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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: Madone_si on 11 December 2005, 23:02
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So does anyone know if I put German style number plates on my golf's will I get the old bill nicking me all the time?
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Depends how bored they are... I don't get any trouble, but then I hardly use my car!
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i drive mine daily and havent had any problems with them, been on the car for over a year now...although like dom says it depends if they are bored and what the cops are like in your area
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cool - best place to get them in the UK?
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www.dubmeister.co.uk is where i got mine but they are also on www.germanplates.com but they come from europe so dubmeister should be quicker.
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www.dubmeister.co.uk is where i got mine but they are also on www.germanplates.com but they come from europe so dubmeister should be quicker.
you would of thought so..... shame it's not true :rolleyes:
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Word of warning - next year the government is apparently gonna be cracking down on all non standard plates, or so I have read.............. :evil: :evil:
It's to do with the ANPR cameras (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) which at the moment are used for identifying cars with no tax/insurance. These cameras are due to be upgraded to double up as speed cameras and will be able to track vehicles by their number plate. ANPR cameras cannot read "show plates" (anything non-standard), therefore Big Brother Blair will be making such plates totally illegal.
Might be just hearsay, but I wouldn't be suprised at all, Blair does seem to be on a crusade against motorists............ :evil: :evil:
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I order my german plates from Dubmeister yesterday and they arrived today - :smiley: :smiley: on car now :smiley: :smiley:
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I have had them on both cars for a few months now - drive the polo daily and not a blink from the pigs :laugh:
Got mine from germanplates.com - can't fault the service, Ive had 3 sets, all arrived within a week of ordering!
I dont get the problem with ANPR cameras etc and german plates. Surely they have the same sort of cameras in germany (?) and the plates are reflective, eu marked i think?, easy to read and road legal in a country once run by Hitler :huh: :laugh:
I see quite a few illegible plates - thats what they should be cracking down on tbh :undecided: (owner of WIL8017 - squiggly letters made out so it says 'WILSON' f**king tightarse, get a proper numberplate :laugh:)
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Could i get away with them on a left hand car? :smug: Would not look out of place. :smiley:
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Do it. :smiley:
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I've been thinkin about this for a while, I came to the conclusion.. f**k it! Keep a spare set of standard uk plates in the boot and if the cops kick up a fuss just say you didnt realise it was illegal and change to the uk plates!. :)
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im gona have a set, with and keep a broke one in the boot... if i get pulled "yes, i am sorry officer, but my plate has broken and havent had time to purchase new ones yet"
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nah dont worry about it, at the end of the day, german plates have more or less the same sized and style of letters and numbers as a uk one
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anyone running white front and back plates?
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yeah they are more illegal and are more likely to get stopped for having white plates on the back
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How bout the german seal in the middle which looks a bit like a big red and blue hyphen.
Also if we go to Deutschland with these plates, would we get pulled for running them?
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I never got done with mine on there. even the white ones on the back. I removed them one night after I had to pull over when I friend got pulled over and thought it wouldn't play well if I still had them so ripped them off. I removed the front one this weekend. I like the GB ones now lol
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i,ve never been stopped for mine either. Again may be a rumour or the same reason as the ANPR camera's but i heard they are cracking down due to the congestion charge cameras in london not charging cars with foreign plates?? :grin:
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where can i get these done?
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^^^ erm ???
www.dubmeister.co.uk is where i got mine but they are also on www.germanplates.com but they come from europe so dubmeister should be quicker.
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no one? do halfords do them?
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^^^ erm ???
www.dubmeister.co.uk is where i got mine but they are also on www.germanplates.com but they come from europe so dubmeister should be quicker.
look at the quote mate and all will become clear :wink:
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Do halfords do them?! yeah, they're next to the garret t25 turbochargers.....
Yeah, just go thru dubmeister.co.uk, you might be able to get them from a number plate place, but to be honest, I doubt theres much of a demand for german style plates from chavs...they mainly just stock those awful script italic plates, eugh!
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Im tempted to buy some but they are expensive and how do white plates look on a blue car?
anyone got pics???
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Just bare in mind that they are illegal, and the fixed penalty can be between £30-£60. You'll also be pulled everytime you go passed an ANPR camera, and if the copper who pulls you is anything like the traffic cop i know - not only will he give you a fixed penalty, he'll rip the plates right off your car - then give you half an hour to arrange a tow before he tickets you for obstruction!.
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Im tempted to buy some but they are expensive and how do white plates look on a blue car?
:huh: probably like the front of your car at the moment :tongue: