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View Poll Results: Do you have a front license plate on your Porsche?
No Front Plate 61 59.22%
Yes I Have a Front Plate 42 40.78%
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Old 02-02-2013, 05:20 AM   #1
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No front plate on either car. Been pulled over 3 times for no front plate. Once in the Boxster, twice in the 993 Turbo. All State police. Every time I was given a warning ticket. Cops were very nice to me. One cop even said he "could not 'see' me on radar without a plate" because he "could not lock onto to me with his radar gun" he said the radar "just bounces off the slope of the hood". I don't know if this is true, but it works for me.

I did get a parking ticket from the city of Chicago ($65) for no front plate while parked at Peet's Coffee at North and Sheffield. That sucked.
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Old 05-24-2013, 06:35 AM   #2
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One cop even said he "could not 'see' me on radar without a plate" because he "could not lock onto to me with his radar gun" he said the radar "just bounces off the slope of the hood".
^ worth a bump.
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Old 05-24-2013, 06:43 AM   #3
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^ worth a bump.
I got a $120 "no front plate ticket" in the Turbo in early May. Only reason the policewoman gave me the ticket was because I already had a warning ticket 11 months prior. She wouldn't let me slide again.

Bought the Rennline tow hook mount ($149) the next day. Not too happy.

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I got a $120 "no front plate ticket" in the Turbo in early May. Only reason the policewoman gave me the ticket was because I already had a warning ticket 11 months prior. She wouldn't let me slide again.

Bought the Rennline tow hook mount ($149) the next day. Not too happy.
$120 no points. I'll take that.

better than getting tagged speeding + points/insurance surcharge. Way more than $120.
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Old 05-24-2013, 06:45 AM   #6
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Illeagle in the UK to run without one.
Also has to be an standard size, font, level of reflectives etc etc.

If you break the law the very best outcome is a spot fine. The worst is 3 points on your license and a fine.

The law is the law.
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I did get a parking ticket from the city of Chicago ($65) for no front plate while parked at Peet's Coffee at North and Sheffield. That sucked.

To me, seems like a perfect reason to stay out of Chicago!!
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