The inappropriate badging thread

[axelcls]

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[Srdl]

 

[Blobcat]

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That's almost an @Wighty number plate going on there..

 

[Wighty]

That's almost an @Wighty number plate going on there..

There can be only one !, buddy !

 

[Blobcat]

There can be only one !, buddy !

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

 

[Srdl]

There can be only one !, buddy !

The world certainly isn’t ready for two!

 

[Ron240]

 

[Gazwould]

 

[Ron240]

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It's an Audi S type.

 

[A.J.]

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It's an Audi S type.

Or a Jaguar S Line

 

[axelcls]

Whatever it is…is undercover


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[JBell]

Just made me laugh

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[A.J.]

Not so much inappropriate badging but bastardised number plate. Derbyshire police claimed that is was the worst case they had ever seen. (Picture picked up from Twitter) Just had to be a BMW !!

 

[Rob7seven]

It was at least 12 years ago, so I can't remember the exact details, but it was a plate even more mucked about with than the one pictured in Andy's post, but that's the reason I have a poncey "private" plate on my cars. I chanced upon a registration that looked perfect for me on eBay, and mentioned it to my wife. Eyebrows raised, her reaction was not encouraging, so I didn't give the idea any more thought. A few days later we were both out in the car, slowly catching the one in front. The plate looked very odd to me, I just couldn't make it out, and wife Anne noticed it too. It was clearly the owner's name, but he'd changed everything, spacing, extra black screw heads, corners trimmed off characters, almost everything possible. We agreed that it had to be illegal, but then she shocked me by commenting, "You ought to buy that one on ebay you told me about". Seize the moment! We arrived home shortly afterwards, and I was out of the car and inside, up the stairs like a rat up a drainpipe. Found the ebay ad, plate still on offer, so I clicked on "buy now". The sale went through without problems, and it's now on the my sixth car. Single letter year identifier, low number, only 6 digits and all three letters of my initials, what's not to like? A silly thing really of course, but I like it. Even Anne admits that it looks good, and as I bought it on the "can't take it with you" principle that governs a lot of my purchases these days, who cares about the cost, especially as it's probably "worth" double today. And best of all my plate is completely un-mucked about with and 100% legal.

 

[A.J.]

It was at least 12 years ago, so I can't remember the exact details, but it was a plate even more mucked about with than the one pictured in Andy's post, but that's the reason I have a poncey "private" plate on my cars. I chanced upon a registration that looked perfect for me on eBay, and mentioned it to my wife. Eyebrows raised, her reaction was not encouraging, so I didn't give the idea any more thought. A few days later we were both out in the car, slowly catching the one in front. The plate looked very odd to me, I just couldn't make it out, and wife Anne noticed it too. It was clearly the owner's name, but he'd changed everything, spacing, extra black screw heads, corners trimmed off characters, almost everything possible. We agreed that it had to be illegal, but then she shocked me by commenting, "You ought to buy that one on ebay you told me about". Seize the moment! We arrived home shortly afterwards, and I was out of the car and inside, up the stairs like a rat up a drainpipe. Found the ebay ad, plate still on offer, so I clicked on "buy now". The sale went through without problems, and it's now on the my sixth car. Single letter year identifier, low number, only 6 digits and all three letters of my initials, what's not to like? A silly thing really of course, but I like it. Even Anne admits that it looks good, and as I bought it on the "can't take it with you" principle that governs a lot of my purchases these days, who cares about the cost, especially as it's probably "worth" double today. And best of all my plate is completely un-mucked about with and 100% legal.

Mine doesn't mean a bluddy thing but completely legal

 

[harrye500]

Got a 'Vanity Plate' (as our American friends like to call em) on my 207 too. I've had for many years (started off on my old Rover 800)! Bit of fun really and good value at the time if I remember rightly!

 

[Snake Charmer]

I added the badges from my company Astra to a friends Omega taxi when he wasn't looking so it said ASTROMEGA. He didn't notice until a new cab driver asked him if it was a limited edition.

My nephews girlfriend was driving around for months in her Ford KA with part of an additional Rover 216Si badge so it read KASi.

 

[Blobcat]

 

[SmartAmg]

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Looks ok, at least it's straight.

 

[mioba]

Looks ok, at least it's straight.

But the colour match is just WRONG