Set aside for a moment the issue concerning purchasing a new license plate every year – a practice that was abolished in New York in the late ’60s.  I don’t at all hate this blue-on-orange plate.  Although New York used orange-on-blue when I was born. In 1973, plates switched to blue-on-orange and didn’t change until we got Liberty plates in 1986.

I like the blue-on-orange throwback colors, and appreciate the simplicity of this new plate.  I like that the DMV has moved away from blue-on-white for the first time in 23 years.

Now, what we need is a whole shitload of specialty and commemorative plates to help fill the state’s coffers.

And I’ll renew my request for a specialty European-size plate for foreign car enthusiasts. I’d gladly pay for the privilege to stick this on my car: