German Plates and the Law

[Witchwood]

A bit of Googling found this site:

http://www.classic-number-plate.com/3D-vision-number-plate.html

Not German, but pressed metal and BS AU 145d compliant.

[JC]

oh well looks like i am a vain c0ck 

i certainly got some vains in me c0ck anyway 

[kells]

i have been in court over illegal plates on my other car, i basically had a tiny plate on the front, had countless run'ings with the law over it, and became on first name terms with certain police officers  

i had loads of fines but to cut a long story short i got sent to court, got a 250 quid fine and that was it, i now have a slightly larger plate on the car now, relocated to inside the modified bumper (hard to explain but not as obvoius to notice its a smaller plate in this location) it also has the exact lettering as a legal plate so its hard to tell its not actually legal if this makes any sense haha, iv never had no trouble with this plate on

as for atlering how the plate reads, no matter what you do, you will get pulled at some point, iv been stopped in the golf and told the plates are not legal, this is the golf in my sig, apparently they dont have a BS mark and number engraved on them...but i got round this as its only law on cars built from 2001   


As for german plates, i think they look gash, and as im not in germany, or a german i just dont see the point but its each to their own aint it

[cняis]

my problem is with this:

why do show plates cost 1/2 what legal plates cost?

they are still reflective and last as long.

[LazyLunatic]

never considered private plates, waste of money really. If you want good looking plates, its style not what it reads. But after reading this post it seems that you cant style them really! So standard plates for all

I want pressed plates, or ones that have no sh!ty writing underneath. I do think that nice looking plates make a difference, but what the letters are - i dont care.

I do have a confession though, first time i saw my plate, i did think what it read, even though it is standard.
The car was advertised as £895 - P895  and the last 3 letters UFR - you f***er

LL

[Ant]

Thought I'd post this answer from DVLA about 3D plates.

Are 3D characters allowed?

Registration numbers and letters must be black and non - reflectable. 3D characters are allowed provided the number plate complies with the British Standard specification (BS AU 145d).

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/numberplateinfo.aspx

[Llewellyn]

I want pressed plates, or ones that have no sh!ty writing underneath. I do think that nice looking plates make a difference, but what the letters are - i dont care.

You can get totally legal plates with very faint BSU marks and all the other codes you need to have.

[jv]

Nice research work Witchwood

[Martz]

Good discussion guys. I have 2 private plates one is the DYK and the other relates to me, which I don't need to explain. Private plates look good when used in the correct context. Vein tos5ers, maybe so, but not chavvy when tastefully done. MAG1C as used by Paul Daniels is excellent! There are loads out there. My mate in Oz has the ultimate plate, just his initials JFK looks unique and works well for his business. W3RKD is another example for the businesses that use them over here. I can't understand why personal plates bother people so much? Get a grip, it's just a few letters and numbers that register/link a car to the owner.

Anyway, DYK is for sale at the moment so if there are any................................................................. well you know who you are, get in touch.

[edpryce]

i Know a lot of people that have private plates because they aren't vain.

To me, brand new cars with the latest plate out screams vanity a lot louder then a plate that identifies it as your car.

A private plate avoids "keeping up with the jones's" and prevents people from judging you on how new your car is.

Obviously with older cars it is more obvious that they are not the latest model, but the reasoning behind a private plate is still the same.