Cabriopilot, you crack me up. YES, it MUST be that they're afraid you're coming for their parts!!

But like Btwyx said - current location is significantly different than where you're from originally....

I'm begining to see patterns, here...Hmmmm...In reverse chronological order, I've actually lived (not just visited):

Petersburg, VA
Baumholder, Germany
Baghdad, Iraq
Buehring, Kuwait
Baumholder, Germany
Baghdad, Iraq
Baumholder, Germany
Petersburg, VA
Fayetteville, NC
Seoul, Korea
Petersburg, VA
Springboro, OH
Fairborn, OH
Barstow, CA
Lowell, MA
Fairborn, OH
Okinawa, Japan
LeJeune, NC (Birthplace)

 

Along the same lines I've often wondered why people smudge out the license plate number when posting pics online. Thousands of people see your car's license plate every week when your driving.....duhhh!

 

YA....I agree. What makes the location so frustrating is when somebody asks a question on NAM, pertinent to their current location - YET DOES NOT INDICATE THEIR LOCATION - ........ As Bill Engvall would say: "Here's your sign."

 

Just updated mine - I must have just skipped that part when I originally joined here.

And good point about the license plates - I don't understand why you should be trying to obscure them.

 

In reverse chronological order.........

Sarasota, FL
Laurel, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Laurel, FL
Bradenton, FL
Winooski, VT
Colchester, VT
Burlington, VT
Tampa, FL
Port Charlotte, FL
Punta Gorda, FL
Indianapolis, IN
Las Vegas, NV (Birthplace)

 

I'm FROM the Pacific NW (OR, WA & AK)... but currently reside in Tennessee. I like TN, but it isn't the PNW (let alone there isn't any Salmon fishing here ). The dealer asked why I wanted the LSD, and I told him the car would be driven in the PNW someday...

 

I wonder if it's just the MINI driving population, or Americans in general -- you guys notice how transient most of us are? WE'RE GYPSIES!!!

 

I'm only a little transient as I relocated from Indianapolis, IN many, many moons ago. My husband though, he's another story. He's lived all over the east coast and the south.

 

Cullman, Alabama. Sweet dixie!!!!

 

In reverse chronological order.........

Catawba, VA
Roanoke, VA
Woodstock, VA
Wilmington, VT
Boston, MA
Purcellville, VA,
Leesburg, VA
Reston, VA
Cranford, NJ
Williamsport, PA
Petersburg, VA
Engelwood, CA

 

born Jersey City, NJ
Paramus, NJ
Bloomfield, NJ

And suddenly, I feel so ... stationary.

 

BUT SO WORLDLY IN MIND....

 

Well in my case my license plate could tell you my permanent address (though not my current one...). Though the fact remains that everyone driving around me could potentially know.

 

Thanks! Well, I do read a lot...

 

And? I mean one's address is hardly classified information. It's public record. There are dozens of ways to find out someones address, most easier than tracing plate numbers. I mean it's no big deal, I just wonder why people obliterate their plate number. What do they think will happen to them if it is seen online as opposed to on the open road??

 

Two words: Crazy Stalkers.

A gal I went to college with met a guy through a chat room on the 'net. This guy seemed really sweet online, and they talked quite a bit. When she got her new car, she sent him a picture, but failed to black out the license plate.

Within a week the scary SOB had gotten on a plane and showed up on her door step asking her to marry him. She told him no and asked him to leave, so he sat out in his car in front of her house, and then one morning, he followed her to class. She notified campus security, who called the police. She had to borrow cars from her family and friends, and couldn't sleep in the same place twice, and had to wear different wigs to class until the police finally caught up with the guy as he was getting on the plane back to his home state.

Luckily, this guy was relatively harmless. He just didn't expect her to say no, and had nothing better to do with his week. A little creepy yes, but in truth, harmless because there are so many worse things that he could have done other than just follow her to class one day out of sheer boredom.

 

OK, good point, especially if your female. But I think a lot of people do it because they have seen others do, not really knowing why. And not really considering the fact that it is seen by hundreds every day. Myself? I don't really worry about it. My plate is Virginia "40 MPG". (watch, I'll probably be shot at tomorrow)

 

Americans are pretty mobile in general. I'd also guess that people who buy MINIs are in more mobile demographics. I'd further guess that people who indulge in online fora are even more mobile.

As for the photos and licence plate thing, I've decided if the MINI has a custom plate I won't blur it, if it has a boring sequential plate I will blur it. If you have a custom plate, you're not trying to hide,they're not anonymous. A sequential plate is pretty anonymous in public, you're drawing attention to it in particular if you post a photo of it.

 

Well as you can see my tag is never smeared.
And for the record this picture was taken by someone else that was impressed by the meaning of the tag.

 

Aren't you going to change it to something like "BEARLVR" or "BEARFTR" something? Just kidding.

 

As you can see from the picture below the Bear issue has been resolved.

 

Visit scenic Nebraska today!



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Got me. Several in this thread have answered the OP question, but haven't fixed their profile to show where they're from.

I'm happy to show my origin.

Oh, and in reverse chronological order :
Baton Rouge, LA
Pascagoula, MS

 

Everyone look way north! ...... Etobicoke, Ontario, CANADA

 

Shreveport, Louisiana. Lots of twisted people, not so many twistie roads.