I just don't see why everyone misses this??

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Easto

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Hi,

New here. I've been looking at a lot of the pics and there are some great ones. But what I don't understand is why people leave those stupid license plate frames (from the dealers) on a car after they've done an incredible detail job on a car?

Everytime I see a dealers license plate frame on a beautiful car I just laugh.

Take those damn things off!

BTW.,
nice to meet everyone
Easto
 
AMEN! It's a big pet peeve of mine and I don't get it either :dunno

Not only does it detract from the look of the car IMO, it's providing free advertising for the dealer. Different story if one is a dealer/employee of a dealership.

Same thing for those awful decals, both plastic and plastic,pin stripe like.

I always made it a point that my dealer was never to apply either to my vehicles.

Certainly, after a beautiful detail job, ditch the dealer frames and decals and go with a nice quality, frame if it fits the look of the particular vehicle :bigups

Nice to meet you too Easto. :welcome
 
As much as I agree that they are ugly as sin I am not going to remove something from a clients car unless they ask me to. *shrug*
 
No kidding. It is pretty weird. The worst is when people buy a used car from a new car dealer that sells a different brand. The other day I saw a Honda with Butterfield FORD on the plate frame AND a Ford sticker and the dealer's address on the trunklid. Grrrr.
 
I remember once I had a dealer frame on my car for 10 years. The screws rusted so bad that when I tried to remove them they just stripped out. I never did get the frame off... lol That was back before I was smoooooooooth. :naughty
 
I couldn't agree more with you guys. I'm not advertising for the dealer and all the stickers and crap they put on looks tacky and busy. I do have a cover over my plate to protect it, sure makes washing it a lot easier. You sure can tell the people who buy a car used when it's from another brand of dealer. Mmm, doesn't that Honda look good with the Saturn dealers frame? Oooh.. I have to get one!

:hurl

Paul
 
I am glad that I am not the only one. The first thing. Very first thing I bought a car was to take the dealer license plate cover off. My last 2 cars, my wife thought that I am crazy. I took the screw drivers (philip and flat head) with me to the dealer to pick up the cars. After drove the car off the dealer, I pulled into the next parking lot and took the cover off. I don't wear clothes with logo on the shirt either. Especially, the Polo shirt with the horse.
 
tyltan said:
I am glad that I am not the only one. The first thing. Very first thing I bought a car was to take the dealer license plate cover off. My last 2 cars, my wife thought that I am crazy. I took the screw drivers (philip and flat head) with me to the dealer to pick up the cars. After drove the car off the dealer, I pulled into the next parking lot and took the cover off. I don't wear clothes with logo on the shirt either. Especially, the Polo shirt with the horse.
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tru, but the shirt issue is soemthing else... whats wrong with the little horsey?
 
joyriide1113 said:
tru, but the shirt issue is soemthing else... whats wrong with the little horsey?
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My wife asked me the same question. To me, it's a representative of "yuppy". On the other hand, I am driving a 04 Mercedes E320. Sorry, I can't explain it. :beer
 
I'm with you guys. I wont hand a check to a dealer until they remove their advertising.


I vote for "Poorboys World" plate frames to replace the dealership frames. anyway....
 
Craigster said:
I'm with you guys. I wont hand a check to a dealer until they remove their advertising.


I vote for "Poorboys World" plate frames to replace the dealership frames. anyway....
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HMM Poorboys licence plate frames..."Not a Lot of Money But What a Frame"?

I wonder if steve Has that licence plate POORBOY

When I bought my mustang the car had no stickers on it and no plate frames on it as it sat in the dearlship lot. I told my sales rep .. that if he was to put ANYTHING that said the Dealers name on it I would cancel the deal! I told him I was saving him money in the wrong run becuaes I would just take it off when I got home and throw it out!
 
Focusedonsound said:
HMM Poorboys licence plate frames..."Not a Lot of Money But What a Frame"?

I wonder if steve Has that licence plate POORBOY
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I am sure if he does not have one yet, he will by the time the August Poorboys picnic comes around.. :lmfao :rolling
 
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tyltan said:
I am glad that I am not the only one. The first thing. Very first thing I bought a car was to take the dealer license plate cover off. My last 2 cars, my wife thought that I am crazy. I took the screw drivers (philip and flat head) with me to the dealer to pick up the cars. After drove the car off the dealer, I pulled into the next parking lot and took the cover off. I don't wear clothes with logo on the shirt either. Especially, the Polo shirt with the horse.
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Agree with plate frames, but im a designer clothes junky, Polo, Etro, Prada, Gucci, Salvatore I don't find a problem with designers showing off their logos on their products.
 
Your missing the larger point here Ferrarislave. As do most people!

Who is Paying who here! Your paying $165.00 for a shirt and that might be damn well worth that $165.. But why should I be advertising that my shirt is Polo? Ralph Lauren isn't paying you advertising fees is he?

Same thing goes for the Car manufactures and Car Dealers!
 
I like designer clothes but I get the biggest kick out of my one "parody Polo shirt" that features an embroidered polo player falling off his horse.
 
I saw the best of the lame dealer plate frames on my way into work this morning. I was behind a Corolla, purchased used from a Chevrolet dealer, and the plate frame had broken on one side, so the owner wrapped that side of the frame in duct tape! LOL! I guess he really thought that plate frame added to his license plate's structural integrity. :rolling
 
I heard about a really lame plate frame the other day. Its this Infinity with a Nissan dealership plate frame. Can you believe that?? Someone oughta do something about that.... :naughty
 
Focusedonsound said:
Your missing the larger point here Ferrarislave. As do most people!

Who is Paying who here! Your paying $165.00 for a shirt and that might be damn well worth that $165.. But why should I be advertising that my shirt is Polo? Ralph Lauren isn't paying you advertising fees is he?

Same thing goes for the Car manufactures and Car Dealers!
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I think I am missing the point, I think they are not advertising, but showing that it is made by them and representing its quality and calibur in the clothing world. Same as a prancing horse on a Ferrari, it is representing that it is world renown "Ferrari" out of Maranello, Italy.
 
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