Show Us Your Motors!

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 20:48

Noo i meant backbox sorry, should have explained better. I don't want a beetin but at the moment iv got a 45 downwards small pipe i want a chrome tip for when i get the different bumper with the cutout

wingman · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:21

Firestar_3x said:
Why is the plate trying to make it look like a 2013/2014 car?

Why would it look like a 2014 car?

Firestar_3x · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:27

wingman said:
Why would it look like a 2014 car?

Magic.

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:29

Anyone with car knowledge knows the newest this car can be is 2010

Its a 2007 though

Firestar_3x · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:30

GrimsbyLAD said:
Anyone with car knowledge knows the newest this car can be is 2010 Its a 2007 though

Why is 2010 the latest?

Helios1234 · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:35

Firestar_3x said:
Why is 2010 the latest?

Because that's when they stopped producing them...

Firestar_3x · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:36

Helios1234 said:
Because that's when they stopped producing them...

So?

Production date does not equal registration date, what if it sat in a backlot unregistered for a year???

Helios1234 · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:44

Firestar_3x said:
So?

Production date does not equal registration date, what if it sat in a backlot unregistered for a year???

Well the car itself would still have been manufactured in 2010 and if someone was to buy that brand new a year later when the newer model was out, I bet they'd feel pretty stupid.

Regardless, it's hard to see how that car can masquerade as a 2013 car. For one, it's got a single letter before the 13...

Firestar_3x · 12 Apr 2013 at 21:49

Helios1234 said:
Well the car itself would still have been manufactured in 2010 and if someone was to buy that brand new a year later when the newer model was out, I bet they'd feel pretty stupid.

Regardless, it's hard to see how that car can masquerade as a 2013 car. For one, it's got a single letter before the 13...

Indeed, my original comment was more of a light jibe as to why he'd decided to blank the plate the way he did.

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:28

I don't like the public internet having my reg plate tbh..

-westy- · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:30

GrimsbyLAD said:
I don't like the public internet having my reg plate tbh..

Do you hide it when you drive on a public road then? What an odd statement.

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:33

No but no one can see were i park when am on the public road. My reg plate plus a rough idea were i park could be all it needs for a car theft in my mind. Im sure criminals use forums to get an idea of what cars they can steal

-westy- · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:38

GrimsbyLAD said:
No but no one can see were i park when am on the public road. My reg plate plus a rough idea were i park could be all it needs for a car theft in my mind. Im sure criminals use forums to get an idea of what cars they can steal

Of course "people can see where you park", it's on a public road.

And in the nicest way possible, "criminals" wouldn't be skimming internet forums to try to steal a diesel Astra. It's much easier to just follow you home, isn't it?

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:40

Wouldn't know. Had a corsa stolen.. Still its a personal preference not to put my full plate on

Minstadave · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:40

GrimsbyLAD said:
No but no one can see were i park when am on the public road. My reg plate plus a rough idea were i park could be all it needs for a car theft in my mind. Im sure criminals use forums to get an idea of what cars they can steal

I don't think Astras are high on the stealing to order list. But fair enough.

-westy- · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:43

GrimsbyLAD said:
Wouldn't know. Had a corsa stolen.. Still its a personal preference not to put my full plate on

I doubt they traced a Corsa via an internet forum either.

Fair enough if it's a personal preference, but trying to support it with statements such as "I don't like the public internet having my reg plate" and "Im sure criminals use forums to get an idea of what cars they can steal" is a bit silly IMO.

Unicorn · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:50

Point taken, Personal preference then

The idea to only half blank it was to show there pressed plates anyhow as i am quite happy with them instead of a white/black box across my plate hiding them.

-westy- · 12 Apr 2013 at 22:55

GrimsbyLAD said:
Point taken, Personal preference then The idea to only half blank it was to show there pressed plates anyhow as i am quite happy with them instead of a white/black box across my plate hiding them.

Quite a lot of people on here black or hide their plates out of habit, but the general thinking behind it is that it can decrease the risk of their VIN being cloned and used on a similar car going through speed cameras and perhaps linked to crimes. Not out of fear of having their car stolen

paradigm · 13 Apr 2013 at 10:12

GrimsbyLAD said:
Point taken, Personal preference then The idea to only half blank it was to show there pressed plates anyhow as i am quite happy with them instead of a white/black box across my plate hiding them.

Pressed? From that image they look like normal flat, printed plates to me? :confused:

sigma · 13 Apr 2013 at 10:19

DannyW said:
Just till I don't love it any more or it stops exciting me

I guess I'll keep it 6-12 months any longer I think I'll start loosing too much money on it

I thought you were a trader?

paradigm said:
Pressed? From that image they look like normal flat, printed plates to me?

Look pressed if you look hard enough. Admittedly I didn't notice until I went and had a second look.