Northern Irish plates?

[Busterboo]

TR4man
...and don't waste your money on a cheap and nasty Northern Ireland plate.

Why are Northern Irish plates cheap and nasty? What's wrong with them, please?

 

[cj10jeeper]

TR4man
...and don't waste your money on a cheap and nasty Northern Ireland plate.

Why are Northern Irish plates cheap and nasty? What's wrong with them, please?

IMHO unless they are on a NI car or the owner has some connection with the area they wish to show then they are perceived as a cheap dateless registrations
I see them on London and other areas buses as the cheapest way to disguise the age of a vehicle

Google it and you'll find plenty of references to 'tacky' and similar words

 

[Marlon]

I disagree. I think they look very distinctive as well as being dateless, particularly if you have a 3 letter - 3 number format :roll:

 

[Number5]

I would agree. I think this stems back to the 1980's and 90's when we never used Z's at all in our plates.
Anything dateless with a Z in it and you know it's Irish and about £200's worth.

Unless there is a deliberate connection in the plate (i.e. Z4) or its very relevant to somebody it looks like a cover plate. A good example is Marlons. CC are his initials and it has Z4 in it, so i totally get it, and anyone who doesn't even know him still sees the Z4 bit. But ABZ 4692 on a Fiesta does nothing for me.

I'd still go for a subtle spacing though Marlon and see how long you get away with it - CC Z4 50

 

[ruffedlemurz4]

Very happy with mine. My initials and a z4 and a nice balanced look. I didn't even know there was some kind of snobbishness about them until I read in a forum and so I imagine 95% of the population wouldn't know or care. Viv

 

[cj10jeeper]

I disagree. I think they look very distinctive as well as being dateless, particularly if you have a 3 letter - 3 number format :roll:

I agree in your case and with the Zed as an exception where many have the 'Z4' in the centre

My comment was a generic one related to NI plates on English cars, such as this London bus which is a purely to hide the age of the vehicle

 

[Marlon]

I disagree. I think they look very distinctive as well as being dateless, particularly if you have a 3 letter - 3 number format :roll:

I agree in your case and with the Zed as an exception where many have the 'Z4' in the centre

My comment was a generic one related to NI plates on English cars, such as this London bus which is a purely to hide the age of the vehicle

Understood - like the red bus btw

 

[gmorris03]

The new London busses are actually made in Northern Ireland by Wrightbus so come with a Northern Irish plate as a result. I lived in Belfast until the beginning of this year and it wasn't an usual sight to see a London bus heading down the motorway to the Belfast docks.

I've also got an NI plate on my car but that's what it came with from Belfast.

 

[cj10jeeper]

The new London busses are actually made in Northern Ireland by Wrightbus so come with a Northern Irish plate as a result. I lived in Belfast until the beginning of this year and it wasn't an usual sight to see a London bus heading down the motorway to the Belfast docks.

I've also got an NI plate on my car but that's what it came with from Belfast.

Some do but not all, but I take you point if they are registered and delivered that way. I do however believe they are being converted as they age

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

They might be cheap but not always nasty

 

[Marlon]

They might be cheap but not always nasty

Number5 reckons I should try similar spacing, something like this, but with it being a DD I'm a little reluctant:

Have you ever been pulled for it?

 

[Dav the wheel nut]

I've no longer got the car but did retain the plate because it was ageless
I never got stopped in the two years I had it on the car but it's just a bit pot luck really

 

[Paulr]

Love those new London buses!

 

[paddy wright]

Being from Belfast mine and the wife's plates are my wee link to home.

 

[jamesditchy]

Not NI but I got this one for the wifes car. Had no problems as yet and been the airport car park a couple of times and had no problems with their ANPR systems letting us in or out for pre booked parking

 

[paddy wright]

I disagree. I think they look very distinctive as well as being dateless, particularly if you have a 3 letter - 3 number format :roll:

I agree in your case and with the Zed as an exception where many have the 'Z4' in the centre

My comment was a generic one related to NI plates on English cars, such as this London bus which is a purely to hide the age of the vehicle

That bus is built in NI so again there is a connection.

 

[firebobby]

I disagree. I think they look very distinctive as well as being dateless, particularly if you have a 3 letter - 3 number format :roll:

I agree in your case and with the Zed as an exception where many have the 'Z4' in the centre

My comment was a generic one related to NI plates on English cars, such as this London bus which is a purely to hide the age of the vehicle

That bus is built in NI so again there is a connection.

The bus has LTZ...London Transport perhaps ??

 

[Paulr]

Some transport companies use them as a way of managing thier fleet. It is the unique stock number, or call number, or fleet number, etc. If any were involved in a collision or something, the Police can report back the reg number and fleet HQ (London Transport in this case - love thse buses BTW) will know instantly what vehicle it is. Rather than inventing new unique reference numbers which the Police or any authorities will not know.

On private car though, why not? We all want to express ourselves differently and if that is how you want to do it and you can afford it, then stuff the haters and go for it! If it is an Irish plate, so what? Still different.

 

[Taz]

i see no problem using any private plate, if it means something to the owner then its fine

my personal thing is i don't like car specific plates, i would not buy a plate with a z in it, thats my preference but i see no problem for those that like car specific plates - individual choice