Is it worth putting Perma Plate on a new car when the dealer (in this case, Toyota) charges $695 (which the dealers says is discounted from the regular $995)? Is this any better than a good occasional car waxing, and doesn’t the factory usually provide good basic finish protection? The dealer says P…

You might ask the charlatans at that dealership how “permanent” this bit of latter-day snake oil actually is. The name, Perma Plate, is intended to give one the impression that this incredibly expensive car wax is long-lasting, if not permanent. Ask for a written guarantee of its permanency. Mor…

It might be worth $6.95, or the cost of a can of auto wax, which is what Perma Plate is, but there’s no way on earth it’s worth $695. Another name for this is “Additional Dealer Profit,” which is all it is. The finish on your new Toyota can stand up to anything short of a low-yield thermonuclear b…

Oh, I forgot about undercoating. Thanks VDCdriver. The car is ALREADY rustproofed, as are all new cars. DO NOT let them tell you any different, or sell you additional rustproofing/undercoating. It will make the car MORE prone to rust.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the “perma plate” is already on the car and that they are just trying to get more money from you. I remember when I bought a Toyota T100 back in 1996 it had lojack already installed on it but they wanted to charge me $1000.00 to enable it. Anything offered to you after y…

Oh, I forgot about undercoating. Thanks VDCdriver. The car is ALREADY rustproofed, as are all new cars. DO NOT let them tell you any different, or sell you additional rustproofing/undercoating. It will make the car MORE prone to rust. I wish my uncle would have checked this forum before he did th…

I wouldn’t give a nickel for any of that stuff. When you get a scratch, all bets are off. Don’t park under trees with acorns. Maple trees branches snap off at the ends too.

Perma Plate is definitely worth it if you are the dealer. I actually don’t think they do anything different. I once sold a car to a guy where I made no profit on the sale and he was a pain in the butt to deal with. He goes into financing, gets an extended warranty (even though he will probably no…

I had a friend fall for this stuff. He was bragging about it after buying his new car. I told him to do some internet research and he became ill after reading the facts. He read the guarantee that came with it. It said something that if it ever failed to protect, the dealer would re-apply. So a…

Is Perma Plate worth the cost?

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Joseph_E_Meehan September 29, 2007, 10:32pm 3

It is nothing more than a wax job at best. It is a rip off like all the other stuff they try to sell you as you are buying a car. Don’t buy this or the extended warranty (which is really a very expensive insurance policy not a warranty) or the blinker fluid.

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Is Perma Plate worth the cost?

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