Numberplates Stolen

Greenlizard0 · 5 Mar 2010 at 11:17

Nutters.

I remember driving along with an exhousemate once. He couldn't stop laughing at one point ( I suppose fair play to him) because rolling past him at a petrol station was his parent's plate on a very different car.

[FnG]magnolia · 5 Mar 2010 at 11:22

Had the front and back plates taken of the Pug 207 Gti in Glasgow, called the police and they were appropriately unconcerned with my worry.

I wish they'd taken the whole car, actually, and not just the plates

knowlesy · 5 Mar 2010 at 11:25

very unlucky matey, think I'd do what Rotty suggested and get some decent anti vandel screws

secretspy · 5 Mar 2010 at 12:54

This happens to my cousin in Canada pretty much all the time.

She bought new plates that had this fancy looking frame around them, a few days later, they were stolen. So she replaced them, a few days later....yup you guessed it, they were stolen. :mad:

The police don't care though

Greenlizard0 · 5 Mar 2010 at 13:11

secretspy said:
This happens to my cousin in Canada pretty much all the time.

She bought new plates that had this fancy looking frame around them, a few days later, they were stolen. So she replaced them, a few days later....yup you guessed it, they were stolen.

The police don't care though

That's because she clearly didn't involve this good chap.

Lead_Head · 5 Mar 2010 at 13:13

I remember on Fifth Gear they had a feature showing various anti cloning and security devices. They featured a set of plates that when attempted to pull off the car would shatter and therefore render them useless.

I can't remember where or how to get them but might be worth a look?

secretspy · 5 Mar 2010 at 13:44

Greenlizard0 said:
That's because she clearly didn't involve this good chap.

oooh he's cute. ahhhhh he's one of my old crushes

but yeah wrong side of Canada

Mounties are in the west, cousin is in the East

Lead_Head i read that as "the car would shatter" not "if removed from the car, would shatter"

I think i might look into these anti theft ones

Abraham · 5 Mar 2010 at 13:47

KaHn said:
Also stealing them means you can match to your car colour/make etc and doesnt leave a paper trail.

KaHn

I meant knocking up some plates of that reg, i.e. cloning them rather than just pinching them which obviously flags them up as stolen.

I wouldn't have thought much paper trail would be involved in making your own plates, if it's still possible to get the materials to do so.