C4in mesa

I paid for this personalized license plate 1988 C4 over a month ago. The state of AZ MVD sent me a letter telling me it has been put on hold and needs to go before a review board or something ? Rather than make a call to nowhere I drove to a local MVD and waited to be seen. 20 minutes later I was told that the plate 1988 C4 has the digits "88" and that the american **** party and skin heads use "88" in reference to adolf hitler's birthday. I asked the young lady if I look like a **** ? We laughed and I asked when will I know something ? She gave me a number to call and I was on my way. Give it a couple weeks she said. Yesterday the MVD called me and the director approved my plate ! I originally paid for and requested the plate online. The website offers a space where you must explain the meaning of your plate. I simply said 1988 is the year of the car and that Corvette's made from 1984-1996 are called C4's. Nobody could give it a pass despite the explanation except for the director of special plates. AZ tax dollars hard at work.

FOURSPEEDVETTE

Imagine if your car was a "69".

383vett

KYC4

Good grief!! Glad you got your plate!

I will say many year back when my wife got the plate for her '86 Jeep CJ-7 she got 'TOPLES' and the clerk, a rather older lady, gave her a nasty look. I then said 'She's NOT a dancer...the Jeep has a removable top' and that kinda smoothed things over.

Hang around cars long enough and you discover those in the world who truly have zero interest in vehicles for anything more than transportation. Add in a dose of no humor and they can be a bit curmudgeonish.

Later,

Lee

Tom400CFI

People in America are way, WAY too sensitive. Topless is great, for a CJ!

I'm not even offended by that!

Dt86

I would guess that the majority of the population would not even know that. Silly.

Klondike

Thats really pushing the P.C. thing to the limit I think.
What about GM's decision to put SS on the side of Camaros and 60's Impalas? I don't think they would want them associated with **** staff cars.

C4in mesa

Elwood Blues said it best, " I hate the ****'s." I'm so pleased with my personalized plate. I had my heart dead set on 1988 C4 and was at a loss for another idea. When they first told me it had been refused my thoughts were the C4 was seen as explosive thus violent. When she said no the **** reference was the reason it made me mad. But no matter now all is good. Now I'm waiting for the inmates to make my plate.

Dt86

Believe it was,"Illinois ****'s". Just before he kicked down the 4 barrel lol. That scene is priceless.

kimmer

Wonder if they would object to 81.

astepup

Years ago when I first got my 70 Malibu I requested 3M TA3...that did NOT go over well with the DMV lady

astepup said that

Sleazy Rider

to be read in the rear view mirror. a friend of mine had 4playn and got pulled because someone complained about it. they thought it had sexual connotations.

peyc2

I have in. New York C4 1985 it took all of 2 weeks. Of course I asked for 1985 C4 first but it was already issued.

Cliff Harris

My C4 plate was inspired by a friend who has "97 C5" on his car.

I liked the idea of having the year on the license plate:

C4in mesa

I love this pic ! I too will keep my C4 for many many years. That is unless someone offers me a pile of cash and that ain't gonna happen ! What I mean is I have over $17K in this car so its here to stay. Anyway I will post a pic too when it arrives in the mail. The point was raised about what will make a plate request get rejected. Sexual reference, offensive reference to race creed, foul language, so in a nutshell anything that will possibly offend others. The state of AZ has a review process which I became part of and it was finally approved. I too like the fact I have the year of the car on my plate. People ask the question often enough. If I had not had any flags raised it would have taken two weeks. Now I am waiting for some skin head **** with "88" and a swastika tattoo's to make my plate. I was told 3-4 weeks for it to arrive in the mail.

RNAVDAVE

OK you are not out in the cold. Georgia denied mine for two reasons when I ask for 88 C4 because 88 was a NEO NATZI symbol and C4 was an EXPLOSIVE.

Vetteblack-96

Mesa, I had to look again at your '86. At first glance the reflection looked like body damage like you had backed into something

Years ago in New York there was an advertising agency named Faller, Klenk & Quinlan. They wanted matching license plates that read "FKQ" and a number....they were denied. The whole thing just smacks of government stupidity. Guarding our morals against "dirty" plate numbers while the rest of society goes downhill like a bobsled.

SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84

Actually, that pic with the 2 C-4's belongs to Cliff Harris. Mesa has the '88....

C4in mesa

It finally came today !

gerardvg

Nice worth the wait.
Ever notice when you type C4 in a search engine, what's with all these French cars?

Bureaucracy is worldwide, when i ordered my personalised plate "FASST"
Got a call saying it was not appropriate ?!?!

Some saying that it will encourage people to drive fast ....

Well i said i can drive my Corvette VERY FAST on a racetrack (but that is beside the point) After a few calls i got them.

Note they did not really notice "***" if you take the first and last letter away