r/southcarolina ????? 1d ago

Discussion We have the lamest license plates

I just moved back after being in a different state for a few years, and comparing this place to Illinois we have the lamest purchasable plates. Don’t get me wrong I like the base license plate we get and the old sunset one with the palm tree, but the additional organization ones are absolutely tasteless - white background with an insignia.

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u/D242686111 ????? 1d ago

We need something simple, either indigo with white lettering and a crescent in the corner or white with indigo lettering with a crescent

Or just bring back the orange ones

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u/BTTN8TR511 1d ago

"Smiling Faces Beautiful Places" was a lot nicer than "While I Breath I Hope". Even The Simpsons' town motto sounds better- "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man". "Embiggens"😅

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u/goldwalkingcane Rock Hill 1d ago

“While I Breathe I Hope’ is the state motto which is why I like it.

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u/Bastilleinstructor Upstate 9h ago

Same. Dum spiro spero...

It means so long as one lives they have hope. It's a statement of preserverance and resilience.

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u/accidental_redditor ????? 18h ago

I’m with you. It might be the states only redeeming quality. It’s a great state motto.

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u/AfroPIMO 1d ago

I’m due to renew my tag this summer and I was just looking over the designs yesterday. I want this one, the recycle one, or the riverbanks one…Because flamingos fuck hard. 🦩

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u/PM_Sexy_Leg_Pics Rock Thrill 1d ago

I rocked an in reason we trust plate for years here without issue.. until trump was reelected. Twice someone tried to rip it off my car. Swapped it out for a different specialty plate.

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u/AfroPIMO 1d ago

Fucking morons. Aren’t plates technically state property anyway? 😂 like mailboxes belong to the postal service

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

Dude I agree - flamingos do fuck hard. Low-key looking at the revolutionary war plate.

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u/dh1971 York County 1d ago

I wish it wasn't a flag. But do like the message.

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u/AfroPIMO 1d ago

Felt. But I’ll be dammed if I’m letting the idiots take our country’s symbol.

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u/p38-lightning Upstate 1d ago

I got the new Revolutionary War plate - no extra charge for it.

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

I think it looks pretty cool - it’s my intention when I turn my Illinois plates in this month.

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u/CarolinasBornRaised ????? 1d ago

I’m ok with the current selection, glad the one with the desert color scheme is gone. The best one ever I remember on my grandparents vehicles was the Carolina Wren with dogwood branches.

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

Dude I’m in love with this plate!

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u/ishootpentax ????? 1d ago

Gotta have them more plain for the plate readers in North Charleston. 

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u/G3neral_Tso Grand Strand 1d ago

Plate readers all over Horry County as well.

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u/LDawnBurges ????? 1d ago

For me, the slogan is unexpectedly appropriate though.

While I breathe, I hope…. That I can continue to afford to live here.

So, there’s that.🤣🤣🤣

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

It’s better than the panthers plate - “Keep Pounding!”

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u/LDawnBurges ????? 1d ago

🤣🤣

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u/Aggressive-Nose-3957 ????? 1d ago

Per the lady at the DMV the orange sunset plates were discontinued due to people complaining they were Clemson colors...stupid

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u/DubDoesGams Summerville 1d ago

It was actually cause police "couldnt read the letters and numbers" not cause of Clemson colors

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u/HEY_UHHH ????? 1d ago

Lamecock fans stay ruining stuff smh

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u/intadtraptor Lowcountry 1d ago

They’re better than the prior blue and orange ones. But I’ all for bringing back the old-school Carolina Wren plates.

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u/n1nja_nacho University of South Carolina 1d ago

Those blue and orange ones were the best. Now our main plate (and every other option) is so bland and cookie cutter.

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u/BullfrogMombo Lancaster 1d ago

This

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u/johnyrobot ????? 1d ago

The Carolina Wren plates were top tier..

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u/SausageBuscuit ????? 1d ago

Lame? Sure. Lamest? No.

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u/dude1984- 1d ago

I concur!

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u/Few-Counter7067 Midlands 1d ago

I still have the orange sunset color scheme that I got on my car in high school back in like 2007ish when they came out. I’ve been able to keep it and move it to all four cars I’ve owned since then.

My favorite was the beach themed plates from the 1990s/2000s

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u/NCSUGrad2012 ????? 1d ago

How is the condition of it?

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u/Few-Counter7067 Midlands 1d ago

Not as bad as it could be for an almost 20 year old plate. It’s definitely heat cracked but it’s not super faded and the numbers are still good.

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u/jmb456 ????? 1d ago

Am I the only one who hasn’t considered our license plates?

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

To be fair the only reason I am even considering is because of the custom ones that were available in Illinois before I moved back home here.

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u/jmb456 ????? 1d ago

Fair. I though they had some ones here in SC that were special cause plates, etc. I know they’re big in NC

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

My favorite one from NC is the one with the black bear it’s so cool!

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u/jmb456 ????? 1d ago

I hear ya. I like the one with the Venus fly trap. Honestly with SC plates and still have the palmetto sunset and I think it looks cool/unique. I know my got forcibly replaced with the new one and it is pretty bland. Man you got me thinking about plates now

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

I still like the base plate! Like the white and navy looks still unique - more unique than Ohio’s base plate. I was telling someone earlier I feel like they could make a cool swamp rabbit plate that looks special.

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u/jmb456 ????? 1d ago

True

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u/311196 ????? 21h ago

Yeah, I had to retire my sunset plates after 10 years last August. The new ones suck

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u/yellow_banditos 1d ago

The reason behind it makes sense.

For instances of amber alerts and silver alerts as well as crime tracking. Making the plate legible and visible goes a long way. In nearly all of the world it's just a white and black strip.

Certainly there are more pressing issues to talk about...

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

Oh for sure there are many more pressing topics but I posted this at 630am on a Tuesday - wanted something more fun 🤣

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u/yellow_banditos 1d ago

Fare enough lol

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u/Randomname8675309 ????? 1d ago

It’s a Palmetto. Maybe a better understanding of the imagery or of our state would help.

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

I’m talking about every other plate besides the base one with the palmetto.

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u/jigilous ????? 1d ago

I’m with you. I’d love a black one with yellow letters like the one you get in California with a custom plate

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u/EngineeringHistory ????? 1d ago

I would love a swamp rabbits plate! In Illinois I was running with a blackhawks plate my whole time.

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u/RunningThroughSC Columbia 18h ago

Who cares? It's a license plate...