Which Licence Plate to choose ?

darkcooleo · 19 May 2010 at 20:36

Ok, basically I'm thinking of getting a private plate and I'm wondering what plate to have for it. Plate will be going onto a Audi S3.

Options:

Standard acrylic plate - maybe 3d carbon fibre
Metal plates
German style plates

Pro and Cons and advice would be nice, pics would also be cool.

iaind · 19 May 2010 at 20:37

Standard with standard lettering

Tomsk · 19 May 2010 at 20:37

A legal one.

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2010 at 20:37

Get a standard plate, the rest are both illegal and will make you look like a prune anyway.

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:40

being a prune is good

www.demonplates.com

i had the 3D carbon gel ones

http://www.demonplates.com/pop/carbon.php

which are standard UK font. Get it legally spaced and allthough illegal nobody will bat an eyelid as its readable by ANPR and looks standard from a distance.

I even passed my MOT with them

darkcooleo · 19 May 2010 at 20:40

[TW]Fox;16586878 said:
Get a standard plate, the rest are both illegal and will make you look like a prune anyway.

Metal are legal ain't they ?

darkcooleo · 19 May 2010 at 20:43

MrLOL said:
being a prune is good

www.demonplates.com

i had the 3D carbon gel ones

http://www.demonplates.com/pop/carbon.php

which are standard UK font. Get it legally spaced and allthough illegal nobody will bat an eyelid as its readable by ANPR and looks standard from a distance.

I even passed my MOT with them

They look well smart, i was looking at them. Have you got a pic of yours?

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:43

some are

some arent

Dubmeister ones are.

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/uk-legal-plates/

Westyfield2 · 19 May 2010 at 20:44

MrLOL said:
http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/uk-legal-plates/

These.

I've got a set and they're ace!

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:45

Those were mine.

In theory they should never passed an MOT using a none standard letter and a none standard badge on the left hand side. Vauxhall garage still gave me an MOT though, didnt even need to swap them round for my standard ones in the boot

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2010 at 20:47

My god they look absolutely awful. You were doing nothing to disprove the VXR image with those :eek:

darkcooleo · 19 May 2010 at 20:48

Westyfield2 said:
These.

I've got a set and they're ace!

Are they just normal legal plates?

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:49

[TW]Fox;16586942 said:
My god they look absolutely awful. You were doing nothing to disprove the VXR image with those

i loved 'em

they got less of a reaction than your M badge mind

darkcooleo said:
Are they just normal legal plates?

they're not roadworthy in theory, but i drove round with them for months and past loads of police cars. Nobody batted an eyelid.

TS7 · 19 May 2010 at 20:50

When I got my private plates made a few months ago I wanted them to be standard and legal but I didn't want the lettering at the bottom (the shop who made the plate's name and logo). I went to all the shops we've been using for years who in the past haven't batted any eyelid when being asked to use fancy font, mis-space and keep the bottom plain. When I went this time around NONE of them would make anything other than a standard legal plate - not even keep the bottom plain like I wanted.

From what one of them told me (this only applies to plates made recently):

There's a new law in force. All numberplates being made from the date of law being enforced have to be stamped on the behind with the date they were made. If you have an illegal numberplate and the Police pull you over and decide to check the date out (via some special light) and it's been made after the date of law, it's a £2,000 fine.

This guy who owns the shop does tell some tales so I'm not sure. As all the shops refused to do it, maybe it's true.

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2010 at 20:51

TS7 said:
There's a new law in force.

It's been in force since September 2001!

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:51

the £2000 fine is stretching the truth

you will be issued a VDN - vehicle defect notice which will give you 7 days to remove the plate.

Failure to comply with said notice can incur a fine of up £2000.

but it rarely, if ever reaches £2000. Alternatively you could just comply with the VDN and not get fined at all.

darkcooleo · 19 May 2010 at 20:54

MrLOL said:
i loved 'em

they got less of a reaction than your M badge mind

they're not roadworthy in theory, but i drove round with them for months and past loads of police cars. Nobody batted an eyelid.

what as different about the plates?

TS7 · 19 May 2010 at 20:56

[TW]Fox;16586962 said:
It's been in force since September 2001!

MrLOL said:
the £2000 fine is stretching the truth

you will be issued a VDN - vehicle defect notice which will give you 7 days to remove the plate.

Failure to comply with said notice can incur a fine of up £2000.

but it rarely, if ever reaches £2000. Alternatively you could just comply with the VDN and not get fined at all.

So it's just the old law which has been in force since 2001?! That procedure is the standard procedure which my cousin went through a few years ago.

I knew I shouldn't have listened to that guy!

He told me it's a NEW law and it'd be £2k fine and explained about some UV rubbish.

I might just get my plates made up online then. I know it's silly but the stupid logo and text and the shops phone number at the bottom really ****es me off and ruins the look.

Fr0dders · 19 May 2010 at 20:57

they werent bsau marked, or marked with the supplying dealers name.

They have a none standard elblem (only the euro symbol or england/scotland/wales flags are allowed)

and it had none standard lettering as they were carbon effect, not black, also raised as well which is against the rules.

But because its legal font, legal spacing, looks black from a distance, and can be read by ANPR etc.. police never batted an eyelid.

DM · 19 May 2010 at 20:57

MrLOL said:
Those were mine.

In theory they should never passed an MOT using a none standard letter and a none standard badge on the left hand side. Vauxhall garage still gave me an MOT though, didnt even need to swap them round for my standard ones in the boot

Still on the bright side you aint got those rubbish things now.

To the OP, just get standard legal ones matey.