I don't have my front plate on which is required in illinois. So far cops don't seem to mind it too much. You can see about 1 in 20 cars in illinois don't bother with the front plate. I never heard of anyone getting ticketed while parked for it, but people I know who got them get them along with a speeding ticket, or at one of these "road side safety checks." I do not like the idea of drilling holes in the bumper and I don't want to pay $70 for that bolt on adapter, and I don't trust the "clip-on" method, so far I have been lucky...

 

Same here. No ticket as of yet in Illinois. Are you in Chicago? I thought I read that in Chicago, it was mainly the meter maids giving out the "no front plate" tickets. Guess that's why I've been lucky, I always garage it downtown.

 

I got 3 tickets at the same time 3 hours after getting my coupe. Speeding (65 in 55), window tint and no front plate. Total fines if I just paid them would have been $298. I went to court and the judge knocked the speeding down to $40 and threw out the tint and plate tickets. Total fine with court costs was $117.