In regards to Clarkson's Porsche

"Tohru" (tohrurokuno) 10/03/2014 at 13:06 • Filed to: None

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I'm inclined to take the Top Gear team's stance on this - that the plate number was a coincidence. Why? Because it's the plate that was issued to the car new.

For Sweden > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:10

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"But Top Gear should have changed the plate because a military Junta invaded a foreign nation and what about their feelings?!"

-People actually think this.

Audi-os, Amigos! > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:10

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This is actually some legit research and interesting new information. Somebody FP this shit.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:15

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Woah, what happened?

anothermiatafanboy > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:19

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background, please??

Tohru > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 10/03/2014 at 13:19

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SPOILERS AHEAD, MATEY!

Top Gear is filming a special in Argentina. Clarkson's vehicle of choice is a front-engine Porsche V8. Number plate looks like a reference to the Falklands War, if you squint at it a bit and have trouble letting go of past military battles (like Argentina, apparently). Top Gear team is attacked by locals, cars pelted with rocks, is forcibly kicked out of Argentina. Cars are abandoned in Argentina.

http://jalopnik.com/top-gear-was-j…

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > For Sweden 10/03/2014 at 13:21

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Same thing could be said with Japan and China.

Tohru > anothermiatafanboy 10/03/2014 at 13:23

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YARR, THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD.

Top Gear is filming their new end-of-season special in Argentina. Clarkson's car is a front-engine V8 Porsche. The number plate on it looks kinda like a reference to the Falklands War, if you squint a bit and are holding a grudge against England. Argentinians believe Top Gear team did this on purpose as an affront to their country. Locals attack Top Gear team with rocks, Top Gear team is kicked out of Argentina, cars are abandoned in Argentina.

http://jalopnik.com/top-gear-was-j…

For Sweden > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 10/03/2014 at 13:24

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Maybe they shouldn't have started shit.

Tohru > For Sweden 10/03/2014 at 13:25

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It's like the mindset of people from Tumblr is contagious.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > For Sweden 10/03/2014 at 13:26

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Eh, it's best to not finish shit. China, I'm looking at you!

For Sweden > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:27

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Is that were all the pro-military-dictatorship people hang out now? I thought they were all at /pol/

Tohru > Audi-os, Amigos! 10/03/2014 at 13:28

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Psh, like that'll happen. It's not click-baity enough.

Tohru > For Sweden 10/03/2014 at 13:31

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Well, they're on Tumblr fighting the Social Justice Warriors and ranting about #GamerGate and this Zoe Quinn lady... I think. Honestly, I don't keep track of that sort of thing.

I was more making a joke about folks who say we have to coddle everyone because they're a special and unique snowflake so we must make sure nobody gets offended ever and everyone gets participation trophies even if they sat on the bench eating boogers.

For Sweden > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:34

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Seems like a silly place

Manuél Ferrari > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:36

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I totally agree. It's so unlikely that they picked the 928 based on the number plate. There are only so many old 928s for sale. And the plate isn't good enough to be an intentional joke. H982 doesn't mean anything, does it? The last 3 characters ending in FKL is such a weak joke.

Had it been something like FKL4UK that would have been different. But just ending in FKL? FUK that shit

Tohru > For Sweden 10/03/2014 at 13:36

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Indeed!

Tohru > Manuél Ferrari 10/03/2014 at 13:41

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There would have been hundreds or thousands of FKL plates issued.

When I was a kid, my grandparents got a new squarebody Caravan. The plate they got was DNR-337. It was one of a thousand plates issued by Wisconsin DOT that started with DNR. Sometimes my grandparents would park in reserved parking and nobody would bother them because the plates said DNR - folks would make the assumption that the van belonged to the Department of Natural Resources.

Coincidences happen.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:53

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I apply the same logic to the other cars as well. There's a conspiracy running around the 'net that the Lotus and 'Stang's plates are the numbers of causalities sustained on both sides during the Falklands War. They're not - they're close, but not the same.

British losses - 258.

Argentinian losses - 649.

Only the 'Stang was newly registered (1st July 2014), but that could be explained by it being an imported vehicle from the USA. The Lotus was registered in 1996.

Also, I'm also assuming that these are not common cars in the UK. To find the specific number plate and applying it to the desired vehicle would take a lot of work and is just too big of a coincidence.

Manuél Ferrari > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 13:56

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So true. You see plates all the time that could mean something if you think hard enough. But they're not personalized. It's just random chance.

The most ironic thing is that the person who got hurt the worst was an Argentinian crew member.

Tohru > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 10/03/2014 at 13:59

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There's been one person saying the plates on the other two represent the military losses - Juan Manuel Romano. Everyone else outside of Argentina is using common sense - it's super-effective.

Local councillor Juan Manuel Romano said the digits 269 on the number plate of the Ford Mustang Mustang Richard Hammond was driving were close to the 255 Britons killed during the 1982 war.

He added that the numbers 646 on James May's Lotus could be taken as a reference to the 649 Argentinian casualties.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-g…

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 14:01

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That's reallyyyyyy stretching it.

//sigh

Spasoje > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 14:27

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Hold on, dude! That does not say H982 FKL was this car's plate in 1991.

It says this car was first registered in 1991, without saying what that registration number actually was .

Tohru > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 14:45

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In the UK the plate stays with the car. The first time this car was registered with this plate was 30 May 1991. Says so right in black and white.

user314 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 14:57

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Please read up on UK registration plates and how they're formatted .

Tohru > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 10/03/2014 at 14:58

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It's amazing the lengths people will go to in order to find something to be offended about.

Spasoje > user314 10/03/2014 at 14:59

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Trolling much? How does your comment have anything to do with what I wrote?

Spasoje > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 15:07

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It doesn't say that, though. It says what that plate number comes back to and when that particular car was first registered in the UK.

Don't forget that you can change a car's license plate whenever you want, even in Europe where they stick with the car instead of the owner...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Tohru 10/03/2014 at 15:08

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That's going to be a great episode :D

user314 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 15:18

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Because it contains links to the Wikipedia page on the UK registration plate system. There you could have learned how it works, and why the page Tohru linked to says exactly what he says it does , because that how their system works .

Spasoje > user314 10/03/2014 at 15:26

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You sure you don't wanna read up? You can get any H-prefix plate you want for that Porsche, or even a dateless personalized plate for that matter.

user314 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 15:56

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Yes, but the DVLA still shows this car was initially registered on 30 May 1991, so why would that make a difference? It would have an H plate regardless.

Spasoje > user314 10/03/2014 at 16:14

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The topic at hand is whether "H982 FKL" was the particular H-plate the car received in May 30th, 1991 (there's no proof that it was, despite claims to the contrary) so yes, it makes quite a difference. :)

user314 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 16:17

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So what exactly are you arguing?

Spasoje > user314 10/03/2014 at 16:22

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Erm...scroll up to my first post, perhaps?

user314 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 16:29

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Yes, you keep insisting this isn't the original plate, but why ? What's the upshot of having the plate swapped?

davedave1111 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 17:31

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"you can change a car's license plate whenever you want"

No, you can't. But it doesn't matter, that plate isn't a personal plate, it's a randomly issued one. Issued a while ago at the very least, not recently.

Spasoje > davedave1111 10/03/2014 at 17:48

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See my reply to your other comment. H982 FKL could be a personalized number if it wasn't taken already at some point in the past. The only restriction I found on the DVLA website w/ respect to a numberplate different from the car's original one is that the date prefix (i.e. H in this case) must not be newer than the car itself.

davedave1111 > Spasoje 10/03/2014 at 17:51

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Whatever it might be, it's actually still a randomly issued plate, issued many years ago to that car.

kalabaddon > Tohru 10/06/2014 at 10:34

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Do Not Resuscitate was the first thing I thought when I read your Grandparents plate number...

ACESandEIGHTS > For Sweden 10/06/2014 at 11:18

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There you go. Too bad it's only one nation that thinks this.

#FatDiego #DeadChe

Tohru > kalabaddon 10/06/2014 at 21:13

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I didn't know about "Do Not Resuscitate" until after I started watching House M.D.