WA plates questions from CA resident
 

Hey Ladies and Gents. I did a quick search for this but didn't see anything so I figured I'd ask you guys. My Sister and Mom live up in the Seattle area and I've been planning on moving up there for a long long while now. Now that school is over I think this week I'm going to get a job offer up there and I have figured out that for giving up my San Diego weather I'll get cheaper rent, my '90 Turbo II won't have to smog as of next year, I can wiggle my way around the law in that I won't have to mount a front plate on my car and a bunch of other things I don't need to rant about right now.

So I have figured that all out but what I haven't been able to work out is how assigning plates works in Washington state. I happened across a set of clean looking 6 digit WA plates at an antique mall in Tucson, AZ of all places. If the DMV in Washinton works like California's DMV then, I can request to use a set of plates I already own. These have a holographic "02" on them when held to the light, so I assume they wouldn't be too old, but does Washington's DMV even allow you to use old plates? I know it's a little silly but... I'd rather run 6 digit plates, so if I can I will.

Let me know if you guys can shine some light on this for me. Thanks!

Looks like you can do it here but you have to operate the vehicle as a collector car. Like know to and from car shows ect.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistr...prestored.html

Hmm. Well my car isn't quite old enough for that and it's a DD. Perhaps I'm SOL? I think I may need to do more digging around.

if you want a 6 digit plate, just make up some random amalgamation of numbers and letters and use it as a custom plate. its like 150 bucks

He's talking about a sweet looking classic liscense plate, not just the fact it has 6 digits.

Well, so it's not quite a "classic" plate, but the "xxx-xxx" style plate that they aren't issuing anymore. Closer to what would have been issued if I could have bought my car when it was new or new-ish. Which I couldn't have done... Because I was 7 years old. :-P

the wa custom plates can also have the standard background so it will look proper.

i too dont like the 7 digit plates.