Cars with D in place of IRL and emission & registration stickers... Why the fucκ?

Crock Rock

I see them the odd time in Ireland.


You have a normal standard car plate such as 181-WX-123 but instead of IRL beside the EU flag, they have replaced it with a D.


The you have Irish plates (usually on BMWs and Audis and the odd Merc) but often on other cars too with the German emission and tax stickers.




Do they think they're actually fooling anyone? Why bother with replacing an IRL for a D.

Peatys

Some people like the look of them.

Crock Rock

Peatys wrote: »

Some people like the look of them.

It's illegal and they're not fooling anyone.

blackbox

If it has a D it is a German registered car.

Crock Rock

blackbox wrote: »

If it has a D it is a German registered car.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


181-WX-123


with a D at the flag ... sure.

Oxter

They are trying to fool the cameras.

Crock Rock

blackbox wrote: »

If it has a D it is a German registered car.

Like this one in Liffey Valley?

corks finest

Dopes

endacl

Means the driver is an idiot.

Isambard

it's very last year surely

Peatys

Crock Rock wrote: »

It's illegal and they're not fooling anyone.

Yeah, but to answer your question, some people like them.

biko

Bet it's mostly German car owners thinking they look "continental"..

Wheety

I've seen a couple of cars recently with Irish reg numbers but rear plate is yellow like the UK ones. No EU flag, 'IRL' or county in Irish.

Guy:Incognito

How come no one tries to Korea up their Kia or make their Toyota plate look japanese?

Eggs For Dinner

There's one in my area and I know the driver is Irish, don't know about othdrs in her family

Comhrá

D = dumb.

Atlantic Dawn

D for Dumbass.

deceit

I was about to reply its probably just a person with an actual German reg. I'm driving one and I seen another in Sandyford yesterday. I didn't think anyone would be that stupid until I seen that picture :P

Wishbone Ash

Wheety wrote: »

I've seen a couple of cars recently with Irish reg numbers but rear plate is yellow like the UK ones. No EU flag, 'IRL' or county in Irish.

Every second car in Co Donegal it seems. Idiots.

elperello

The D is for daysul

punisher5112

Wheety wrote: »

I've seen a couple of cars recently with Irish reg numbers but rear plate is yellow like the UK ones. No EU flag, 'IRL' or county in Irish.

The reason for this is when they cross the border they think it will throw off the police...

padyjoe

There many more variations beside the german plates:
-thin and fancy looking fonts used so can be seen with magnifying glass only,
-a space separating the numbers after the country reg (Fiat 500, BMW 520, etc. looking at you, like xx-d-y 500),
-the eu blue and stars plus IRL missing, black and white plate, nothing else.

Truckermal

endacl wrote: »

Means the driver is an idiot.

They always drive like idiots too for some reason especially the VRS brigade.

Stoolbend

Who actually cares what type of plates people put on their cars?

CorkCBR6

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

How come no one tries to Korea up their Kia or make their Toyota plate look japanese?

Loads of Jap plate Toyotas around.. very common and was around a lot longer than the German plate/fonts

4068ac1elhodqr

D-Reg, Aldi, Lidl (der große)...
Wie lange dauert es bis wir alle deutsch sprechen?

CorkCBR6

Wheety wrote: »

I've seen a couple of cars recently with Irish reg numbers but rear plate is yellow like the UK ones. No EU flag, 'IRL' or county in Irish.

It's a Donegal thing.. might be easier to blend in over the border is the reason I'd imagine!

bazz26

The OP must be getting commission for starting these type threads or After Hours is quiet today. Two in one day so far....

Voodoomelon

Funny how tastes change, I had german plates on my E38 10 years ago and thought they were the business. Now I think they're cringe. Nice, stamped metal plates all the way now.

Charles Babbage

Wheety wrote: »

I've seen a couple of cars recently with Irish reg numbers but rear plate is yellow like the UK ones. No EU flag, 'IRL' or county in Irish.

Unionists? Ruth Dudley Edwards perhaps.

neris

CorkCBR6 wrote: »

It's a Donegal thing.. might be easier to blend in over the border is the reason I'd imagine!

Spotted a clapped out old Toyota on the M1 today with rear yellow plates from the famous border county of Tipperary

elperello

Stoolbend wrote: »

Who actually cares what type of plates people put on their cars?

I don't care what plate they use on their own cars.
A plate doesn't make a good car bad or vice versa.
If you buy a car and the plate isn't to your liking €30 will sort it.

punisher5112

The old black and silver I really love and I hated when they stopped fitting them on our army vehicle's

fullstop

punisher5112 wrote: »

The reason for this is when they cross the border they think it will throw off the police...

Nope.

boombang

They tell you something about our roads policing.

Atlantic Dawn

Why it can't be a straight €1000 fine is beyond me, IRL and EU logo on the plate for an Irish car, how complex would a law like that be.

Captain Havoc

Comhra wrote: »

D = dumb.

Dumm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

D for Dumbass.

Dummkopf

corks finest wrote: »

Dopes

Deppen

punisher5112

fullstop wrote: »

Nope.

Sorry forgot, special very special little boys...

corks finest

punisher5112 wrote:

Sorry forgot, special very special little boys...

Nice

Esel

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Dumm

Dummkopf

Deppen

Dickhead

kirving

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Why it can't be a straight €1000 fine is beyond me, IRL and EU logo on the plate for an Irish car, how complex would a law like that be.

Gards could have a great laugh.

Sorry bud, we called the German embassy and they said the car must be on false plates. Extradition to Berlin in the morning for you.

Del2005

Stoolbend wrote: »

Who actually cares what type of plates people put on their cars?

The law. They have a specification for the plates and while the German font is legal the rest of the plate isn't. It's the broken window theory.

zubair

Who cares, it's their car and the reg is legible.

KB22

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Why it can't be a straight €1000 fine is beyond me, IRL and EU logo on the plate for an Irish car, how complex would a law like that be.

The fine for non compliant reg. plates is €5000!

Captain Havoc

Del2005 wrote: »

The law. They have a specification for the plates and while the German font is legal the rest of the plate isn't. It's the broken window theory.

The German font is not legal as it has serifs, Irish plate script must be sans-serif.

drake70

The main requirements on the format of vehicle registration plates are:

The registration number, which consists of numbers and letters, must be in black on a white reflective background
The name of the county of registration must be in Irish, (for example, Baile Átha Cliath)
The EU flag and the letters "IRL" must be placed on the left-hand side of the plate. The flag shows 12 gold stars in a circle, with the letters "IRL" in white underneath it, all on a blue reflective background.
No other numbers, letters, or marks, should appear on your registration plate.

Source:https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/vehicle_standards/vehicle_registration_numbers.html

road_high

I’ll never understand the appeal of these as long as I live. They look utterly ridiculous and tacky

Esel

Captain Havoc wrote: »

The German font is not legal as it has serifs, Irish plate script must be sans-serif.

There is no font or style specified in the SI. It specifies character/stroke size and spacing. Nothing about serifs etc.

Hellrazer

Esel wrote: »

There is no font or style specified in the SI. It specifies character/stroke size and spacing. Nothing about serifs etc.

Theres no font specified but there is a standard width and size that is the only legal plate allowed.

15. The identification mark shall appear in black characters and each letter or figure shall have a height of 70 millimetres and a stroke width of 10 millimetres. The total width of the space taken by each letter or figure (other than the letter "I" or the number "1") shall be 36 millimetres. The distances between adjoining letters and adjoining figures shall be uniform and shall be not less than 8 millimetres.

Most of the German plates don't fit that requirement and will fail an NCT.

Blazer

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

How come no one tries to Korea up their Kia or make their Toyota plate look japanese?

because they're sh1tboxes?
I wouldn't mind Toyota drivers doing it. Everyone knows one of these plates guarantees you an extra 20hp so maybe toyota drivers could drive at the designated speeds instead of 30-40kph below them

sdanseo

I dont have them any more but I put my old 3 series through 2 NCTs with the legal version of these. Only the font was different - no stickers, no D, and no cutout in the zero, but the same size characters.

Not a word was said to me either time.
They were 100% legal and suited the car. It's a matter of preference.

There is a perception that all of these style plates are illegal, people need to do their research and read the law as I did before buying them.