It’s so that people have a harder time saying “yes officer it was a Toyota Camry” unless they’re familiar with the body style enough to know it isn’t a Honda Accord without the markings. “A truck” is less descriptive than “A black Dodge Ram 1500.”
Look, avoiding Undercovers is half the reason I can tell a car by it’s headlights or taillights, so sorry Nissan Altima with paper plates, I can tell you’re a 2008 from 150m, day or night.
It’s so that people have a harder time saying “yes officer it was a Toyota Camry” unless they’re familiar with the body style enough to know it isn’t a Honda Accord without the markings. “A truck” is less descriptive than “A black Dodge Ram 1500.”
Even better if you put the badge of another car on it.
Look, avoiding Undercovers is half the reason I can tell a car by it’s headlights or taillights, so sorry Nissan Altima with paper plates, I can tell you’re a 2008 from 150m, day or night.
Not everyone is as adept. (And that Altima was probably recently purchased used, tbf lol).
Also I’ve seen a ~25yo undercover minivan with the paint half worn to primer in my area, that trick is less reliable here since 2010ish.