Busted!!!

[RC45]

The story goes that this photographer from Cape Town noticed this beat up Toyota parked one day - and commented how close the numbers were to his car.

Then he realized... it WAS his license plate numbers!! The fucker had STOLEN his numbers since the car was also a Toyota Corolla... :shock: :shock:

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/364803_numbers_frontd.jpg

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/364802_numbers_backd.jpg

[Garretts_turbo]

nic pics. the DMV will love this mix-up....
theres a guy i know who owns two camaros from the same year and thinks that switching the plate is totally ok. but what can you expect from a guy who owns two early 80's camaros right???
people are stupid, what can ya do???

[possessed_beaver]

hahaha, nice find. what are the chances of seeing that, i find it funny when you see a car you use to own driving around, with someone else in it.

im sure that has happened to some of us

[nejcdolinsek]

Thats quite freaky/interesting... but how the hell can you just "steal" someone's licence plate number??? If the older toyota is registered, then there's no way that he could have used the same number... I guess it isn't registered :?

[DeMoN]

hahaha funny shit mang, should go to the jokes and humor secton.

[BADMIHAI]

Oh man! I would love to have a talk with the guy that stole my plates!

[PATo355]

Hahaha , very funny , plenty of free time to find that shit RC45 huh :wink:

[jon_s]

Hahahaha, well and truely busted!

[Tomerville]

yeah, how do you do that anyway!? poor guy...

[RC45]

yeah, how do you do that anyway!? poor guy...

uhm... look for a car like yours, right down the license plat number - and get a sign company to make you a set.

Not exactly rocket science... ;)

[hemi_fan]

lol, i wonder what the guy did when he saw this. And I wonder which car has the original plates on it... hmmm. wouldnt it have a year in the registration though? those cars deffinitely arent the same year.

[RC45]

Folks - it's simple really.

If someone is going to break the law they will circumvent the normal process (much like a person obtaining a gun illegally... ;) - and while this may shock and surprise many - that is the fundamental difference between the law abiding and law breaking :P) - namely drive their car illegally and unlicensed on the road.. they will simply make some kind of "fake license plate" that at first glance will pass scrutiny. Such as a cop radioing in "CA 123456 - check on this car" - "Roger - it is a white/beige Toyota Corolla - over" - "Roger - looks good".

That's all... ;)

Of course a simple fake job won't pass severe scrutiny- but it's not supposed to. :P

Now as far as plates in Cape Town - what you see is what you got at that time (in 2000 - they may have changed registration details since then) - but no, the plate did not carry any indication of registration year - that is contained in the round paper discs pasted to the windshield - which you can see on the new Toyota - but not on the old one... ;)

[possessed_beaver]

south africa has an awful high crime rate, and im sure it won't draw much attention at all.

because they are to worried about car jackings ect.

i don't know if they use rego stickers aswell,

but IMO it's not a bad way to have a car on the road without having to pay a few hundred for fucking licincing to drive on shitty crowded roads, that will cost you about $100 if you drive to fast on them.

my 2 cents ;)

[spitfire6000]

funny sh*t

[Zonda11]

Wow that's bad,,,, My parents have had their plates stolen b4,,,needless to say we reported in right away.....I would love to catch the guy ...LOL