December DIY at Craftsman Auto Care By Marc Caden I have always enjoyed displaying our club's specialty license plates on my really trying to play favorites among neighboring states in the DMV area). cars. If you haven't seen them before, they show the BMW CCA logo in On the flip side, if you have political connections in Virginia (is Ralph Northam addition to a special tag number which includes the letters "BMW" followed a club member?) I would encourage you to try to navigate this process on by a series of numbers. Whenever behalf of our club. I see a BMW with our club specialAt our December DIY at ty tag out on the road it puts a smile Craftsman Auto Care in Alexandria, on my face and is usually followed I noticed that one of our club by either a wave or some acknowlmembers who I won't embarrass edgement from me to the other specifically by name -- Paul Seto -driver or vice versa. had an M3 wearing an updated Unfortunately, our club's version of our club specialty tag. specialty tags are only available The change is very slight, but it to Maryland residents. This is makes the tag even more attractive. because Virginia has very strict The BMW CCA logo is now striped requirements for creating specialty with the traditional "M" motorsports license plates that include the tricolor scheme. It looks very request being introduced by a state sporty and if you don't have one legislator, then passed as a bill in already, I would encourage you to (Top) It is always good to have an extra pair of helping hands - here helper the General Assembly, and ulticonsider getting a BMW CCA Wayne Zhang is assisting DIY participant Jugadesh Yellapu. mately signed into law by the specialty tag for your vehicle. (Above) DIY Chair Chris Wootten with Vice President James Laws. Governor. Virginia's bureaucratic Applications for the updated club process appears unnecessarily complex and if you really want club tags it license plate are available on our website: https://www.nccbmwcca.org/nccmight just be easier for you to move to Maryland (I kid of course - I am not bmw-md-tags-process/ March I April 19https://www.craftsmanautocare.com/ https://www.nccbmwcca.org/ncc-bmw-md-tags-process/ https://www.nccbmwcca.org/ncc-bmw-md-tags-process/