66 DAY Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 No doubt this has been discussed many times but when passing the MOT this week (I know, bad time of year) the tester said he'd have no problem passing the car with an adhesive plate on the nose. Proviso being that the plate was reflective with proper sized lettering & spacing such as from http://www.craigsplates.com/self-adhesive-number-plate. Any views / thoughts? Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Paul Richards Posted January 6, 2010 Area Representative Share Posted January 6, 2010 My car has passed MOTs for 5 years with a stick on front number plate (on the nose cone - between badge and grill). Paul Richards Area Representative - L.A.D.S. (Lancashire and District Sevens) LADS Website Growing old is compulsory - Growing up is optional Edited by - Paul Richards on 6 Jan 2010 12:23:03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Mine too has passed the MOT for the last 4 years as did its predecesor but I fear you may have opened a can of worms Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6speedmanual Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The MOT tester may just be being slightly leinient. If so take the certificate and go. Technically speaking, the plate has to be mounted on a vertical(ish) plane. There was a very long thread on thsi subject a couple of months ago. P BRAWNGP green SUPERLIGHT FCITW 2009 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Hemsley Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Mine passed MOT Mon. with 3/4 front number plate, but it does not make it legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 what you mean the MOT man now requires us to actually take the car to mot station ? 😬 here is my Duratec R .... C7 TOP Taffia joint AO with Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalongbloke Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Mine passed with full size stick on. See pics below.... Check out Hal... http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/dalongbloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Miller 7 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 and mine with no front plate for the past 2 years...... Just the emissions and a quick look round. No lights, brakes or anything like that. Last year he passed me a torque wrench to swap my front wheels over as I had the CR500's running backwards on the front. Apparently (and I didn't know this), it's not legal on the road and would also invalidate my insurance if I crashed on the way home. Nice to have someone who lives in the real world! I think the phrase was "anyone with a car like that is going to make sure it's properly sorted" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budjuggler Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Mine has also passed twice with no plate. As long as it is in the car you can say it blew off on the way 😬 Andy - AR ReHaB The Cat in front is a Toyota .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puremalt Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 😬Nice one BJ Windscreens... They're for poofs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikes Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Stuart, Where do you take yours? I have used New Park Garage for the last few years and they have been very sensible. Be useful to know if there is another reliable tester in the area 😬 Mike Edited by - mikes on 8 Jan 2010 16:10:25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Mine's passed with a stick-on front plate for the past 23 years or so... 😬 Small Boy - with Loud Toy! Co-founder of the BOG Club See Eugene here and see what I do here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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