Number Plates

[nomoregravy]

Ok,

a geniune question:

Why do people blank out the number plates when they take photos of cars and post them on PH? From what i can tell it only provides a distraction from the actual photo, and always makes them look crap. Im probably missing something here.

Matt

[rico]

2 reasons:

1) if someone has the same car, they could get a plate made up and go for a high speed hoon and you get the speeding tickets

and more importantly:

2) with exotics, there is a huge market for stolen-to-order cars that get shipped east. It's easy to get the registered address from a numberplate. £5 to the DVLA i believe.

You're probably thinking, "but i can see cars on the road", true, but its a LOT easier to see pics of supercars on a website and use these numberplates to locate the owners.

Overall - better to be safe than sorry

[dcw@pr]

for trackdays its courtesy - sometimes people can get in insurance/warranty trouble for going on track and I don't want the source to be traced back to me!

[agent006]

If your Mrs thought you were away poking your secretary and she found out you'd actually been on a trackday after she saw a pic of your car on the 'net then you'd be in big touble.

[GetCarter]

agent006 said:

If your Mrs thought you were away poking your secretary and she found out you'd actually been on a trackday after she saw a pic of your car on the 'net then you'd be in big touble.

I just clone white to remove one or two letters - plate looks normal, chavs don't nick me cars.

[dcw@pr]

rico said:

2 reasons: 1) if someone has the same car, they could get a plate made up and go for a high speed hoon and you get the speeding tickets

that's a good idea - why don't we swap plates since we have similar cars then we will always have an alibi for the other's offences

[jeremyc]

nomoregravy said:

From what i can tell it only provides a distraction from the actual photo, and always makes them look crap. Im probably missing something here.

Alternatively you could see it as an opportunity to insert your own logo/branding/watermark on every car photo you take.

Simply put the 'NoMoreGravy' mark over the 'plates.

[luca brazzi]

jeremyc said:

nomoregravy said: From what i can tell it only provides a distraction from the actual photo, and always makes them look crap. Im probably missing something here. Alternatively you could see it as an opportunity to insert your own logo/branding/watermark on every car photo you take. Simply put the 'NoMoreGravy' mark over the 'plates.

I've already suggested that to Nomoregravy

Great minds.......except mine's obviously that little bit greater
LB

[jeremyc]

luca brazzi said:

Great minds.......except mine's obviously that little bit greater LB

Ah yes, Mr. Iucacacacaca Brassy.

[Podie]

jeremyc said:

luca brazzi said: Great minds.......except mine's obviously that little bit greater LB Ah yes, Mr. Iucacacacaca Brassy.

jeremyc in "not quite the nicest man in the world, after nasty comment on PH!"

[luca brazzi]

Ouch, that was really cutting.

LB