I fancy getting some new plates made up so that I don't drive round advertising the dealer who I bought the car from.
If I design them with the 'Subaru' emblem, or any other bar the GB, Euro etc one, on the left will this be illegal?
Cheers
Nick

 

Dont think so .... im sure the only text now "allowed" is the plate maker themselves i.e. either the dealer or the actual plate manufacturer

BUT

going by some of the ridiculous plates you see going about today, I think you would have to be incredibly unlucky to be pulled for that!!

(I have the name and limited edition number of my car on mine!!)

 

Only the Euro Flag and our individual nations flags are legal Im afraid.

 

From what i've read, your right on the button.

 

That's what I feared. I phoned grafix up and the chap said they'd never known any problems, but I don't want to pulled and give the coppers and excuse to crawl all over the car (not that they'd find anything wrong).
Cheers
Nick

 

Nick; this depends on the length of your registered number; if it has fewer characters than usual then it may be legal as a full sized plate isnt required (X1 XXX or 1 XXX etc, on a full sized plate would allow the logo to be inserted in the standard position as thisd be outside the area, of plate, required). Certainly that was how the law was written before but this may have been changed with the new regulations.


Simon

 

Another thing to consider is that if the car was registered before the new regulations came into force, then it (if the cars index number is shorter than standard, as described above) will still be perfectly legal. The only caveat is that a new registration plate must conform to the new regulations (if theyre different in this respect). This can be avoided by buying the plate from an off-shore supplier who wont be bothered about using the new font or recording the date of manufacture.....


Simon