Front license plate

[jtucker]

Saturday, I was stopped in my recently purchaased '99. State trooper asks if there is any reason that I don't have a front plate. Responded that it did not have one when I bought it, he let me go w/ a warning. Turns out the plate was in with the spare. Question: How many of you drive without a front plate? Car looks much better without it, but next time it will cost me $100!!!

J. Tucker
'99 Arctic Silver Spt Pkg

[Porschekid]

I'm taking mine off and probably putting in bumper plugs. We luckily don't have front plates in PA.

[Brucelee]

This depends on the state. $50 find in CA, unevenly enforced. About 3/4 of my cars come through w/o a plate.

Do you like to roll the dice?

Good luck!

Originally Posted by jtucker

Saturday, I was stopped in my recently purchaased '99. State trooper asks if there is any reason that I don't have a front plate. Responded that it did not have one when I bought it, he let me go w/ a warning. Turns out the plate was in with the spare. Question: How many of you drive without a front plate? Car looks much better without it, but next time it will cost me $100!!!

J. Tucker
'99 Arctic Silver Spt Pkg

[Adam]

I don't have mine on either. Been stopped twice and let go with a warning too because I told him my car didn't come with the nounting bracket. I just can't bring myself to put it on.

[dennizxxx]

Don't have the plates either, I know in MA it is not manddatory..


Looks tons better if you ask me.....

[RandallNeighbour]

This would make a good poll for a new thread.

I don't have one on my Texas Boxster and I should by law. It's just ugly.

I was stopped three months ago and given a warning by a Texas Highway Patrol officer.

Frankly, I think they stop sports cars without them because they know we speed and they are trained to use the front plate as a radar/laser/pop target.

[QporscheQ]

I was pulled over for this about two weeks ago. $65 fine in Missouri. Using the power of the internet I was able to look up all the tickets that "my" particular officer gave out that day and low and behold about 60% of them were for nothing but "No Front Plate." I was pissed, mainly because this is obliviously not a cop who is out to "protect and serve” just "harass and fine." Of the other tickets, 39% where identically worded “61 in a 45” speeding tickets. Interesting stuff when you look at the data at a whole. Too bad I am part of the statistics. BTW I was easily going 10 under when he pulled me over.

[Thumper]

I live in Texas too. My '01 didn't have a front plate either. I keep waiting to get stopped, but thus far I haven't been. I don't even have the mount setup, so I picked up most of it off of eBay, but don't have the bolts and spacers that go thru the front bumper. If anyone wants to sell theirs, let me know.

I'll leave it off until it becomes a problem with the authorities. I think it looks much better without it.

:dance: I still think this dancing guy is cool.