Yellow number plates are ugly!

[swd80]

Does anyone else think yellow number plates on the back of cars look ugly? Whenever I see a foreign car with a black and white rear number plate, it always strikes me as to how much better they look.

German plates look particularly good IMO.

[LuS1fer]

No.

[300bhp/ton]

LuS1fer said:

No.

+1

[Hugo a Gogo]

just be glad you don't live in Holland

[Spare tyre]

300bhp/ton said:

LuS1fer said:

No.

+1

-1

[pti]

300bhp/ton said:

LuS1fer said:

No.

+1

Really? I think they're awful.

[Hugo a Gogo]

it's more the 'big print' font I don't like

[300bhp/ton]

pti said:

Really? I think they're awful.

I think it doesn't really matter. You can't legally not have them, and they have looked like this for 43 years.

[FamilyDub]

Belgian plates are pretty bad, but can't say I mind the yellow UK plates.

I do recall an issue of 'Fast Car' circa 1998/99 that a guy had a tuned Astra GSI and had a white/front plate on the rear and was just taking the fines because he preferred the way it looked.

[pti]

300bhp/ton said:

pti said:

Really? I think they're awful.

I think it doesn't really matter. You can't legally not have them, and they have looked like this for 43 years.

I think that wasn't the point. I don't think we had the beginnings of a revolution here. It was merely stated that they're not very attractive.

A point to which I agree and you obviously, do not.

[sparks_E39]

Our license plates are horrible. I like the USA and German plates. Ours are just plain ugly.

[300bhp/ton]

pti said:

I think that wasn't the point. I don't think we had the beginnings of a revolution here. It was merely stated that they're not very attractive.

A point to which I agree and you obviously, do not.

Many cars look odd with no numberplates on. Either a vast blank area, a recess or simply because we are accustom to seeing them.

On that basis, no I don't think the yellow plates are ugly. Maybe slightly large, but much more legible and easier to read than some foreign ones. And to be frank, they way cars are looking today for the most part, the number plate is the least ugly aspect.

For example, the lack of yellow plates hasn't suddenly made these pretty designs.

[OnistOssifer]

300bhp/ton said:

I think it doesn't really matter. You can't legally not have them, and they have looked like this for 43 years.

40 years, actually.

[Coldfuse]

I don't dislike them... but i do find them more difficult to read than the white and black ones.

[pti]

300bhp/ton said:

Many cars look odd with no numberplates on. Either a vast blank area, a recess or simply because we are accustom to seeing them.

No, I don't think the rear of cars looks good without a plate (fronts are a different story obviously). I would prefer a more neutral colour i.e. white and black all round. Obviously this would negate the differentiation but yellow doesn't sit well with most cars IMO.

The BMW you posted (albeit an ugly beast) looks better with a black and white plate on the back over a yellow and black.

All IMO of course.

[Dog Star]

I quite like ours; they're a very "clean" look. I liked the plate on the TVR in "Swordfish" in amongst all the US cars for example.

Nothing beats an Italian front plate though - they're about >|< that big

[BaronVonVaderham]

Not if you have a yellow car

[pti]

BaronVonVaderham said:

Not if you have a yellow car

Ah, the exception to the rule

[sparks_E39]

Dog Star said:

I quite like ours; they're a very "clean" look. I liked the plate on the TVR in "Swordfish" in amongst all the US cars for example.

Nothing beats an Italian front plate though - they're about >|< that big

There was a 52 plate E46 330 Sport convertible driving around Vegas when I was there in March, stood out a bit.

[jamesson]

Silver on black plates look so much nicer to my eyes. I wish cars from 1973 onwards were allowed to have them.