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Offline Madeye1

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German Pressed Plates
« on: 21 June 2011, 14:36 »
i recently bought a Mk 5 Gti & it has pressed plates on it, they look the part but are the legal? :huh:
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Offline Rhyso

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #1 on: 21 June 2011, 14:41 »
If they are German style then no, they are not legal

Dubmeister do fully approved UK pressed plates  :smiley:

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/webshop/uk-legal-pressed-metal-plates/
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Offline Madeye1

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #2 on: 21 June 2011, 14:48 »
you 100% sure mate? cant be f**ked with a £60 fine lol, scotland police are right bad  :embarassed:
i just purcashed my private plate K7 BDE (kevin brodie) i was thinking if no i will get them done in german pressed aswell  :cool:

heres the car i bought

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2873017.htm
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Offline 2007GTI

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #3 on: 21 June 2011, 15:00 »
defo illegal in german font.

get legal!

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #4 on: 21 June 2011, 15:04 »
Quote from: Madeye1 on 21 June 2011, 14:48
you 100% sure mate? cant be f**ked with a £60 fine lol, scotland police are right bad  :embarassed:
i just purcashed my private plate K7 BDE (kevin brodie) i was thinking if no i will get them done in german pressed aswell  :cool:

heres the car i bought

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2873017.htm


Hunderds of threads and plenty of people who have had on the spot fines so yeah I'm 100% sure  :wink:

£30 for new plates or £60 fine and possible points on your license;  I'll let you do the maths
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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #5 on: 21 June 2011, 15:07 »
deffo illegal

add in if your running a private plate and gut tugged twice for illegal plates ( be it font, make, spacing , bolts etc etc ) they CAN and WILL remove the plate

if thats not bad enough, it could then end up on a Q plate

I know these things  :lipsrsealed:
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Offline 2007GTI

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #6 on: 21 June 2011, 15:11 »
always expect the worst, but a Q plate, seriously, where did you hear that?
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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #7 on: 21 June 2011, 15:13 »
from the nice polis man who was issuing me my 6th ticket for the same reg, albeit on the 4th vehicle.  :shocked: :lipsrsealed:

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #8 on: 21 June 2011, 16:15 »
He was just scaring you, that would be very heavy handed to issue a Q plate, you would have to be a serial offender (sounds like you are) to get such harsh punishment.

but then if you listen to some conspiracy people, we dont own our vehicles once registered on UK roads (says keeper not owner on V5 for instance) and same with plates, property of DVLA, so they can do what they flippin like eh?!

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Re: German Pressed Plates
« Reply #9 on: 21 June 2011, 16:18 »
very true, worst case scenrio, but hey, some people never learn,  :smug:
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