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Re: Follow up [snakeweasel] by the_big_al
Jun 27, 2008 (3:16 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Sep 15, 2006 12:36 pm)

For one vehicles today have not been designed to have one. My Impala's front bumper doesn't have a place unless it is tacked on and then it looks just like that - tacked on. Take the many cars out there like the Corvette, Viper, Solstice, Sky, or any number of vehicles, not just sports cars. The front is not designed to have a front plate on it.
 
That is the biggest reason - If automakers would design there fronts to incorporate a plate like they do the rears it wouldn't look half as bad...
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Re: Follow up [thebigal] by british_rover
Sep 15, 2006 (12:55 pm)
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Replying to: the_big_al (Jun 27, 2008 3:16 pm)

We need to use Euro style plates.
 
Thinner and longer so they fit better on pointy nosed vehicles.
 

 
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Plates by dsattler
Sep 15, 2006 (12:56 pm)
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Maryland requires a front plate, Delaware does not.
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Re: Follow up [snakeweasel] by wlbrown9
Sep 15, 2006 (1:22 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Sep 15, 2006 12:06 pm)

I'm in Tennessee...no front plate required.
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Re: Does your dealer keep any classics? [snakeweasel] by mazda6iguy
Sep 15, 2006 (1:34 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Sep 15, 2006 5:15 am)

I wish I owned a business that was so profitable I could take in expensive inventory and never sell it.
 
The newest car in the collection is a 1976, so I think the owner of the dealership collected these for himself. Not for resale.
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Re: Follow up [thebigal] by mazda6iguy
Sep 15, 2006 (1:40 pm)
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Replying to: the_big_al (Jun 27, 2008 3:16 pm)

now I have to mar the bumper on my Imp because I moved to a 2 plate state
  
IMO I think 2 plates are dumb... I know I'll get flamed but I do.

 
I agree 2 plates are dumb. In Ohio we have the 2 plate law, but every state that borders us are 1 plate states.
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Re: Follow up [mazda6iguy] by explorerx4
Sep 15, 2006 (3:57 pm)
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Replying to: mazda6iguy (Sep 15, 2006 1:40 pm)

if they see a front plate, they (police) figure, you're from ohio?
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Re: Follow up [explorerx4] by the_big_al
Jun 27, 2008 (3:16 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Sep 15, 2006 3:57 pm)

Actually, since I don't feel like putting just the plat on the car, I was thinking I would get the plate holder from the dealer provided it isn't 3 arms and 2 legs.... until then the front stays clear. It might even stay that way until an officer says so. I might even do that for my truck, even though it's front bumper is actually designed for a plate. It still has the remnants of a plate frame and a Superman plate that some how got banged around ... I just haven't removed the remaining pieces.
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Re: Another Sales Story [bigdveedubgirl] by moparchrisks
Sep 17, 2006 (1:54 pm)
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Replying to: bigdveedubgirl (Jul 31, 2006 1:03 pm)

Wow. Replying to this like two months later...
Cheers Dub-G. I miss Pasadena dearly as I also worked at Caltech (I.T. staff 1998-2004) and EarthLink when it was on New York Drive (1996-1998). Lived in South Pas for years, used to eat at Ernies Jr. on Colorado before Colorado was gentrified.
 
Los Angeles is so spread out in demographics. I think a lot of sales success in that market comes down to location. Pasadena would be a wonderful market to have worked in.
My first Dodge gig was in Van Nuys and it was tough to qualify people there. I followed the money out to Simi Valley and closed like crazy in an area where people had income, homes, savings...
 
Dub was your dealership west of downtown by the Rolls/Ferrari/Jag shop? Or was it on the east by Rosemead? Can't picture it at all.
 
in my two month absence, I sold about 20 Dodge Grand Caravans, gave notice, and start a new position at the local Toyota dealer in the morning! The only Toyota dealership for 50 miles around. In L.A. we had like 85 of them. Looking forward to actually seeing some dealership traffic. My first choice was Honda but they just hired. Oh well. Toyota. Enuff said.
 
Should be a whole different world. Really excited about the move.
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Re: Another Sales Story [moparchrisks] by british_rover
Sep 17, 2006 (2:10 pm)
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Replying to: moparchrisks (Sep 17, 2006 1:54 pm)

Of all the stores in our autogroup I think the dodge store is doing the worst. I don't blame you for leaving. Our only other domestic store is Chrysler and they are doing ok but not great.

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