What C124PPY personalised plates have you seen recently?

[ashleyman]

I'm sure someone will be along to say it's legal but I saw it, noticed it was the wrong colours and thought it looked crap on what was actually a very nice car.

[B'stard Child]

vincegail said:

ashleyman said:

Please explain the crappiness of this plate? It's a Guernsey or Jersey plate I reckon? I think it's very stylish in black and silver, and can't see what could possibly be wrong with the number and letters combination?

I reckon you are wrong

✓ Taxed - Tax due: 01 April 2017

Vehicle details

Vehicle make PORSCHE
Date of first registration 06 April 2016
Year of manufacture 2016
Cylinder capacity (cc) 3800cc
CO₂Emissions 216 g/km
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Tax not due
Vehicle colour BLACK

[vincegail]

OK, not a Guernsey plate then. Although it's still stylish in my opinion, it's not in the right colours, and therefor c124ppy.

[B'stard Child]

vincegail said:

OK, not a Guernsey plate then. Although it's still stylish in my opinion, it's not in the right colours, and therefor c124ppy.

It's not c124ppy - it's just illegal

Traditional plates for vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973
Vehicles constructed before 1.1.1973 may display traditional style “black and white” plates i.e. white, silver or grey characters on a black plate.

The plate may or may not have been originally allocated to a vehicle constructed before 1/1/1973 but it certainly isn't now

[speedking31]

But to be fair it's difficult to tell the difference between a 2016 911 and one built before 1973.

[B'stard Child]

speedking31 said:

But to be fair it's difficult to tell the difference between a 2016 911 and one built before 1973.

Good point...... But I think Zenons might just give a clue

[MrReg]

B'stard Child said:

vincegail said:

OK, not a Guernsey plate then. Although it's still stylish in my opinion, it's not in the right colours, and therefor c124ppy.

It's not c124ppy - it's just illegal

Traditional plates for vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973
Vehicles constructed before 1.1.1973 may display traditional style “black and white” plates i.e. white, silver or grey characters on a black plate.

The plate may or may not have been originally allocated to a vehicle constructed before 1/1/1973 but it certainly isn't now

Not quite true any more.
It's on a rolling 40 years nowadays. In 5 years time cars from the 80s which never were able to be black and white will be able to display them legally!
https://insidedvla.blog.gov.uk/2015/11/17/whats-th...

[B'stard Child]

MrReg said:

B'stard Child said:

vincegail said:

OK, not a Guernsey plate then. Although it's still stylish in my opinion, it's not in the right colours, and therefor c124ppy.

It's not c124ppy - it's just illegal

Traditional plates for vehicles constructed before 1 January 1973
Vehicles constructed before 1.1.1973 may display traditional style “black and white” plates i.e. white, silver or grey characters on a black plate.

The plate may or may not have been originally allocated to a vehicle constructed before 1/1/1973 but it certainly isn't now

Not quite true any more.
It's on a rolling 40 years nowadays. In 5 years time cars from the 80s which never were able to be black and white will be able to display them legally!
https://insidedvla.blog.gov.uk/2015/11/17/whats-th...

Now that's a good find initially as it leads you to believe they are linking black and silver plates to historic tax status

However if you read the comments in response to a request for clarification

Tom Brearley said:

on 19/11/2015

Could you clarify the legal basis for the extension of black and white plates to all historic vehicles? As both a lawyer and the owner of a 1973 vintage car, I am probably more interested in this point than 'normal' people.

DVLA digital comms team said:

on 23/11/2015

Hi Jon,
You’re right - cars registered on or after 1st Jan 1975 cannot display a black and silver number plate.
There is a link to the tax class - for a pre 1975 vehicle to display a black and silver number plate the registered keeper must:
• have applied to DVLA, and
• be registered within the ‘historic vehicles’ tax class.
I should explain - the 40 year exemption date rolls forward automatically each year on 1 April.

[thecremeegg]

It was a GTS but still....

[yellowjack]

Ford Focus




BMW X5

[chasingracecars]

thecremeegg said:

It was a GTS but still....

But is it not a 718 and not a Boxster?

[anonymous-user]

chasingracecars said:

thecremeegg said:

It was a GTS but still....

But is it not a 718 and not a Boxster?

Grr this boils my piss. What's wrong with calling it a Boxster and not a bloody 718? I mean at least stick to 981 if you have to because that is similar to the 911!!!!!!!!

[piers1]

An altered and mispaced Disco

[AlexRS2782]

B17BBY on a black Range Rover in Sandhurst this afternoon. But that's a perfectly acceptable plate and not crappy you say?

True, apart from the front plate that read BOBBY. They'd achieved this by liberally curving both the 1 & 7 and pushing them right together so that it would resemble an O

Bonus points given for printing "Bobby" as part of the tagline along the bottom of the plate

[JamesRF]

[Jim AK]

JamesRF said:

Don't understand him really.

He has a lot of good plates on the vans, yet chooses to put that PoS on his own car.

Qualifies for Bad parking thread too with that picture........ Oh and the Knob thread too!!

[Zoon]

JamesRF said:

C114 RLE
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[Cliftonite]

piers1 said:

An altered and mispaced Disco

Read backwards, it says RETARD?

[thetapeworm]

[Zoon]

X 8RY B

Spaced exactly like that on a Mondeo.