Real Good Number Plates Vol. 6
Discussion
I saw a good one yesterday on a VW van.
XX15 URF
Not that amazing I grant you. But it made smile when I noticed it. Unassuming and understated.
I'm sure the temptation is there to space it incorrectly, but why? I don't care that the owner of this van surfs lol, but it still was a nice little discovery on what looked like a fairly standard plate. It sums up why misspaced plates are rarely good, it takes the fun out of it and is obvious to anyone that knows a little about plates that it's a fudge. If the plate was spaced stupidly to XX 1 5URF, it would completely ruin it.
XX15 URF
Not that amazing I grant you. But it made smile when I noticed it. Unassuming and understated.
I'm sure the temptation is there to space it incorrectly, but why? I don't care that the owner of this van surfs lol, but it still was a nice little discovery on what looked like a fairly standard plate. It sums up why misspaced plates are rarely good, it takes the fun out of it and is obvious to anyone that knows a little about plates that it's a fudge. If the plate was spaced stupidly to XX 1 5URF, it would completely ruin it.
Macron said:
As we're discussing tragedies and 1980's thick people's humour, UP U 51R (spaced in that manner) was certainly on a ropey S-Type not long ago. Heavily italicised to show how needy the driver was.
Also saw MUK 1 today, was on a FFRR last I saw, now in black and silver on a modern black and white Rolls. Appalling waste.
I used to own a 3 litre Capri in the 80s with the plate UP U2 58R and spaced that way by the previous owner, the original number I believe and not bought as a chav plate, still out there by some miracle according to the Gov. vehicle checker.Also saw MUK 1 today, was on a FFRR last I saw, now in black and silver on a modern black and white Rolls. Appalling waste.
Seen earlier 90V on a Porsche and HO15TED as in 'hoisted' on a pick up truck
Drew106 said:
I saw a good one yesterday on a VW van.
XX15 URF
Not that amazing I grant you. But it made smile when I noticed it. Unassuming and understated.
I'm sure the temptation is there to space it incorrectly, but why? I don't care that the owner of this van surfs lol, but it still was a nice little discovery on what looked like a fairly standard plate. It sums up why misspaced plates are rarely good, it takes the fun out of it and is obvious to anyone that knows a little about plates that it's a fudge. If the plate was spaced stupidly to XX 1 5URF, it would completely ruin it.
I'm not a betting man, but I'd say it's odd on that that plate was indeed spaced wrongly in the past.XX15 URF
Not that amazing I grant you. But it made smile when I noticed it. Unassuming and understated.
I'm sure the temptation is there to space it incorrectly, but why? I don't care that the owner of this van surfs lol, but it still was a nice little discovery on what looked like a fairly standard plate. It sums up why misspaced plates are rarely good, it takes the fun out of it and is obvious to anyone that knows a little about plates that it's a fudge. If the plate was spaced stupidly to XX 1 5URF, it would completely ruin it.
Some vehicles just attract mis spaced plates and a lot of the time, when I see them I know it'll have a butchered number plate on it.
LARK F1 GTR said:
I'm not a betting man, but I'd say it's odd on that that plate was indeed spaced wrongly in the past.
Some vehicles just attract mis spaced plates and a lot of the time, when I see them I know it'll have a butchered number plate on it.
VW T4/5s seem to often have illegal plates.Some vehicles just attract mis spaced plates and a lot of the time, when I see them I know it'll have a butchered number plate on it.
LARK F1 GTR said:
I'm not a betting man, but I'd say it's odd on that that plate was indeed spaced wrongly in the past.
Some vehicles just attract mis spaced plates and a lot of the time, when I see them I know it'll have a butchered number plate on it.
Absolutely, and of course the C124PPY plates thread is the perfect demonstrator of this as just in the real world if you see a butchered plate chances are it'll have either one of the aspirational German marques or some lumpen 4x4 attached to it. Some vehicles just attract mis spaced plates and a lot of the time, when I see them I know it'll have a butchered number plate on it.
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