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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
in indiana a front plate is not used.
so i bought this really clean 74 240d which had an immaculate california plate on the front. i thought "cool". so i left it there.
one day my dad said "what you doing with that california plate on front?" i said i liked it and thought it looked cool (or words to that effect...i was maybe 45 at the time). he said.."i wouldn't do that".
i thought "stick in the mud". and kept it on there.
a month or so later i was in chicago parking the car in a garage and the guy started writing the plate number off the front plate on my receipt before parking the car. i said whoooooaaaah there pardner. that is not the actual plate. look on the back.
i figured i might have trouble getting my car back if they parked it with the front in.
so i went home and took the cali plate off the front.
if you want something cool on the front....get one with a big tristar or a lightning bolt....but not in a state where front plates are required.
why ask for trouble?
tom w
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Yes, I wouldn't put an regular, official us state plate on a car either, except of course the one that belongs on the car.
A Euro plate however, is no more meaningful, or applicable in the states than a bumper sticker. I mean, it is purely decorative, anywhere except for Europe.
I've seen American state plates on the fronts of cars, in Amsterdam, Hungary, Africa, and of course Budapest, and Yemen, and Russia as well. I frequent all of these areas, and more, and even see them in these tight ass countries, so why not the U.S. I mean, if you can do it in Russia,( and those people can't usually $hit with-out government permission )
than why can't you put a Euro plate on the front of a US car? I mean, are people really stupid enough, to believe that it's an official plate? Guess so.
03-23-2007, 10:24 PM
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