I'm putting that plate on my 360Sadly not. It looks more like something a man of
@baz962‘s exquisite taste would buy.
The good old “plate worth more than the car” conceptSeveral years ago I saw A2 on the A2. I can’t remember what make of car it was but it wasn’t anything special.
I regularly see 20E ("ZOE"). It's on a mid-2010s Suzuki Swift.The good old “plate worth more than the car” concept
30 years ago I used to regularly see a fairly run-of-the-mill small car on the road between Woodford and Alderley Edge with (I think) A9 on the plate.
It was definitely two digits and began with A at least!
That's a fake plate. K9 doesn't exist. A number of people have one as show plates for dog shows (K9 ... canine ... geddit) and so on.K9 on a Mercedes Vito in St Albans. This doesn’t show on the DVLA reg plate checker.
I've seen that in Central London (mentioned upthread). It was on a blue Bentley. Apparently it has now been off tax for some years.Several years ago I saw A2 on the A2. I can’t remember what make of car it was but it wasn’t anything special.
DK1 was the equivalent in Rochdale (mayor's car). Had a ride in it in 1975 when the plates were on an old Daimler limousine.Years ago in Exeter, I remember the mayor's car was "FJ1" - which was the first plate issued in Exeter at one point.
The number plate of the Lord Mayor's car - FC 1 - could make even more at auction. At the moment it's thought to be worth ten times the Nissan electric car that it has been placed on.
Hmm. I did wonder. But it was definitely front and back, with no other plates on display. And driving on a main road within 200 metres of the district police station. And it wasn’t a dog grooming company van or anything, it was a tinted windows peolle mover/minibus. That’s quite a risk to take.That's a fake plate. K9 doesn't exist. A number of people have one as show plates for dog shows (K9 ... canine ... geddit) and so on.
I cannot remember the last time I saw Plod in a traffic car, other than on the motorway. The risk is probably quite small.That’s quite a risk to take.
Yes. I have started to wonder if there is more chance of being caught on an ANPR doing something not illegal but frowned upon (these new school areas with no-go times and fines but not obvious signs or road markings - so money making). With less chance of being caught with a fake/wrong number plate. Has the number plate become an over used weapon. Probably time for another thread.I cannot remember the last time I saw Plod in a traffic car, other than on the motorway. The risk is probably quite small.
Not just fake or wrong number plates, but the stylised font some cars carry is illegal - italics, spacing etc.With less chance of being caught with a fake/wrong number plate.
I cannot remember the last time I saw Plod in a traffic car, other than on the motorway. The risk is probably quite small.
Hmm. I did wonder. But it was definitely front and back, with no other plates on display. And driving on a main road within 200 metres of the district police station. And it wasn’t a dog grooming company van or anything, it was a tinted windows peolle mover/minibus. That’s quite a risk to take.
If it was in London or another city with emissions charges, there's a possibility it was being used to avoid those charges. But as you say, it is risky - it only needs a police car with ANPR enabled and it'll ping straight up on their system.
AXW1 was seen on various cars for a number of years in my part of the world , a friend once asked the person who was driving it what the letters in the registration stood for. His reply was I have not got f[axw]ing clue . . . . .Shortest one I've seen in person was (nothing) on Lambeth Bridge
On car forums it's well known as being a fake (and there have been sightings on more than one car). Of course, the vehicle would have actually been registered and insured under its real plate, and so - since K9 doesn't exist - it's not a cloning offence and you can only get a piddly fine for the dodgy plate.St Albans. On the main road through the centre of the City. I find it hard to beleive it was fake unless it was being used for some promitional purposes and also had trade plates that were evidently well hidden.
Those are diplomatic plates, the first 3 numbers denote the country or organisation the vehicle belongs to.but there were two weird ones on New Bond Street (also on large, black estate cars, for what it's worth, and not as an entourage) that were three numbers, then a letter, then three numbers. I wonder what they were?
Interesting, thank you!Those are diplomatic plates, the first 3 numbers denote the country or organisation the vehicle belongs to.
In addition, the middle letter D would indicate the vehicle is used by diplomats while X is for the embassy staff.Those are diplomatic plates, the first 3 numbers denote the country or organisation the vehicle belongs to.
2L and back?Apologies that this isn't the best photo ever posted to this website (it's taken from the upper deck of a bus on which I was travelling!), but yesterday morning, I passed a Porsche Taycan in traffic on the outskirts of Preston, bearing they registration '2L'. Picture (my own) below.
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