Thanks! Looks like I'll need to place a call with the CA EZPass office soon.

 

Brilliant, JM717! Thank you.

 

+1. I do the same foy the Jaguar and the Harley. Since the plates are registered they charge my account.

 

I suppose when the oceans rise and Ohio becomes coastal, we'll have toll roads here too.

 

You mean like the Ohio Turnpike? Nice that they're EZPass now. I can drive MA-NY-OH-IN-MI, and use EZPass all the way, when I don't go through Canada.

 

On the West Coast Bay Area, our system does it through the transponder, but also license plate algorithms that cross reference cars to accounts, so when a transponder fails or doesn't go off (or is in the glove box), they don't waste paper send out bills that are erroneous and need to be retracted due to being legit accounts.

So the question becomes this: if your license plate is properly on file, do you even need the transponder out, ever (unless you are parking at the airport and need to tap it to open the gate)???

For you diminutive and lovely East Coasters... look at this *$#&*!!! http://www.mercurynews.com/portlet/a...shipId=6927627

That thing has got to be 5"x4" or something. I have one that is maybe 4.5" by 3.5", and I think that is our smallest.

HOLY CRAP I FOUND IT!!!!!!
https://www.bayareafastrak.org/en/su...mounting.shtml

Pardon the enthusiasm.

Inside your account, go to Vehicles & Tags ---> "Order a Toll Tag" ---> "Exterior transponder" Bingo.

 

I venture out occasionally onto MD toll roads without a transponder and have not yet been fined. The charge just ends up on the bill a bit later than usual with the plate number rather than the transponder number. Penalties are quite severe if a plate number is not associated with a valid EZPass account.

 

Been so long since I've driven that far north I didn't recall it was a toll road. That said, it is in the tropical coastal region of Ohio!

 

Thanks for the clarification. I asked about that a few years ago, and I either received bad info, or else their policies have changed.

 

You are my hero!!!!

 

Lol look how big ours is, however. Long as a knife, nearly thick as a half bottle of wine. Assume you can post this on the rear is ugly as it will look?

375ml, knife, and coffee cup for scale

 

Nice Sauternes though

 

Here is mine mounted to the left of the Mirror. Works great and is not visible from the outside.

Inside it looks like it is a part of the car, and make it very symetric to the box (not shure what that box is?) to the right side of the Mirror. It's original white, but I painted it black:

 

It was the nearest half bottle, one that sits proudly on the counter to uproot fond memories. =)

 

I tried to get one from NY EZpass a few years ago, and they told me my car had to be on a list of cars that they'd do this for, or prove that my windshield mounted one would not function. I didn't expend any energy trying to convince them of their flawed logic, so stuck with the windshield brick. They're probably more reasonable these days....

 

The MD EZ Pass site allows you to choose windshield mount or license plate mount when you order the transponder.

 

Follow up:

Those larger banana sized black tags are great, but don't fit *anywhere*, and I am not making my license plate pregnant.

I through the original transponder in the glove compartment (square white one), and it "dings" when I drive through.

Glove compartment works. Problem solved.

 

Hey jm717,

Just got my R and am looking at doing the same setup you showed in the picture. Quick question: how did you mount it? Looks to be a pretty tight compartment so not sure how you would drill something in. Thanks in advance!

Brandon

 

I used two black cable ties I believe, tight so it doesn't rattle