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> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of John Macartney
>
> There are those who "feel the need to make a statement about themselves"
> by having personalised plates - but these cost a fortune and leave the car
> wide open to being vandalised. I'm informed the argument vandals use is
> that if you can afford a personal plate, you can afford a repaint.
Hi John,
The vandals in our area are too thick and inbred to work this one out - we
are in the heart of the UK's six fingered banjo player country. We regularly
find boot prints over the roof of our rather scruffy Mk1 2000, it has also
had it's rear windscreen smashed and a doner kebab stuck on it's roof. Our
"modern" 1994 VW Passat acquired a pre-reg numberplate when I exported a
Herald a few years ago. No-one's so far wanted to buy the plate, so it's
stayed on the Passat. This car hasn't suffered any of the indignity
inflicted on the 2000, go figure.
Maybe I'm being paranoid, but since the plate has been on the Passat I have
gained 3 points on my licence from a video speed camera, and I also got a
fixed penalty for getting stuck in a bus lane for about 5 yards (I was boxed
out by other traffic). Until then I had kept a clean licence for 15 years.
Perhaps marginal cases are less likely to be dealt with leniently for "rich"
drivers, or am I succumbing to a conspiracy theory?
Cheers,
Bill.
http://www.rarebits4classics.co.uk
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