Dealers who use self-tappers to fit number plates - why?

[DonkeyApple]

beambeam1 said:

I'm staggered that to them it is still acceptable to just drill into the bodywork but doesn't surprise me given what I read in this thread last night.

Who cares? Next to no one picking up a new car will have that car three years later so it's not their problem. The dealer just wants to get the plates on as cheaply and quickly as possible. The employee doing the work doesn't care as they won't be at that dealership for much longer. The manager doesn't care as they don't plan to be at that awful job any longer than they have to be. And on top of no one caring, no one is going to notice. On top of no one noticing, no one is going to say or do anything even if they did.

There literally isn't anyone involved who cares, would notice or would ever say anything. It's usually an owner years down the line who notices the rotted out hole and even then they wouldn't normally care as it's just a shed on its last bit of work before being scrapped.

You, being a person who noticed the issue, were annoyed by the issue and then actually went and did something about the issue are an anomaly, or what the modern consumer society would call 'a massive fking weirdo'.

It's a very sad reflection of just how many have cared so little for so long about the small things that really matter.

[SteBrown91]

If I see a car for sale on autotrader and the plates have clearly been screwed in not using the correct holes on the boot I instantly discount it. Had cars before that this has been done and it left a right mess.

Front/rear bumper is less of an issue but the bootlid having holes in would really bug me