Asking the dealer not to drill and actually having them remember is going to be the trick...
Another scofflaw in Texas here...20 years w/o a front plate. I see plenty of cops and their civilian cars w/o plates, so why should we bother? Only hassled twice in those 20 years too.
"Supposedly" Texas is reconsidering the requirement as we speak.
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Sign this while you're at it:
http://www.petitiononline.com/txplate/petition.html