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UK Number Plates
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Mr H
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WannabeOwner
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The Tesla plate holders are pretty horrid. You might prefer stick-ons instead? (possibly will help range too) If so there is choice for whatever you need in the additional side-panel
Might be more of an option for folk who have cherished number plates and thus need to change the plate anyway.
Note that the numberplate "UK" bit is not valid for some EU countries and needs a separate "full size" roundel (e.g. Spain - France is fine)
For example OneStopNumberPlates has these
If some of these aren't old-stock I wonder how many takers there are!
Might be more of an option for folk who have cherished number plates and thus need to change the plate anyway.
Note that the numberplate "UK" bit is not valid for some EU countries and needs a separate "full size" roundel (e.g. Spain - France is fine)
For example OneStopNumberPlates has these
If some of these aren't old-stock I wonder how many takers there are!
Are stuck on one’s legal? Are the sufficiently reflective and have a BS logo on them? This was always the issue when I had a Lotus many years back
Just looked up the rules. There is next to no chance any sticker will pass BS AU 145D so they are not road legal
Just looked up the rules. There is next to no chance any sticker will pass BS AU 145D so they are not road legal
WannabeOwner
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If you read the link I posted you will see that they are BS AU approved (specifically BS AU 145e which as I understand it superseded "D" for better ANPR)
As I read it these are what they can add to a complete vinyl plate that you order from them rather than a separate sticker to put onto an existing plate.
WannabeOwner
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Yes, absolutely, sorry I wasn't clear on that point. (Dunno if they also make separate side-pane-only stickers)
I was proposing it as a possible alternative to sticking a side-pane sticker onto an existing number plate because the Tesla M3 / MY number plate holders are "horrid" and also that replacing them with a stick-on plate might improve range. But additional cost if not replacing the number plate anyway - e.g. with a cherished number.
I find cherished plates "horrid" so won't be changing whatever plate I get. When we say stick on do we mean essentially a sticker that will follow the shape of the car or a flat hard plate that attaches with sticky pads. As the former would seem to struggle to pass the bending test of BS AU 145 d (or e which is simply additive to d)
WannabeOwner
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I wondered about getting one of those to be reusable. Any chance of it being nicked / falling off / getting knocked off (car park someone brushing past etc.)?
I’ve not had issues in the past with previous cars. Assuming my Tesla arrives before 30th I’ll be taking it to France straight away so will be testing out the magnet then.
M1tch
2021 M3P with EAP
I have a road legal sticker which meets all regs. A billion times better than the horrible plastic plate the car came with. I also removed the rear plastic holder and that is now held on with number plate sticky foam pads.
Aside from the tiny strip of carbon for the spoiler it is not. Some of the body panels are aluminium but the boot is steel.
speedyranger74
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Liverpool - Bucarest and back, twice, and still there.
If it survived Liverpool, it will be fine
I use the vinyl sticker that shows UK and sticks over the left-hand side of the front and back plates.
We used a magnetic GB plate on our old car a few times driving down to Spain.
No problems whatsoever.
Got a new UK one for the 3.
Looks very inconspicuous on a white car
