"Bunch of savages in this town."

[madbaker]

Bonus points for correctly citing the movie quote.

The next-door neighbors spotted a couple of people milling around the back of the Highlander last night - they chased them off and then rang our bell, since they are Nice People and know it lives at our place. I had dumped my commedia bag in the back, so we figured they were trying to jimmy the door open to steal the bag.

Nope. They wanted the blank license plate frame.
So badly that they came back later, and unbolted the whole thing from the car.

I don't understand. While I am pleased that they (apparently) did no damage, I can't understand the appeal of a dealer-issued license plate frame and a piece of paper where the plate would be (if they had arrived yet).

Do they think that they can install this on their tricked-out Camry and pretend that it's a new car, thus avoiding registration fees? They didn't take the front one!

I just... don't get it.
Maybe I do need the I Aggro Drama T-shirt.

Comments

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

I would think that at first glance, someone would see that and not immediately check for a license plate, thereby giving them a few hours/days of grace for a car or something.

With a new car, isn't there a sticker that has to be displayed rather prominently in the window or lower part of the windshield or something to show that it is registered? I haven't bought a car in some time now, but ...

[rustmon.livejournal.com]

*nod*, but if you see that plate, and you don't automatically find it, you might not look for the other, unless you have a reason...

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Okay. I can see that, with everything going on, it's not too likely the police would be looking for all the details unless they had a reason to.