that’s so not cool…
These are blank plates, they are used to stamp the plate number on it but not the original … all of europe is going to use the same basic set-up … It’s probably possible to buy these all over europe as I said before in car accessory stores …
[quote=“redwagon”]Here. Two minutes of searching and they are all over the place…
tw.f2.page.bid.yahoo.com/tw/auction/b28493136
Says it’s the real deal. ‘upgrade the image of your car blah blah blah…’ : :snore: :wanker:[/quote]
Doesn’t the yellow background mean that you are importing the car or something. This
is at least not a regular license plate that you would see in Germany.
Update:
[quote=“wikipedia”]
Vehicles which have not been registered (because they are for transfer within Germany) have to carry short-term plates valid only for five days. The code starts with the numbers 04, e.g. DD-04000, and the plate has a yellow strip on the right showing when they are valid. The date is listed numerically, on three lines, reading day, month, year, with two digits each.[/quote]
Means that the guy is selling an invalid license plate. This one only has 2 rows, so it is a fake invalid license plate. How cool is that?
I saw another in Taichung last night that was definitely plastic… totally flat without any raised lettering and not aluminium… it’s so big there’s a black market 
:loco:
who’s taking odds on what the next binglang trash car fashion will be?.. my predictions are:
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Genuine but weathered Italian parking tickets under the wipers… "Gives your car that “Ferrari cool”…
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500g bags of pre-flattened genuine Californian dead bugs for application to your front grill… “Get that all American West Coast freeway cruiser look at a fraction of the cost…”
Plasma -
You might be on to something.
Don’t misunderstimate the financial opportunities of fads and catchy gimmicks.
I still have my original German Big Bike license plate in my living room? Any takers? Minimum bid NTD 1.000.000.
[quote=“ratlung”]I still have my original German Big Bike license plate in my living room? Any takers? Minimum bid NTD 1.000.000.[/quote]Ah, but does it still have the original German dirt on it? Don’t be trying to scam us with cheap Taiwanese dirt eh? 
That’s 1 NT$?
1,000,000 NT$ is probably better … 
Damn it, I think I cleaned it before I packed it up.
That’s 1 NT$?
1,000,000 NT$ is probably better … [/quote]
Hey, this is a German product, so I use German notation. :raspberry:
This is classic… last night saw a Mazda 3 (Redwagon knows how I feel about people who buy Mazda 3s) with an EU ‘J’ plate. Apparently Japan is now the latest country to join the European Union and we look forward to trading with them in the near future.
You have a fancy new camera and mounting system, but you’re still merely telling us about this stuff?
Hilarious though, like making perfect USD19 bills.
Actually, I kinda like these things. A lot of Taike drivers only used to be identifiable at night with their blue neon windshield washers and blue gel / fake HID lights. Now you can spot them in broad daylight and take appropriate avoidance measures.
[quote=“redwagon”]You have a fancy new camera and mounting system, but you’re still merely telling us about this stuff?
Hilarious though, like making perfect USD19 bills.[/quote]
Not exactly fancy… scanline city :s And I still need to finish making some kind of Taiwan Road Crap Screen before I start using it properly… not to worry though, I already have hours of ridiculous footage that I will be compiling complete with traditional Taiwanese comedy sound effects and sending to the highways agency.
What’s wrong with Mazda 3’s? A friend of mine thinks about buying one. Should I end our friendship…?
Well they’re Mazdas for a start… No, friendships should be cherished, wait until they buy the car, then torch it… they’ll thank you in the long run… 
Nothing wrong in particular with the Mazda 3 (Ford Focus). It’s the people that buy / drive them we have issues with. 
Gimme a P!
Gimme an R!
Gimme an E!
Gimme an… oh fuck it, Mazda in Taiwan has just become THE marque of choice for pretentious pricks who think that’s Mazda’s sporting pedigree on the track somehow magically turns every Mazda driver into a professional road racer. Cunts.
It’s okay, I nearly bought a Mitsubishi Lancer once but then I sobered up and vowed never to drink again.
I’ve never driven one but have you seen the specs? Looks like a big fat lardarse to me. The lowest spec 2.0 model does 0-100km/h in 14.3 seconds 
with the 2.3 clocking in at 8.9 seconds. My old ass 3.2 V6 Rodeo SUV with its truck frame weighs about the same as this fat lardy bugger and gets slightly better performance than the 2.3 ‘sportscar’. Those new sportier looking Mazdas and even the Mazda 5 MPVs keep trying to race my RZX off the lights and get pissed off when they suddenly realise how much better a 15 year old 2-stroke is than their shiny new porkmobile. I think the Mazda 3 reflects heavily on the sort of people you see buying them - porky, stupid and pointless. I bet they’ve got really small knobs as well.
My old man has driven Mazdas for years and years. The one he has now is some kind of a hatchback with 4wd and a turbo. It’s pretty damn nice.
I rolled one he had before at 105mph and walked away.
Top Gear was impressed with the Mazda 6…