Front number plate deleters - are you one?
Discussion
WarnieV6GT said:
1st thing the average chav does when he buys a car. I think it's great as it's perfect for spotting the tts and giving them a wide birth.
Yes it's helpful as pointer like the furry toys hanging off the back of the rear bumper, it's the reverse of cool, imagine having to explain it. What's your number plate doing on top of the dashboard? Cuz it looks well cool init...No.It's compulsory for every mouth breather in the Essex Badlands to have a front plate that's just fallen off Officer strategically wedged behind the nearside wiper blade in the precise position where it's impossible to read it.
Complete mystery to me how every singe one of these plates that have just fallen off Officer gets retrieved in one piece and aren't instead smashed to a zillion shards in the gutter. In many cases you can still see the neatly drilled holes where the self tapping stainless steel screws underneath tight fitting caps that were of course only just holding it on were.
Chav is as Chav does.
Complete mystery to me how every singe one of these plates that have just fallen off Officer gets retrieved in one piece and aren't instead smashed to a zillion shards in the gutter. In many cases you can still see the neatly drilled holes where the self tapping stainless steel screws underneath tight fitting caps that were of course only just holding it on were.
Chav is as Chav does.
Initforthemoney said:
I think I travel a fair amount of miles during the weeks and I must admit I have never seen one.
I suppose it could be area dependant.
Never seen a missing front plate either.I suppose it could be area dependant.
My bugbear is cycle carriers, trailers etc, where the rear number plate is; obscured, missing, does not match car, or unlit. Usually touring holiday makers, rarely locals.
DuraAce said:
My current hire car (Canada) doesn't have one as its not required.
I do think the car looks better without it but I'd never remove it if it was a legal requirement - that just makes you a bit "special".
Not required on the back either in Vegas, or so I assume given the amount of cars I see without them when I'm there. I only recall seeing a few vehicles with front and rear plates in Nevada, and bizarrely one of them was a RHD E46 330ci on UK "52" plates! I do think the car looks better without it but I'd never remove it if it was a legal requirement - that just makes you a bit "special".
sparks_190e said:
No I'm not. Although I wish front plates weren't necessary, as cars do for the most part look better without them.
Can't say I've seen a car yet that looks better without a plate. They are designed to have a space for a plate so when you take it away it looks fking stupid.
Some cars certainly look better without a front number plate (ETypes spring to mind). As a biker I’ve always wondered why motorcycles don’t need a front number plate. I’m old enough to remember when it was compulsory for motorbikes to display a front number plate (though as they were aligned on the longitude of the front mudguard I’m not sure how useful they were).
Edited by JeffreyB on Saturday 7th September 16:40
Some cars certainly look better without a front number plate (E-Types spring to mind). As a biker I’ve always wondered why motorcycles don’t need a front number plate. I’m old enough to remember when it was compulsory for motorbikes to display a front number plate (though as they were aligned on the longitude of the front mudguard I’m not sure how useful they were).
Edited by JeffreyB on Saturday 7th September 16:42
ToothbrushMan said:
Seems to be largely Audi drivers of S-line S and RS flavours (and the debadged diesels that are just sporty lookalikes) and I dont quite follow their thinking - it is because they think they own some kind of show car and they have to have the front of the car looking cleaner than the rest of us? Sometimes you might see the front plate inside resting on the top of the dashboard. I dare say it stays there until the feds pull them up and they say "sorry officer it fell off earlier and I will stick it back on".
It's because they prefer the look of the front of the car without it.Of course you follow the thinking; you're being obtuse. Which is fine, but be proudly obtuse.
DaveH23 said:
Can't say I've seen a car yet that looks better without a plate.
They are designed to have a space for a plate so when you take it away it looks fking stupid.
For the UK, then yes. They are designed to have a space for a plate so when you take it away it looks fking stupid.
For overseas markets where front plates are not required then the number plate mounting plinth/bumper cut outs are often fitted with smooth bumpers by the manufacturer.
sparks_190e said:
Not required on the back either in Vegas, or so I assume given the amount of cars I see without them when I'm there. I only recall seeing a few vehicles with front and rear plates in Nevada, and bizarrely one of them was a RHD E46 330ci on UK "52" plates!
When you buy a car in the US it can take a few days for the plates (tags) to be made.You're supposed to use a dealer plate in the interim but most people don't bother and just drive without any.
Steve Jobs used to run around in a car (big Mercedes?) with no plates. Someone dug into how he was able to do that, and it turned out to be quite simple - there was a grace period for newly registered cars in which you could drive without a plate fitted.
He just got a new car every couple of months.
He just got a new car every couple of months.
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