German Plates and the Police!!

hi all, have noticed on a lot of ur piks that u all ride around with german plates on, i did till i got pulled and fined £30 and then sent a nasty letter from DVLA stating that if i was seen with them on agen i could b fined up2 £1000 and they had the right to withdraw my registration! so wondered if any1 else had met a nice police man like i did!

Not had any trouble from the police yet(touch wood). Had them on numerous dubs and currently on all 3 that are sat on my drive lol

had them on a black mk4 polo for bout 5 months not a word. i think if you have the german stickers etc they dont no the difference.

i have the german D on them, he sed u cant have that n the letters are too thin n they have to b made from plastic! i think he was just being a jobs worth!! he sed his camera on his car cudnt read em but he didnt ask if i had insurance etc, i think it was a lie! also didnt help as i had my front windows tinited think thats y he pulled me, had to remove those too, sed he can do me for dangerous driving! honestly!

yeah i have been told off for my plates once (ran them on my old mk2 for 3years and the Rado for about 1 1/2 years now) although he didnt fine me as i was on private land - Maccy D's drive through! . I got the same lecture about the camera's not being able to read them and how if my car was stolen their cameras would not pick it up as a stolen vehicle.
He was alright though and had a laugh but said if he saw me again he would fine me and that my car hardly blends in!

I've not had any problems with mine, as yet. Depends if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time I suppose!

think it depends on the county u live in aswell had sum on my mk1 ages ago in cambs no trouble and me gf had them on her bolf in herts got pulled for them

yeah i think ya rite caddyman, i had em on for ages n only got ask by 1 policeman on a routine check how long my car had been in the country, even tho i was on the right hand side? and that i had to take it to get registered in uk. i was stopped in peterborough he followed me to work n then ask me if it was my vehicle, i think he was having a bad day!

never had any problems over here. for the last 3 years.
but been to the nurbergring a few times.and the german police hate them

I've never had any trouble with mine - all though my mum n dad now want some for their polo and porsche, think i'll tell them to play it safe and just go for the pressed plates - no 'D' or - on them

im gutted i love my german plates! they r perfectally readable just my 0 has a bit cut out but not like it looks like a 6! i think u can have the D coz ur allowed a EU or UK n germany it is in the EU, i dnt c the prob! sum of the plates ive seen r well bad n unreadable!

Your not supposed to have the D steph, camera's such as those that do the Congestion charge in London cant register the plate reg.

Pressed plates are stated as show use only so whoever has them, runs them at there own risk.

Just run ya standard plates for a few weeks steph then swap back come meets and shows time.

i dnt go london! lol i dnt the prob its a sticker! i no they only show use, i darent run em on road i cud get fined £1000 or they take my reg of me?!!
but i change them wen i get there!

I've been running the unbanded ones on three different cars and never had any problems ,the cabs had them for four years, even had the police do a random spot check ,went all over the car and it was fine... he even asked where he could get them for his motor......

ive spoken to police (when theyve come to spy on the cruisers) bout german plates and they said to me that it really depends on whether they can be bothered to stop you for such a thing but they said some definately wont mind charging you for the pleasure of owning some.

although 1 particular copper even knew bout the tradition of german plates and euro syle, so he was alright even in my books!

i must b the unlucky 1 but i feel like i have been picked on tho as no1 else i no has been pulled n fined!

i got pulled on the way back from eds, but for my seatbelt, the copper didnt say sh1te about the plates!

rub it in a bit more u pie face! :monkey:

is there a pressed plate you can use which is legal?

ok heres wat the letter sed bout ya Q curtis,

all cars made after 1.1.1973 have to have plates made of reflex-reflecting material.
the pressed plates reflect! but policeman sed i cudnt have pressed 1ns

but cars made after 1.9.2001 have to have certain letter height,width etc and plates fitted b4 1.9.2001 must conform to another set of measurments all a load of poo!

but seems im the only 1 to b told off so get sum made n slap em on!

cheers

A got a bit of a bollocking for running German plates a couple of times, and other times they didn't even mention it. I was running black plates on the Polo or a bit and the police *Really* didn't like those, although I still didn't get a fine. Must just be luck of the draw!

The black plates suited it down to the ground

got pulled for my plates today.....GAY. another 30 quid which i dont have, i hate my car at the moment, its depressing me. so yer beware they are cracking down.

I was driving home from my mates house in murrow saturday nite and before I knew it I had a cop car right up my arse with its headlights near blinding me. Obviously i kept within the speed limits and knew that the only thing they could do me for is my plates but luckily enough, when i turned off down long gravel they kept on going. GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!