Dealership license plate frames
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My daughter got a ticket for this $54 if I recall. She was in N.Jersey and had a S.Jersey dealer frame on it. If I were a betting man ,cop pulled her over and when she produced a non local license he gave her a ticket to a non local as not to upset them. A cheap money gram IMHO.
My first new car was a factory ordered Neon R/T. I fought the dealer on price for 2 weeks...over?
A $205 "Advertising fee".
"Why do I need to advertise your business? That's a business expense on you"
We eventually came to an "agreement" where I got a few oil changes for free, offsetting most of the advertising fee they tacked on. Vowed never again to give into crap like that, though now I assume they just build it into the cost of the vehicle without making it an arguable line item.
A $205 "Advertising fee".
"Why do I need to advertise your business? That's a business expense on you"
We eventually came to an "agreement" where I got a few oil changes for free, offsetting most of the advertising fee they tacked on. Vowed never again to give into crap like that, though now I assume they just build it into the cost of the vehicle without making it an arguable line item.
That's really a scumbag move to pull someone over and even worse ticket over a dealership license plate frame.
Nearly every police vehicle in the USA, except the most rural po-dunk or underfunded departments have automatic plate readers. There is really no functional purpose for registration stickers anymore.
Most departments can tell if the vehicle is insured (varies by state) / current registration just by driving behind it (or often in front of it, as in the case of front plate states).
If one has survived with expired tags/stickers for any length of time, it's because: A) a cop has never pulled behind you, B) the cop was in a hurry to get coffee / lunch, or C) they get so many of these that they shrug them off and move onto more important things.
Back OT, I'll take an oversize dealer license frame over a sticker/emblem any day of the week and not even complain. The oversize plate frame was a bonus on my newly purchased car-- holds my temp tag on well, so they don't have to stick it on the back window and take the chance of ruining the rear defogger or leaving tape residue on the back glass. It'll be tossed in the trash quickly when I get KY plates. I've left scratches in paint trying to get dealer emblems off, I will never leave a dealer lot with them again unless they remove them first.
dealer frames are one of the things my brother collects.
so we try to get the decals removed, but the plate frames go to him.
heck, we even tracked down the dealer in El Paso that originally sold his Dakota (he bought it from Carmax), emailed them a couple times, to see if they could either send one out, or if I could buy one.
No response.
I was able to buy him a frame From Mark Wahlberg Chevy in Cols when they first opened..
so we try to get the decals removed, but the plate frames go to him.
heck, we even tracked down the dealer in El Paso that originally sold his Dakota (he bought it from Carmax), emailed them a couple times, to see if they could either send one out, or if I could buy one.
No response.
I was able to buy him a frame From Mark Wahlberg Chevy in Cols when they first opened..
You folks worry about a license plate frame blocking part of the plate.
Around here, we have touristas with bicycle racks. And the bicycles make it impossible to even see if there is a license plate.
Around here, we have touristas with bicycle racks. And the bicycles make it impossible to even see if there is a license plate.
AutoMechanic
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I love license plates but won’t do frames. If I bought a car I would keep the frame till my permanent plates came then I’d ditch it. I had a whole bunch of the plastic plate frames from various used cars that came into work. I sold them to a collector. I have one left it’s metal he only collected the plastic ones. My dealership doesn’t have plate frames we just have decals and they are ugly and gotty. They used to not be bad then they changed them. They are red, white and blue and silver and have the dealership name and emblem. I would post a picture but don’t want to giveaway where I work. My mom bought her car there and told them if they put one on the deal is off. The problem with the ones at my dealership is they have peeled paint before. Not always but a lot of times. I personally like a nice dealership logo on my car but it’s certainly not for everyone’s taste. I won’t do plate frames. I could care less about blocking the state but I run special plates on all my cars and don’t want it interfering with the design on my plates. If I had the god awful looking regular plates on my car is definitely have one of those frames.
AZjeff
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Never heard of that when we lived in Pa or here in Az.
Some people would rather wash their cars themselves and have never taken a car through a commercial car wash. No thanks.
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I replaced the ugly dealer license plate frame with something like these. But I decided not to remove the dealer decal. It’s not that big and doesn’t stand out, and I bought the car from a Mitsubishi dealer and I like the 3 diamond logo.
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In Pennsylvania and West Virginia we were required to remove them for state inspection, if they blocked the state or the license plate tag!
If the police have time for that there are too many...
I refuse to allow dealer plates or stickers on vehicles I purchase. We did not negotiate nor agree on my compensation for advertising their dealership.
I make them remove it prior to vehicle inspection & purchase, or else I find what I want somewhere else. There’s only been one dealer sticker on my vehicles, ever, and that’s because the service manager was both honest and competent, and earned my loyalty, so I repaid that with free advertising by voluntarily putting his sticker on my car even though I didn’t even buy it from there!
IF that's the whole story.
I made an illegal turn and when the policeman pulled me over and we chatted he pulled an "obstructed view" citation out of his schedule; saving me big bucks on fine and insurance.
Are we getting the entire story of why the gal was pulled over?
Sorry, it's always good to ask.
Always removed the license plate frames and any badging the minute I get home with any new vehicle.
Every time I purchase a car at a dealership, I tell them to not install ANY emblems, stickers, license plate frames, window emblems, etc. with the dealerships name. Or we can write up a contract for $1000 per month for an advertising fee.
I will not give the dealer free advertisement....No stickers or license plate frames.
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Very true. The readers are mounted roadside, they are mounted on cop cars and passively scan all the cars within the view. And even the rural police have them - thanks to the "unmentionable virus" monies most of which went to the cops instead of healthcare.
The digital age is very interesting.
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Honestly it doesn't bother me to have the dealership plate frames. I like the Ford and Mazda dealerships we bought from and both vehicles still have them on. If I take them off I'd just feel compelled to buy something to replace them.
The law enforcement angle is irrelevant here. Easily one in 20 vehicles here in Connecticut have smoked plastic covers on them and police don't seem to care. To say nothing of illegal tints, lifts, slams, and lighting.
The law enforcement angle is irrelevant here. Easily one in 20 vehicles here in Connecticut have smoked plastic covers on them and police don't seem to care. To say nothing of illegal tints, lifts, slams, and lighting.
