Hiding number plates

[eXphoid]

Hey,

Unless you're doing something illegal and want to hide yourself, why do people cover their number plates in photos? It's not like they can track you down or anything... what's the go with everyone hiding their plates?

[Zuicider]

well its more the fact that if people know what your running and happen to actually see the car, word spreads and they might come flog it or dob it in under anti hoon, word got around about a guy two houses down that has a fully blown vk v8 in his shed. i heard about it through the pipeline and talk about sumone arranging to steal it.

[walesy]

because there are cops that go through these forums aswell and u might not be doing anything illegal but have something defectable? how many people on here do you think has a 100% undefectable car? proberly noone

[eXphoid]

Agh good points xD

[Morton]

Plus, if you have a grudge against someone online, (and you can read about their driving habits on forums like these) it's not hard to pick a time and place they'll be, and use their number plate to dob them into the EPA for littering, or report them to the hoon line.

[HamaTime™]

1. You can enter the numberplate details onto VicRoads website and it can provide details of the car which can then lead to tracking down your personal details like address, phone number etc. Aids Theft
2. So it's not an open invitation to cops
3. Don't give out the cars personal details like you don't give out your D.O.B. phone number, address etc

[nemesis_adrasteia]

a bloke on another forum actually had the police come to his house and defect the car he was building it was in the shed in pieces

[Slippy_Trippy]

How can you defect a non working car??? Just claim you were fixing it?

Yeah I blocked my plates purely because if I am going to be rattling off what the mods are I don't want to be giving out an open invite. Unless you are here blatantly admitting to doing stupid things and illegal mods to your car, I doubt police will track you down. Chances are your car already draws the attention of any nearby plods anyway.

[Troy711]

I've never hidden my plates on here because I'm not worried about anyone stealing my car (it's nothing special anyway) but if I was ever to post my Hiace I'd be blacking them out only because I've got all my tools in there and replacement value is about 10K.

[STEALTHY™]

how many people on here do you think has a 100% undefectable car? proberly noone

There isn't a single car on Australian roads that 'isnt' defectable

Shit legislation at its finest.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

How can you defect a non working car??? Just claim you were fixing it?

not sure on the details but it was an engine conversion, the car was still registered as whatever the engine was originally

[LUMPY 8]

I thought blacking out the number plates were the in thing.


lol nah some1 told me 2 do it cause of most of all the reasons that have been said allready

[digger747]

a bloke on another forum actually had the police come to his house and defect the car he was building it was in the shed in pieces

ive been told they cant defect ur car if they dont pull u over to defect it like u could be parked at a shop and than come back out and the cops are there and they say were defecting u, if they can than thats shit i would just keep walking past the car and pertend its not mine and wait for them to leave

[STEALTHY™]

ive been told they cant defect ur car if they dont pull u over to defect it like u could be parked at a shop and than come back out and the cops are there and they say were defecting u, if they can than thats shit i would just keep walking past the car and pertend its not mine and wait for them to leave

In SA (so i assume Aus wide) they can defect the car without the owner present. The defect label is put on the outside of the window, and a note left for you to report to a police station for it to be placed on the inside.

[digger747]

In SA (so i assume Aus wide) they can defect the car without the owner present. The defect label is put on the outside of the window, and a note left for you to report to a police station for it to be placed on the inside.

thats shit the can do pretty much whatever they like

[STEALTHY™]

thats shit the can do pretty much whatever they like

Complain to the people that make legislation then.

It wouldn't be so bad if they defected dangerous cars, but hey, targeting modified cars is a gold mine, if i was in that position i'd do the exact same thing, quickest way to line my pockets for retirement.

[TMM]

how many people on here do you think has a 100% undefectable car? proberly noone

My car is 100% legal. Shame that yours isn't

[VT97CALAIS]

Plus, if you have a grudge against someone online, (and you can read about their driving habits on forums like these) it's not hard to pick a time and place they'll be, and use their number plate to dob them into the EPA for littering, or report them to the hoon line.

Littering and.... littering and................... littering and SMOKING THE REEFER!

LOL

[nemesis_adrasteia]

ive been told they cant defect ur car if they dont pull u over to defect it like u could be parked at a shop and than come back out and the cops are there and they say were defecting u, if they can than thats shit i would just keep walking past the car and pertend its not mine and wait for them to leave

heres one of the threads where they were talking about getting the car defected while it was in the shed i believe it was im pretty sure it was buggzy that it happened too

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[Type_3]

My car is 100% legal. Shame that yours isn't

Just becuase its 100% legal doesnt make it 100% non-defectable, did you know that a car straight of the production line at GMH can be defected on a minimum of 5 points!. Thats if they wanted to Really throw the book at you.

[VYMAD]

Just becuase its 100% legal doesnt make it 100% non-defectable, did you know that a car straight of the production line at GMH can be defected on a minimum of 5 points!. Thats if they wanted to Really throw the book at you.

?????? What's the minimum five things that can be defected? ??????

[STEALTHY™]

?????? What's the minimum five things that can be defected? ??????

He's saying that all cars have different things that are defectable.

For instance, ALL VT Commodores off the production line, the indicators only flash 59 times a minute, instead of 60 times.