Who is running with no front plate

[throt]

Still no front plate on my new GT3,, anyone else..?..

Fines ,, who been nabbed. Was it Taffy that had to cough up 100£.

Tia..

[gwsinc]

I have a front 'plate' on the Cayman, but its a vinyl sticker. Not strictly legal but doesn't raise any eyebrows as is flat enough to look like a plate from a couple of meters away, and fully reflective. It keeps the bumper looking nice and sleek, and only £5 from ebay. Haven't MOTd it yet so will see what they say when the time comes...

May be a consideration for you so you don't have to drill any holes into the bumper.

[Heartworm]

I've done 13500 miles in my mustang without one and never had it mentioned. Dealer never fitted it and I've never got round to it. Only person to say anything was the dealer when it went in for a service so i told them it was in the boot fell free they never fitted it in delivery!

[hunter 66]

Need one in London ........... to help resist the Horse box tow Bar of the Chelsea tractor...

[Taffy66]

throt said:

Still no front plate on my new GT3,, anyone else..?..

Fines ,, who been nabbed. Was it Taffy that had to cough up 100£.

Tia..

Guilty your honour as charged..It was indeed a £100 fixed penalty notice.A lot of GT Porsches delivered recently are with no front plate, so quite common..
TBT the copper who booked me has gained notoriety in our part of the world for being an arsele and has booked pretty much everybody in the locality for very minor motoring offences.He's continually being moved from one station to the other as all the other cops are sick to death of him..

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[Tony 1234]

Any recommends for suppliers of stick on plates? looking to have one on my next main car, I'm not brave enough to use my car without a plate

[kevs 172]

Taffy66 said:

Guilty your honour as charged..It was indeed a £100 fixed penalty notice.A lot of GT Porsches delivered recently are with no front plate, so quite common..
TBT the copper who booked me has gained notoriety in our part of the world for being an arsele and has booked pretty much everybody in the locality for very minor motoring offences.He's continually being moved from one station to the other as all the other cops are sick to death of him..

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Interested to know why a ‘GT’ Porsche shouldn’t need one?

[Ducati0]

So much cleaner without front plate. No pulls yet !!

[throt]

kevs 172 said:

Interested to know why a ‘GT’ Porsche shouldn’t need one?

You get an extra 3k on resale

[throt]

Ducati0 said:

So much cleaner without front plate. No pulls yet !!

No pulls for me either..

Your car is fab too....

[kevs 172]

Taffy66 said:

Guilty your honour as charged..It was indeed a £100 fixed penalty notice.A lot of GT Porsches delivered recently are with no front plate, so quite common..
TBT the copper who booked me has gained notoriety in our part of the world for being an arsele and has booked pretty much everybody in the locality for very minor motoring offences.He's continually being moved from one station to the other as all the other cops are sick to death of him..

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Interested to know why a ‘GT’ Porsche shouldn’t need one?

[Cheib]

Tony 1234 said:

Any recommends for suppliers of stick on plates? looking to have one on my next main car, I'm not brave enough to use my car without a plate

Highgate House...they'll even put the supplying dealer and postcode on it for you which in theory it's supposed to have

[BrntRubber]

Cheib said:

Highgate House...they'll even put the supplying dealer and postcode on it for you which in theory it's supposed to have

Did Highgate House also supply the 911R stripes? Thinking of getting some for my touring.

[BrntRubber]

2RS, 3RS and Touring with no front plates. Car looks so much better from the front. Only a few hundred miles on each though so too early to tell if I will get grief living in London

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[DT398]

Tony 1234 said:

Any recommends for suppliers of stick on plates? looking to have one on my next main car, I'm not brave enough to use my car without a plate

DMB graphics can also do them. GT cars look best with a vinyl front plate on imho. The regular plate and plinth does spoil the lines of the front end a bit but stick on vinyl looks great.

It’s all a bit Max Power leaving the front plate off imho, and just seems a bit attention seeking. I mean, the car will “look better” without the clutter of a rear plate too, so why not go the whole way and leave that off too?

[Cheib]

BrntRubber said:

Did Highgate House also supply the 911R stripes? Thinking of getting some for my touring.

Yes. They do a whole host of colours. Rick really knows his stuff.

[S3RPM]

There's no denying the car looks better without a front plate. I'm amazed but happy to hear that quite a few people seem to enjoy plate free motoring with out getting hassled by the nanny state.

I'm interested to know if any one has been through Average Speed camera zones and how that works. Would the cameras flag up that they couldn't read a plate and so have a real person look further into it? I think they only use forward looking cameras, unless any one knows better! Or how about the Dartford crossing, or the M6 toll road.... any experiences to share?

I'm not brave enough to run without a front plate so I went with a stick on front plate and graphics from Rick at Highgate House. Can't say enough good things about him, without a doubt this is how 'distance selling' should work. Not often you come away from speaking to a company with a smile on your face, but I did, he talks you through every detail so you know exactly what to expect.

The vinyl plates are definitely the best comprise between no plate and the ugly plinth. Doesn't ruin the lines too much in my opinion.

[Wacky Racer]

No excuse for running without a front plate, you can't make the law up to suit yourselves. Number Plates are there for a reason.

I also feel the same about people who alter the spacing on the letters to make up some stupid word.

A £1000 fine would make them think twice.

[SkinnyPete]

What answer would you give if you were stopped by police for no front plate? I'm happy to be corrected, but you'd have to convince the officer that it "just fell off" in order to get away with a small fine. If they suspect you are doing it to evade motoring offences then that is a different issue, I have seen on police TV shows were an offender has to leave their car at the side of the road until a number plate gets affixed.

Not disagreeing with running no front plate just genuinely interested, I'd run with no front plate but my bumper has been drilled.

Wacky Racer said:

A £1000 fine would make them think twice.

Do you think a £1000 fine would put people off who can afford a GT3? Probably 2-3 days wages at most.

[Connectors]

I must be in the minority, I think they look better with the stick on plate, without a plate they look like they’re in a dealers lot waiting to be registered.

SkinnyPete said:

Probably 2-3 days wages at most.

Made me chuckle.