Spurs Specialty License Plates

[Taco]

Not available for the Spurs


My e-mail to Mr Johnson

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Good morning

I was looking at your Specialty License Plates and I was a bit surprised that the THREE Time NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs License Plates were not available

I would like to request that these plates be made available

Thank you

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e-mail this dude:

[email protected]

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/vtr/spplates/allplates.htm


B.T.W.

They offer Dallas Mavericks Specialty License Plates

[SWC Bonfire]

You have to guarantee a certain number of plates will be made or pony up $15k for the tooling upfront.

[SpursWoman]

I'd purchase them right now if they were available.

[SpursWoman]

I mean really, you think more people will purchase the Quarter Horse one than would a SPURS one?

[tsb2000]

You have to guarantee a certain number of plates will be made or pony up $15k for the tooling upfront.

Not necessarily true. There certainly aren't 15,000 Congressional Medal of Honor winners, or Pearl Harbor survivors, but the CMH and PH plates are available for those who are eligible.

I think the state of Arizona should make a "We got OWN3D by the Spurs" plate! I'd get one of those for each of my cars!

[SWC Bonfire]

I knew I read this somewhere...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....50886fe1.html

Specialty plates, which tout and support things like universities, organizations and veterans with special logos directly on them, have taken off. In May, more than 356,000 of almost 19 million Texas vehicles had some type of specialty license tag, up from 342,000 a year earlier.

Statewide in May, 16,647 cars and trucks sported collegiate plates. They and most other plates require an annual fee of $30, generally with $8 going to defray production costs and $22 going toward programs associated with the plate's theme.

Faced with $15,000 in production costs for every new plate issued, the Legislature passed a law several years ago that established criteria for eliminating many low-performing plates. And though stricter criteria went into effect in September, the state is now beginning to look at the plates issue.

According to the state transportation code, specialty plates should be allowed only if:

•3,500 sets of plates have been issued during the plate's life span;

•the Transportation Department has made $15,000 from the issuance of the license plates;

•a university or other sponsoring group deposits $15,000 to start a new plate, keep existing plates available or restart a plate in the future. That money would be returned once the minimum number of plates, including annual renewals, had been issued.

[SWC Bonfire]

Not necessarily true. There certainly aren't 15,000 Congressional Medal of Honor winners, or Pearl Harbor survivors, but the CMH and PH plates are available for those who are eligible.

Those are of course exceptions. PH - don't you mean purple heart? I don't imagine that there are many Pearl survivors around anymore.

[SpursWoman]

You don't think 3500 people in the entire state of Texas would get Spurs plates if they were available? There'd be at least 2 sets in my household.



Anyway....I sent him a very pleasant email.

[SWC Bonfire]

Those are mainly for Texas schools. If the Spurs foundation ponies up $15k they can have one. It says that $8 goes to defray the cost of the plate and something like $22 goes to the charity.

[SpursWoman]

So if they were available, and TPark got them for his truck, the next time they are tied in a playoff series would he trade his truck in?

[SWC Bonfire]

So if they were available, and TPark got them for his truck, the next time they are tied in a playoff series would he trade his truck in?

No, he'd just have to keep a spare set of normal plates for his bandwagon.

[gay abc]

You don't think 3500 people in the entire state of Texas would get Spurs plates if they were available? There'd be at least 2 sets in my household.



Anyway....I sent him a very pleasant email.

no - i'd get them in heartbeat

guess who these belong to?

[SpursWoman]

I've seen those a few times!

And thought of you when I saw them, too....damn. That's messed up.

[gay abc]

I've seen those a few times!

And thought of you when I saw them, too....damn. That's messed up.

the one and only

i've had sooooo much fun with them - hehehe

[Das Texan]

these need to be a reality. my email machine will be rolling tonight.

[tsb2000]

Those are of course exceptions. PH - don't you mean purple heart? I don't imagine that there are many Pearl survivors around anymore.

Nope, Pearl Harbor, which is exactly my point. Not too many around.

Someone will need to email the Spurs about this; someone's got to pony up the $15k to start the run of the plates.

[SpursWoman]

I'd purchase them right now if they were available.

And I'd get: "WOMAN'


So the logo to the left of it would be "SPURS".

[samikeyp]

"PH" is for Purple Heart.



This is the Pearl Harbor survivor one.

[samikeyp]

I would also get Spurs plates.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I want the Supercat, damnit!

[Vashner]

There was a story on local TV where they just cut a bunch of School plates.

But yea the one with the Mavs.. that's lame we deserve one.

[FearDaDuncaN_SA]

I'd buy several San Antonio Spurs License Plates!

[SequSpur]

I'm down with this. Guaranteed.

Also, Spurs graphics all over my car like a vato from the southside.

[Das Texan]

you know...


does anyone have an email for the Spurs foundation?


I'm sure they could assist with this and the money can goto this worthy cause.

[GopherSA]

Why go and do this to me?

I mean, really.

Come on.

I've just ponied up the cash to get Knights of Columbus plates for my new truck.

Now you've got to make me choose between two great religions.

The Catholic church and the Spurs.

Damn.