Would you buy a car from a dealer that stuck a dealer (ad) plaque or sticker on cars? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

HitTheGas · 02-22-2012, 01:20 AM

Ok, you're shopping for a new FR-S or BRZ. You get the price you want, but you notice the dealer sticks hard plaques or super adhesive stickers to the back of all the cars w/ some gaudy dealer logo (e.g. BRANSON'S TOYOTA / SCION of Tempe).

Is this a deal breaker for you?

Why or why not?

Draco233 · 02-22-2012, 01:26 AM

in my case not really, I think every vehicle I owned or friends owned, I ended up removing them with goo gone, fingernail or fishing line carefully to not ruin the paint. Usually took all of 5 minutes to remove it. Then just to wash, clean and wax that area.

Capt Canuck · 02-22-2012, 01:31 AM

Wow... erm no... um because it is a little bitty sticker :-s
Goo-Gone = job done

Exage · 02-22-2012, 01:38 AM

My car came with a dealer sticker. Peeled the sticker off with my fingers, it took 10 minutes though. No glue or marks left...

old greg · 02-22-2012, 01:42 AM

My last two cars had dealer stickers/plaques. I asked the dealers to remove them. They did.

/Thread

CSSM · 02-22-2012, 01:46 AM

Oregon dealers do not do it thank goodness, but if they did then I would not be happy

KaliKev · 02-22-2012, 01:47 AM

Are they paying me to advertise for them? If not I will make them take it off. It will be my car, not theirs.

switchlanez · 02-22-2012, 01:55 AM

Not anywhere close to being a dealbreaker. It's messier removing tape residue from the sticker/info sheet stuck on the window. I'm guessing OP never debadged a car before.

Giccin · 02-22-2012, 02:06 AM

Goooo gone!

Dark · 02-22-2012, 03:50 AM

My hair dryer and Griot Polishing machine will take car of that.

HitTheGas · 02-22-2012, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by switchlanez

Not anywhere close to being a dealbreaker. It's messier removing tape residue from the sticker/info sheet stuck on the window. I'm guessing OP never debadged a car before.

i never had a car w/ one. but one of my friends bought a car in college w/ a dealer plaque. he tried to take it off, but the dealer had superglued it on.

he was not happy

Zaku · 02-22-2012, 07:55 AM

I've bought a car with dealer badge and sticker on the car before, and before I left after the car purchase I just ask them to remove it and usually they don't mind and do it. So lol just ask ....depends on what time of the day sometimes you have to leave the car over night. If you askn nicely XD so I selected

Something else.

Grimlock · 02-22-2012, 09:50 AM

I usually ask dealers not to put on the stickers or their license plate frames, since both will be tossed in the trash. I tell them so it saves them time and money, and it saves me time and aggravation. It also voices my displeasure with those kinds of ads.

It was much worse back in the days when some dealers would drill and rivet their plaques onto your cars.

HitTheGas · 02-22-2012, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimlock

I usually ask dealers not to put on the stickers or their license plate frames, since both will be tossed in the trash. I tell them so it saves them time and money, and it saves me time and aggravation. It also voices my displeasure with those kinds of ads.

It was much worse back in the days when some dealers would drill and rivet their plaques onto your cars.

Or superglue. I don't think it's possible to remove a superglued one w/o ruining the paint, or at the very least clearcoat.

View Poll Results: Would you buy a car from a dealer that stuck a dealer (ad) plaque or sticker on cars?
Yes, I'd buy it and leave it on; even if it is ugly.	2	2.41%
Yes, I'd buy it and try to take it off (risking paint damage).	32	38.55%
No, I'd refuse to buy it unless they didn't put one one. (wait for them get a new car)	32	38.55%
No, I would just walk off the lot and go shop elsewhere.	12	14.46%
Something else (specify in comments)	5	6.02%
Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

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Draco233 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier Location: NE, PA Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	in my case not really, I think every vehicle I owned or friends owned, I ended up removing them with goo gone, fingernail or fishing line carefully to not ruin the paint. Usually took all of 5 minutes to remove it. Then just to wash, clean and wax that area.

02-22-2012, 01:31 AM	#3
Capt Canuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: BMW E36 323is Location: Bay Area, NorCal Posts: 685 Thanks: 47 Thanked 72 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wow... erm no... um because it is a little bitty sticker :-s Goo-Gone = job done

02-22-2012, 01:38 AM	#4
Exage GL 86! Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: Maybe FR-S... maybe not Location: NA Posts: 356 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My car came with a dealer sticker. Peeled the sticker off with my fingers, it took 10 minutes though. No glue or marks left...

02-22-2012, 01:42 AM	#5
old greg Rocket Surgeon Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: PSM GGA OMG Location: FL Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 10 Thanked 141 Times in 84 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	My last two cars had dealer stickers/plaques. I asked the dealers to remove them. They did. /Thread

02-22-2012, 01:47 AM	#7
KaliKev FT86 News Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Drives: Toyota FJ Location: United States Posts: 385 Thanks: 3 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Are they paying me to advertise for them? If not I will make them take it off. It will be my car, not theirs.

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02-22-2012, 09:50 AM	#13
Grimlock Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: BRZ and NA Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 878 Thanks: 46 Thanked 270 Times in 167 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I usually ask dealers not to put on the stickers or their license plate frames, since both will be tossed in the trash. I tell them so it saves them time and money, and it saves me time and aggravation. It also voices my displeasure with those kinds of ads. It was much worse back in the days when some dealers would drill and rivet their plaques onto your cars.

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