I feel sorry for you 458 owners....

[SpeedYellow]

As I've just been done for this being an illegal front numberplate!



And yes the plate really is '3 OCT' so no I haven't changed spacing or anything, it's just a bit shorter length wise so it fits in the gap! Been on there a long time now as well!

[sinizter]

What was illegal about it ?

Not enough space above and below the characters ?

[SpeedYellow]

All the fixed penalty notice says is missing, defaced or obscured numberplate....

[isuk]

That doesn't look illegal. The rules are here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedR...

I'd measure it and if it's in tolerance contest the fine.

[SpeedYellow]

Having checked it is 7mm too narrow top to bottom, everything else is good, amazing to pick that up from a scamera photo though... oh well...

Just be careful all of you with smaller plates with small characters, seems they are looking for absolute compliance now.

[marc777]

I have a plate of similar length on my Quattroporte but regular height - my conceern is that i do not have the garage name and postcode that issues the plate - they are thereforre bought as "show plates". do you have the issuer's name and address? Or might that be the reason you got the ticket?

Car looks lovely BTW

Marc

[Legacywr]

SpeedYellow said:

Having checked it is 7mm too narrow top to bottom, everything else is good, amazing to pick that up from a scamera photo though... oh well...

Just be careful all of you with smaller plates with small characters, seems they are looking for absolute compliance now.

You probably made thier day!

[simonspider]

Spoilsports. So is this plate illegal then?

[Rods]

SpeedYellow said:

All the fixed penalty notice says is missing, defaced or obscured numberplate....

Camera wont catch 458 owners as most don't have a front plate

[UH-Matt]

I just had my front "short" plate done. It is totally legal as it has the right margins all the way, standard spacing and font, and the postcode and BS mark on the bottom, it is basically just a few inches shorter left to right as I only have 5 characters, got it from ebay:

[RTS95]

UH-Matt said:

I just had my front "short" plate done. It is totally legal as it has the right margins all the way, standard spacing and font, and the postcode and BS mark on the bottom, it is basically just a few inches shorter left to right as I only have 5 characters, got it from ebay:

You need to replace your Lambo only parking sign

[Legacywr]

simonspider said:

Spoilsports. So is this plate illegal then?

Great car, the plate looks cheap though!

[Pork]

RTS95 said:

You need to replace your Lambo only parking sign

Matt, can you pop a link up to who supplied those? I've yet to get plates I'm properly happy with and they look good.

[P101]

I went without a front plate on my Gallardo for about 6 months, got stopped loads of times, but just got told that I ought to have a front plate. Eventually I got the copper from hell who gave me a £60 fine. I have the plate back on now as I cant be arsed with the aggro.

[UH-Matt]

Pork said:

RTS95 said:

You need to replace your Lambo only parking sign

Matt, can you pop a link up to who supplied those? I've yet to get plates I'm properly happy with and they look good.

I paid a little bit over the odds for my short one, from this ebay seller as it was easy, what I wanted, and good quality. Also some other places didnt add their postcode/bs number on short plates..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

[Adz man]

I've been told and I'm surprised no-one has already said this but if you have your front plate IN the car then you cannot legally be done for it as it's "just fallen off".

[Pork]

UH-Matt said:

I paid a little bit over the odds for my short one, from this ebay seller as it was easy, what I wanted, and good quality. Also some other places didnt add their postcode/bs number on short plates..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Thanks Matt, much appreciated.

[SpeedYellow]

Cheers for that, will get one ordered as 7mm too small now seems to be a criminal offense!

[Geoffcapes]

Not a fan of this.

simonspider said:

Spoilsports. So is this plate illegal then?

But is it any worse than this?

[Beefmeister]

Christ, that ^^^ looks awful.