According to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, my car is gray.

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Old 03-15-2007, 06:53 PM
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Default According to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, my car is gray.

Got my plates today finally, and I when asked what color my car was, I said Silver. I was told that was not an option. Never seen this before, as most states just use a three digit abbreviation. Oh well.

So gray it is.
Old 03-15-2007, 08:23 PM
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is it spelled grey or gray? i never understood that.
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Yep, my previous car was Silver as well but listed as "Grey", same with parents, 2 "grey" cars =P
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So is mine...go figure. I used the error to help get out of a ticket once though.
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MA RMV does not recognize metallics. Silver=Grey, Gold=Tan
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Olde English and American I think
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Default How so? Did you argue that your car was actually silver and that it couldnt have been your car if

the ticket was for a grey car?
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I'm gray as well
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Default same in NH. they only recognize a small group of colors.....

white,black,gray,red,tan,brown there may be a few more
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I wonder what color Melange would come out as?


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