Steve
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thats a good point, how do they know when the plates were made?
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andy1868
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its the car itself it refers to i think, the age of the plates doesn't matter.
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Andy Stocker
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Buggered if I know, for MOT purposes they were made in 1996
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deano87
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Originally posted by andy1868
its the car itself it refers to i think, the age of the plates doesn't matter.
Aye - it has been said a few times. It's the car which the numberplates have to be legal for.
Like someone mentioned. If you buy a private plate off a car which can legally have the chrome/black plates, it doesn't mean to say they can go on an 2002 Corsa. The 2002 Corsa must have 2002 spec plates on.
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corsa_rob
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Originally posted by M2RTY
......we have a 2002 (52 reg) corsa
It has private plate L17LHH
It failed it's MOT as the numberplates did not say the name of the people who made them and postcode
I know newly made plates HAVE to have this info, but is it an MOT requirement?
Also, how can old plates now have to be replaced? Some cars have plates made in 1990s and thye pass OK?
Will be going down later to complain
 HEARD ABOUT THIS! WOT A JOKE!!!!!
Sorry to laff mate its just a joke aint it!
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
its the car itself it refers to i think, the age of the plates doesn't matter.
Aye - it has been said a few times. It's the car which the numberplates have to be legal for.
Like someone mentioned. If you buy a private plate off a car which can legally have the chrome/black plates, it doesn't mean to say they can go on an 2002 Corsa. The 2002 Corsa must have 2002 spec plates on.
look at my quotes from the DVLA
does not mention the CAR, it mentions the PLATES made after 2001
It is not illegal to put plates from a 2000 reg car on a 2002 reg car which a lot of folks will do if they have a private plate
does not mention anywhere that the plates for a 2002 car have to be made in 2002 for example, or if it does say this anywhere then I have missed it.
But it DOES say that CARS after 1973 have to have white/yellow plates
Grey area I think
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
thats a good point, how do they know when the plates were made?
thats the point I was arg=uing in the first place
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M2RTY
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Originally posted by M2RTY
The 2 statement are:
Vehicles constructed before 1.1.1973 may display traditional style “black and white” plates i.e. white, silver or grey characters on a black plate
and
All number plates made after 31.8.2001 must display the mandatory typeface. Number plates made prior to this date
must be substantially the same. An example of the typeface is shown below.
I think I am right
[Edited on 31-10-2007 by M2RTY]
Once again,
My CAR was made after 1973 so it has to have yellow/white plates, but my PLATES were made before 2001 so they do NOT have to have postcode markings
If it said all CARS made after 2001 must have postcode on the plates then I would be wrong, but it does not
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Robin
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How did you prove the plates were made pre 2001 then?
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M2RTY
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Originally posted by Robin
How did you prove the plates were made pre 2001 then?
i had paperwork. sad i know
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strick206
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mine went through its MOT in august with my french plates on, and no postcode
got an advisory, number plates not standard but clearly visible, depends on the tester i guess
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strick206
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Originally posted by Andy Stocker
Mines also a '96 on the plates below. MOT on Saturday, is it likely to fail???
depends on your MOT tester on them plates
the scoob badge is illegal, doubt itll get pulled up though
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mattk
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it only applies to cars starting from 51 doesnt it
You need to show the V5 to get plates made by alot of places now
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Robin
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I didn't have to show my V5, just had to pay a fiver more for the pair 
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jamied
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u2u dan j100rsa
hes an mot tester
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M2RTY
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UPDATE - my dads 53 plate car got tested at the same place and apparently the "rule" does not apply any more
It passed with plates from the exact same company
1.0 to me
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deano87
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J100RSA
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this is all bollocks i receieved a special notice about this the other day saying its been dropped take it back to the garage tell the fucking idiots to read their special notice's!! they can not fail this car!!
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
thats a good point, how do they know when the plates were made?
thats the point I was arg=uing in the first place
Think they only released the new style font on 31.8.01, so any plate with the new style font must've been made after that 
Mine passed fine without post code, bsau marking, and some scuffage from when I crashed about a week before
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TomSBD
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right im a tester and your car should have passed
on the mot computer we got a message a few weeks ago saying that we cannot fail any car that has got the postcode etc on until further notice
so i would go back and complain
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M2RTY
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it did pass the day after when I went back
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AdamF
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check the dates m2rtys car was tested before the special notice was issued
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
check the dates m2rtys car was tested before the special notice was issued
Yeah this happened before the notice came out, but shows I was right
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AdamF
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but your not right,
all vehicles registered after 2001 should have had the plates mentioned and all number plates made after 2001 must also conform to this (obviosuly this cant be proved)
so a 96 car with plates made after 2001 should have failed but really shouldnt because you cant prove when the plates were made.
your car however was registered in 2002 so was quite rightly failed
but this is all shit anyway as it has all been dropped anyway
[Edited on 13-12-2007 by AdamF]
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AdamF
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http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_630.htm
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