According to the State of Florida, I'm only three years off from also being considered an antique.
Photography Credit: David S. Wallens
We forgot to share this earlier. Blame the delay on various reasons.
But the big news: At least as far as the State of Florida is concerned, our Miata is officially an Antique. It crossed the state’s 30-year threshold on January 1, so we picked up the new Antique tag soon after.
Does it make the car any faster? Nope, but seeing the words Antique on a car from the grunge era does make us smile.
I was able to put vintage plates on my miata last year. I was extremely excited, as it means I no longer have to pass smog, which is great for...reasons...
In reply to calteg :
We don't have smog or even inspections here, and the nice lady at DMV said that, even without the Antique tag, I’d still pay the lower Antique rate.
If it's 1975 or earlier, I believe, here in Florida you can run a year of manufacturer tag. I did that on our Mini and Pontiac wagon, and it looks way cool.
So in the end, yes, I paid the $31 or whatever for the Antique tag. It made me happy as well.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Thanks for reminding me that I can run YOM plates on my '81.
That I just re-registered. As we say a lot in Browns country, "Next year!"
Actually, I haven't put any of the new stickers on my plates yet... oops
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Aaand I just ordered some YOM plates off of eBay for my RX-7. They had KKM in the number, which is amusing to me since Mazda used the KKM style Wankel instead of the early, purely rotational DKM style that Wankel originally designed.
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