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Old 05-14-2018, 12:42 PM
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Default Personalized license plates (tags).

Between racking my brain whether to sell my car for a PTS build and deciding on a tag for my Spyder, I think I have a perfect one for this car. I like adding a personalized tag that has something to do with the car itself, and came up with quite a few options.

My Spyder is GT Silver, so there's an optional Sports team tag and the only one of ALL the different available categories that has an all Black background (instead of white with all sorts of other colors going on.)
I think the Black tag will look best and most aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. Problem is I'm not a big sports fan. Lol

I had a few buddies order the same tags and all they would do is black out the team's name in white; which in this case is, "SOX". As in Chicago White Sox.
side note: I am somewhat of a Cubs fan though

Here's what I've decided on. If you look up the meaning of PURE, there are a lot of reasons I think it would be so fitting on a Spyder.
A close second was going to be "NYN 81"
This tag only allows 5 letters or combination of letters and numbers.
My first choice on a standard Illinois tag would be "NA VI SPD".



Will blackout the SOX text.
Old 05-14-2018, 12:54 PM
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These were on my 458
Old 05-14-2018, 12:55 PM
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No offense intended but I don't like either of them. NYN has no meaning except a cute way to say 9. Not exciting. PURE is ok, I guess, but again not that interesting. But hey, this is coming from a guy who grabs album titles and throws 'em down on a plate. lol
Old 05-14-2018, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by GT TREE
These were on my 458
I like that. But I can see lots of ridicule coming from the haters who don't have Ferraris.
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Mine - one of last six 981 Boxsters imported into the US.
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I was debating DINK as a vanity plate...Dual Income No Kids



Originally Posted by Phil G.
Mine - one of last six 981 Boxsters imported into the US.
Do you have data for this somewhere, or are you just assuming based on when the 718's went on sale? I've been trying to find production statistics because I'd like to see how unique my own car is.
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Originally Posted by Scooby921
Do you have data for this somewhere, or are you just assuming based on when the 718's went on sale? I've been trying to find production statistics because I'd like to see how unique my own car is.
VIN.

Know the range for the 981s and compare against.
Old 05-14-2018, 02:17 PM
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Are you a white guy? If so, PURE seems like a terrible idea. Especially PURE combined with WHITE Sox.

Folks these days are quite adept at finding something with which to take offense. Could end poorly for your car.

I wish I were joking.
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Originally Posted by CaymanSinAR
VIN.

Know the range for the 981s and compare against.
Ah. I was hoping for more, like paint color, transmission type, and Base / S / GTS.
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Originally Posted by Scooby921
Ah. I was hoping for more, like paint color, transmission type, and Base / S / GTS.
I could be wrong on that. I'm speaking from the perspective of a Miata guy. There are some of us Miata folks that are obsessing over the 2019 like a lot of us Porsche folks are obsessing over the 982 Spyder. So much so that we know the VIN range and that 10 pre-production prototype 2019 Miatas have been built. Some of those prototypes supposedly hit American soil over the weekend.
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Originally Posted by CaymanSinAR
I wish I were joking.
I wish you were wrong. Just can't give the haters any more reason to take their hate out on your car than they already feel they have.

I just bought NA SPYDR and I'm waiting for delivery.
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Interestingly, I have "PURIST" on my Cayman GTS (as that was the tagline when the car was introduced). I am also in Chicagoland, but have Ohio plates on the car...they allow more flexibility for vanity plates
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it usually makes people laugh.
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Originally Posted by Scooby921
I was debating DINK as a vanity plate...Dual Income No Kids




Do you have data for this somewhere, or are you just assuming based on when the 718's went on sale? I've been trying to find production statistics because I'd like to see how unique my own car is.
Sales Manager at Porsche of the Main Line outside Philly where I bought the car confirmed what two other dealers had told me - that there were six remaining allocations nationally. POTML did not have a spot, but was able to track the remaining allocations and traded with another dealer.
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Originally Posted by Scooby921
I was debating DINK as a vanity plate...Dual Income No Kids
Haha. My fiancé and I will have kids eventually, but until then you better believe I'm going to try and satiate my motorsports habit (see signature...).


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