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LudwigPastorius

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10. I mean...I guess I know why they do it, but...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 12:55 AM

Dec 13

yeah, it looks horrible.

(I'm guessing that a plate on the front of the grill would restrict airflow to the engine, and one below the grill would be hard to see and in danger of scraping the road.)

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An egregious abomination: [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 OP

I loved that car back in the day. Thank God I never had enough money to own one, because it wasn't dependable and too surfered Dec 12 #1

Not the car! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 #3

But it's so purty! rsdsharp Dec 12 #2

Not the car! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 #4

Is that it's convict number? quaint Dec 12 #5

It's the dumbass license number plastered on the bonnet of a work of art! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 #6

Egregious abomination, indeed! quaint Dec 12 #7

🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 #8

Sorry, I'm so slow, but PVV 1 meant nothing to me. surfered Dec 12 #9

Just the fact that in GB one must blemish such a beautiful machine with that ugly sticker! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 13 #11

I mean...I guess I know why they do it, but... LudwigPastorius Dec 13 #10

Jag drivers should get a pass; no front plate, especially an ugly sticker!🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 13 #12

According to some Jag forums, that's the location recommended by Jaguar: sl8 Dec 13 #13

🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 13 #14

Ah the E-type early because of the minimal justaprogressive Dec 13 #15

Thank you! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 13 #16

heh justaprogressive Dec 13 #17