EURO PLATES

[ake53]

I think we should have a thread for people who have a euro plates and drive in the states.

SHOW THEM.

-I guess I"ll start first.

[Ricky Bobby]

Ugh I know I'm going to get flamed for this but I really despise the "double plate" look in the front.

A required state plate is horrid enough to display, why would you want to add another? Makes the front look extremely busy.

If you have a front plate already, IMHO, run the euro plate if you are doing a photo-shoot, going to a show etc, and remove the state plate, otherwise leave the state plate in place without running both at the same time.

If you want to really be a badass and live on the edge, remove the state plate completely and just run the euro plate in front at all times.

I'm just saying (and I know Mike is going to check this pnoyako85) that the euro plate look is nice, in my opinion though if that is the only plate you are displaying up front! You're my boy Mike but in my opinion the multiple plates takes away from the 4.8is beauty!

Coming from my days of the VW/Audi scene, for shows, car meets, etc, anything with picture taking opportunity, remove your state-issued front plate and go clean in the front. If you want to put a European plate on, go for it, but don't run both at the same time, especially for "picture threads"


/rant

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Ugh I know I'm going to get flamed for this but I really despise the "double plate" look in the front.

+1/2...

I don't 'get' the Euro plate in the first place. If you don't have to have a plate up front, why have one? Maybe it's my extreme sense of practicality, an engineering tendency, or just a more difficult to explain personal preference. I suppose my preference is rooted in the removal of all the badges on my 4.8is, 540, and 330. They serve ZERO purpose in which I find value. Pretty much the same with Euro front plates.

To me, they draw attention away from the sleek but very aggressive lines of the X5 front. They focus the viewer on the plate. He's looking for some hidden message/vanity within the letters or at the country of origin. Either way, because they're not a usual siting in the US, his eyes aren't where designers wanted them. If he can't 'get' the vanity, or if he doesn't know the country of origin, he's left with only questions.

And if he is me, chief among these questions is... why the Euro plates?

/rant #2

[starbiker99]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Ugh I know I'm going to get flamed for this but I really despise the "double plate" look in the front.

A required state plate is horrid enough to display, why would you want to add another? Makes the front look extremely busy.

If you have a front plate already, IMHO, run the euro plate if you are doing a photo-shoot, going to a show etc, and remove the state plate, otherwise leave the state plate in place without running both at the same time.

If you want to really be a badass and live on the edge, remove the state plate completely and just run the euro plate in front at all times.

I'm just saying (and I know Mike is going to check this pnoyako85) that the euro plate look is nice, in my opinion though if that is the only plate you are displaying up front! You're my boy Mike but in my opinion the multiple plates takes away from the 4.8is beauty!

Coming from my days of the VW/Audi scene, for shows, car meets, etc, anything with picture taking opportunity, remove your state-issued front plate and go clean in the front. If you want to put a European plate on, go for it, but don't run both at the same time, especially for "picture threads"


/rant

X2
If we didn't have to have front plates here in CO I sure wouldn't have anything on the front of mine. But then again that's just my 2 cents and that's about all it's worth!

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

+1/2...

I don't 'get' the Euro plate in the first place. If you don't have to have a plate up front, why have one? Maybe it's my extreme sense of practicality, an engineering tendency, or just a more difficult to explain personal preference. I suppose my preference is rooted in the removal of all the badges on my 4.8is, 540, and 330. They serve ZERO purpose in which I find value. Pretty much the same with Euro front plates.

To me, they draw attention away from the sleek but very aggressive lines of the X5 front. They focus the viewer on the plate. He's looking for some hidden message/vanity within the letters or at the country of origin. Either way, because they're not a usual siting in the US, his eyes aren't where designers wanted them. If he can't 'get' the vanity, or if he doesn't know the country of origin, he's left with only questions.

And if he is me, chief among these questions is... why the Euro plates?

/rant #2

Prop you read my thoughts exactly. Euro plates in my mind go with the threads that ask "should I plasti-dip my badges?", just get a hair dryer and some goo gone and REMOVE THEM.

A clean look is highly desired, and seldom found in my opinion.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

A clean look is highly desired, and seldom found in my opinion.

[jsoto]

Similar thread I started awhile back but different consesus..
I put in in the Lounge not to offend others.

http://www.xoutpost.com/off-topic/lo...ro-plates.html

[knucklebuster]

[DTMdan]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Ugh I know I'm going to get flamed for this but I really despise the "double plate" look in the front.

A required state plate is horrid enough to display, why would you want to add another? Makes the front look extremely busy.

If you have a front plate already, IMHO, run the euro plate if you are doing a photo-shoot, going to a show etc, and remove the state plate, otherwise leave the state plate in place without running both at the same time.

If you want to really be a badass and live on the edge, remove the state plate completely and just run the euro plate in front at all times.

I'm just saying (and I know Mike is going to check this pnoyako85) that the euro plate look is nice, in my opinion though if that is the only plate you are displaying up front! You're my boy Mike but in my opinion the multiple plates takes away from the 4.8is beauty!

Coming from my days of the VW/Audi scene, for shows, car meets, etc, anything with picture taking opportunity, remove your state-issued front plate and go clean in the front. If you want to put a European plate on, go for it, but don't run both at the same time, especially for "picture threads"


/rant

You're not alone with them feels.

[TerminatorX5]

one set of plates are my dip plates in Russia, the red with white numbers, and the other one is transit plates, white with black numbers... both on the now dead 4.6iS