Category Archives: License Plates

Quickly? Quietly? Margaret Qualley? I think this will count as the end-of-year status for Iowa’s license plates, unless something pops up while driving this week.

Wait a second, you’re saying. We’re into the Q’s of a new cycle. What’s the deal? Well, the deal is, I saw a vehicle with a ZIC license plate at the airport when I was there Tuesday to play music … Continue reading →

For the first time in 40 years, but only skipping one cycle that whole time, Iowa’s alphanumeric license plates have a Q as the first letter. The 1986 series, which was issued during calendar year 1985, set the Q’s aside … Continue reading →

Here we are, getting close to the end of the P’s. Now, there are some cars I’ve seen recently with letters that are pretty close to the beginning of the alphabet that should have been replaced by this point, but … Continue reading →

An easy musical cue for this one:

It’s triple time again! We’re up to, and already past, two-thirds of the way through the P’s. I’m still seeing D’s and E’s out there that either got accidental reprieves or will be replaced next year. Elsewhere in license-plate-land, a … Continue reading →

January 31, 2012: Downtown Phoenix is pictured minutes after takeoff from Sky Harbor International Airport. PHX was the layover for a Southwest Airlines flight from Omaha to Austin. To date, it’s the last time I was in Arizona, but it … Continue reading →

I better end the year marking where Iowa is in its license plate issuances, but I have the feeling I’m behind. Regardless, this at least shows that Iowa has entered the P’s, after assigning the O series that it did … Continue reading →

No, we’re not off to see the wizard. We’re off to read about the infamous bat incident. “When did Ozzy become an actor?” the band Bowling for Soup asked in the song “1985”, which was released in 2004, which means that … Continue reading →