GRIZZ’s Chevy S10 - Random Rambling NEXT ROADTRIP 27/10/23

Agreed.




I had sub-48hr delivery on the caps.

What gets me, is that they will not actually refund the cash to my bank account.

I rarely order from them, always been fine.

However, I do vote with my feet and will do whatever I can, NOT TO SUPPORT THEM.

in the mean time, I am awaiting delivery of the used set from Texas.

No, you can't put a 51 plate on it, you cannot fit 'newer' plates than the date of first registration sadly. And if you split a '51' plate up like that anyway you'd probably get a right bumming off the Police, or MOT man at the very least.

Your van isn't really stand out obvious though, I wouldn't even give that second glance. But spacing the way Grizz wants to does unfortunately stand out like a sore thumb. However good it would actually look.

To not poopoo on your parade too much, here are all the registrations held by DVLA for sale with 'USA' if that is helpful LINKY

R14NSS

S10TRK

As for who makes the plates I got mine from State Plates. Pretty good.

P.

Hope it eases soon ...

So, I was going to ask the question in a thread of its own, inviting the knowledgeable and jobsworths...... nothing wrong with them, one just needs to choose the level of risk you are prepared to take on.


In the ongoing dilemma of spending £300.00 of my hard earned, and safely stashed English pounds, which are about $420.00 of those American Dollars we love to spend on our toys.....


I may have come to the crossroads of spending, having to decide if spending the cash on a vanity style personal plate as shown below is worth it, or does one stash the cash.


Another question for the Legal, MOT and Police types on here, is whether firstly, an American style plate as shown below, is permissible on an IMPORTED TRUCK which this is, with space for an American,license plate.

OR

Does one stick to the English style, as fitted at this moment, with a slight edit on the top line of two, so it reads S10 0 and TRK on the lower line.

As my one mate suggested, as long as the Dartford tunnel ANPR cameras, and police patrol car mounted ANPR cameras can read and interpret it, surely, the fact you,are in a bad mood and did not get laid for a week, should not really come into the argument




I have sent an email to States-Plates whom Paul Y recommends to see if they would be prepared to space the second 0 a 1/2 space from the first one and the T which would optically allow you to read it as S10 0 TRK as shown.




All such silly, vain stuff, but hey...... it beats betting on horses, and crack cocaine and $5.00 hookers.


Or does it?

So basically, you still can't legally use those US plates because they don't conform to the standards of UK license plates. The size is fine, it's the style and size of the letters that is the issue. HOWEVER my personal feelings are that you are going to be a LOT less likely reprimanded for those plates than making a plate into a weird spaced combo (in the eyes of the law, not me) as it's kind of expected to have 'American' style plates on an American car.

Thanks timbo

Really useful information.

As you say, I need to read, interpret and execute accordingly and never claim ignorance of the law.



What I saw and liked was this.



Tricycles, quadricycles and imported vehicles that do not have the space for standard sized registration plates can have smaller registration plates.