De Lorean EuroTec

So I’ve been rattling round in my DeLorean for 12 years, the vast majority of those with a U.S. style plate on the back which actually fits in the bezel, unlike a UK plate, which on my particular registration makes it ambiguous about what the letters are as the tops are obscured.

I’ve been pulled up for it once in central London - £50. But a number of separate police have seen the plate and not given a monkeys. It’s technically no more ‘illegal’ than the plates with the protruding letters or letters moved closer together.

And don’t get me started on the squids riding their R1s with a numberplate the size of a gnat somewhere up behind the hugger.

Anyway, I’m about 20 minutes into Belgium on the autoroute today and flashing lights behind me. He pulls me over into a services and threatens to confiscate the car for it having a ‘fake plate’.

He didn’t like my absence of GB sticker either. In the end he just fined me 125 euros. Madness. It’s not even their country’s plate?!

Really wasn’t expecting it to be cracked down on harder out of the country than it ever has done in the country.

Fake ?
Be interesting to see what the Belgian guys have to say about it


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They probably just want to be arsey because of brexit. Also the GB sticker is meant to be a UK sticker now. Is your plate the California one Gez?

Madness. Was the 125 euro for not having the sticker??

It was 125 euros for not having a correct UK style plate (yes Dan, I’ve had the US style on for years now and don’t give it a second thought). I didn’t help my cause by not having a front plate on, or the UK sticker.

Having spoken to a Belgian today, seems that all their motorways are covered in cameras now and I will have set off an alarm somewhere which will have scrambled the cops to go intercept me.

Hence how arsey they were and why they didn’t just give me a slapped wrist.

The return journey could be costly too then

Fortunately I've got normal UK plates with me. Otherwise I'd be having to go so fast through Belgium they couldn't catch up with me before I get to France

Got fuck all else better to do obviously. Just like the prick who did me with GUll 81.
Oh & the other 6 who have nicked me for small bike plates over the years

bandit wrote:Got fuck all else better to do obviously. Just like the prick who did me with GUll 81.
Oh & the other 6 who have nicked me for small bike plates over the years

What size have your plates been on the bikes Julian? I’m running 8x6 inch on mine and was hoping that was a decent compromise that wouldn’t attract the attention of the law!

jerzybondov wrote:which will have scrambled the cops to go intercept me.

I wonder how quickly they scramble for a burglary