Stijn!!

[Porsche-poor]

its like that every where. There a group up here protesting the fee for access to a boat ramp to launch a kayak. The kicker is that they walked from home up the street and walked down the ramp.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by slodave

It wasn't that hot, Alarick!

OK, maybe not THAT hot. But it was very nice and comfy indoors before the kids started running in and out to the backyard, leaving the sliding glass door open and letting all the cool air out.

http://www.licenseplates.tv/

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[porsche4life]

What kind of plate do you need Dave? How about a decal that looks like a plate?

[slodave]

I think I am going to use my old one for now. I don't think they look too kindly at stickers. For a while, it was DMV issued plates only. A few years ago, they opened up to allowing the novelty plates - though they have to have the registered numbers or vanity on it. I don't want to order new ones from the DMV, as I want the period correct plate. If I can get the ticket signed off by a "friend" in the LEO organization, I may be able to use a sticker.

[Noah930]

How is/was it in Europe that decals could be used on the nose of cars in place of metal license plates?

[slodave]

Different laws..... Just a guess.

[Noah930]

Then you should have started speaking to the officer in German/accented English. See how far that would have gotten. Or just whipped out some Spanish and see if that would have slipped you off the hook.

[slodave]

I was nervous! I had no idea what I did. She shined the light at me - they were oncoming and then flipped a Uie. For once, I was actually going under the speed limit!

I did go flying around a right hand corner and had the tach pegged in first, but they were too far away and no way they heard me.

[slodave]

You've got to be kidding me. This bracket for the front plate is hideous. I wonder if I can cut the mounting lip off for the frame to car and mount it so it's flush.

[Noah930]

Ah, another ticket for driving a Porsche.

Yes, you were breaking a law. But when the law is so rarely enforced as this one, you didn't get the ticket for breaking the law. You got it more for what you were driving.

[Porsche-poor]

Is it the "I" shaped thing that bolts to the car and the plate?

[Noah930]

Bauer's car has a cut-down plate. Trimmed some off the top and bottom to have that sleeker Euro look and fit the front valence better. Last I talked to him, he's never gotten grief over it. Some guy at RRIV had a cut down plate, as well (though he did it in a ghey, look-at-me fashion where the two mounting tabs looked like Mickey Mouse ears off the top of the plate). Or bend the plate flush to the contour of your airdam and velcro it with that 3M interlocking stuff that (almost) never comes off.

[slodave]

I know that it's against the law to not run a front plate, but that didn't cross my mind at the time.


EDIT: It's so common around here, I forget about it.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Ah, another ticket for driving a Porsche.

Yes, you were breaking a law. But when the law is so rarely enforced as this one, you didn't get the ticket for breaking the law. You got it more for what you were driving.

Ding Ding Ding
We have a winner!!!

Yep we get busted for this up here to. Stupid law. The front plate just give them a radar target.

[slodave]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

Is it the "I" shaped thing that bolts to the car and the plate?

Yup. Is yours mounted flush?

[Noah930]

Seriously, in a town like LA, an officer could stand in the middle of any major street, point offenders to the side of the road, and write several hundred no-front-plate tickets on a daily basis. If they were interested in enforcing the vehicle code.

[slodave]

She made it sound like they are interested in enforcing the law now. Especially since no high end car runs them and there a lot on the street. Easy $ to fill the empty coffers.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by slodave

Yup. Is yours mounted flush?

About as flush as you can get on a curved surface.

Want a cell picture?

[Noah930]

I've been too lazy to modify mine. But if you want to come on over and take it apart to see if you could do something to make a stock plate holder fit flush to the front valence, please come on over, Dave. The mounting holes drilled into the valence don't match up with the holes stamped into our license plates, so some sort of intermediary adapter is necessary unless you want to start drilling holes into your car.

[RKDinOKC]

Glad the officers have not figured out how to get the front plate law past all the politicians driving pickup trucks without front plates.