Talking about police, my number plates were stolen once. Police just said thank you for reporting and said it's either kids or or somebody with a old van who will put them on to fill up petrol and drive away without paying and that I have nothing to worry about now that I have reported theft. I asked if I can get another number now as somebody might put it on another S8 and get parking, speeding fines or worse crash, rob a bank or kill somebody and licence plate numbers will come back to me. They said DVLA will not issue new number just because it was stolen and now that I have reported theft I have nothing to worry about. That was some 5 years ago and I have not heard any bad news back since. If I ever get caught by speeding camera I can just say it was not me, must have been whoever stole my plates years ago.
In Latvia for example every set of number plates is issued by equivalent of DVLA and each number is issued only once so if your plate gets lost, stolen or damaged you get different number on replacement plates.
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Currently 8less
2011 Q7 S Line 3.0TDI, 2016 Tesla Model S 90D
8 history:
2006 A8 Sport 4.2TDI quattro SOLD,
1997 S8, reached end of life with gearbox failure
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