Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

But yours is rhd, no?

There's a trend here whereby folk put European plates beneath US ones to infer that the car is an import or 'Euro-spec'.

Ha, Those German 'scene' plates are such a cliche. What's the point? I drive a German car but would rather have UK style plates on it, though I do like those little surrounds you can get from Germany.

I had some on my Pug. The original plates needed changing due to a large crack so I decided to look for some legal metal embossed plates, sadly I couldn't find anywhere that sold them so I bought the euro style plates. After 6 months of ownership these was a large dent on the front plate caused by a stone, a plastic plate would have been knackered. I was never once pulled over for them and the police didn't mention them when they checked over the car in the crash that killed it.

I had fully-legal pressed metal plates on my Merc. They were briefly available from the dealership. Tough, and looked great. Downside was that they cost £65 a pair.

£65 for something that'll last the lifetime of the car is worth it though

Indeed.

unless in my case where the double sided sticky pads failed and the numberplate found a new home in the gutter somewhere between greenwich and leytonstone.

black and silver pressed plates are reasonably priced on the bay. £12 including postage

my understanding on the plate colours were that if the plate was cherished/ageless/dateless call it what you will, then it wouldnt matter. one thing i do know is you can't transfer a registration plate with a year letter to an older car that would make it look younger than it really is.

sorry if i missed something.

I find that disc brake caliper mounting bolts hold a number plate on very efficiently.

Sadly it's related to age of car not the year the registration number was first introduced.

Also sadly I didn't get my car sorted out in time, £99 down the drain and a good weather winter track day wasted. Disappoint.

10.15@132.4 with 1.47 60ft. absolutely over the moon. car went dead straight and strong.

Am loving these updates! But it is like a new language to me. Get the headline but what do the second two stats refer to?
Cheers

I'm going to guess that it took him 1.47 seconds to pass the 60 foot mark- which (if I am correct) indicates both how fast he reacted to the lights and how much traction his car found off the line.

zackly

Meanwhile, down at the supermarket; Do you have a Grey Poupon?

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/11301234193_6c53d8485e_o.jpg

:D

Nice hashtag :-)

What a ridiculous pic. Good work.

If it was white with black Einkei's I would have shagged it.

Yummy.

Have a Daytona Shooting Brake.

Like this....? :D

Liberty Walk. ~~ Not the one I'm thinking of. ~~ Precisely.

Spread em.

Chris Evans? He loves a white Ferrari.

WTF have they done to the rear of that F50.

Have a Daytona Shooting Brake.

This looks suitably like a space ship, I like it.

Brake lines weren't leaking. I'd just done a monumentally bad job of bleeding the brakes. Wasted trackday for nothing.

been there