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

Crock Rock · 25-10-2019 04:44PM #1

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 · 25-10-2019 04:46PM

Some people like the look of them.

Crock Rock · 25-10-2019 04:47PM

Peatys wrote: »

Some people like the look of them.

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

blackbox · 25-10-2019 04:48PM

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

Crock Rock · 25-10-2019 04:49PM

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 · 25-10-2019 04:50PM

They are trying to fool the cameras.

Crock Rock · 25-10-2019 04:56PM

blackbox wrote: »

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

Like this one in Liffey Valley?

corks finest · 25-10-2019 05:06PM

Dopes

endacl · 25-10-2019 05:13PM

Means the driver is an idiot.

Isambard · 25-10-2019 05:44PM

it's very last year surely

Peatys · 25-10-2019 05:55PM

Crock Rock wrote: »

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

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

biko · 25-10-2019 06:29PM

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

Wheety · 25-10-2019 06:35PM

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 · 25-10-2019 06:38PM

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

Eggs For Dinner · 25-10-2019 06:38PM

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

Comhrá · 25-10-2019 06:39PM

D = dumb.

Atlantic Dawn · 25-10-2019 06:39PM

D for Dumbass.

deceit · 25-10-2019 06:40PM

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 · 25-10-2019 06:40PM

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 · 25-10-2019 06:40PM

The D is for daysul

punisher5112 · 25-10-2019 06:44PM

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 · 25-10-2019 06:46PM

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 · 25-10-2019 07:21PM

endacl wrote: »

Means the driver is an idiot.

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

Stoolbend · 25-10-2019 07:33PM

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

CorkCBR6 · 25-10-2019 07:42PM

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 · 25-10-2019 07:42PM

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

CorkCBR6 · 25-10-2019 07:44PM

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 · 25-10-2019 07:54PM

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

Voodoomelon · 25-10-2019 08:47PM

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 · 25-10-2019 09:30PM

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 · 25-10-2019 10:13PM

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

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

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