Covering/blanking/hiding car reg in adverts
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Car could be cloned via someone simply seeing it in a car park.
I sold my car a few weeks ago and the reg was visible.
I guess the skeletons in the closet thing is a good point. However, I've seen a few cars for sale recently in 'great condition' with the reg on show. Quick MOT check makes you run a mile (one had buggered tyres, weepy power steering, corrosion underneath, coolant level low, coolant level sensor removed and leak of coolant).
I did see a Honda last week that had the reg hidden. Spoke to the seller, got the reg, checked it out and found out it had subframe corrosion.
I sold my car a few weeks ago and the reg was visible.
I guess the skeletons in the closet thing is a good point. However, I've seen a few cars for sale recently in 'great condition' with the reg on show. Quick MOT check makes you run a mile (one had buggered tyres, weepy power steering, corrosion underneath, coolant level low, coolant level sensor removed and leak of coolant).
I did see a Honda last week that had the reg hidden. Spoke to the seller, got the reg, checked it out and found out it had subframe corrosion.
funkyrobot said:
Car could be cloned via someone simply seeing it in a car park.
Say you've just pinched a 2008 BMW 335i in grey, and want to stick another plate on there to drive it down to Birmingham where Jonboy is waiting for you so he can strip it for parts. Wouldn't it be good if you could go on some Auto Trading website, stick in the car, the colour, the year, and find a reg?
That's why some people do it. I don't think it's necessary myself.
dannyDC2 said:
Say you've just pinched a 2008 BMW 335i in grey, and want to stick another plate on there to drive it down to Birmingham where Jonboy is waiting for you so he can strip it for parts.
Wouldn't it be good if you could go on some Auto Trading website, stick in the car, the colour, the year, and find a reg?
That's why some people do it. I don't think it's necessary myself.
It wouldn't be any colour other than grey, black, white, or Estoril Blue, would it. Wouldn't it be good if you could go on some Auto Trading website, stick in the car, the colour, the year, and find a reg?
That's why some people do it. I don't think it's necessary myself.
I would do this in future.
Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
Sump said:
C70R said:
funkyrobot said:
Why do people do this?
To help me quickly highlight cars in which I have no interest, I presume...?Bennet said:
As that thread mentions there is supposed to be restrictions on number plate manufacturers to make records of plate sales and check that the buyer is entitled to it. I know a few manufacturers in Ireland, but I have now bought two sets of plates from different sellers on eBay without having to prove anything, and both sets were shipped from the UK. They weren't attempting a show plate exemption either - the listings specify they are 100% road legal" and that they don't make anything that doesn't comply.Obviously this is all irrelevant to anything but the most clueless car cloner - I'm sure most people could get a plate made in person without documents if we needed one.
Edited by Gareth79 on Wednesday 19th October 16:38
aspen said:
I would do this in future.
Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
But it's just as easy for someone to walk round a supermarket car park and do the same. Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
ecsrobin said:
aspen said:
I would do this in future.
Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
But it's just as easy for someone to walk round a supermarket car park and do the same. Recently had both cars stolen from the drive and they had cloned plates ready to go on. The plate for mine came from a car some poor guy had just bought after seeing it advertised online. It is very easy to go on the classifieds here or on Autotrader and search for the right make, model and colour and then they can drive right through any ANPR cameras.
On my mission to look for a good Bongo (since found out that no such thing exists. They all drive like 1980s Transits), I found a local dealer on eBay. Every advert had a blanked out plate.
So I googled him. Lots of feedback about rotten Bongos 'professionally under sealed' and sold to punters who didn't check the MOT history.
If I see an advert with the plate blanked or covered, I ignore and move on to the next in the list.
So I googled him. Lots of feedback about rotten Bongos 'professionally under sealed' and sold to punters who didn't check the MOT history.
If I see an advert with the plate blanked or covered, I ignore and move on to the next in the list.
hornetrider said:
b) Cloning risk
This one always makes me laugh. Unless you leave your car locked in a garage and never drive it the "cloning risk" occurs every time you take the car out. Registration numbers are not some kind of state secret.And what exactly is the "risk" in "cloning risk"????
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