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View Poll Results: Do you run a front license plate?
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Yes I do
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No I dont
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I didn't... but now I have to 
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07-29-2008, 04:06 PM
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BMW Obsessed
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: St.Catharines, ON, Canada
Posts: 613
Car: 98 M3, 92 325, E28
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Who runs a front plate?
Simple enough. I just wanna see how people have their front plate mounted.
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07-29-2008, 04:09 PM
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Senior Moderator/Event-Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Mrs. Sauga
Posts: 10,093
Car: E46 M3|E93 335i|GT2
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I think you should be asking how many people DON'T run front plates. From what I see.. 90% of us run front plates to avoid unwanted heat (despite how nasty it looks). When I travel in the U.S. often i'll remove my front plate. Never any problems there because the local state police don't know Ontario laws.
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07-29-2008, 04:10 PM
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BMW Obsessed
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: St.Catharines, ON, Canada
Posts: 613
Car: 98 M3, 92 325, E28
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Interesting. I thought It was the opposite.
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07-29-2008, 04:43 PM
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Econobimmer Racing
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Kiev
Posts: 8,360
Car: civic & corolla
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I took it off, well that lasted about a week
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07-29-2008, 05:06 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 2,583
Car: E36 Dinan 332is
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I ran without mine for a few months... even got pulled over with it off, and nothing was said about it. I put it back on just to avoid giving "them" a reason to stop me, and potentially find something else... 
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07-29-2008, 05:35 PM
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op sucks cock
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: T.
Posts: 17,514
Car: s54 X 2
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When i first got the car i ran it cause i was a pussy. When i got the M3 bumper i stopped running it, never got a ticket, but got pulled over a few times & got warnings. When i got my personlized plate, i started running it again.
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07-29-2008, 05:39 PM
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is BMW crazy
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thornhill
Posts: 15,156
Car: 2 X BMW M5
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I didn't run it. Got 2-3 tickets. Now I run it.
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07-29-2008, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Creston, Iowa
Posts: 4,171
Car: 1972 Citroen SM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bmwm5lover
I didn't run it. Got 2-3 tickets. Now I run it.
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same lol. i have it against will
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07-29-2008, 10:39 PM
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 670
Car: 323i
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Yea i do only because the front plate bracket is mounted on the bumper with screws
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07-29-2008, 11:50 PM
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BMW again.
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Toronto
Posts: 6,091
Car: 1994 325is
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i didnt have one for a while but now i have it back on. i dont need the extra attention.
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07-29-2008, 11:55 PM
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1st Gear Newbie
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 18
Car: 01 325i' blk/tan
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I've always rocked it; I find it flows nicely on the front.. at least on the E46.. there is a big spot for it on the OEM bumper.
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07-30-2008, 11:14 AM
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Sex Wagon
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Burlington
Posts: 1,471
Car: E36 / E91
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Always sported the front plate...its not worth the hassle...
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07-30-2008, 12:03 PM
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Not Banned
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Schomberg
Posts: 4,316
Car: '85 325e
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I do... More because of the fact that the bracket looks ugly without the plate there.
I took my car through a car wash once and it ripped my front plate right off... I lost all the screws but got the plate, so it sat in my car for about 2 months before I decided to go buy more screws and put it back on. Wasn't bothered even once during that time by the cops. And I saw plenty of them on the road, they just didn't really care. I guess a black e34 525 is low key enough not to warrant the attention.... usually it's the done up coupes that get the heat.
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07-30-2008, 01:30 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,142
Car: E36 turbo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EMPOWERD
I think you should be asking how many people DON'T run front plates. From what I see.. 90% of us run front plates to avoid unwanted heat (despite how nasty it looks). When I travel in the U.S. often i'll remove my front plate. Never any problems there because the local state police don't know Ontario laws.
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I'd be careful with that... my friend almost got a ticket for not running his Ontario front plate in a US state where no front plates were required.
My friend tried to argue to the cop that front plates aren't required in the state they're in currently, the cop said it didn't matter since he's not from that state, and in Ontario a front plate is required.
Needless to say, he had to mount his front plate right then and there to avoid the ticket.
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07-30-2008, 01:33 PM
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Cars in Perpetual Repair
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Guelph
Posts: 5,568
Car: E30 328i, E21 320i
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People should try running their plate(s) mounted upside down just for kicks. Is there legislation dictating the orientation that the plate has to be in? Those ugly body kits are already mounting them crooked.
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