mr.x
Jan 23, 2008, 3:38 AM
80,000 British Columbians have bought Olympic licence plates
Sun News Services
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
VANCOUVER - More than 80,000 British Columbians have bought 2010 Olympic Winter Games licence plates since they went on sale in April, and a Kamloops man has won a new vehicle for taking part in ICBC's Show Your Support to Win promotion.
ICBC hopes to sell 100,000 plates by April, with net proceeds supporting the Canadian Olympic team and the staging of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The program is part of ICBC's commitment as an "official supporter" of the Games in the motor vehicle insurance category.
Allen Reiffer of Kamloops received his 2008 Pontiac Vibe on Tuesday.
The grand-prize vehicle, valued at $22,900, was donated by the Pontiac Dealers of B.C.
Reiffer, a 54 year-old retail store manager, says he's received lots of compliments on his 2010 plate, which he purchased in July.
Reiffer has a history of Olympic luck; in 1988, he won a contest to attend the closing ceremony of the Calgary Olympic Winter Games.
Olympic licence plates can be purchased from Autoplan brokers for an initial fee of $35, with an annual renewal fee of $25 until 2012.
They are available for passenger vehicles, motor homes, commercial trucks, commercial trailers, farm trucks, motorcycles and utility trailers.
The number makes sense....I'm seeing them everywhere these days.
Sun News Services
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
VANCOUVER - More than 80,000 British Columbians have bought 2010 Olympic Winter Games licence plates since they went on sale in April, and a Kamloops man has won a new vehicle for taking part in ICBC's Show Your Support to Win promotion.
ICBC hopes to sell 100,000 plates by April, with net proceeds supporting the Canadian Olympic team and the staging of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The program is part of ICBC's commitment as an "official supporter" of the Games in the motor vehicle insurance category.
Allen Reiffer of Kamloops received his 2008 Pontiac Vibe on Tuesday.
The grand-prize vehicle, valued at $22,900, was donated by the Pontiac Dealers of B.C.
Reiffer, a 54 year-old retail store manager, says he's received lots of compliments on his 2010 plate, which he purchased in July.
Reiffer has a history of Olympic luck; in 1988, he won a contest to attend the closing ceremony of the Calgary Olympic Winter Games.
Olympic licence plates can be purchased from Autoplan brokers for an initial fee of $35, with an annual renewal fee of $25 until 2012.
They are available for passenger vehicles, motor homes, commercial trucks, commercial trailers, farm trucks, motorcycles and utility trailers.
The number makes sense....I'm seeing them everywhere these days.