4D number plates - thoughts?
Discussion
InitialDave said:
I don't like them, and they seem to appeal to a certain type.
Though on the other hand, having spent the money on them, people do actually put them on their car rather than wedging then between the dashboard and windscreen, and having the raised letters means they aren't so easy to put tint film over.
Plus the font is usually legible and currently spaced.
So, while they seem to be in the category of number plates preferred by dicks, they're the least dickish variant.
But the thing is, the font is overly bold, characters are crammed together and from certain angles the numberplate therefore becomes completely illegible. As has been discussed, other countries seem to have one standard by which everyone abides. Here there are just so many options and it's something customisable.Though on the other hand, having spent the money on them, people do actually put them on their car rather than wedging then between the dashboard and windscreen, and having the raised letters means they aren't so easy to put tint film over.
Plus the font is usually legible and currently spaced.
So, while they seem to be in the category of number plates preferred by dicks, they're the least dickish variant.
captain.scarlet said:
Jeez they literally are everywhere, even on the most ordinary of cars. They look horrendous. It screams of 'desperate to improve my car but I don't know how'!
At least so it seems, they're on their way to being banned...thankfully.
Why are you thankful though? It doesn’t actually affect you in any discernible way at all. And why would the motive for having them be of any interest to you? At least so it seems, they're on their way to being banned...thankfully.
Mr lestat said:
My daughters bf has them on his car and I asked them to explain what makes them 4d, he said it’s because they are raised up, I pointed out that’s 3D and please explain what makes them 4d. He just looked at me blankly
4D because "3D" means the letters which are graphics made to appear like they're bevelled not just flat black.Both are total piles of crap.
Krikkit said:
Mr lestat said:
My daughters bf has them on his car and I asked them to explain what makes them 4d, he said it’s because they are raised up, I pointed out that’s 3D and please explain what makes them 4d. He just looked at me blankly
4D because "3D" means the letters which are graphics made to appear like they're bevelled not just flat black.Both are total piles of crap.
Krikkit said:
Mr lestat said:
My daughters bf has them on his car and I asked them to explain what makes them 4d, he said it’s because they are raised up, I pointed out that’s 3D and please explain what makes them 4d. He just looked at me blankly
4D because "3D" means the letters which are graphics made to appear like they're bevelled not just flat black.Both are total piles of crap.
Latest theory apparently is that the 4th dimension is not time, but something else that we can’t experience through our physical senses. No one can really explain what it is though, not even scientists in white coats with pens in their top pockets.
All we know for sure is it’s something very “special”.
All we know for sure is it’s something very “special”.
craigjm said:
Can we not just agree that in this context 4D is just marketing bulls
t because in terms of numberplates 3D had already been taken 20 years earlier
I saw them advertised on Facebook, where someone asked "what makes them 4d?".. Not sure if it was a serious question, by the seller came back telling them its just their marketing term..t because in terms of numberplates 3D had already been taken 20 years earlier
PBCD said:
bristolracer said:
Why are they 4d plates ?
Are they different from the 3d ones we had in the 70s ?
I don't see what all the fuss is about?
Are they different from the 3d ones we had in the 70s ?
I don't see what all the fuss is about?
jamei303 said:
This place does 5D plates: http://www.thenumberplatecentre.co.uk
Taken from that exceptionally well designed web page...
I will have to send that image to my local university so they can update their maths degree course. I'm sure they'll be pleased to learn what 4d and 5d really mean.
PH User said:
I wonder if people got all upset about that number plate when it 1st came out?!
4x posts from you on this one number plate thread alone insisting that 'Other people' are obsessed over THEIR opinion of number plates.Are you sure you don't just have an issue with other people not liking the same things as you?
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