What is the story with them? Are people actually getting away with having them? its taking the piss in my opinion as are the people with no front number plate.
Yeah I genuinely wasn't aware that was a thing.
I’ve started to notice number plates now with coloured letters in parts of Donegal.
I'm in queue for mcdonald's drive thru right now, and a car ahead of me has the stupid German style plates. He's revving his engine like mad, nearly crashed into car next to him when he ordered by trying to overtake him (2 ordering points merge back into 1 queue) and general dickish vibes. As someone said, a good way to spot tools
This wouldn't happen to be the drive through in Mallow by chance? If so I think I know the offending vehicle/ driver. Well not the fella personally but see him around the place regularly.
Ballincollig…
Could be the same guy 😂 Black Audi saloon? Was regularly parked up down the road from me but haven't seen it or the driver in a while actually come to think of it.
It was actually an Audi saloon. Weird. He's travelling around annoying people at mcdonald's with his gomey car and stupid numberplate
I haven't seen him around the estate for a month looks like he's your problem now bud 😂
🤦♂️ German plates on Irish cars are so cringy, it would be like a German guy in Berlin driving around with IRL on his plates.
I've only ever seen them on Audi's and VW's, which are German (technically). I think that's the point.
it smacks of inferiority complex having German plates on an Irish car. You know the kind, ashamed to be Irish and act more English, American than Irish.
No, I don't know the kind. You think people who like German style plates are trying to be English or American?
What are you on about? They're putting German style plates on German cars….. Audi and Volkswagen are German companies. What does any of this have to do with an individuals nationality?
more common for them to act like they are American but obviously German in the case of German plates. Do they draw German flags on their Adidas trainers? its so stupid using German plates on an Irish car.
Registering a car in Ireland doesn't make it Irish like it works with people and citizenship. They're German designed and engineered, by German companies. Hence the German plates. Do you get it now?
It's a fad, just like sticking your Irish reg on German font plates is also a fad.
You won't see Spanish or French or Italians drivers sticking German style plates on their cars.
Well the German aesthetic does make sense on German cars, like Audi's, Volkswagen's, BMW's, Mercedes, etc. So yeah I could actually see an Italian or a Frenchman doing something similar, because it has sweet f*ck all to with their nationality.
No, in the case of France, there can't be any opening on closed characters by law so the German font is out.
They are illegal here so there is no reason to get them on your German made car.
Oh I wasn't arguing that it was any more legal than it is here. Just saying it has nothing to do with the nationality of the owner or what country the car resides in.
Well yes it is illegal, and if you disagree with a reason it doesn't make it any less of a reason.
so a Seat car should have an E on their plates in Ireland? or a Dacia should have RO?
Most German style plates here are fully legal and pass the NCT. Very few of them will have D instead of IRL. Its the distinct German font on the numbers that people like
Should? No. But if the owner of the vehicle wants to pay homage to the origins of the vehicle in a similar manor than I guess the same reasoning applies. I don't get what your problem is man.
Ah so there is a certain level of customization allowed with reg plates then?
Well as long as it has county in Irish, EU flag, hyphens, correct sizing, white background etc. Maybe the exact legislation will disagree with me but its fairly common for a German plate to pass an NCT as long as it meets all of the above. Same with the 4D plates as well as far as I know.
Citizens Information seems to agree with you. https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel-and-recreation/vehicle-standards/vehicle-registration-numbers/ Was not aware you could reserve a plate number though, that's kind of neat.
For a Grand, (non refundable)?
So if 251-D-4 is gone I'll lose my money?
No if you're application is unsuccessful, which it would be if you're trying to reserve a number that someone else has beet you to, you get refunded. It's if you're successful and forget to claim the plate after a "reasonable" amount of time then application is cancelled and you're not eligible for refund. Or at least that's how I read it
The font is not illegal, but fake German city and region codes are. There's always people that go full-knobend Fritz plates.
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