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FWIW, my front plate hack ("magnetic vent clips") actually looks as permanent or more as your solution here, while still affording easy removal for things like photos if you want. Always the risk of someone stealing it, I suppose, and while I was able to test it in a lot of weather conditions and road speeds, I suppose it could still blow off without doubling down on the number of magnets I used ... but for $20 and 10 minutes of effort, it's much cleaner and versatile than tape, wire, fastners, etc.
I've never run a front plate (in the US), and lived in multiple states requiring one by law ... including Texas. In fact, I was twice stopped for speeding in the Austin area back in the early 2000s in my B5 S4 Avant with no front plate and the cops didn't say anything. Here in OR, the cops won't bother pulling someone over for a no-front-plate violation but it's heavily enforced by parking patrols. I live on the edge of downtown Portland and am in the city daily, where metered parking is a way of life. After four tickets over just a couple months, including one where the plate was displayed in the front window, I decided it was time for a solution. So I run with no plate except when parked at a meter and have had no issues since.
Parking maids giving tickets for no plates? Is that an OR thing?
FWIW, my front plate hack ("magnetic vent clips") actually looks as permanent or more as your solution here, while still affording easy removal for things like photos if you want. Always the risk of someone stealing it, I suppose, and while I was able to test it in a lot of weather conditions and road speeds, I suppose it could still blow off without doubling down on the number of magnets I used ... but for $20 and 10 minutes of effort, it's much cleaner and versatile than tape, wire, fastners,
Thanks, already know of your hack and it is a great idea for a few and that's why I mentioned it,
but again, offering the fellow owners of another alternative since some of us have open stretches of road here where we can hit 120 and since it's flat, gusts of wind are common and I doubt the magnets can hold against both forces. Plus the title states the hassle of taking it off and on. I got a lot on my mind and I didn't want the plate to be another thing to think about as I drive off and as I fly through the desolate stretch of open road the plate flies off and cuts through the paint and then that's when I remember, oh yeah, the plate WAS on the grill. Or I forgot to put the grill on and Johnny Law in the city makes you add to the donut funds.
If the goal is to have the plates on but still clearly have the quattro emblem show, then this one method. I don't care about the plates showing in my pictures. That is the speedo on a desolate road in NorTex. And yes, the county constables generally leave you alone so long as you're not swerving like an idiot and the conditions are clear.
I understand the aesthetics quandary. It does make me wonder though, why does Audi trot out cars, even brand new models at their launches, with license plates on them? Is it because they are required in most places? I'm not a FAN of the look, honestly I'd prefer none as well, but where I live they are required, and it's a points ticket. I also try to avoid any reason to invite our local fuzz to a roadside chat, so I run the plate.
03-19-2019, 03:17 PM
