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Old 06-07-2010, 11:23 PM   #31
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I only caught the tail end of this as I walked past the TV that night, I think I saw my number plate on it, but with 7 letters, was a bit intrigued what it was about, doesn't sound like anything interesting!
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Old 06-07-2010, 11:47 PM   #32
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sensationalism to sell a story AGAIN !

Have to admit i like the idea of being as individual as my car is.

All be it by putting money in the government coffers.......

Havent fitted mine (yet) do you think vic roads will want "YEAH HA" back ?
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Old 06-07-2010, 11:52 PM   #33
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some people need to lighten up i **** myself laughin when i get the chance to watch TT or ACA...
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Old 07-07-2010, 11:04 AM   #34
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Your really not too bright are you.
Would you like me to personally attack on you now, maybe call you simple, stupid or just plain dumb?

I must have missed my previous posts where i said that i was offended by the word hoon or where i said that i was Vicroads and personally made the decision to recall such plate.............
Thats right, i didnt.

So to sit there and think its fine for you to attack me as if im the one that has the issue with the whole subject is not on.

If you genuinely cant see what the issue that Vicroads has, then your obviously no more intelligent than people who watch ACA to start with.

Take some of your own advice, grow up and think before you post such B.S again.
Personal attack away.. Ill stand by my original comments, and perhaps READ what is written, I said 'simple life' bit different to your portrayal of you being simple.

and no, if they are allowed to use the word to describe everyone on a constant basis thru the media and front page sensationalism news then why aren’t you allowed to have a plate just as a p**s take?

If that’s the case im not sure why PPQ hasn’t asked me to surrender 57OLN? It portrays i've committed an illegal act to be driving said car.. Do you realise how STUPID that sounds?
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Old 07-07-2010, 11:30 AM   #35
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I love the 'standard' Vicplates that can be taken as offensive such as

UUP-469
WTF-323 (Mazda Astina in Sydney has those plates)
PEN-155

etc etc....

Get a life people

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Old 07-07-2010, 05:41 PM   #36
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I love the 'standard' Vicplates that can be taken as offensive such as

UUP-469
WTF-323 (Mazda Astina in Sydney has those plates)
PEN-155

etc etc....

Get a life people

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Old 07-07-2010, 06:48 PM   #37
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I though personalised plates were just for W4NK3R5...! LOL



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Old 07-07-2010, 06:51 PM   #38
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^^ nice plate 4v man :P
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Old 07-07-2010, 07:05 PM   #39
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There's a reason why they're called 'vanity' plates.
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Old 07-07-2010, 10:20 PM   #40
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The word only has a stigma abot it due how programs like ACA and TT have portrayed it. If they weren't so far of the mark in the first place, Garry would still have his plates.

These ill informed programs spread idiotic notions all to create stories. Maybe they need to do a piece on factional journalism and the lack of it in todays society.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:35 AM   #41
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I love the 'standard' Vicplates that can be taken as offensive such as

UUP-469
WTF-323 (Mazda Astina in Sydney has those plates)
PEN-155

etc etc....

Get a life people

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There's a Pintara/Skyline wagon with the Victorian plates "WRX-###". To be fair, in the same area (Gungahlin ACT), there's a BMW with the plate ONDDOLE (Its picture has been posted in the Automotive Fail thread), and an R35 with a plain ACT-issued number plate (the smartest choice for any car).
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:15 AM   #42
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It is a bit ridiculous recalling HOON it's in the same category as recalling the plates STOLEIT or SEEYA
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Old 08-07-2010, 12:38 PM   #43
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It is interesting that a harmless little horse trainer from Gippsland can't have his HOON plates on a Renault Scenic...

What is even more bizzare is the fact that they've completely skipped the part about this guy Garry Rodgers being a HUGE part of Motor Racing history in this country...

I suppose - thats an easy thing to leave out of a story about someone who drives a Renault Scenic...

VicRoads have larger issues than recalling semi-offensive plates out there... If they issued them - they should have to stand by their product...

I think the world has gone a little PC crazy if we're going to be this tight on something as simple and harmless as numberplates on cars...
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Old 08-07-2010, 12:55 PM   #44
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I ahve always wanted to buy the plate "NO REGO" as the computer systems would ignore any speed camera or toll data.....
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Old 08-07-2010, 12:58 PM   #45
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You can get SLU-769 on ezyplates here in adelaide
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:27 PM   #46
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Im still intrigued that you can actually order plates that are offensive in the first place. Surely theres someone at the other end of the computer who can report the plate before its actually produced, given to the owner and registered to a car?

You cant even have a plate with "SLOW" in it anymore as it implies you dont drive a safe speed on the road.

Seriously, its a number plate, if I got the plate FATGRL, does that mean Im actually a fat girl?

I reckon people are just getting more clever with how they spell things out, as well as ordering funny standard issue plates as mentioned above.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:19 PM   #47
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Slightly of topic, but I just remembered a couple I have seen. An old Hotrod at a Wintersun had SWALLOW. He had a sticker on the windscreen which read "Good Girls".

Saw another guy cruising around with FKW17.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:46 PM   #48
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What is even more bizzare is the fact that they've completely skipped the part about this guy Garry Rogers being a HUGE part of Motor Racing history in this country...
i reckon that would've been intentional. there's no way they didn't know it was gary rogers, the same gary rogers in GRM.

i think it also shows that g.rogers is still a bit of a kid at heart, and having a bit of fun with the powers that be.
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Old 08-07-2010, 09:58 PM   #49
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Plate recalls are old news,my mate had HSVWPN recalled for the same reason,anything that had WPN in it was going to go.
Funny thing was that they were not even issued to a car and on retention.
They now hang on a wall because they will not be issued on a car.
Id say he will lose his HOON plates wether he likes it or not.
I have OFFEND as well as a few others,i wonder if that offends anybody?
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Old 09-07-2010, 08:07 AM   #50
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for gods sake its two bits of pressed ally people. Who cares? You must have better things to worry about- go shoot some drunk drivers. A guy here in NZ has RSOLE as a plate and I have seen RSYPE (**** wipe) too. If ya dun like it, dun look at it.
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Plate recalls are old news,my mate had HSVWPN recalled for the same reason,anything that had WPN in it was going to go.
Funny thing was that they were not even issued to a car and on retention.
They now hang on a wall because they will not be issued on a car.
Id say he will lose his HOON plates wether he likes it or not.
I have OFFEND as well as a few others,i wonder if that offends anybody?
He won't give the plates back, but VicRoads will make sure that the plates cannot be registered to a car (ie: any car with the plates on it will be unregistered)...

I've got a mate who had VicRoads take his plates off him... but he still has the 2 x numberplates... they're just not allowed to be on a car...
Another BRILLIANT effort by VicRoads... and his were certainly not offensive... just a mistake by VicRoads... again...
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Old 09-07-2010, 10:42 AM   #52
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I saw a Prius the other day that had PASSME on it. Needless to say, everyone was passing him.
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Old 09-07-2010, 04:50 PM   #53
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I don't know if anyone watched the episode. I don't normally, but was flicking chanells and saw ol Gazza, so I stayed for the segment. He was spruiking on about him being an "Exceptionally Safe Driver"! At 1.57 he is parked on the wrong side of the road, across a set of double white lines, beside a Back Hoe. Again, at 2.14 he is parked with his car again straddling a pair of unbroken white lines, his time sideways to the traffic flow.

Seems about as safe as lapping Ricciardello if you ask me! Should be booked on both counts!

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