German Plates

My sentiments exactly!!  Plates have arrived from Germany this week!!  took only 5 days!!  but I'm waiting for the surrounds (which serve 2 purposes, 1) is they look the part, 2) they can be changed in seconds!!

But where are my surrounds

On the legallity isue I would suggest you are more at risk from the growing non police enforcement agencies than you are from the police themselves ( traffic depts excepted).

The highways agency (bosses of all the scamera partnerships) have recently had a motorist fined £100 for sticking his fingers up at a mobile speed camera van (the Talivan), and he wasnt even speeding.

Your biggest problem will be the " meter maids", who are now largely private companies acting on behalf of local authorities, they are being given the powers to deal with minor motoring offences.

I may be missing the point here, of what you are trying to achieve, or I may just be getting too old, but why do you think German plates look better ? 

Why do you wish to attract attention to yourself when the only likely result will be some kind of fine ?

Also bear in mind, if you have a private plate it can be withdrawn for number plate offences.

Nigel, I do appreciate what your saying, I think they would be on a par with these plates which have illegible italics or spaces to trying and spell words. Its childish and cheekey and like you say, inviting trouble. I would only ever use them at a show or the like.

With personalised plates, if they have been altered, you first get a warning and a ticket, the second time the plate can be revoked by the DVLA and has to be re-registered - at a cost of course. Was also designed for the bikers who have tiny plates - if they can be caught!

Neil