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Mar 15, 2011 20:56:56 GMT
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...running these on the Caddy without another letter in the post from the plod?  |
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Mar 15, 2011 20:59:50 GMT
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give you 20 mins/15 miles, whatever comes first !
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Seth
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Mar 15, 2011 21:07:47 GMT
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give you 20 mins/15 miles/10 gallons, whatever comes first ! |
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Mike
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Mar 15, 2011 21:07:56 GMT
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I'd give it as long as it takes you to fit them and stand back to look at them. At which point Mr.Plod will be stood at the end of your drive ready to pounce. They would look quite good for those few short minutes you had them fitted though.
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speedy88
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Mar 15, 2011 21:51:49 GMT
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If it was mounted to a classic car doing the speed limit and only going to shows... months maybe. On something retro, avoiding potholes and driven by a someone young like me... 2 nanoseconds.
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Mar 15, 2011 21:56:25 GMT
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Not long. Reminds me of the whole vag craze of euro plates yes its a german car... Doesnt mean its still bloomin there |
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will
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Mar 15, 2011 21:56:55 GMT
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What is it now £30 fine for incorrect plates? Worth it I think  |
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Dez
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Mar 15, 2011 22:03:18 GMT
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probably longer than youd think.
large old yanks seem to get away with more in the no. plate dept than pretty much any other car, mostly cos 90% of rozzers don't know the letter of the law regarding them.
every american car ive owned has had states plates that don't come anywhere near being legal, and i never got pulled for them once.
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Mar 15, 2011 22:14:49 GMT
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Reminds me of the whole vag craze of euro plates I've got German font plates on my Benz (came with the car 18months ago and have never been off it) and have never had a tug for them. Passed the MoT no bother. Have been stopped in it many times for a variety of offenses (and section 59'd) but they've never been mentioned. |
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Mar 15, 2011 22:19:02 GMT
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The "German" plates I reckon are fine so long as you don't run fake insurance stickers, mis-spacing and "D" badges.
I have mixed feelings about non-spec plates. The thing with yank cars like this is you can't actually fit a standard UK plate on it. Even the square "4x4" type plates don't fit the recess.
You can get a vaguely UK legal looking perspex plate, basically a variation of the motorbike plate.
There is an excemption from some of the regs for cars like this.
I think it would be fine if I ran a "States plate" with no graphic. The car is from Illinois, so....
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Mar 15, 2011 22:20:46 GMT
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What is it now £30 fine for incorrect plates? Worth it I think used to be, now its £60  nice an easy way to get "the books" up, target motorists and squeeze out as much as possible from them and then seemingly put nothing back into the police force funding wise seein as when they are needed they are never there anyways, enough of that tangent plates look cool mate! |
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Mar 15, 2011 22:21:11 GMT
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Reminds me of the whole vag craze of euro plates I've got German font plates on my Benz (came with the car 18months ago and have never been off it) and have never had a tug for them. Passed the MoT no bother. Have been stopped in it many times for a variety of offenses (and section 59'd) but they've never been mentioned. I've had a tug for driving enthusiastically in the Escort with DIN plates on it and he didn't even mention them. I think it depends largely on your manner when dealing with them to be honest. |
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Mar 15, 2011 22:36:56 GMT
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ran my old van with states plates for 18 months with no problem  and this one used to get a bit hot with the front plate on so took it off and ran it for 2 years like it ;D  |
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Mar 15, 2011 23:21:01 GMT
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I've never run a front plate on my Tbird, it keeps falling off, and I drive 80-100 miles on average per week in that.
No one has notice. I have a US sized vintage plate on the rear, I actually preferred the basic look of it, rather than having the US font, or bordering letters
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Mar 15, 2011 23:55:30 GMT
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Had a rebel flag plate instead of a front numberplate on my General Lee (a year or so) and never got tugged. Probably more likely to get away with front plates than rear since for them to spot you they'd probably be going in the opposite direction.
I think funny plates on 'normal cars will get noticed, because they eye is automatically drawn to the thing it does not recognise, but an American car is a rare sight in itself.
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My dad used to drive his old pontiac around with US style plates for quite a while with no issues... But thats going back to the early 90s now....
If its for an actual reason (like the size of the hole issue with yours) then its needed, But i think the graphic would be pushing it... And if its a daily (still is i assume?) Then not worth drawing any more attention to it... Its allready gonna get looks being a caddy on uk roads....
If its just because the car came from X place then its a bit stupid .. IMHO.
i don't run german plates cos my car was built in germany...
My girlfriend doesnt run french ones because hers was built in france.....
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I'd just get one of those two line plates which use smaller fonts made up to the size of an American plate (12x6 inch). It's the right size for the recess, it won't get you pulled over as it looks right. If you've got a conspicuous-looking car, the last thing you want to do is give someone an easy excuse to pull it over.
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lizardking
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lose the graphics,go for 80mm letters,keep a set of bona fide legal plates in the boot and you should be fine unless it's a jobsworth plod
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I like them, but those are the NEW Illinois plates that I don't like (They came out in '01). When that car was new it would have had the 84-01 plates:  That design might also get you less grief from the rozzers. |
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My mate runs US style plates on his 2005 Mustang, he's got a magic bit of paper which is a print out of a clause in the MOT or something which he waves in front of the plod when he's pulled and it gets him off every time. something to do with the space available for the plates are too small for a regular UK spec one so he can run US style ones. I'll check with him and get back to you later on the subject if it is true/still viable.
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