Can dealers really get your plates faster?

Why would you be in such a rush to get plates? I've never heard of such a thing. :blink:

 

<_< Don't know about CA, but in TX the Dealer sends their courier down with multiple license requests and it takes a few days to get the metal plates to replace the temporary paper tags. I would say I'd get the permanent plates quicker letting the Dealer handle it.

 

That's what my $45 DMV fee is for. I got my plates the day I pick up my car. They do all the DMV paper work for me.

 

I had my car for at least two weeks before I got the plates. So be patient, that is what the temporary plate is for.

 

I've seen it several ways.

If there is lead time before you pick up the car, the dealer can have the plates waiting along with registration.

The dealer can fill out the paperwork and the plates are mailed to you.

And in DC I can pick up the car, go to the DMV office and get the plates myself right on the spot, and not pay the dealer their 'registration fee'.

Just depends on if you want them to do it or if you're the do it yourself kind.

Or, I suppose, if you want specific vanity plates.

 

I was really impressed when I bought my 2002 last month. I got the plates while I was at the dealership and they even put them on for me before I left the lot.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(subarutoo @ Aug 1 2006, 03:14 PM) [snapback]295814[/snapback]</div>

The CA folks are in a hurry to get plates so they can get their HOV-lane stickers before they run out. Ironic because, here in CT, they put the plates on the car when we bought it (and handed us the registration). I'm not totally sure how it works, but my guess is that they have a pile of license plates in the back room and they use some DMV-connected computer to associate the new VIN with the plates.

 

Interesting. Here in Georgia, dealers charge a premium of about $200 for registration & plates. Instead, since I traded my old car in, I told them to leave it off, and when the registration went through I paid $22 to transfer my tag from the old car to the Prius.

Not that it matters, it was a vanity plate, but this process works for all plates in Georgia, and apparently some other states, as well.

 

The dealer I bought from had an electronic link with the DMV...was very critical for me to get the Clean Fuel plates in VA before the deadline of 30 June 2006...drove off in less than an hour with permanent plates on the car...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mikel 52 @ Aug 1 2006, 03:06 PM) [snapback]295848[/snapback]</div>

Same here. I was surprised, but I left the dealership with actual plates, not temp tags.

And I wasn't on a waiting list beforehand - I walked in, said "I want this car", did the paperwork, and took it home.

 

I am in PA and drove away from the dealership with my plates on my car...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Betelgeuse @ Aug 1 2006, 01:13 PM) [snapback]295853[/snapback]</div>

You don't need plates in California to get the freeway stickers. Mine arrived 4 days before I got the plates. I just put "New car-no plate" on the form, and sent it in. All they need is the VIN, which should be on the bill of sale. I had seen several cars with paper dealer plates, and freeway stickers, so I just sent mine in. No big deal, just get the VIN + $ 8.00 and you're cruisin! B)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(subarutoo @ Aug 1 2006, 10:56 PM) [snapback]296119[/snapback]</div>

You were REALLY lucky subarutoo...many of us had the apps bounced back w/out a plate #.

 

So far, it looks like an Illinois thing.

I was in working on the paperwork for the car and the guy pulled out a set of the metal plates from his drawer, ran the Year/Month sticker through his printer and by the time we drove off the lot, they had them installed on the car.

 

the same when I bought my Prius..I was happy not to have go to DMV

 

When we picked up both the '02 and the '04 we left the dealer with our plates on. Not every dealer in Maryland does that but ours was able to do it. I needed to have plates on the car to register it on Ft. Meade and get my DoD stitcker so I could easily get on post. Later I turned my plates in for the Save the Bay ones and I had to do that at the MVA.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mastergunnera8 @ Aug 1 2006, 06:10 PM) [snapback]295952[/snapback]</div>

That's the same thing I did. The car just hit the lot 1 hour before I arrived. I test drove it and took it home with plates on it. First time this has ever happened to me.

 

i like the look of temp tags better than metal ones