Cheers for that Robin. Great site, my conundrum is getting the right balance between straight legal and a slight variation so I don't get stopped/fined/made to pay punitive tax for the next 10 years or whatever. Yes, I know if I want to avoid trouble get normal plates
So what I'm looking at is an extra space after the first 2 letters: XX 99 MAZ (XX and 99 of course being something else!)
Maybe the font being the 3d variety.
Any experience of getting stopped / fined for non-compliant plates? Thoughts on whether the above is likely to be subtle enough to get away without any hassle? I do see some real abuses of the lettering on some cars which is far worse than I'm thinking.
Thanks
Adam
Hi Adam,
Whenever I have had queries I have called them and spoken to Craig in person about what is legal/acceptable and he has always been very helpful, though of course he does have to give the usual caveat to protect himself if you do choose to run illegal plates and do get stopped. They can also make rear plates in odd shapes to fit shaped number plate recesses like the Aston Vanquish etc.,.. I am sure you know what I mean.
Mostly I run my plates in legal form anyway, the plate on the Bora doesn't really need messing with for example! On my Subaru which has a 5 digit plate which on the front of the car is shortened to suit (legal thing to do), the font and size are legal there is just a missing space ie it is S9EKD rather than S9 EKD and I have never had a problem despite it being on an all bells and whistles STi (no gold wheels though
). If I wanted to take a chance I would have run it as S9EK D but chose not too as I always felt that would be asking for trouble.
I also attach the plates with velcro and have fully legal plates in the car so they can be swapped at a moments notice if there ever is a problem.
Personally I would keep it legal or close to legal as I just don't want the hassle.
Regards,
Robin