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[Harrison541]

What if you bought a personal reg in the older style (LLL NNN L where l is letter and n is number)? Is it still illegal to have them in black and silver?

[Carlos W]

What if you bought a personal reg in the older style (LLL NNN L where l is letter and n is number)? Is it still illegal to have them in black and silver?

 

 

Yup

[Tamworthbay]

It is, but your average copper wouldn't pick it up. But what is the gain?

[Harrison541]

It is, but your average copper wouldn't pick it up. But what is the gain?

Just wondering

[ShaunaFTW]

Get some of these 70's plates  http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=3 

I'm treating my car to these for Christmas.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the whole deal with putting the wrong plates on your car is, I admit the older plates look better but only if it's on an older car, I wouldn't bother myself. Plus, someone on here posted their car failing the MOT within the last few weeks for having the wrong plates on.  

[richw911]

 

Get some of these 70's plates  http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=3 

I'm treating my car to these for Christmas.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the whole deal with putting the wrong plates on your car is, I admit the older plates look better but only if it's on an older car, I wouldn't bother myself. Plus, someone on here posted their car failing the MOT within the last few weeks for having the wrong plates on.  

 

I have those they are spot on

[ShaunaFTW]

 

 

Get some of these 70's plates  http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=3 

I'm treating my car to these for Christmas.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the whole deal with putting the wrong plates on your car is, I admit the older plates look better but only if it's on an older car, I wouldn't bother myself. Plus, someone on here posted their car failing the MOT within the last few weeks for having the wrong plates on.  

 

I have those they are spot on

 

Yeah they do look nice, I've got pressed plates on atm but I saw those a few weeks ago and quite fancied them. Just hope they are as nice as they look online.

[richw911]

 

 

 

Get some of these 70's plates  http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=3 

I'm treating my car to these for Christmas.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the whole deal with putting the wrong plates on your car is, I admit the older plates look better but only if it's on an older car, I wouldn't bother myself. Plus, someone on here posted their car failing the MOT within the last few weeks for having the wrong plates on.  

 

I have those they are spot on

 

Yeah they do look nice, I've got pressed plates on atm but I saw those a few weeks ago and quite fancied them. Just hope they are as nice as they look online.

 

They do indeed well worth the money

[ShaunaFTW]

 

 

 

 

Get some of these 70's plates  http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=3 

I'm treating my car to these for Christmas.
But yeah, I'm not sure what the whole deal with putting the wrong plates on your car is, I admit the older plates look better but only if it's on an older car, I wouldn't bother myself. Plus, someone on here posted their car failing the MOT within the last few weeks for having the wrong plates on.  

 

I have those they are spot on

 

Yeah they do look nice, I've got pressed plates on atm but I saw those a few weeks ago and quite fancied them. Just hope they are as nice as they look online.

 

They do indeed well worth the money

 

£45 a pair isn't particularly expensive anyway  . 

[gazza01]

I would think the copper would have to be one miserable SOB to pull you solely for black plates.

[AVV IT]

I would think the copper would have to be one miserable SOB to pull you solely for black plates.

Not really, it's just easy pickings for them. They witness the offence, and you can't really contest it, so it's a case of, ticket issued, guilty as charged, another succesful prosecution for Police statistics, and job done!

I've even seen traffic cars sat outside mini shows, picking off cars with illegal plates as they arrive. At L2B one year a traffic car was sat in a lay by on the side of the A23 in Brighton, with one copper pulling every mini with an illegal plate over, whilst the other wrote out tickets for them all!

[AVV IT]

It is, but your average copper wouldn't pick it up. But what is the gain?

Just wondering

The average copper is unlikely to notice, or care much even if they did, because regular officers have far better things to worry about. The problem is traffic officers, who are a completely different breed of old bill, who pride themselves in knowing and enforcing the tiniest of details of road traffic laws and regs. A traffic officer will undoubtedly be suspicious of any private reg on a black and silver plate, and will therefore run the reg number through their database and discover the true age of the vehicle and the offence being commited!