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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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Unhappy Well, I went 7 months...

...without a front plate in NJ, and got pulled over for it today :-( The officer let me go, just advising that I properly mount the plate (instead of having on the dash behind the windshield). Given that I was pulled over in my town, I figure that they've "got my number", so I finally obliged and mounted the plate. I guess I'll get used to how it looks...
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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I too Live in NJ... on the shore, Wall Township.

I don't have an '8 yet, but when I do I really didn't want to put a plate on the front of it... sad. How much of a ticket is that, by the way?

I guess there is no getting around it.. but if I had a Viper, forget it, I'd never put a plate on the front of it!

Anyway, glad ya made it as long as you have..

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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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Hey Aces - I know it (Wall twp) well - I grew up in Monmouth County, and used to go to races and demo derbies at Wall Stadium years ago. Any also spent many wednesday nights and Sunday afternoons at Raceway Park...

I don't know how much of a ticket it would've been - I got off with a verbal "fix it".
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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Yup yup.. that's where I'm at! I can hear Wall Stadium quite clearly most nights when there are races... I live right off Belmar Blvd a block from Shark River... just moved back home after my lease expired on my 'ol college apartment. Driving 70 miles each way to work in Blackwood, NJ.

I had a girlfriend from Hillsborough in college... I'll tell ya what, Hillsborough Road at night is a long, scary place to be.. I'm sure an Alien Abduction is gonna happen there!

Anyway, sorry about the front plate... we'll see what happens with me when I get my '8 in... sigh.. a long while.

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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:53 PM
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Originally posted by AcesAreWld
... I'll tell ya what, Hillsborough Road at night is a long, scary place to be.. I'm sure an Alien Abduction is gonna happen there!
...and how do you know it hasn't already???? Or, maybe they dropped someone off... There are many roads in this area that are "scarier" than Hillsborough Road....

Sorry - I think I overdosed on the Twilight Zone marathon on SciFi this weekend....
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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Its been about 7 months for me as well. I actually got a speeding ticket and didn't have my front plate mounted, but I guess he didn't notice that. I'm hoping I don't get pulled over cause the front plate really does mangle the look of the front of the car. And if you think about it, why the heck do you need a plate in the front any way. How many times is a cop going to need to read your plate from the front?
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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Originally posted by RPIRX-8
Its been about 7 months for me as well. I actually got a speeding ticket and didn't have my front plate mounted, but I guess he didn't notice that. I'm hoping I don't get pulled over cause the front plate really does mangle the look of the front of the car. And if you think about it, why the heck do you need a plate in the front any way. How many times is a cop going to need to read your plate from the front?
front plates are only for people that run from paying 50 cents at the tolls :D , lol , and sometimes some other stuff ....
In MA ... if you have a green plate , you don't need a front plate, so call up your friends and ask them if you can buy a green plate off them and , boom no more front plate


Also you goto RPI ? (Rochester polytech institute) , my friend goes there. Also , gotta meet up with you sometime , I wanna hear that B&B exhaust :p
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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We def gotta meet up. I know a bunch of us are gonna to a tech day sometime soon, possibly in 2 weekends. I will be around this Friday and Saturday tho if you wil.

RPI is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY (outside of Albany). I graduated in 2002.

Now to find someone with a green plate.....
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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i was okay
till i got this racist bastard cop.
last time he got me without the plate and warned me
he told me he's watching me.wtf im not a kid nor am i a criminal.

thanks to meowloud im okay now
but he still finds ways to pull me over.
how many times is he gonna ask me where do i live ?
guy before anything i have family members,close friends that are nj troopers,rookie patrol officer,sgt p.d,and detective so i respect all officers no matter what.but this ***** really gets to me

i hate my car with th front plate.
i dont know what to do when i get a front bumper ?
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 10:30 PM
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I feel bad for you Alan. It really is such a stupid rule, 'front plates'. It would be cool if plates could be custom made, so at least they might look good!
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 10:44 PM
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Hey Wayne - happy belated birthday! Well, at least with the front plate on, I don't feel like I have to keep checking the rear-view mirror each time I pass a cop...
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