J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy

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Thu 30 Oct 2014 20:42
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Trilogy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rkw_N9pNms

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 08:43
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Trilogy

He does seem genuine to me.

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 09:02
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - bolt

He does seem genuine to me.

Yes I agree,Cant say I would have believed Clarkson though,he really gets up my nose

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 21:44
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - daveyK_UK

Its a genuine explanation, the Argentine ambassador is trying to make political mileage out of the situation and also trying to deflect attention from the terrible behaviour of the Argentinean people.

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 22:01
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - groaver

James makes this sound reasonable but what if they chose the car for its plate before they decided it had to be that make and model?

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Fri 31 Oct 2014 22:14
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Trilogy

James makes this sound reasonable but what if they chose the car for its plate before they decided it had to be that make and model?

Doubt it. This seems to have been a storm in a tea cup.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 10:28
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Ben 10
He's had plenty of time to come up with that excuse. He looked quite embarrassed trying to cover the mistake. They could easily have bought another plate from the DVLA for £250. A complete load of b*****. They wanted it for comedic value during the recording but it backfired on them. And May thinks that nothing can be read into the plate. Don't make me laugh. You take your viewers for mugs mate.
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Sat 1 Nov 2014 13:25
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Doc
. They could easily have bought another plate from the DVLA for £250. A complete load of b*****. They wanted it for comedic value during the recording but it backfired on them.

The trouble with that theory is that the car was registered with that number in 1991.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 15:49
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Honestjohn

I won't speculate. I refuse to suggest that the 928 was chosen for its FKL plate, that the theme 'V8 sportscars' was then cooked up to cover the 928, and that the very rare Esprit V8 and the Mustang were bought at a later date to fit the V8 theme. Obiously the TV production company will have evidence to prove that this was not the case. And anyway the producers would have known that 'FKL' was meaningless to Argentinians who call the disputed islands the 'Malvinas'. The programme makers must have been very upset when some wag Twittered the apparent connection so that the Argentinans woke up to it.

HJ

Edited by Honestjohn on 01/11/2014 at 16:17

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 19:10
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - groaver

And anyway the producers would have known that 'FKL' was meaningless to Argentinians who call the disputed islands the 'Malvinas'. The programme makers must have been very upset when some wag Twittered the apparent connection so that the Argentinans woke up to it.

HJ

I don't think it was intended to upset Argentinians. The program has previous when it comes to making "subtle" jokes that the viewers are meant to get.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 16:02
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Ben 10
Doc,

So what if it was registered in 1991. You can buy any plate from the DVLA site and put it on any car for at least £250. They just couldn't be bothered. So if they had bought a car with a rude word amongst the letters and numbers they would be justified in having it on the programme? Or would they have changed it to fulfil BBC guidelines. On this occasion IMO they let it ride for effect. You're not telling me that no one amongst the production team with their reams of degrees or High IQs never once looked at that plate and realised the significance, especially where they were about to travel. Come on.
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Sat 1 Nov 2014 16:39
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Doc

I find it amazing that people get so wound up about a series of numbers and letters on a piece of plastic.

They do not form any words, nor make any statement, good or bad.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 18:01
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Armitage Shanks {p}

"You can buy any plate from the DVLA site and put it on any car for at least £250. "

No, you can't.

  • www.autocheck.co.uk/images/bullet-red.png) 0% 1px no-repeat;">A number plate should never make a vehicle look newer than it actually is - you cannot put a 55 plate on a 2003 vehicle, but you can put it on a 2008 vehicle.

Edited by Armitage Shanks {p} on 01/11/2014 at 18:05

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 18:40
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Ben 10
Yes you can. I can pick any number of number plates on offer from DVLA auction site at fixed price and fit them to any vehicle I choose.

Edited by Ben 10 on 01/11/2014 at 18:41

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 18:58
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - csgmart
Yes you can. I can pick any number of number plates on offer from DVLA auction site at fixed price and fit them to any vehicle I choose.

Not ANY car. You can make a new car appear to be older than it is but it is illegal to make an old car look newer than it is.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 20:05
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Armitage Shanks {p}

NO you can't. Do you have difficulty understanding the correct information you are being given?

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 20:48
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Ben 10
So what is a private plate on a car. Do explain AS?
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Sat 1 Nov 2014 20:54
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - Doc
Conditions for transferring a registration number

You can’t transfer a registration number:

  • starting with ‘Q’ or ‘NIQ’ for Northern Ireland registered vehicles
  • if it will make the vehicle it’s being transferred to look younger

Both vehicles must be:

  • registered with DVLA
  • available for inspection
  • of a type that needs an MOT or heavy goods vehicle ( HGV ) test certificate

tinyurl.com/abxsptc


Edited by Doc on 01/11/2014 at 20:55

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Sun 2 Nov 2014 10:29
J May on TopGear no. plate Argentina controversy - csgmart
So what is a private plate on a car. Do explain AS?

What do you mean by 'private plate'?

If it's one of the really old plates where there is no age identifier (e.g. ABC 123) that's fine because the plate is older than the car.

What isn't permissable is the following:-

You have a 2002 car. You buy a 'personal' number plate LE 04 MEE for example. You cannot put a 2004 plate on a car that was registered before 2004 as this would make the 2002 car look like it was a 2004 car. Understand now?

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