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Old 05-09-2019, 07:52 PM   #21
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My wife’s car has a dealer frame on it. But the dealer is 2000 miles away... doesn’t bother us much since it’s just the brand and city name, so doesn’t feel like we are advertising...

In the 80s, one of the BMW dealers in Phoenix would affix a metal badge next to the license plate in the back. The badge was just an Arizona flag. No dealer name or logo. I always thought it was cool - if you knew that it was a dealer badge, you knew. If you didn’t, you had no idea...
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Old 05-10-2019, 06:50 AM   #22
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Eh. That seems a little like rubbing their nose in it, which just seems unnecessarily rude.
When I go to put my plate on the new car, I give the frame back to the salesperson. I assume they put it back in the stockpile to be reused on another car. No rudeness intended.
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Old 05-10-2019, 09:05 AM   #23
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When I go to put my plate on the new car, I give the frame back to the salesperson. I assume they put it back in the stockpile to be reused on another car. No rudeness intended.
I don’t think this is uncommon and from my past experience the salesperson usually understands it and doesn’t get offended. I had a dealer that would put their plastic plaque on the rear of the car and I would specify prior to delivery not put it on the car.

With that said thanks to this thread I just noticed that my wife and daughters cars have the license plate frames on them
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With that said thanks to this thread I just noticed that my wife and daughters cars have the license plate frames on them
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Old 05-10-2019, 09:49 AM   #25
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What I loved best about Euro Motorcars was that I had a friend in high school who was a porter and service pick up/delivery driver. And that's all I'll say about that.

Luckily, the W123 TDT was probably not his first choice for hooning.
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