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Dealer license plate frames - why?

Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:11 pm
Posted by BillyOceans11
Houston
Member since May 2020
47 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:11 pm
I don't understand why anyone would leave the license plate frame from the dealer. Do they like their car dealer that much as to give them free advertising? Does a license plate look that bad without a frame around it?

The dealer's frame went straight into the trash once I got my plates in. Someone enlighten me, please!
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27260 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:13 pm to
Apathy and laziness. Nothing more complicated than that.

I always remove mine, but I understand why most people just don't care enough.
Posted by schexyoung
Deaf Valley
Member since May 2008
6535 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:13 pm to
You probably wear clothes with the logo or name clearly branded. Sell out.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4452 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:15 pm to
Some dealerships used to give discounts on maintenance like oil changes if you kept some of their advertising on the car.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
203801 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:16 pm to
Weird thing to be upset about.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25931 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:17 pm to
Police pay dealers to put them on. They set up pretextual stops because they almost always obscure at least a small portion of the state on plates.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36218 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:17 pm to
Dealerships offer free services for plate frames, decals etc.

I had a dealership metal plate on the front bumper in a plastic square screwed into the underside. Told me free oil changes for life.

I took off the plate, unscrewed the housing, and took it all off.

Same with decals. Heat them up with a hairdryer and scrape off with a razor blade.
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17350 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:18 pm to
Some dealers make you keep it on for free oil changes
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119655 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:18 pm to
I also have the remove their stickers they put on the car.
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5854 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:20 pm to
I'm with you. I make them take off any decals and plate frames.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
12357 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:24 pm to
Agree esp when it’s some loud color on a nice vehicle. I put those people in the 120 month loan department.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
64948 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:25 pm to
There use to be a Ford dealership in my hometown that for a while was putting a big window sticker across the back window of all their trucks. I thought it was one of the moat stupid things I’d ever seen. Who wants that?
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
14090 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:41 pm to
Remember when dealers had their names stamped in steel truck bumpers?
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 6:41 pm
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1681 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:46 pm to
I bought a car from Performance Subaru in New Orleans and I left the frame on. I liked the name of the dealership, and the logo. And they didn't rip me off.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:52 pm to
quote:

Dealer license plate frames - why?


who cares, most dont care enough to put on a custom one, and DGAF about a dealer name being on it

if you hate your car dealer that much, you should have bought somewhere else
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26824 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:53 pm to
Because I don’t care at all. Nothing could be less important than this to me.
Posted by WhoDatNC
NC
Member since Dec 2013
11780 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:57 pm to
I take that off and we actually have them take off their dealership sticker on back as well before we drive off.
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
20555 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:11 pm to
Is that worse than a big Yeti sticker across the back window? Seriously.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
12831 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:19 pm to
Is it any different if you takeoff the license plate frame but leave the dealer decal?

I removed both the day I bought the vehicle.
Posted by Hondo Blacksheep
Member since Jul 2022
1537 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:36 pm to
When you order a vehicle instead of buying off the lot you can just ask them not to apply any of their branding and, in my experience, they will respect your request.
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