Ambitious towbars

[MJK 24]

 

[J W Pepper]

No pictures but I saw an 11 plate Picanto with a towbar

[HMC]

[AnnoyingPentium]

[Richard_FM]

In the handbook of my Yaris hybrid it recommends not using it as a tow car.

[barrett]

Nicked from a current ebay listing. Proper job.

[J W Pepper]

On 5/29/2022 at 3:11 PM, barrett said:

Nicked from a current ebay listing. Proper job.

At first I thought it was a 309 because of the spolier, but it's a 205!

[auntiemaryscanary]

Didn't think an Ambitious Roof Box thread would gain much traction so this will have to do here...

At a car park in Mablethorpe.

[bunglebus]

On 06/05/2022 at 21:05, Jikovron said:

What is that...thing?

[Stroller133]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What is that...thing?

A Proton? 

[High Jetter]

Proton, Mondeo, Ital and a kit car?

[sutty2006]

I saw a reliant ronin with a tow bar Thursday night. Must try to get a picture….. 

[Saabnut]

I think whilst I may not win this thread, it should be near the top

[Jikovron]

On 6/3/2022 at 7:46 PM, bunglebus said:

What is that...thing?

It was a 1275 marina powered creation with Viva HC front and rear axles it was very unusual to say the least!

[Dick Longbridge]

[J W Pepper]

From the Ebay tat thread

[sutty2006]

That’s nothing ….

 

 

this is epic 

[Talbot]

Silver and black number plates on a 1997 (probably) vehicle should be grounds for involantary euthenasia.

[Mally]

Can't see your problem

https://www.heritagecarinsurance.co.uk/blog/can-i-display-black-silver-number-plate/

It's there.

In black and white!

[Yoss]

It certainly is, it says you can't fit black and silver plates to anything registered after 1.1.1980 so the above Reliant misses out by a mere 17 years. 

And regardless of the legalities they just look shit. Most cars that had black plates from new had raised digits. These pressed aluminium ones are the cheapest of the cheap and they look it. 

[TataBobu]

As a kid in Romania in the '80s, this was my image of tourist from Poland transiting Romania for Bulgaria/Greece/Turkey: https://www.google.com/search?q=polski+126+with+trailer&client=ms-android-motorola-rev2&prmd=imvn&sxsrf=ALiCzsZ26OOYv3mzMI9WbfddCVEgZc4ihA:1654870062662&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0x--xh6P4AhULO-wKHQBsCAgQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=755&dpr=1.75#imgrc=DTBH8A32Wc4f-M

[horriblemercedes]

12 minutes ago, Yoss said:

It certainly is, it says you can't fit black and silver plates to anything registered after 1.1.1980 so the above Reliant misses out by a mere 17 years. 

And regardless of the legalities they just look shit. Most cars that had black plates from new had raised digits. These pressed aluminium ones are the cheapest of the cheap and they look it. 

It just jars me when I see a car that obviously wouldn't have had black and silver plates. I used to see a Ford Orion around here with them - it looked just wrong

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Most cars that had black plates from new had raised digits. These pressed aluminium ones are the cheapest of the cheap and they look it. 

its not just that either, plenty of cars came with pressed metal plates when new (anything fleet especially since pressed plates where cheaper then raised digit ones)

but these modern cheap £20 ones just so fucking naff, because the font and digit size is all wrong, everything about them is just wrong and rubs me completely the wrong way LOL

 

I always find it sad when I see a really nice vehicle but someones riveted a set of cheap plates to it, especially such when you know the vehicle still had set of nice original or period plates that have been binned off for said cheap and nasty plates

 

I guess because most people just want "Oooh look silver on black its old!"

 

I know its small potatoes in the scheme of things but it is one of those things that really make or break a vehicle for me

for example Stagecoach (or the garage crew at Bow/West ham) made sure their heritage route 15 Routemasters had properly done painted/transfer number plates

but First just slapped some cheap and nasty silver on black pressed jobbies on their RM's and its legitimately one of the reasons why I never rode on a heritage Route 9 RM LOL

anyways this is one of my soap boxes so I best shut up now LOL 

[Dick Longbridge]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

its not just that either, plenty of cars came with pressed metal plates when new (anything fleet especially since pressed plates where cheaper then raised digit ones)

but these modern cheap £20 ones just so fucking naff, because the font and digit size is all wrong, everything about them is just wrong and rubs me completely the wrong way LOL

 

I always find it sad when I see a really nice vehicle but someones riveted a set of cheap plates to it, especially such when you know the vehicle still had set of nice original or period plates that have been binned off for said cheap and nasty plates

 

I know its small potatoes in the scheme of things but it is one of those things that really make or break a vehicle for me

for example Stagecoach (or the garage crew at Bow/West ham) made sure their heritage route 15 Routemasters had properly done painted/transfer number plates

but First just slapped some cheap and nasty silver on black pressed jobbies on their RM's and its legitimately one of the reasons why I never rode on a heritage Route 9 RM LOL

anyways this is one of my soap boxes so I best shut up now LOL 

I feel way too aggrieved when people fit post-2001 font plates to vee-hicles which are pre-2001. They look bloody awful.

[Yoss]

38 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

its not just that either, plenty of cars came with pressed metal plates when new (anything fleet especially since pressed plates where cheaper then raised digit ones)

but these modern cheap £20 ones just so fucking naff, because the font and digit size is all wrong, everything about them is just wrong and rubs me completely the wrong way LOL

 

I always find it sad when I see a really nice vehicle but someones riveted a set of cheap plates to it, especially such when you know the vehicle still had set of nice original or period plates that have been binned off for said cheap and nasty plates

 

I guess because most people just want "Oooh look silver on black its old!"

 

I know its small potatoes in the scheme of things but it is one of those things that really make or break a vehicle for me

for example Stagecoach (or the garage crew at Bow/West ham) made sure their heritage route 15 Routemasters had properly done painted/transfer number plates

but First just slapped some cheap and nasty silver on black pressed jobbies on their RM's and its legitimately one of the reasons why I never rode on a heritage Route 9 RM LOL

anyways this is one of my soap boxes so I best shut up now LOL 

It wasn't just the First bus ones, New Cross started putting them on their RMs on the 36s long before that. And for no good reason either, they just stuck them on top of the original transfer plates. That annoyed me too. I realise there were far worse things going on in the world, but little things like that annoy me, possibly* irrationally. 

[catsinthewelder]

3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I feel way too aggrieved when people fit post-2001 font plates to vee-hicles which are pre-2001. They look bloody awful.

I can't tell to be honest.

I did however notice that the new Kia the boss bought yesterday still had a grey rear numberplate that read Picanto.  He hadn't, and he'd driven it quite some distance 😆

[Dick Longbridge]

21 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

I can't tell to be honest.

I did however notice that the new Kia the boss bought yesterday still had a grey rear numberplate that read Picanto.  He hadn't, and he'd driven it quite some distance 😆

I hope you did the right thing and kept quiet 🤣

[sutty2006]

Guys you need to see the bigger picture. ITS GOT A FUCKING TOW BAR!!!!!!! 🤣

[Rust Collector]

This came up in my Facebook Marketplace suggestions - not sure what I've looked at to get this fired out the algorithm but it was obviously a winning combo.

[bear-in-the-air]

Apologies for the terrible photo, but I was stuck 2 fences from the road when this Goldwing (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) rolled past, towing a small camping trailer.