Alan Crossley
Well-Known Member
Hippo = Freelander
It was said that during the Freelander press launch one of the reporters said the Freelander looked like a hippo (not me) and LR picked up on this and used it in their advertising.
Land Rover Freelander Born Free - YouTube
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Cost of insurance, tax, mot etc. Especially if yer banned or have been banned in the past, have no job or just don't want to pay it. Saves yer over £1000 a year. Hence why peeps who make number plates have to put the details on it like post code and you have to show ID and have the log book. This has stopped some of the problems. To get round this they nick your plate so you have to get another and they don't. Some plates shatter when taken oft to stop miss use when nicked.
Rachel jane
Member
As soon as I pressed "post reply" I regretted it!! It was a present someone bought me and I though it was appropriate.
Never had a teddy in my car before
Never had a teddy in my car before
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Nowt wrong with liking Hippo's and Freelander's.As soon as I pressed "post reply" I regretted it!! It was a present someone bought me and I though it was appropriate.
Never had a teddy in my car before
Alan Crossley
Well-Known Member
What a great image. So one more memory for my grey cell to remember. Thank you my Lord.
Alan Crossley
Well-Known Member
Why?A have a teddy hippo in my car
neilly
Well-Known Member
I understood that only "Show" plates could be purchased online and that for "road" plates you had to provide proof of ownership etc.
Maybe I am wrong.
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neilly
Well-Known Member
That is interesting, as I thought this had been put in place to try and avoid people getting spurious number plates without ID. In an attempt to stop cloning.
https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/getting-number-plates-made-up
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neilly
Well-Known Member
Hippo
Lord Hippo
We're not saying they're bad people. But if they don't follow the rules they will get into trouble. It's something all plate suppliers have to follow. It's the people who obtain naughty plates which are the real problem. Focusing on strict rules suppliers have to work too is the tool they're using to fight plate crime.
neilly
Well-Known Member
From a "road legal" online plates T&C's
The Company manufactures Showplates only. These are manufactured and supplied for 'off road' use only, rally days, car shows, exhibitions and use on private land where the law does not apply. Due to stringent restrictions of trade placed upon the Company by the DVLA, all show registration plates will be sold to the Purchaser on the basis of being for show use only and the Purchaser may risk prosecution if the show plates are used on the UK highway.
May be a small and thought to be trivial thing. But the standards are there to try and stop the potential for illegal activity.
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Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
This is what I was going to say I buy my number plates from the Internet think it's called show plates and it does say off road use only I use mine on road and never had a problem
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Once sold they can't control the use of them so they're just covering themselves. Some of them don't make show plates out of the same reflective material to protect themselves further and to limit misuse on the roads. Others will like my set from about 8 years ago which are road legal type, but with Freelander on them only. More difficult to get hold of now which I think is a good thing.
