Quote:
Originally Posted by Duo
Just read through the memo and I've still got some questions. So people are required to make homemade license plates? This isn't optional? That just sucks donkey balls. Are there any particular rules on how they're supposed to look?
I think I've read people say they're getting Euro-style plates of their conduction stickers but I believe there's a pic some pages back of someone getting it Japanese style (his 2 letters were TV + 4 digits).
Also, what's the difference between Vanity License Plates and Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates? I wasn't aware of any other plate format besides the previous ABC 123, ABC 12, and the newer ABC 1234.
|
@
Duo,
People with new cars which don't have government issued license plates yet in cities (Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas, Pateros) under the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are required to do this. There are no particular rules on how they are supposed to look as long as they are visible in the front and rear plate areas. You can go creative with this as some use Euro style, some Japanese style. The conduction number is actually a misnomer as it is actually two letter followed by four numbers as you already noticed.
In the Philippines these are the different types of plates:
1. Limited Editions
a) Category 1 - starting price of 50,000 pesos and fetched as high as 370,000 pesos made available through public auction. Consists of 4 to 6 characters of the same numbers or characters. Mixing of characters and numbers in the plate not allowed. Example plates: 8888, 88888, 888888, NNNN, etc. What made it expensive aside from exclusivity is that is exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme of the MMDA and is transferable to any vehicle owned by the same registered person. No longer available since 2005.
b. Category 2 - priced at 25,000 pesos consisting of three numbers followed by three letters which is the reverse order of regular plates. Ex. 888 NJB. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. No longer available since 2007.
2. Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates (OMVSP)
a) Category 1 - priced at 25,000 pesos. Consists of 3 same letters or three non same letter letters followed by 2 numbers of the choice of the buyer. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. ex. TGT 86, XXX 69
b) Category 2 - priced at 15,000 pesos. Consists of 3 same letters or three non same letter letters followed by number 100. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme. ex. BRZ 100, AAA 100
3. Vanity Plates (not used as a replacement for the regular plates and can only be put at the back of the car) -
a) Premium edition - priced at 15,000 pesos consisting of three numbers followed by three letters which is the reverse order of regular plates. Ex. 888 NJB, 101 XXX. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme.
b) Select edition -priced at 10,000 pesos consists of any combination of any characters and numbers minimum of three maximum of six. Ex. SLOW1. Not exempted from the vehicle reduction scheme.
4. Regular plates - consists of three letters followed by three numbers assigned by the government. They are planning to replace this with three letters followed by 4 numbers but this has not yet been approved.
Hope this clears things out for you.