Classic American muscle.....in Europe.

"Too many M's" (toomanyms) 10/01/2014 at 06:37 • Filed to: None

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One of the older guys where I work drives this a couple times a week. Still has original paint and top, only real modifications are an engine rebuild and higher geared rear end.

thebigbossyboss > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 06:40

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What country be this?

BATC42 > thebigbossyboss 10/01/2014 at 06:45

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Germany. Look at the "D" present on the plate. Each EU country (evn non-EU ones) use this for their plates. Here in France we have a "F", Spain gets an "E", "GB" stands for the UK, ...

thebigbossyboss > BATC42 10/01/2014 at 06:49

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I knew GB was UK but I wasn't sure about the rest.

I didn't know we had Opponauts from France!!

You were absent from the country roll call.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/oppo-is-big-co…

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 06:54

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How long a drive does he have? Looks like the car is registered in Hesse.

PS9 > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 06:58

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Zr1 swap needed to CRUSH the AMG/M schwachsinnigers

Too many M's > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 10/01/2014 at 06:59

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Yeah, his normal drive is about an 1.5 hours.

Too many M's > thebigbossyboss 10/01/2014 at 07:00

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Yar, we're in Germany.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 07:04

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sweet to see it isn't a garage queen.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 07:06

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Damn, that's quite the commute. Then again he's driving a Corvette so it's not all bad I guess.

Cé hé sin > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 07:07

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Shouldn't there be a H for historic at the end of the plate?

Too many M's > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 10/01/2014 at 07:29

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He tells me he doesn't really push it on the autobahn. This one is a cruiser. Also the rear-end has some crazy high ratio, he used to drag it in the 80s.

Too many M's > Cé hé sin 10/01/2014 at 07:31

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Normally yes, but we are Americans over here that don't get the cool

shop-teacher > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 07:32

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That thing is nice! Good to see it getting used.

BATC42 > thebigbossyboss 10/01/2014 at 07:33

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Yeah, we're several to come from France. On the top of my head, I think we are 3, Kookanoodles and Mécanicien (I think).

thebigbossyboss > BATC42 10/01/2014 at 07:43

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Right on. Maybe I'll visit someday. I would be interested to see the art works.

However my french is a bit redneck for the high culture of france!

I like how in France, you get to choose which province? division? canton? your car is from. I wish we had that in Canada!

BATC42 > thebigbossyboss 10/01/2014 at 08:29

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They are 2 different licence plates in France. One for cars registered before 2009 and one for registration after 2009.

Let's go back in time (cue the Huey Lewis and the news) before 2009. When you registered a car you had a a licence plate like the one below.

On these old plate you found the number of the "Département" (France is divided into 22 regions, which are also divided into departments). The plate on the left tells me the car has been registered in Paris. If you lived in Lyon you had a 69, and in Marseille it's 13.
When you had to re-register the car (if you sold it, or just if you moved, even in the same city) you would get a new plate. (At first these plates were all black then they became white on the front and yellow on the rear of the car, and after 2006 you could also get a white rear licence plate).

Anyway, in 2009 a new licence plate was introduced to harmonize France with other European countries, and to prevent us from reaching the maximum combination of numbers on licence plates (On the previous plate before "75", you have 3 letters, originally it was 2, they had to put a third one because of the limited number of licence plate available).

On the left is what these new licence plates look like. On the right hand side of the plate you can find a number and a logo. The number usually is the number of the department where you live, but you can put anything you want (like where you were born, ...). On top of that number is a logo, it usually is the logo of the region the department is a part of (for 75 (Paris), it's Ile de France). But this logo doesn't have to be a region, I've seen some people rocking a VW logo or one from their favourite soccer team.
Also these new plates are tied to the car instead of before when you changed plate number every time you registered the car. And if you don't want to pay 20€ to have new plates made (with a number and logo of your choosing) you don't have to.
For instance, I now spend most of my time in Aix-en-Provence (near Marseille) for my studies (departement 13). My parents live in a department called Loire (42). And I bought my current car in Saône-et-Loire (71) near where my parents live. But I neveer bother to change the plates so I still have the 71 on the plate.

Easy, ain't it ?

thebigbossyboss > BATC42 10/01/2014 at 08:34

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Haha thank you very much for this detailed post. European license plates have always confused me quite a bit. I read that Paris was the least popular department for these plates.

If Canada had this I would keep my old provincial identity and not the province where I live now.

ly2v8-Brian > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 09:10

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She's a beaut

BATC42 > thebigbossyboss 10/01/2014 at 09:19

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I know some people are putting 971, 972 or 974 on their plate. Why? Because those numbers are the ones for Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion, the french isles in the Caribbeans and the Indian Ocean, so they put them as a joke :)

thebigbossyboss > BATC42 10/01/2014 at 09:22

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YES! You should put St. Pierre and Miquelon.

Axial > Too many M's 10/01/2014 at 22:43

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Perfect. Looks like a 1960.