German / Irish Car Registration Plates

jajjay · 27-10-2011 09:49AM #1

Can someone tell me why there are alot of reg plates on Irish cars that
look like German plates.... with red or orange stickers and a strange font?

Is is part of the bail out programme or what Me thinks its strange :rolleyes:

KTRIC · 27-10-2011 09:55AM

No, its just people being tossers. German plates are naff. I had plenty of them and like my Irish one a lot more.

Sky King · 27-10-2011 10:08AM

I think german style font can look quite delightful on some classic marques.

Far more tossery are people who pre book and pay for number plates like 10 - D - 101010

Fkin binary loving steamers.

stephen_k · 27-10-2011 10:22AM

They're the ones who won't be shot when the Fourth Reich takes power!!!

Fart · 27-10-2011 11:26AM

Not as bad as those green coats that have a small German flag on the arms.

I never knew that seeing a coat can be so annoying.

jester77 · 27-10-2011 11:52AM

It's mad, every car here seems to have them

Sky King · 27-10-2011 12:31PM

Fart wrote: »

Not as bad as those green coats that have a small German flag on the arms..

There's a 'coat of arms' joke in there somewhere but I'm struggling....

Voodoomelon · 27-10-2011 01:13PM

Sky King wrote: »

pay for number plates like 10 - D - 101010

It'll be a long time before we see that number again.

EPM · 27-10-2011 01:16PM

KTRIC wrote: »

No, its just people being tossers. German plates are naff. I had plenty of them and like my Irish one a lot more.

So people that have them are tossers? How do you figure that if their taste is to put a different font on their own property? Or would that just be a sweeping generalisation with no back-up whatsoever?

:P

Big Nasty · 27-10-2011 01:25PM

EPM wrote: »

So people that have them are tossers? How do you figure that if their taste is to put a different font on their own property? Or would that just be a sweeping generalisation with no back-up whatsoever?

:P

Not that it makes it any better but this thread was started in AH not Motors.

EPM · 27-10-2011 01:26PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Not that it makes it any better but this thread was started in AH not Motors.

I thought I saw it there and when I looked here I just assumed it was in here all the while:pac:

Big Nasty · 27-10-2011 01:32PM

EPM wrote: »

I thought I saw it there and when I looked here I just assumed it was in here all the while:pac:

Off topic but shouldn't a mod normally state on a thread when it's moved? I got a ban from PI before for posting a smart ass reply on an AH thread that was moved after I posted. Didn't bother me all that much as I don't frequent PI anyhow!

EPM · 27-10-2011 01:37PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Off topic but shouldn't a mod normally state on a thread when it's moved? I got a ban from PI before for posting a smart ass reply on an AH thread that was moved after I posted. Didn't bother me all that much as I don't frequent PI anyhow!

Nothing in writing afaik.

Twin-go · 27-10-2011 02:18PM

Sky King wrote: »

pay for number plates like 10 - D - 101010

Voodoomelon wrote: »

It'll be a long time before we see that number again.

At least 99 years

vectra · 27-10-2011 02:28PM

jajjay wrote: »

Can someone tell me why there are alot of reg plates on Irish cars that
look like German plates....

Because their owners like them.
The same as some owners will buy Fiats and Renaults.

KTRIC wrote: »

No, its just people being tossers. German plates are naff. I had plenty of them and like my Irish one a lot more.

So what you are saying is that you were a Tosser??

KTRIC · 27-10-2011 02:31PM

vectra wrote: »

So what you are saying is that you were a Tosser??

Strangely enough, mine were all stuck to vehicles in Germany. You know where they use German reg plates.

WTF is the point in having them here. The "ah sure its ok" attitude in Ireland when it comes to enforcing the law is ridiculous.

Celly Smunt · 27-10-2011 02:34PM

saw a nissan with a german plate and type R stickers yesterday,fun times.

vectra · 27-10-2011 02:34PM

KTRIC wrote: »

Strangely enough, mine were all stuck to vehicles in Germany. You know where they use German reg plates.

WTF is the point in having them here. The "ah sure its ok" attitude in Ireland when it comes to enforcing the law is ridiculous.

You didn't say that though did you

As for people putting them on here and the law..
There is no law saying you cannot use them.

CianRyan · 27-10-2011 02:36PM

Yeah, I've been spotting loads of non-German cars with German plates on them lately.
Fair enough on an M5 but not on a Starlet.

I'd never have them on anything.

Derfil · 27-10-2011 02:37PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

saw a nissan with a german plate and type R stickers yesterday,fun times.

Hope it was a micra:pac:

vectra · 27-10-2011 02:39PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

saw a nissan with a german plate and type R stickers yesterday,fun times.

Not sure about the German plates but there is a Bora going round here with DOHC TypeR stickers on each back door and one on the boot.. Must get a few pics of it..Bloody hilarious,:D

Big Nasty · 27-10-2011 02:43PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Yeah, I've been spotting loads of non-German cars with German plates on them lately.
Fair enough on an M5 but not on a Starlet.

I'd never have them on anything.

Saw a Saxo yesterday with them - now that is silly!

furtzy · 27-10-2011 02:48PM

They are only suitable for felters along with the rest of the fake crap they have stuck on them

Theres a Honda Accord beside me with them

Celly Smunt · 27-10-2011 04:04PM

Derfil wrote: »

Hope it was a micra:pac:

95ish black tinted almera,bless.

vectra wrote: »

Not sure about the German plates but there is a Bora going round here with DOHC TypeR stickers on each back door and one on the boot.. Must get a few pics of it..Bloody hilarious,:D

some people are sheep,but obviously some people are idiotic sheep.

Paparazzo · 27-10-2011 04:14PM

Pressed metal plate FTW, with no dealer logo thingie underneath.

EPM wrote: »

So people that have them are tossers? How do you figure that if their taste is to put a different font on their own property? Or would that just be a sweeping generalisation with no back-up whatsoever?

:P

No, he's right, there was a study done on german plates a while back, the findings were that people with them are indeed tossers, and the plates are naff. Professor Hans Gruber who conducted the survey said "the worse people we found were the ones that thought it was ok on a german marque, but wrong on all other makes".

Link

johndaman66 · 27-10-2011 06:36PM

I notice quite a few cars with plastic number plates and German font of late... a half baked effort if you will, if you are gonna go for German number plates at least get pressed metal ones.

In general I don't find German number plates overly offensive looking, reason being is there are cars with far worse tat stuck onto them. Just as an example, mid 90's Corollas and Lancers with newer BMW and Volvo type aerials stuck on the roof. Having said that German plates do look quite naff on some cars, no doubt about it

bbsrs · 27-10-2011 07:32PM

Amazing the opinions people take the time to put into words , they are number plates on somebody elses car why does it bother some people so much , get on with your own lives or just sit looking at the mirror telling yourself how great your take on everything is and that should make you happy or would it......

CianRyan · 27-10-2011 07:42PM

bbsrs wrote: »

Amazing the opinions people take the time to put into words , they are number plates on somebody elses car why does it bother some people so much , get on with your own lives or just sit looking at the mirror telling yourself how great your take on everything is and that should make you happy or would it......

Stop judging me, judging people!

bbsrs · 27-10-2011 07:54PM

CianRyan wrote: »

Stop judging me, judging people!

I didn't judge , first I made a comment about what amazed me , then I asked a couple of questions with an alternate activity to looking at number plates thrown in. Sorry if you felt judged or was that your chance to post a humorous comment and you just couldn't pass up the opportunity?

coylemj · 27-10-2011 08:39PM

Sky King wrote: »

Far more tossery are people who pre book and pay for number plates like 10 - D - 101010

Fkin binary loving steamers.

There are three types of people in the world, those who understand the binary system and those who don't

CianRyan · 27-10-2011 10:55PM

bbsrs wrote: »

I didn't judge , first I made a comment about what amazed me , then I asked a couple of questions with an alternate activity to looking at number plates thrown in. Sorry if you felt judged or was that your chance to post a humorous comment and you just couldn't pass up the opportunity?

The second one.
Sorry if it seemed like I was having a go.

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