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I say take the fine or warning and call it a day. Unless points are involved, nothing is worth screwing up those beautiful front end looks with ugly plates.
True, but a hide away plate as shown in this thread is a viable option. It does not ruin the front of the car, you just pull up the plate from underneath when you need it, have it hidden when you don't.
2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cpe (992); 2023 Taycan GTS sedan
Bad News on Dealer Options w/Temp Plates
Just received this feedback from a very good dealer here in CA that shares our dislike of front plates:
“A dealership can not sign off anymore saying they are not installing the front plate. If there is no plate on the front of a car the dmv will come back to the dealership and make us prove we installed it. If the dealership does not have proof we get fined.”
Wow. So I would work with the dealer to use a temporary solution (e.g., tow hook, tie straps, velcro, whatever) for the temp plate, and when the permanent plates came in the mail in about 30 days, I would not install the front plate. The temp plates have a QRL code, so they can’t be transferred to another car, so apparently they’re just discarded.
Maryland also had a couple of Bills to no longer require the front plate, for cost savings -- both didn't pass. :/
But I did take a chance on a tow hook option on Ebay, from "EOSBodyKit". As a purely temporary solution it's pretty sturdy, somewhat adjustable, inexpensive at $50, and does the job to pass the 'fix it' ticket.
2020 GTA; 2022 Audi e-tron GT, 2022 Ford F-150; 1926 Rolls-Royce Springfield 40/50 Playboy roadster
Originally Posted by AtTheGlen
Just received this feedback from a very good dealer here in CA that shares our dislike of front plates:
“A dealership can not sign off anymore saying they are not installing the front plate. If there is no plate on the front of a car the dmv will come back to the dealership and make us prove we installed it. If the dealership does not have proof we get fined.”
Wow. So I would work with the dealer to use a temporary solution (e.g., tow hook, tie straps, velcro, whatever) for the temp plate, and when the permanent plates came in the mail in about 30 days, I would not install the front plate. The temp plates have a QRL code, so they can’t be transferred to another car, so apparently they’re just discarded.
Lack of drilled holes for the front plate will be circumstantial evidence no front plate was installed.
And the temp plates are made out of paper, so they will require something behind them to be properly installed.
02-10-2019, 09:15 PM
