SAW A EURO CAR IN COLORADO

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 05/05/2014 at 11:37 • Filed to: Non-US car in usa

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So last night I saw a Land Rover Discovery 3 With UK plates underneath the Colorado plates. I dont know how it got here or how its legal, but I saw it. I tried to get a picture but it was late and my potato was blinded by the night and wouldn't focus, so I took a video, you could barely make out the UK plate underneath the colorado plate, you guys will have to believe me but it was badged as a discovery 3 not an LR3.

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For Sweden > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 11:53

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It's probably driven by some British Old Money spending the summer in Colorado. Foreign tourists can bring their cars with them for a set period of time (a year I think)

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > For Sweden 05/05/2014 at 11:59

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First of all why would you want to vacation in colorado for the summer? Second, if that rule exists.... Awesome!

For Sweden > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 12:00

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What makes you think the car just arrived?

Rory > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 12:14

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Tourists bring over their cars if they are spending a long time in the states. My Parents have done it , and a lot of their neighbours in Florida have done it.
Although I don't think my parents ever had a US plate on the car. I was young though.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > For Sweden 05/05/2014 at 12:15

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Thats a good point they could be on their way out

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Rory 05/05/2014 at 12:16

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ya thats what bugged me, the colorado plate

Rory > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 12:30

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Unless its a regulation in Colorado, possibly for insurance purposes but its really odd. I just know for my parents , neither of their cars had US plates. To obtain a plate though, it has to be registered and thats impossible. Weird

Mosqvich > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 12:32

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Easy answer. There are several Brits in Colorado Springs who work at both NORAD and Air Force Space Command, as well as the US Air Force Academy. So, that should solve your mystery. We can bring our US cars to Europe and they can do the same here.

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 15:42

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First, no offence, isn't that an Australian car. 'NSW' on the left stands for New South Wales.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/05/2014 at 21:14

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Ya I know thats a stock image from wikimedia commons, if you had read the post, you'd know that I couldnt get a picture of the actual car I saw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008…

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/05/2014 at 21:51

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My bad, sorry. But to answer, some states require foreign vehicles to have a temporary U.S. licence plate for varying reasons from insurance to merely placing the vehicle on the system should the vehicle come to the authorities attention.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/05/2014 at 22:18

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that makes sense

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 01:40

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I'm wanting to bring mine across in the next year or so and I'd be awfully pi55ed if someone said I had to put another licence plate over my own. Though I may bring her in via Canada and travel down through Pennsylvania then head across to Washington State.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/06/2014 at 02:46

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Ive seen ontario license plates in the states, but canada uses the same alpha-numeric format that the usa uses, so if u have a canadian plate I doubt youd have problems. I wonder if they were required to because europe doesnt use the same format for their plates

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 03:04

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Each European country has it's own alpha-numeric system but I would of thought with Interpol or merely the U.S. and Europol the system for tracking cars would be simple enough. The only requirement for taking a Euro car into another Euro country is the licence plate or tailgate of the vehicle carries a flag or initials of the home country it's registered in.

Though a British vehicle doesn't have to have the E.U. stars flag like the rest of the E.U. we can have the St. George Cross, St. Andrew's Saltire. St. David's Dragon or the Union Flag.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/06/2014 at 03:07

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No federal agency operates on US soil except the fbi and secret service and they dont deal with traffic stuff, thats local PD's jurisdiction

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 03:18

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The U.S. system never ceases to amaze me. No offence. Is there no central database for local and national authorities to share data or system to liaise with other nations other than at a federal level?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/06/2014 at 03:22

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Ya its called a right to privacy, governmental agencies are not aloud to infringe upon the bill of rights

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 03:35

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Oh, okay. We have a central police national database allowing a police officer to identify a person, the vehicle, insurance, road worthiness as well as any 'markers' that may of been put on the vehicle (ie drug tag, insurance, alcohol, etc...) and each officer is accountable for each request and what purpose. Police authorities can request information from other countries through individuals who are aware of what information can be shared and for what purpose. It helps authorities track down individuals who think they can just cross a border and hide away from detection.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/06/2014 at 03:45

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Here police could only do that if you are (or suspected to be) osama bin ladin or if youve been convicted of a felony (slightly more serious than petty crime), so if you have no criminal record or just stole a candy bar from a corner store the government cant find you

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 04:03

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Stealing candy is a gateway crime to harder stuff like stealing fizzy drinks. :)

British police see it as 'shoplifting' and some will deal with it at a lower level depending on age or how co-operative the individual was. Most minor ones are ignored (bar a stern word and a warning) but if the situation got violent or resisted arrest then a record almost certainly would be kept.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Svend 05/06/2014 at 04:05

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its shoplifting here too but its not a felony. A felony is stuff like bank robbery, murder, stalking, property damage etc... so if I stalk you, you live in a bank, I steal from you, I kill you and I crash your car... then I'm in trouble

Svend > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/06/2014 at 04:34

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Lol. Ye', 'felony'/ 'misdemeanour' system. I guess its a system that works. Lord knows ours doesn't seem to. As we also have the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) which looks at whether its in the public interest to prosecute and the likelyhood of a conviction so no matter how hard our officers work, the evidence gleaned through testimonies, cctv footage and even a confession, some idiot will say "not likely to get a conviction, let them off with a warning" which winds me up no end.

Right fella, I'm going to have to head off to bed before I fall asleep at the computer or I sleep in for work tonight (neither are good). Thanks for the info and shooting the breeze with me. Take care.

ptak appreciates old racecars > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/11/2014 at 21:24

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"my potato was blinded by the night and wouldn't focus"

"my potato was blinded by the night and wouldn't focus"

"my potato was blinded by the night and wouldn't focus"

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ptak appreciates old racecars 05/11/2014 at 21:30

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This is too funny

ptak appreciates old racecars > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/11/2014 at 21:31

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When I read that, I just giggled for half a minute.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ptak appreciates old racecars 05/11/2014 at 21:33

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well when I was little, a person who was WAY too into gilligan's island nicknamed me Giggles Mcgillicuty

ptak appreciates old racecars > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/12/2014 at 04:55

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And so you were known until college.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ptak appreciates old racecars 05/12/2014 at 11:50

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I dont get it

ptak appreciates old racecars > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/12/2014 at 12:28

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As in, everybody called you Giggles McGillicuty for the rest of your youth.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ptak appreciates old racecars 05/12/2014 at 12:31

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Then, As so I was known until High school. I was really lucky and that horrible nickname didn't stick.

ColoradoTaco > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/16/2014 at 17:00

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Were these LRs not sold here? What if he just ordered a 'UK euro' plate from customeuroplates.com to run as LR is British brand? That makes more sense to me.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ColoradoTaco 05/16/2014 at 17:19

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they were, they just werent branded as discovery