What's the Big Deal with a California "Black Plate"?

[homer302]

The new black plates are not the same- reflective material used, etct. They are a retro type thing. The originals are sort of like having original paint on a car- new paint might be better looking, but you only get original once, and you can never have it again.

So really you are saying there actually is nothing special about them? It's just that it's the original tag is all? That's what I was thinking. I know a guy that lives here in NC that has an original 2003 tag on a car he bought new in 2003. It is awful looking and faded but if he wants to sell the car he can say "original white and blue faded and sad NC tag included"