number plate over number plate

[Ext User(jackbadger)]

Why do people put new Australian plates over the top of foreign plates for
privately imported cars? The old plates are usually held on with screws
too so it's not like they're hard to remove. Is it a case of 'look at me
in my imported car you plebs'. Particularly funny when it's a car that is
otherwise readily available here but have just taken the cheaper (as in
future value) option. Oddly though, it is just about always UK plates and
never, say, Japanese plates.
Bet their fog lights get a workout too ; p

[Ext User(rmcgrice)]

"jackbadger" <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote in
news:13f0f677f4d0e6dab64e4e8faf0fef2b@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:

> Why do people put new Australian plates over the top of foreign
plates
> for privately imported cars? The old plates are usually held on
with
> screws too so it's not like they're hard to remove. Is it a case
of
> 'look at me in my imported car you plebs'. Particularly funny
when
> it's a car that is otherwise readily available here but have just
> taken the cheaper (as in future value) option. Oddly though, it
is
> just about always UK plates and never, say, Japanese plates.
> Bet their fog lights get a workout too ; p
>

Have not seen that.
Is this a Nth Qld thing?

[Ext User(mark jb)]

> Have not seen that.
> Is this a Nth Qld thing?

I've seen plenty of Euro plates under standard NSW plates.
Seems to be the drivers' country of origin, have never seen it on an
'import' but have seen it on a few older cars, and once on a spankers BMW
330ci.

-mark

[Ext User(athol)]

jackbadger <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote:
> Why do people put new Australian plates over the top of foreign plates for
> privately imported cars? The old plates are usually held on with screws
> too so it's not like they're hard to remove. Is it a case of 'look at me
> in my imported car you plebs'. Particularly funny when it's a car that is
> otherwise readily available here but have just taken the cheaper (as in
> future value) option. Oddly though, it is just about always UK plates and
> never, say, Japanese plates.

A big part of it is that the UK laws say that the plates must remain on the
vehicle for the life of the vehicle. Removing them would contravene UK law.

For some reason, people seem to think that removing them in AU might be an
issue. It isn't, of course.

> Bet their fog lights get a workout too ; p

It seems that they get a workout on just about every car that has them. My
Falcon is an exception.

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[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <Xns97348D2E0A86Bnofuse@129.250.170.93>, mcgrice@newsguy.com
says...
> "jackbadger" <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote in
> news:13f0f677f4d0e6dab64e4e8faf0fef2b@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:
>
> > Why do people put new Australian plates over the top of foreign
> plates
> > for privately imported cars? The old plates are usually held on
> with
> > screws too so it's not like they're hard to remove. Is it a case
> of
> > 'look at me in my imported car you plebs'. Particularly funny
> when
> > it's a car that is otherwise readily available here but have just
> > taken the cheaper (as in future value) option. Oddly though, it
> is
> > just about always UK plates and never, say, Japanese plates.
> > Bet their fog lights get a workout too ; p
> >
>
> Have not seen that.
> Is this a Nth Qld thing?
>
Your reply is OK but quoted lines tend to be a bit odd. See above. Is it
just me?

Al
--
I don't take sides.
It's more fun to insult everyone.
http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html

[Ext User(David Field)]

"mark jb" <nukeleer at internode dot on dot net> wrote:

<SNIP>

> once on a spankers BMW 330ci.
>

Ahahaha. Having once looked (briefly) at importing a
less-than-three-year-old car that I owned while working in Europe I'm
pretty sure that the import duty on that would have been entertaining to
say the least!