Heh...perzackly.
My plates were still on the van at the dealership, which struck me as odd. I guess it's a WA thing? But then, back home you can transfer plates to the next car you own, and so on and so forth. And it's cheaper than getting new plates, generally. I didn't think I'd be allowed that option because of the van being considered a "light truck" instead of a car for registration purposes, but I did ask when I was figuring costs at the Honda place. They acted like I'd asked 'em to help me pass some counterfeit bills... :-\
Ooh, and speaking of plates, the new ones for the newlittlecar came in at the dealership today, so we can drive down tomorrow and get ‘em. Makes it all more official like.
I also got the bill for my first payment...so that’s official, too. ;-)
Yah, here the plates follow the car, prettymuch. I suppose if you got personalized plates there’s a way to keep ‘em.