She is the nicest E-type I've seen in a while.

 

Probably true, not all care as we do. It gets funny when a car has been traded in a few times, at which point it may have the original dealer on the rear window, another dealer on the license plate frame, and the sticker of yet another one.

It's kinda like tattooing everyone you're with somewhere on your body. "Yeah, I've been around"

 

I recall back in the day (1961) when I bought my TR3 the used car dealer had drilled and stuck on his logo. In those days the logo was held on by 2 clips and there was no tape . Had to remove and plug the holes. Being the car was black you couldn't see the way I patched it.

 

Now that would really **** me off! It is bad enough the dealership wants you to suffer thier advertising scheme but to deface the vehicle.....I think not. It would make me want to grab the sales manager by the b...s and give em a big twist!

Has anyone ever checked to see if there is hidden language in sales agreements that gives dealers that advert option? Just wondering.

 

No, there's nothing like that, and that wouldn't be enforceable. It's just as others have said - most people don't care enough so the dealer gets a little extra exposure.

I know around here, the Big 3 hi-line dealerships are tightly contested in market share with different fans of each, so seeing a tag sort of acts as a turf war incursion in a competitor's neighborhood, earning them extra exposure.
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I take those things off ASAP.

 

That looks high maintenance. The Jag too.

 

Gads... Thank you!


That thumb was killing me!

 

If you're looking at her thumb nail, you need to get your eyes examined - and your head!

 

Gorgeous car, but someone is blocking the view.

 

I once had a dealership add a license plate frame with their logo when my car was in for an oil change. Took me a couple of months to notice it and remove it. I would have noticed it right away if it had been the Jag! It wasn't as bad as a decal but still felt a bit presumptuous.

 

Wait. Was I supposed to acknowledge the picture before or after making an on-topic post?

 

If we are going to be serious, it did not sit right with me either under current circumstances.
She appears to be returning from a sleepover at Trump's or for some other reason has had to jettison only her undergarments. Not the persona of an Etype driver.

 

Back in the '80s I was working at a small town Ford dealership that changed ownership. The new ownership did the same thing, put their license plate frames on cars that came in for service. They even took off the old frames from the previous ownership and threw them away. I just shook my head. Presumptuous was exactly the word I had in mind upon seeing this.

 

I've seen car dealers who advertise an option to have the dealer badges either removed or omitted altogether . . . for an additional fee. That is truly obnoxious behavior.

 

Hell, I even remove the manufacturer's decals and stick-ons. As far as the picture goes, I was wondering if Lexol will remove the shrimp smell.

 

Only if you use the proper applicator.

 

I took a truck back for service and the service adviser was looking at the back and said, "Is this one of ours?" as in did they sell it. I looked him in the eye and said, "Yes, and don't even THINK about putting another sticky badge on there".

As for the E-Type girl, I can hear my wife asking "Where do you think she got those shoes?"

 

When I first came to USA I was so confused as to why trucks had Chevrolet, Ford written in massive letters across the entire back. In Europe we had never seen anything like it- in fact, just the opposite, that was the era when if your Merc said 500sec on it, you took the badge off.

 

In the US you take the 320 badge off and put a 500 badge on so people don't know you couldn't afford the 500!