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Death to front license plates! - JohnC - 10-02-2004
Petition for the Eradication of Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia
- Dave - 10-02-2004
w00t! I signed it.
That was the sole reason that I got pulled over last summer, since the cop couldn't find anything else wrong with the car.
- bassmangrammy - 10-02-2004
I signed it. My acura doesn't have the front holder. Dave, how much was your ticket for the plate violation?
Re: Death to front license plates! - 83Rabbit - 10-02-2004
mongooze Wrote:Petition for the Eradication of Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia
ahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA whoever signed that, you do realize that you just wasted whatever time it took you to complete that dont you? The law WILL NOT change, no matter how many petitions are signed, get over it and put a front plate on your car
Now, I know, argue back with "But if we sign enough petitions theyll HAVE to change it!!!!
hock: " your wrong.
- 83Rabbit - 10-02-2004
ill waste my work time by signing it when I go in on monday
Re: Death to front license plates! - JohnC - 10-02-2004
83Rabbit Wrote:mongooze Wrote:Petition for the Eradication of Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia
ahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA whoever signed that, you do realize that you just wasted whatever time it took you to complete that dont you? The law WILL NOT change, no matter how many petitions are signed, get over it and put a front plate on your car
Now, I know, argue back with "But if we sign enough petitions theyll HAVE to change it!!!!
Now just because your car won't ever be aerodynamically affected by the addition of a front plate is no reason to rain on our parade :wink:
In the immortal words of Bart Simpson's keychain - "Go to hell! Go to hell! Kiss my butt!"
Re: Death to front license plates! - 83Rabbit - 10-03-2004
mongooze Wrote:83Rabbit Wrote:mongooze Wrote:Petition for the Eradication of Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia
ahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA whoever signed that, you do realize that you just wasted whatever time it took you to complete that dont you? The law WILL NOT change, no matter how many petitions are signed, get over it and put a front plate on your car
Now, I know, argue back with "But if we sign enough petitions theyll HAVE to change it!!!!
Now just because your car won't ever be aerodynamically affected by the addition of a front plate is no reason to rain on our parade :wink:
In the immortal words of Bart Simpson's keychain - "Go to hell! Go to hell! Kiss my butt!"
my rabbit is so boxy that a front plate may actually help deflect the wind aerodynamically versitiling the pressure around the hydrophiol.
I drive a car with the aerodynamic capacity of a brick, what can I say?
- Myuki - 10-03-2004
i signed it.....
- damnit458 - 10-03-2004
Myuki Wrote:i signed it.....as did I
my car is the most aerodynamic out of all of yours....oh wait, yeah thats right i dont have a car
- DierwulfBL - 10-03-2004
it just doesnt hurt aerodynamics, more importantly it blocks airflow to the radiator and even worse if you have a FMIC which could cause catastrophic problems of overheating/detonation, they should add that into the petition
- WRXtranceformed - 10-03-2004
Heh, I've never heard of people having problems with overheating or pinging just because they have a front license plate.... even with a FMIC. Generally, if you have a FMIC then you have plenty of surface area from which the intercooler can draw in cooler air.
I've seen FMICs that cover even more surface area than the one above.
Sure, it might not be as efficient to have a license plate on the front if you have a FMIC, but I really doubt it would lead to engine problems.
- WRXtranceformed - 10-03-2004
To stay on topic, I'd sign that petition just to give cops one less spot on my car to target their lasers 8)
- Maengelito - 10-03-2004
WRXtranceformed Wrote:To stay on topic, I'd sign that petition just to give cops one less spot on my car to target their lasers 8)
last christmas, each division was supposed to come up with a theme for their respective division chief's door to be judged by a panel of "random" workers. ours consisted of a wishlist (military related seeing as how our division is called "military technologies") for people in our division for which i added world rally blue pearl radar absorbing paint. santa didnt hook me up though.
i'm still pissed that our original idea was vetoed. we hung up a diagram of a tow missile above which it said "missile, tow" above our boss's door.
- bassmangrammy - 10-04-2004
Seriously, what's the fine?
- .RJ - 10-04-2004
BassmanGrammy Wrote:Seriously, what's the fine?
$25 or so, depending on where you get the ticket.
I havent had a front plate on any of my cars for 6 years now and gotten one ticket, by an asshole airport cop so I'm not sure if that even counts.
- Dragon - 10-04-2004
I'm surprised at Ryan's luck in avoiding tickets. The boy never renews his inspection, registration, and in some cases his license, yet he doesn't get tickets for them.
- 83Rabbit - 10-04-2004
DierwulfBL Wrote:it just doesnt hurt aerodynamics, more importantly it blocks airflow to the radiator and even worse if you have a FMIC which could cause catastrophic problems of overheating/detonation, they should add that into the petition
I dont know what car your talking about but the vast majority of cars have radiators that are above the liscense plate, and even if they are below the liscense plate slightly, causing the plate to block partial airflow to the radiator, the radiator can dissipate heat perfectly fine even with such a 'massive' :roll: obstruction.
Let it be known that if a front plate causes any noticable difference in your running temps, that your problem is NOT the front plate, youve got far greater problems, like a blown water pump or one with poor seals, a slipping waterpump belt, a clogged radiator, etc.
An arguement that a front plate blocks the radiator (which again, in most cars the radiator is behind the grille, or the majority of it), is a pretty weak arguement. Add that to the petition and it will more than likely lessen the credibility of any other arguements on there since its so easy to disprove.
- CaptainHenreh - 10-04-2004
Dragon Wrote:I'm surprised at Ryan's luck in avoiding tickets. The boy never renews his inspection, registration, and in some cases his license, yet he doesn't get tickets for them.
I've been wondering whose tickets I've been getting.
- DierwulfBL - 10-04-2004
oh well, i dunno about you guys but i have a large gaping hole right where my radiator is and since i have to have a front license plate it takes up almost the entire hole, so as opposed to getting really really good airflow to my radiator its all blocked and deflected downward around the bottom of the radiator back to the tranny/engine. And you gotta make things sound bad if you want the law changed, cmon everyone knows that
- CaptainHenreh - 10-04-2004
DierwulfBL Wrote:so as opposed to getting really really good airflow to my radiator its all blocked and deflected downward around the bottom of the radiator back to the tranny/engine.
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And I bet having a license plate on the front really screws up all of those carefully engineered aerodynamic supplements you've affixed to your vehicle.