Missing number plate
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colonel c

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8,058 posts

270 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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I've just noticed that my front number plate is missing. (probably fell off in a car wash frown)

Anyway what if any hoops will in need to jump through to buy a replacement. I seem to recall something about having to prove ownership of the car or whatever.


SGirl

7,924 posts

292 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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supermono

7,464 posts

279 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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I'd say it's more trouble than it's worth. If you get stopped you can pay 30 quid extra and get online to buy a plate for notmuch.

In the meantime you're less likely to get fleeced.

SM

FiveStar

760 posts

235 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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yeh AFAIK the big boy companies like halfrauds will want to see a V5 but take it to most backstreet places and i'm sure they wont ask for proof of ownership.

BertBert

21,340 posts

242 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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colonel c

Original Poster:

8,058 posts

270 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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Thanks guys.

Think I'll get one on line and save the hassle..smile

timskipper

1,306 posts

297 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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supermono said:
I'd say it's more trouble than it's worth. If you get stopped you can pay 30 quid extra and get online to buy a plate for notmuch.

In the meantime you're less likely to get fleeced.

SM
The front plate fell off my Navara after I indulged in a spot of impromptu brail-parking, and as an experiment I thought I'd leave it off and see how long it took for someone to send me STRAIGHT TO JAIL.

I drove past the Norfolk Police traffic HQ every day (near where I lived at the time) for about 2 months before I got bored of the experiment and put it back on again. Nobody gave a stuff it seemed.

Edited by timskipper on Thursday 3rd January 22:39

Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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timskipper said:
supermono said:
I'd say it's more trouble than it's worth. If you get stopped you can pay 30 quid extra and get online to buy a plate for notmuch.

In the meantime you're less likely to get fleeced.

SM
The front plate fell off my Navara after I indulged in a spot of impromptu brail-parking, and as an experiment I thought I'd leave it off and see how long it took for someone to send me STRAIGHT TO JAIL.

I drove past the Norfolk Police traffic HQ every day (near where I lived at the time) for about 2 months before I got bored of the experiment and put it back on again. Nobody gave a stuff it seemed.

Edited by timskipper on Thursday 3rd January 22:39
try it again past a ANPR van.

Negative Creep

26,140 posts

258 months

Thursday 3rd January 2008
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FiveStar said:
yeh AFAIK the big boy companies like halfrauds will want to see a V5 but take it to most backstreet places and i'm sure they wont ask for proof of ownership.
If they're made without documentation then they'll be sold for show or off road use only

Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Friday 4th January 2008
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Negative Creep said:
FiveStar said:
yeh AFAIK the big boy companies like halfrauds will want to see a V5 but take it to most backstreet places and i'm sure they wont ask for proof of ownership.
If they're made without documentation then they'll be sold for show or off road use only
they even have a nice sticker to say so. i know ive got one on one of my bikes.

streaky

19,311 posts

280 months

Friday 4th January 2008
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BertBert said:
Be advised that it has been reported in this Forum that a certain company mentioned in this thread as insisted on proof that the purchaser is the RK and that the addresses on all documents submitted as proof of identity (vehicle and RK) agree - Streaky

timskipper

1,306 posts

297 months

Friday 4th January 2008
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Hooli said:
try it again past a ANPR van.
An ANPR camera will just ignore it since it needs a registration number to read in the first place.

fish

4,064 posts

313 months

Friday 4th January 2008
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THe fancy plates are correct in every way except they don't state the BS number or the postcode of the manufacturer. You could if you wished put this in your text field at the bottom and it would then be fully legal

softtop

3,173 posts

278 months

Friday 4th January 2008
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timskipper said:
Hooli said:
try it again past a ANPR van.
An ANPR camera will just ignore it since it needs a registration number to read in the first place.
Is that why they all hang out outside of the van or is that for another reason?