and annual registration costs aren't like the property-tax fees that our previous great-and-socialist-republic-of-California home state charges. So no real benefits for possible historic or classic plates unless they waived the subsequent annual fees completely.


In a past driving life I had bad habits that caused me to meet a lot of judges. I learned that -any- distinctive plates or markings were cause for people to remember what passed them at what they considered an excessive rate of speed. These days there are no personalized or otherwise un-ordinary plates on my cars. I've mended my bad habits yer onner, but the good ones still live on.


Joe, I went through a similar reg-cost discussion when I bought my car and returned it to Cali where it had been originally purchased. DMV tried to base the costs on the original sale number and the four years since it was last registered there. It took some intervention from a manager and the stack of intermediate-years Colorado registrations, and a copy of the bill-of-sale from Colorado that included my purchase price. They just had a tough time accepting that a car with 19k on it could plummet 80+ percent in value while stored near Denver. Paperwork saved me.