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1st August 2014, 11:29 AM
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Interesting Number Plate!
haha I'm amazed that this is legal!
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#2
1st August 2014, 11:32 AM
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Lol!
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2nd August 2014, 03:04 AM
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At one time (circa 1985) I saw a genuine Tennessee license plate ("Tags" as they call them in the South) : "PHA QUE". I cannot believe they issued it. "Vanity plates", as they are called here, are subject to recall if there are complaints.
The other day I saw one with only two characters (on a big S-class AMG Benz, hate to say) at the airport's charter aircraft parking lot. I had "PROVA" on my Alfa for years, now have "ATOMIC" on my Passat. I want to get something witty and German for the A8 but there seems to be a general lack of short (<7 characters) German words. let alone witty ones! My brother had "TSCHUSS" on his Porsche for years. -Tom
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2nd August 2014, 09:27 AM
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My Tesla I guess.
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#7
3rd August 2014, 03:19 PM
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PHA QUE??? PROVA? TSCHUSS??
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#8
3rd August 2014, 06:41 PM
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PROVA plates are on every Italian car the manufacturer is testing. It means "to test" or "Testing". They are officially issued and the Italian police supposedly look the other way because they know it's a professional driver road testing a new car. I always read car magazines and saw them in the photos from the stories where they sent a photographer to the factory. Tschuss is a casual greeting in German akin to "Ciao" in Italian; it means hi and/or bye. Pronounced "Chuss" and I've heard my German wife say "Tschussy", too. I think it's mostly a "goodbye for now".
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I'm in love with a car. 2004 4.2L Petrol A8L Sage Green/Black (one of only five D3s thus colored sold in the US) Last edited by aTOMic; 3rd August 2014 at 06:44 PM.
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