Indeed, a warm dry climate is great for cars. When you live in NC where it's warm and dry for 6 months, then cold rainy and snowey for another 6, you get results like the ones my dad's car saw. I myself don't understand the tag thing either. My Dad's car came with a NC tag on the front dated 1965, the year of the car. We kept it there cause we thought it was neat. But I still don't get into the tags that much.