I've always wanted a custom plate but the cost of it every year always steered me away.
I can understand the extra cost to have it made the first time but to continue to charge the same amount every year afterwards is not justifiable.
I believe it is different state to state.. Here you pay the 1 time extra expense of the custom plate, then just the regular renewing fee after that...
Funny story actually, a buddy of mine used to own a 2006ish Dodge Ram SRT-10, and he got a custom plate that read "8POINT3"... Well he happens to change cars about once a year (bad habbit IMO) and traded it in on a Nissan Maxima SE-R.. well he put the "8POINT3" plate on the Maxima, and when time came to renew
registration, it would have cost him around $60 to keep the "8POINT3" on the Maxima, or $135 to order a new, NON-custom standard issue plate for the car...
So now, he still has the "8POINT3" plate on a car equiped with a 3.5 liter..... I give him sh*t aaallll the time... "Nissan make v-10s now? or You having coil issues? sounds like it's only running on 6 of those 10 cylinders......