If you are confounded by the restrictions on standard car registration plates and want to do something a little different with your motor then a gel number plate could be …
4D Number Plates Guide
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If you have already embraced the 3D Gel Plate look for your number plates, then the latest development in the good looking registration stakes is now 4D, a new technology …
Why are Number Plates Yellow and White?
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Number plates in the UK are yellow and white because that is what the law of the land decrees. But it didn’t start out that way.
Early registration plates
By …
Which number plates are illegal?
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It is against the law in the UK if a motor vehicle does not display a registration or number plate on the front and rear of the car. It also …
How Number Plates Work in the UK
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Number plates appeared with the earliest cars at the turn of the last century. It quickly became apparent that vehicles could not be linked visibly to their owners and so …
Ultimate Guide to Show Plates
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Anyone with a bit of smart eye will have noticed clever and unusual number plates being used on vehicles in certain situations. These are called show plates and can be …
Number Plates Through The Ages
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In the very earliest days of cars when they used to have a man walking in front of them carrying a flag, all you had to do if there was …
Is Your Private Number Plate at Risk?
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Private number plates can be a lot of fun, they can disguise the real age of your vehicle, …
How to Transfer Your Number Plate to a New Car
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If you’ve ever considered getting a private registration plate for a new car but you’ve never actually gone through the process …
Black Number Plates in the UK
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Although you won’t expect to see them on a modern vehicle here in the UK, a black number plate isn’t something totally unfamiliar to the vast majority of us. Even …
Keeping Your Number Plate Compliant With the Law
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It’s probably fair to assume that most people are aware of the very basics when it comes to being compliant with the law regarding number plates.
However, by that I …
New Number Plates for 2020 and Beyond
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In my time in the retail motor industry I never understood why people had such trouble understanding the current system of number plates for newly registered vehicles.
I could possibly …
Ever wondered about the humble origins of the number plate?
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There is a company you have probably never heard of whose claim to fame is that they are the oldest number plate makers in the UK and they are called …
Car Depreciation – is there anything you can do about it?
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It’s no secret that new cars depreciate at an eye-watering rate. But is there anything you can do about it? Do some cars fall in value more rapidly than others …
The History of the Number Plate
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We take number plates for granted these days, don’t we?
It’s impossible to imagine buying and owning a motor vehicle today and there being no need to register it and …
Strange Driving Laws Throughout Europe
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I’ve never found too many people in the UK who have much of a quarrel with any of our laws associated with driving. Just about every law you can think …