midlifecrisis
Member
- Messages
- 16,239
Not sure on the 'buy it now' option but I'm glad the clock works, they're the notoriously dody weak points of these cars and cost thousands to correct and are the main reason for the low prices of these cars. ;-)
Ebay 4200 Coupe needing love !
- Thread starter tidus72
- Start date
Gazcw
Member
- Messages
- 7,787
Note to self. Change from my smaller plates to standard before mot.
Gazcw
Member
- Messages
- 7,787
Does anyone else's clock vibrate when accelerating hard?
jasst
Member
- Messages
- 2,319
Better off running no front plate, than small one, the fine is much less !
Gazcw
Member
- Messages
- 7,787
It's not really small. Shorter as it is a prefix plate. It is the same size as the number plate mounting.
midlifecrisis
Member
- Messages
- 16,239
The police treat all nonstandard plates as NO plate therefore the fine should be the same. Small, incorrect script, no postcode, damaged and unreadable and poorly spaced.
hunta
Member
- Messages
- 405
Absolutely, I thought that was the reason for owning these cars!
Oh, sorry, misread your post.
Wanderer
Member
- Messages
- 5,791
Remove one letter from ‘clock’ and........
midlifecrisis
Member
- Messages
- 16,239
Aaaaannndddd we at our usual level....
jasst
Member
- Messages
- 2,319
I was told once (sure it was Phil) that small plate =£150 fine, no plate = £100, as long as the letters and the spacing and typeface are correct, you only need an 11mm border around them, so if its just a shortened plate and meet these then all is ok.
77GR
Junior Member
- Messages
- 76
11mm around is correct (with 13mm between characters and 33mm between groups and all numberplates even 2 character ones have 2 groups), I checked - my avatar shows how far you can push it completely legally (depending on number of characters and how many "I"s or "1"s you have).
https://assets.publishing.service.g...stration-numbers-and_number-plates-inf104.pdf
Actually the plate came from an dealer based in ROI (online as no paperwork required since they are offshore) but it is completely legal even down to the BS mark and it flies through the MoT every year. The site I use is very good and they even have a page showing the minimum sizes you can get away with under UK law so that you can order the size you want and specify if you want a BS mark to increase your credibility.
https://www.fancyplates.com/main/constructors/information/custom_size_plates.aspx
https://assets.publishing.service.g...stration-numbers-and_number-plates-inf104.pdf
Actually the plate came from an dealer based in ROI (online as no paperwork required since they are offshore) but it is completely legal even down to the BS mark and it flies through the MoT every year. The site I use is very good and they even have a page showing the minimum sizes you can get away with under UK law so that you can order the size you want and specify if you want a BS mark to increase your credibility.
https://www.fancyplates.com/main/constructors/information/custom_size_plates.aspx
midlifecrisis
Member
- Messages
- 16,239
Whatever a copper decides, don't put your car through an MOT with a non-standard plate.
GeoffCapes
Member
- Messages
- 14,000
A plate too small is an mot failure and a fine from the plod.
No plate is an mot failure and a question from the plod. The correct response is "it fell off" and then produce said plate from the boot. Which will be followed by something along the lines of "make sure you put it back on".
Small plates with correctly sized (and spaced) letters and numbers are fine. As displayed on my 4200.
No plate is an mot failure and a question from the plod. The correct response is "it fell off" and then produce said plate from the boot. Which will be followed by something along the lines of "make sure you put it back on".
Small plates with correctly sized (and spaced) letters and numbers are fine. As displayed on my 4200.
jasst
Member
- Messages
- 2,319
I used to get my plates male order from Scotland as rules didn't apply there, (don't know if that's still the case) Makes a total mockery of the regulations to beat fraud.
GeoffCapes
Member
- Messages
- 14,000
Oh. Forgot to mentioned. I found out that my plate on my 4200 was actually illegal, as it didn't have the makers name and postcode on it.
But other than that, it was fine.
But other than that, it was fine.
Wanderer
Member
- Messages
- 5,791
Thought they just needed the postcode and the BS kite mark or whatever it is now?
markp4200
Member
- Messages
- 331
My goodness, if the police were to spend their time clamping down to this level of 'crime' I feel we are being short-changed.
I would far rather they were to stop and prosecute drivers committing driving offences which have genuine safety implications - don't know about you but when walking the dog (literally I mean), I watch drivers coming towards me and around 1 in every 5 van or lorry drivers are on their mobile phones, and then along come the young women, eyes glued to the latest gossip on FB on their smart phones hidden on their laps.
I do not wish this to be 'genderist' or 'classist' ot any other' ist' but I have real concerns that dangerous driving issues are perhaps too much for police to deal with adequately and the thought that the odd designer plate is punished is something of an anathema.
Funny too that the only police I have ever dealt with were those who stopped me in 2011 for speeding and I have no issues with that - they were doing their job and doing it well. I deserved what I got!
