How Much Would You Pay For A Non-Feminine License Plate?
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Him and tagged automobile, humor, spending
A few months before we started this blog, I sold my car. The decision was pretty easy and was brought upon by a few factors:
1. Racked up about $200 in parking tickets in about three months. One fine summer day last year I got two tickets at the same time. When I paid them for some reason the city of Chicago website didn't process it, but the money came out of our bank account anyway. That was a real treat, trying to prove that I paid tickets with no documentation other than the charges on my bank statement. They ended up only crediting me for one ticket. Note to all: always print out the payment confirmation!
2. Insurance. When I was younger I got into two minor accidents. Premiums suck.
3. Gas. Expensive. Even more so today.
4. My employer pays for our pubic transportation. I love you, CTA.
5. Driving around and around the block looking for parking spaces. I felt like I had Alzheimer's going around the same damn blocks over and over and over.
When I sold my car, I was pretty content with taking public transportation everywhere, and using Her car whenever I needed it.
Except for her license plate. In the interest of anonymity, let's say it was "FLUFFY 8."
Every time I would drive her car, I felt a little embarrassed. A little emasculated. A little humiliated. Seriously, I couldn't drive a car with such a feminine license plate. Her car might was well could of had a furry pink steering wheel cover. Ick.
After much complaining by me, we made a deal. We could get a new license plate at the time the registration sticker expired. I even offered to pay, from my own money, for all of the expenses of getting a new plate, $26 for a new plate and $78 for registration renewal, a total of $104. When we actually renewed it, for some reason we were only charged $26. Someone along the way screwed up, but we weren't going to correct them.
$26 dollars for a random number plate. I think that's a cheap price for a little dignity.
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Too funny.. I'm getting ready to sell my car, and Her car also has a very feminine license plate. Hopefully I can score the $26 special!
Major | Jun 29, 2006
Word of warning...
Next time you pay your parking ticket, if you do so by check, do not write "bullshit money grab" in the memo section - you may be sorry....
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060627/METRO/606270322/1003
delisfar | Jul 11, 2006
Gas too expensive? If you have the discipline to (GASP!) take on a new credit card (or replace one), get the Citibank Platinum Select Dividend card (MasterCard). It pays a rebate of 5 percent on all purchases you make at gas stations, grocery stores, and drugstores. The catch is that you have to pay the full balance every month, but if that's what you're already doing when you use cash, there is no difference (other than discipline).
Here's where you can make more out of it: The rebate applies, even when you purchase third party merchants' gift cards at the supermarket or drugstore, such as Nordstrom, Blockbuster, Olive Garden, Apple iTunes, etc. Thus, you buy a Blockbuster card at Safeway, and you get 5 percent back, even though the rebate would not apply if you had used the Citicard at Blockbuster.
I have one of these cards, and I use it solely for gas, groceries, drugstores, and nothing else. But, like I said, it takes discipline.
anon. | Feb 23, 2007
You might want to fix #4: My employer pays for our "pubic" transportation. But anyway, I LOLd when I read it.
Sabrina | Jun 28, 2006
You better hope they didn't keep their payment confirmation. ;)
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