@@mhmellouki is there any other mode of transport? i mean we all ride our german shepherd's with license plates here? what do you use you silly American? nah jk
I don't have a Euro plate, but to me, European cars were designed with that plate in mind. They are wide, rather than tall and fit the look of the car better.
@@martismartiis813 True, at lot of people here get those for their Alfa Romeos. Because of the grill the plate is usually on one side of the nose of the car. The US-plates interfere less with the styling.
@@janklement315 There used to be two. One in the front for AU -Abgasuntersuchung (emissions) and one for HU - Hauptuntersuchung (Main inspection), because they were due in different intervals.
The plate is all wrong. 1. The EU stars over the D are missing 2. The inspection sticker is supposed to be on the rear plate. 3. The state's seal is also missing.
For God's sakes, just be honest and say you prefer the look of Euro plates in the front or else you would have removed it. Has nothing to do with being too lazy to remove 2 screws or sticking it to the man. And honestly, an American plate in the front would ruin the look. So if it is legal to do so in your area, by all means do so. Just own up to the real reason why you kept the plate on 😂 I rest my case, nice car btw 👍
I am German and absolutely love it when Americans do that. Makes me feel at home and it makes me happy to see other nations appreciating German car history/ culture/ looks.
Paulo Moniz The stars are there, just hard to see. If you see his original video (the one he was referring to the 39 comments), you’ll see a close up shot of the plate and it does have the stars.
@@AurizeYT I'm not quite sure whether this differs from State to state but in Rhineland-Palatinate the front plate usually only has the land sticker, without the TÜV sign. The rear one has the TüV sign and the land sticker. So I'm not quite sure how this plate came to be.
in the Netherlands, you can get a dutch plate, it's yellow, but it is the US size, so it fits on American imports. I love them bc I think the euro plates are quite big
@@marekproche5161 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Czech_registration_us_3152.jpg/1920px-Czech_registration_us_3152.jpg this is how it looks like for Czechia. It's about the format, not about the design, and it's something that european countries offer to make registering vehicles designed for different regions easier.
It is funny because some people in Europe are putting USDM bumpers on their VW for example and fit American license plates . I think it's as he said , you are always looking for the things you can't have .
I think it looks nice. Your broke ass probably takes the bus to middle school. Front plates are harder to take off, some of them are inside the bumper, mine is inside my front grill, so you would need a drill to drill out the frame.
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“It has a German plate because frankly, I’m too lazy to take it off..” Yet I can make a 7 minute video, with all the editing and such, with less effort than unscrewing a plate. 🤣🤣 You crack me up man lol
Actually changing plate is a way more involved process. You have to notify both the German government, who need to deregister the car or at least mark that as exported or something, and the one in your state, who will need to issue a "local" plate and register the car. Doing that: days, possibly weeks of work, with uncertainty and paperwork Doing the video: put a camera on a tripod and start talking, 1 day of work if you put a lot of effort in it and are a slow editor.
That's partly because euro-plates doesn't fit on old american cars. In many European countries you can't pick which style you want, but rather need to get a special permit where you to varying extent has to prove that the regular plate doesn't fit your car.
All about self-expression and there’s nothing wrong with that. No one needs to explain themselves to others in regards to what they do with their car. This is such a common problem in the car community. I recommend watching the Gears and Gasoline video “Hate in the Car Community”.
Welp, I agree expect their video on hate in the car community. I totally find slamming a vehicle into ground pointless and ugly. I don't respect slamming "culture" but it's their decision, not mine so I don't bother.
Yes it's wrong. Get that fucking plate off it's ugly af you don't even have to put a plate in the front of your car and you go ahead and put that? Wtf man
@@JackRR15 He LITERALLY said in the video he is REQUIRED BY LAW to put a plate ON THE FRONT Did you even watch the video? And like he said he likes the look of it, I myself like EU plates better than USA ones
MiddleEasternGuy if you’re driving around in traffic without a valid license plate, you’re committing a crime. Not expressing yourself. You can like the look of the plate size all you want. You could even maybe run a plate in that size that corresponds to your registration. But having a random license plate that belongs to someone else in a different country on there, that’s not something you should be doing.
1:00 the G on the license plate is not a code from a small village, its actually one of the biggest. if at the front it has 1 letter before the stickers its one of the biggest cities, if its 2 its a medium sized city and 3 is for the smallest ones
When I lived in Michigan for a while I put my own original german license plate on the front of the Mercedes I had there. I got asked quite often where I got the plate from so that was pretty funny.
I'm surprised you didn't mention this in your video but a big reason so many BMW have a Euro plate is because of BMW's Euro Delivery program. You buy the car from a US dealer but go pick it up in Munich at the Welt Center and then drive it around Europe for a few weeks before putting it on a boat back to the USA. While there the car has full Euro plates front and rear, and when the car is put on the boat it clears customs with both plates still installed. The rear has to come off, of course, because you replace it with the USA plate. But unless you're in a state that requires matching F&R plates, there's no reason you can't just leave the front Euro plate in place. So it's not even an "accessory" that people are adding, it's the actual plate you use when you pick the car up in Germany. People just leave it on when they pick the car up from their US dealer after the car is delivered again stateside, either because it looks good or is a nice reminder of a very memorable Euro Delivery vacation with the car.
I've known about the ED programs since I was little - my dad always wanted to do a Porsche ED but never got the chance - but maybe a lot of Americans aren't aware of these opportunities? It's an incredible experience and anyone buying from BMW, Porsche, Audi, even Volvo should look into it. I've read Volvo does a great job with theirs.
In Germany cars picked up on European delivery are issued provisional plates which do not look like the typical EU blue plates but rather have red. As soon as the car is shipped to the US the plates are removed by the German Zoll.
What happens if you're passing through a state that requires both front and rear plates? People will assume the euro plate on the front to be your legitimate plate, when in fact it's invalid.
It’s cool, over here in my country in Europe we have people using US style license plates on typical US muscle cars and pickups. I suppose it’s honoring the culture and car you love.
Honoring the culture haha. USDM cars often dont have enough space for ugly wide European plates thats why ppl with imported cars use American style plates
@@user-hs2hd7wp9g I don't understand how are they childish? I never looked at cars with American plates and thought "ugh this car looks like beaver" never. They are small and cover little space on the bumper often allowing more air into the radiator and intercooler and they don't make your front bumper looks stupid and nonaerodynamic. Font on them is also good looking not like European plates which are so into your face with big ugly looking letters. Every state has its own style plate which makes some of them even better looking. That is why American plates are better than standard European ones. If I could choose I would drive without front plate but I can't and that is why I have small american sized number plates on one of my cars
@@Gizawar Your assumption is wrong. All USDM cars use motorcycle sized plates, and European countries have those too. So if the mounting point is too narrow they can add an appropriately sized plate in the correct European format. The large letter sizing is to ensure the plate is highly readable by ANPR systems in all weather conditions (if the car got stolen etc); unfortunately US plates are so small and gaudily stylised because no such practical considerations were taken.
@@koolyman I know why letters on European plates are so big but it doesn't change the fact that the look ugly because of that. Regarding motorcycle plates, most European motorcycle plates are taller than American plates that's why often people who use motorcycle plates on USDM cars have to bend them to fit
I think it’s very cool, and true to the car’s Legacy. I would slap a Grill Crest on there too. There’s a saying in Mississippi, sweep your own yard before you go loaning your broom. (Lol, before the advent of grass...) I am a die hard USA Patriot, but I sure do admire seeing “Made in Germany,” “Made in Switzerland,” and “Made in West Germany.” It’s just a statement of Quality, Engineering, and Uber Legacy!!! They earned it. Leave the awesome tag.
I always put a German plate on my cars. My Audi has the old school solid white plate and both my Porsches have EU Stuttgart ones. My 944 I had I put a vintage state (WV where I’m from) plate on the front I found in my grandparents stuff.
Visiting my mom while watching this. She told me a great story -- when they came back from England in 1950 after vacation with their own American car, they had a British plate on the car. So my uncle (my mom's brother) kept the British plate on the car until finally after a few months, a local cop said you've been back a while now I think it's time you remove your fancy English plate. So apparently he loved having that distinguished plate that nobody else had on the front of his car for a while just for fun.
You can get Euro plates in Australia, I have them on my car because the euro plates fit better on european cars than our different sized plates, especially on the front, as the standard plate is too tall to fit in the space without overhang, and slimline plates already cost extra... Only ours do not have the Blue band or country letters/letters each state reserved a series to use with them, in Victoria the V series is used for it and the state crest sits between the first 2 letters. They also make Japanese spec plates, for the same reason.
Philip Anderson I’m pretty sure the Victorian ‘Euro-style’ plates have the blue band on the side, only with the Southern Cross on it (and VIC). But yeah there’s US-size/style plates and Japanese-style/size plates in addition to the Euro and standard Aussie ones. www.vplates.com.au/euro When grey import Skylines and the like were all the rage here, the old Aussie plates had to be bent to fit, so I can understand why you’d want the plates that fit the bumper cutout better.
I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare . How is it even legal to have foreign plates? What state do you live in? LOL
kiDkiDkiD12 States that have only a rear plate are allowed to put a vanity plate on the front. Most people in Florida have a plate with a beach scene or fishing scene on the front if they have any.
I would maybe just put the current registered plate over it to avoid a ticket or maybe on another part of the bumper. For states that don't have front plates, that one probably is fine just like it is.
European plates are definitely far better looking than the American plates, the American plates don't fit that well, and a lot of them have these designs and colours, which doesn't always fit on every car. European plates are very clean and simple, and the size just fits better into a car
States around Australia sell plates that are the design of other counties (Euro style, US style, Japanese Style) that are fully legal. In fact some dealerships that sell BMW's, Audi's and other euro cars where I live , sell them with euro style plates. The euro plates specifically, where the euro star and country code are just say (3 state code) eg T A S
I like that we do this honestly, for some cars our standard plates just look a bit off as they hang a bit too low or they're not wide enough. Getting a plate the same size as the plate the body of the car was designed for just looks better in my opinion.
@@ruggjay agreed. I have white letters and a black plate (slim front, full size rear) Looks heaps better on the black plastic front Also I noticed a lot of euro cars have number plate brackets that are designed for euro plates, they look weird with stock standard aussie plates.
wazyhye Let me tell you the most Relevant example I live in new york but im originally from albania, I used to have a license plate on albania that i duplicated and sent over here to put it in front of my car.In my car the rear plate has the NY plate and the front has the Eu plate. It’s more like a culture thing to me to represent where i’m coming from.
Yeah, that’s a tiny portion of the people with European plates...also most people who drive European cars are not first or even second generation immigrants from Europe...
My brother in law moved to Maryland from Italy, and brought his old car, he didn't want to get rid of its old plate, since its kind of historic, being from before the new EU standardized ones , it has the province "Roma" printed in full letters instead of having the small blue bands with just "RM", but he still had to put a Maryland plate on top of it.
European plates do look better because the cars were designed to fit them, and i also think the format of our plates lends itself better to be integrated into the design. They are also far sleeker and more „business“ looking than your plates, that do look a bit like comics with all the different colours and such. Over here, having front and rear plates is just the norm...so no matter how much better a car would look like without them, everyone has them, so you do not lose out on style compared to others. This is just the opinion of one guy from Austria, yours may differ but there you have it...
I am from the US and I own two bmws and one of them has a German plate on the front because I picked the car up in Germany and drove it around Germany before sending it back to the US. (I also have the back license plate on my wall in my office.)
@@parkjimin-standkb-62 i know someone who owned a completely functioning american police car that was street legal in the EU. It does however draw a lot, and i mean a lot of attention when taking it to festivals abroad
I'm putting one on my GTI for the front. I work at a Mercedes dealer in the US and some customers put a Euro plate up front. I'm in a state where front plates are not required.
I have an Audi A5 sport back and yes I have a German plate in the front and for me it pays homage to my years living in Germany while serving in the military....I have a state military plate on the rear of my car, an I love wiesse bier!!!!
I know we have Euro/JDM/USA style plates available here in Victoria Australia, and generally said the plates are different size and fit better on the cars they put them on with out needing to drill out new wholes for mounting the plates. An example would be euro on BMWs or JDM on a Skyline or even the USA plate on the Mustangs/Camaros that have only just started to be imported
In ireland plates make much more sense say it says 07 ke 355 thats means it was sold in year 2007 the area it was sold ke county killdare and 355 that means it was the 355th car of the lot of the exact model. Hows the american plate work
here in brazil it's on a state-by-state basis and it just goes from AAA-0001 to ZZZ-9999. Each state gets allocated an interval as they need it. The third character was added in 1990 and we're closing in fast to needing to add a fourth one. We were going to switch to a style of plate similar to the euro one (as other countries in the mercosul have already done), but we're kind ditching mercosul so our new president doesn't want to do it anymore. Who knows what will happen.
In states that does NOT require front plates, to cover the license holder, bumper space or the holes, people will put sport teams plates or European plates according to the car manufacturer
Lukas G I’m an American who lives in Germany, when I lived in Florida there were many cars that had German plates on the front end. Florida only requires plates on the back, so many people put various plates on the front. I never put any plate on the front of my Cadillac, but now of course I have plates front and rear on my Lancia
You forgot to mention cars like mine that were bought via the euro delivery program😄. I picked up my 2016 M3 in Munich, Germany and it came with valid German license plates so I could drive it in Europe as part of the whole euro delivery experience. I did around 1100 miles through 4 countries in Europe over a 16 day period and was easily one of the best experiences of my life. My car was delivered to the states with the front German plate still glued on but I prefer a cleaner look so removed it when I got home and it now sits on my garage wall as a souvenir. I think in this case the plate was well earned considering it was used for 16 days of driving in Europe 😄 Cheers.
There are Mexican/ EU plates in the whole republic in Mexico and they are legal in some state for front plate and rear. They have a different font and color but same style. It’s in put on in many European cars like BMWs and SEATs. It is very rare because its usually for the rich and in Mexico City, they can’t drive their cars in some days due to the pollutions.
A lot of cars I used to see with European sized plates are European, and there was once a company that made Euro sized duplicates of your DMV issued license plates, and in Puerto Rico it was such the demand, the DMV there started issuing official Euro sized plates, being the only US jurisdiction to do so.
G stands for big city rofl. 1 letter =big city. 2 letters =medium to small city. 3 letters =small village. And you can even live in a big city and have 3 letters for small village. Wtf is even the problem to have G or fkin MTK. Like what's the deal. In Germany small village live ppl with alot of money, contrary to us where hillbilly lives there.
I have a Swedish plate on my Volvo. They had (dunno if they still do) this factory delivery program where Americans can pick up their Volvo from the factory in Sweden, and I kept my red visitor plate as a lasting reminder of my trip to Sweden!
In the UK it is illegal to have any other style of plate other than our own. There's a set standard and if you don't have the appropriate plates you'll get clamped down on. We also have to have front and rear plates and there are no exceptions.
I love euro plates. If I get a new car, and it has front drill holes or brackets, I put a euro plates on the front. I have one my 560SL, since it has a front license plate mount that looks plain awful.
@@hardcorehardo Look at the coupe Mercedes in the US. Because of the silly US plate design, it ends up with the most hideous plastic shroud on the rear bumper. The US plates are just not proportionate to the proportions of a car so they never look good. The more rectangular Euro plates are better. We use the same in South Africa. Either black on white or blue on white. Looks so good. These American ones make me sad.
I live in the USA but i have a real Munich plate that expired in 2001 on the front. It also helps my friends recognize me when i run into them on the road.
I have American plates on my 88 Chevy Camaro Z28 IROC-Z here in the UK, so it goes both ways. Ive never been pulled over for it, and it goes through our yearly inspection (MOT).
At unemployment, migrant camps and being occupied by the US since 45, then yes you are right lol. Also, I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare, no one gives a fuck about little bitty Europe. That's why most educated Europeans move to AMERICA. LOL
I bought my 335I in Illinois where you have to have a front plate. I live in Michigan, where you don't. Seemed like the coolest option to cover up the two holes in front. Bought an authentic rep plate on ebay. I think it looks great.
The (rose) safety inspection sticker ("HU Plakette") is only attachted to the rear license plate in Germany, together with the seal sticker of the respective state/county below. On the front plate shows only the seal sticker. Best regards from Germany, Dan.
Meanwhile in my country people are buying US spec bumpers and trunk lids just to get approved for a US format plate. Same thing with amber corners which are illegal.
I ran a front German plate on my Porsche Boxster until I got a ticket from the CHP. It was a hassle to get that ticket cleared by another policeman. I liked the plate on front, it was a stylish addition. No other reason other than it made the car appear genuine from Germany, which it was. Just something to decorate the car. That's why I had one on my Porsche.
Here in Italy lots of luxury cars have Swiss, Arabic or Russian license plates. There are many reasons for this. First of all, there's a pretty important tax to pay for vehicles above a certain power, and people want to avoid it. Secondly, there certain restricted areas, where you can't enter with your car unless you live there or you have a special pass. It makes sense, but road signs aren't always exceptionally clear and there's too much to read if you're driving (ex. restricted vehicles, hours, days, exceptions), so it's not difficult to receive a fine without realizing it. Lastly, speed limits. We have speed cameras everywhere, and some of the limits are just nonsense. All of this is easily avoided with one of the mentioned license plates, but you can get into trouble in case from the papers they discover that you live in Italy.
In britain, where I'm from, you are only allowed the basic British plate. You are allowed different materials (plastic or metal) , you can have the letters sticking out and that's pretty much it. If your car is pre 1972 or 1973 you have the choice of a black and silver number plate which came as standard back then or you can change it to a yellow/white plate which is less interesting.
The Black and silver plates are the most beautiful plates in the world, and as well as pre early 70's cars, are still permitted on military vehicles and certain diplomatic vehicles.
@@wangdangdoodie I already love the font and I much prefer the shape of the plate. The yellow ruins it and the black and silver looks brilliant. It's on my bucket list to buy a car with a black and silver number plate I love it so much. It looks much sexier than boring common yellow/white plates. I didn't know military plates has to be black though.
In most countries you are required by law to change a cars registration when you buy it second hand. There's no other way to send traffic infringement fines to the correct person
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EatSleepDrive Clever... Tuned....
lol the word play. i see u bro
EatSleepDrive Its possible to close the holes with plastic „welding“ and get a smart repair painjob. 😁👌
EatSleepDrive for the holes just use bondo
Idk if its legal but you could install a light-bar where the holes of the license-plate were !?
I have 2 German plates on my car
I'm German tho...
Klugscheißer! 🤣🤣🤣
And you have a german shepard
Ehrenmann
Ich auch
@@mhmellouki is there any other mode of transport? i mean we all ride our german shepherd's with license plates here? what do you use you silly American?
nah jk
"I am sorry, officer I thought I was on the autobahnen."
*Autobahn 😉
Thanks
I love tha Autobahn Much like BMW
Adrian autobahn = highway
@@_michko_ der Autobahn isn't the highway
I don't have a Euro plate, but to me, European cars were designed with that plate in mind. They are wide, rather than tall and fit the look of the car better.
you cal also get the skinier but taller plate in eu don't know how its called tho
these plates are for usdm/jdm cars which don't have place for a wide plate, most eudm cars are made for the standard plate
@@martismartiis813 These are used mainly on motorbikes.
@@martismartiis813 i like your avatar xD
@@martismartiis813 True, at lot of people here get those for their Alfa Romeos. Because of the grill the plate is usually on one side of the nose of the car. The US-plates interfere less with the styling.
Is your TÜV still valid???
It is called Hauptuntersuchung... not TÜV...
@@D4RKD0ME You are right, but you have a TÜV plaque and everyone just says TÜV so...
It looks like it ran out in November 2017 and it is supposed to be on the back plate
@@williw.5815 the plaques are all the same no matter if you go to TÜV, DEKRA or gtü
@@janklement315 There used to be two. One in the front for AU -Abgasuntersuchung (emissions) and one for HU - Hauptuntersuchung (Main inspection), because they were due in different intervals.
The plate is all wrong.
1. The EU stars over the D are missing
2. The inspection sticker is supposed to be on the rear plate.
3. The state's seal is also missing.
You are wrong it is normal German 😂
U dumb?
Stimmt 👌🏻😂
@@DorfLP2013 You are wrong. ;)
@Kor Kalom ja so muss das 😂😂
For God's sakes, just be honest and say you prefer the look of Euro plates in the front or else you would have removed it. Has nothing to do with being too lazy to remove 2 screws or sticking it to the man. And honestly, an American plate in the front would ruin the look. So if it is legal to do so in your area, by all means do so. Just own up to the real reason why you kept the plate on 😂
I rest my case, nice car btw 👍
100% agree with you. Euro plates look better and it’s German car... designed to have a European plate on it... why not get a European plate on it...
@Christian Ball well, you clearly can't
yes, he would have conveniently removed it if it's an enterprise/hertz plate frame.
“I’m too lazy to take it off” yeah don’t believe that at all. Americans put Euro plates on their cars because it looks cool.
You underestimate the power of laziness lol
I'm pretty sure we're not allowed to run any other plate than the ones from our country in Europe.
Ignace Helsen you can if you 1. remove the registration stamp on the fake one and 2. if you mount your original plate in visible position too
@@shaclo1512 There are strict regulations about where both license plates should be and how they have to be visible.
Ignace Helsen in germany it has to be about 20 or 25cm above the ground, thats all
Shaban Clooney It has to be properly lite, You can’t put it on the side of your car...
@@shaclo1512 No, just not. You can't hang it on the side or put it in a dark spot. It has to be from the country where it's registered.
I am German and absolutely love it when Americans do that. Makes me feel at home and it makes me happy to see other nations appreciating German car history/ culture/ looks.
Also, German cars are somewhat made to have the plate on them, they look awkward without them.
German cars are a scam shit and ugly
I was stationed there and i'd like one on my bmw, but i don't know where to find one. Some of the best times in my life. I miss it!
I’m from Romania and I have a Romanian plate on my car, I’ve done it with all my vehicles.
wow really nice , im really impresionanted
Zac. Hey, good job zac!
Be like Zac.
Locuiesti in State?
No way that's crazy
It's very simple for me German Car, German license plate. Great conversation piece.
Wait a second, you have so little personality that you have to have a FAKE german license plate to talk with people?
Are all American's this pathetic?
Orcawhale bruh it’s not that deep, go get laid
Right. I have an Audi. I want the German plate because that’s where Audi originates. I’m just showing respect tbh lol
the EU stars are missing over the D, on the plate btw.
Paulo Moniz The stars are there, just hard to see. If you see his original video (the one he was referring to the 39 comments), you’ll see a close up shot of the plate and it does have the stars.
nope
The stars are definetly on the plate. If you don't see them, watch it on a screen and not on a toaster
@@AurizeYT I'm not quite sure whether this differs from State to state but in Rhineland-Palatinate the front plate usually only has the land sticker, without the TÜV sign. The rear one has the TüV sign and the land sticker. So I'm not quite sure how this plate came to be.
And the „TÜV Siegel“
And we Europeans put usa style sqare plates on our cars. Grass is greener on the other side
Dariune maybe you
You cannot put random american plate to your car with european registration, it's illegal.
@@elerian9702Atleast here in Sweden you can get a legal US size plate.
in the Netherlands, you can get a dutch plate, it's yellow, but it is the US size, so it fits on American imports. I love them bc I think the euro plates are quite big
@@marekproche5161 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Czech_registration_us_3152.jpg/1920px-Czech_registration_us_3152.jpg this is how it looks like for Czechia. It's about the format, not about the design, and it's something that european countries offer to make registering vehicles designed for different regions easier.
Euro plates look cooler, plain and simple
Jackie Boy I like the US plates more because they are smaller than ours
i hate the dutch ones tho, yellow is not a good looking colour imo. but the german ones really are slylish indeed.
I like American plate regulations, and the European plate shape and size.
naa brah. The smaller the better.
It is funny because some people in Europe are putting USDM bumpers on their VW for example and fit American license plates . I think it's as he said , you are always looking for the things you can't have .
- Lazy to take off a plate, 25sec of time
- Not lazy to film a video and edit it
Legit
There are holes in the front bumper he would need to cover one way or the other, so its propably more than just 25 seconds
@@MrManniG Still better than this hideosity. Also much less noticeable
I think it looks nice.
Your broke ass probably takes the bus to middle school.
Front plates are harder to take off, some of them are inside the bumper, mine is inside my front grill, so you would need a drill to drill out the frame.
zz12345aaa12345zz so what
@@MrManniG Or, he could just understand that license plate holes are part of owning a car and get over it. Jeebus people are anal about their cars.
For me, as a german, without the license plate something is missing in the "face" of a car. Like it doesn't have a smiling mouth.
@ It just looks wrong on European cars without one. Our car's are made for them and without one you have an empty indent for it
Its just not right when you see a car without a plate
Exactly as Brit, I was so shocked to see cars driving around in the US (and I think Canada) with no number plate at the front.
That’s a different way of thinking of the facia (idk if that’s correct) of a car
@@andyt8216 it was better looking
Seen a few British plates in the USA. Some Brits living or having road trips in the USA tend to import their cars given how expensive renting can get.
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“It has a German plate because frankly, I’m too lazy to take it off..” Yet I can make a 7 minute video, with all the editing and such, with less effort than unscrewing a plate. 🤣🤣 You crack me up man lol
Because this dude is a jackass and is wanting to play pretend.
Actually changing plate is a way more involved process. You have to notify both the German government, who need to deregister the car or at least mark that as exported or something, and the one in your state, who will need to issue a "local" plate and register the car.
Doing that: days, possibly weeks of work, with uncertainty and paperwork
Doing the video: put a camera on a tripod and start talking, 1 day of work if you put a lot of effort in it and are a slow editor.
@@Anankin12 this person is in the US with a fake plate. the german government has nothing to do with it.
And we in europe put American plates on old muscle Cars😂😂
But with EU look and Motorbike Plates look like American car Plates a bit
That's partly because euro-plates doesn't fit on old american cars. In many European countries you can't pick which style you want, but rather need to get a special permit where you to varying extent has to prove that the regular plate doesn't fit your car.
Yea because other plates don't fit -_-
That's an import plate
Try fitting rectangular plate into square space - good luck.
All about self-expression and there’s nothing wrong with that. No one needs to explain themselves to others in regards to what they do with their car. This is such a common problem in the car community. I recommend watching the Gears and Gasoline video “Hate in the Car Community”.
Welp, I agree expect their video on hate in the car community. I totally find slamming a vehicle into ground pointless and ugly. I don't respect slamming "culture" but it's their decision, not mine so I don't bother.
Yes it's wrong. Get that fucking plate off it's ugly af you don't even have to put a plate in the front of your car and you go ahead and put that? Wtf man
@@JackRR15 Ohio requires plates on the front and the back of the car. It's not wrong, you are
@@JackRR15 He LITERALLY said in the video he is REQUIRED BY LAW to put a plate ON THE FRONT
Did you even watch the video? And like he said he likes the look of it, I myself like EU plates better than USA ones
MiddleEasternGuy if you’re driving around in traffic without a valid license plate, you’re committing a crime. Not expressing yourself.
You can like the look of the plate size all you want. You could even maybe run a plate in that size that corresponds to your registration. But having a random license plate that belongs to someone else in a different country on there, that’s not something you should be doing.
And in Europe the people want to take off the plates because it “ruins” the look of a front end
@Moto Guzzi Cameras may have been improved, human eyes not.
Not true at all
1:00 the G on the license plate is not a code from a small village, its actually one of the biggest. if at the front it has 1 letter before the stickers its one of the biggest cities, if its 2 its a medium sized city and 3 is for the smallest ones
When I lived in Michigan for a while I put my own original german license plate on the front of the Mercedes I had there. I got asked quite often where I got the plate from so that was pretty funny.
I'm surprised you didn't mention this in your video but a big reason so many BMW have a Euro plate is because of BMW's Euro Delivery program. You buy the car from a US dealer but go pick it up in Munich at the Welt Center and then drive it around Europe for a few weeks before putting it on a boat back to the USA. While there the car has full Euro plates front and rear, and when the car is put on the boat it clears customs with both plates still installed. The rear has to come off, of course, because you replace it with the USA plate. But unless you're in a state that requires matching F&R plates, there's no reason you can't just leave the front Euro plate in place. So it's not even an "accessory" that people are adding, it's the actual plate you use when you pick the car up in Germany. People just leave it on when they pick the car up from their US dealer after the car is delivered again stateside, either because it looks good or is a nice reminder of a very memorable Euro Delivery vacation with the car.
This... I was like, when is he getting to the actual point?
I've known about the ED programs since I was little - my dad always wanted to do a Porsche ED but never got the chance - but maybe a lot of Americans aren't aware of these opportunities? It's an incredible experience and anyone buying from BMW, Porsche, Audi, even Volvo should look into it. I've read Volvo does a great job with theirs.
But somehow none of these plates are from Munich
In Germany cars picked up on European delivery are issued provisional plates which do not look like the typical EU blue plates but rather have red. As soon as the car is shipped to the US the plates are removed by the German Zoll.
What happens if you're passing through a state that requires both front and rear plates? People will assume the euro plate on the front to be your legitimate plate, when in fact it's invalid.
G stands for Gera its a 100k town not really a village.
for muricans its a town.
I was gonna say it's roughly the size of places like Santa Barbara and Miami Beach, so not exactly just a little village ;-)
If you want to keep it authentic, they use two letters for describing the village.
hellie nah, villages are 3. Hell, HSK is an entire county.
@@JasperJanssen
Leverkusen is Lev though, and that's over 200k people living there
I put a Euro plate on the front of my Golf R because I bought it from a state that required a front plate and I just wanted to cover the holes.
It's individualism. For instance, I'm looking for the pinnacle of American culture - truck balls - for my euro econobox.
Lol I totally need to put them on my 3-cylinder Škoda!
tomasmalin ,,ur car gonna have almost more balls than cylinders
It’s cool, over here in my country in Europe we have people using US style license plates on typical US muscle cars and pickups. I suppose it’s honoring the culture and car you love.
Honoring the culture haha. USDM cars often dont have enough space for ugly wide European plates thats why ppl with imported cars use American style plates
@@Gizawar American plates are childish though, I wouldn't want one on my car.
@@user-hs2hd7wp9g I don't understand how are they childish? I never looked at cars with American plates and thought "ugh this car looks like beaver" never. They are small and cover little space on the bumper often allowing more air into the radiator and intercooler and they don't make your front bumper looks stupid and nonaerodynamic. Font on them is also good looking not like European plates which are so into your face with big ugly looking letters. Every state has its own style plate which makes some of them even better looking. That is why American plates are better than standard European ones. If I could choose I would drive without front plate but I can't and that is why I have small american sized number plates on one of my cars
@@Gizawar Your assumption is wrong. All USDM cars use motorcycle sized plates, and European countries have those too. So if the mounting point is too narrow they can add an appropriately sized plate in the correct European format. The large letter sizing is to ensure the plate is highly readable by ANPR systems in all weather conditions (if the car got stolen etc); unfortunately US plates are so small and gaudily stylised because no such practical considerations were taken.
@@koolyman I know why letters on European plates are so big but it doesn't change the fact that the look ugly because of that. Regarding motorcycle plates, most European motorcycle plates are taller than American plates that's why often people who use motorcycle plates on USDM cars have to bend them to fit
I have a FIAT 500 & bought a Euro plate it & it makes the car look more suitable as compared to the basic Virginia state plate
If you Americans want to be a part of the European culture you can try paying European prices for cars. Good luck.
And fuel, registration, insurance..............
:)
Nah, mate. We love our US car prices.
Western Europeans suffer nothing in car pricing compared to Finland.
@@jeroxfin8613 Dafuq are you on about? You guys have it awesome, compared to us in DK.
I think it’s very cool, and true to the car’s Legacy. I would slap a Grill Crest on there too. There’s a saying in Mississippi, sweep your own yard before you go loaning your broom. (Lol, before the advent of grass...)
I am a die hard USA Patriot, but I sure do admire seeing “Made in Germany,” “Made in Switzerland,” and “Made in West Germany.” It’s just a statement of Quality, Engineering, and Uber Legacy!!! They earned it. Leave the awesome tag.
in Michigan its not required but i have a Romanian (EU) plate cause my parents are both from Romania
I always put a German plate on my cars. My Audi has the old school solid white plate and both my Porsches have EU Stuttgart ones. My 944 I had I put a vintage state (WV where I’m from) plate on the front I found in my grandparents stuff.
That's why you DONT put a German plate on a GMC. German cars ONLY...
In Sweden we have those plates too, but with a S instead of D, so say "euro plate"
Alex Strömberg Saab!!!!!!
Didn't u comment on motion auto tv vid? I say u swedes love Muslims
@@asssiesgaming453 isn't saab non existent anymore
@@TempoMontages shut up. You're not funny in any way. No one except Muslims like Muslims
I picked up my M3 as a Euro Delivery, it had a Euro plate on it then, when they shipped it back the plate stayed on
simple
Visiting my mom while watching this. She told me a great story -- when they came back from England in 1950 after vacation with their own American car, they had a British plate on the car. So my uncle (my mom's brother) kept the British plate on the car until finally after a few months, a local cop said you've been back a while now I think it's time you remove your fancy English plate. So apparently he loved having that distinguished plate that nobody else had on the front of his car for a while just for fun.
Bucky Barnes I would have done the same
The pre reflective British plates (ie black & silver) are a thing of beauty.
Those were the days, when people used to drive all the way to England from the US for a vacation and to get some neat english license plates!
@@wangdangdoodie Agreed! Love the Black and Silver metal plates
You can get Euro plates in Australia, I have them on my car because the euro plates fit better on european cars than our different sized plates, especially on the front, as the standard plate is too tall to fit in the space without overhang, and slimline plates already cost extra...
Only ours do not have the Blue band or country letters/letters each state reserved a series to use with them, in Victoria the V series is used for it and the state crest sits between the first 2 letters.
They also make Japanese spec plates, for the same reason.
Philip Anderson I’m pretty sure the Victorian ‘Euro-style’ plates have the blue band on the side, only with the Southern Cross on it (and VIC). But yeah there’s US-size/style plates and Japanese-style/size plates in addition to the Euro and standard Aussie ones.
www.vplates.com.au/euro
When grey import Skylines and the like were all the rage here, the old Aussie plates had to be bent to fit, so I can understand why you’d want the plates that fit the bumper cutout better.
I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare
. How is it even legal to have foreign plates? What state do you live in? LOL
I literally see it everyday where i live lol
He makes a kinda big point of saying that he lives in Ohio did you even watch the video
Because they arn't real, they are fake..
kiDkiDkiD12 States that have only a rear plate are allowed to put a vanity plate on the front. Most people in Florida have a plate with a beach scene or fishing scene on the front if they have any.
Im from Germany and visited LA a year ago and saw a m3 with a german license plate. Guess i was lucky!
I would maybe just put the current registered plate over it to avoid a ticket or maybe on another part of the bumper. For states that don't have front plates, that one probably is fine just like it is.
It’s your care! You do what YOU want. You’re the one driving the car and the one who purchased it! Don’t give these trolls and haters any response.
European plates are definitely far better looking than the American plates, the American plates don't fit that well, and a lot of them have these designs and colours, which doesn't always fit on every car. European plates are very clean and simple, and the size just fits better into a car
Simple answer: it looks way cooler.
i feel like your shirt was custom tailored it looks like it fits you and only you in this entire universe
Haha I am German and I don't get it hahaa. But ehy we europeans can't put other plates on Cars because it is illegal :/
At least you can have custom plates 😥
@HetShotNet Yeah I was talking about germany
States around Australia sell plates that are the design of other counties (Euro style, US style, Japanese Style) that are fully legal.
In fact some dealerships that sell BMW's, Audi's and other euro cars where I live , sell them with euro style plates.
The euro plates specifically, where the euro star and country code are just say (3 state code) eg
T
A
S
I like that we do this honestly, for some cars our standard plates just look a bit off as they hang a bit too low or they're not wide enough. Getting a plate the same size as the plate the body of the car was designed for just looks better in my opinion.
@@ruggjay agreed. I have white letters and a black plate (slim front, full size rear)
Looks heaps better on the black plastic front
Also I noticed a lot of euro cars have number plate brackets that are designed for euro plates, they look weird with stock standard aussie plates.
You have completely missed the point. Most of us who drive European cars are in fact from Europe and not American!!!
lol it completely blew over his head, at least that’s my intention of my euro plate, I’d say it’s more about self identity
Please explain, because I'm having a hard time comprehending what you're trying to say.
wazyhye Let me tell you the most Relevant example
I live in new york but im originally from albania, I used to have a license plate on albania that i duplicated and sent over here to put it in front of my car.In my car the rear plate has the NY plate and the front has the Eu plate. It’s more like a culture thing to me to represent where i’m coming from.
@@TonytheCarEnthusiast albania. Best friend of Serbia. Greets from Germany😂
Yeah, that’s a tiny portion of the people with European plates...also most people who drive European cars are not first or even second generation immigrants from Europe...
My brother in law moved to Maryland from Italy, and brought his old car, he didn't want to get rid of its old plate, since its kind of historic, being from before the new EU standardized ones , it has the province "Roma" printed in full letters instead of having the small blue bands with just "RM", but he still had to put a Maryland plate on top of it.
European plates do look better because the cars were designed to fit them, and i also think the format of our plates lends itself better to be integrated into the design.
They are also far sleeker and more „business“ looking than your plates, that do look a bit like comics with all the different colours and such.
Over here, having front and rear plates is just the norm...so no matter how much better a car would look like without them, everyone has them, so you do not lose out on style compared to others.
This is just the opinion of one guy from Austria, yours may differ but there you have it...
Should have asked those people how they ride meat with no license ? , It’s your car do what you want man but at the same time try not to be a ricer
Isn't this a fake TÜV sticker on the front plate? Looks like someone forgot to do his homework..
should be a ´17 HU sticker, it´s fine
It is a lot easier to pretend you are somewhere else with a foreign license plate.
6 minutes video with 30 sec content.
I am from the US and I own two bmws and one of them has a German plate on the front because I picked the car up in Germany and drove it around Germany before sending it back to the US. (I also have the back license plate on my wall in my office.)
I like using german plates on my car in Bulgaria. I ordered them online and they are legit
That's legal?
@@parkjimin-standkb-62 i know someone who owned a completely functioning american police car that was street legal in the EU.
It does however draw a lot, and i mean a lot of attention when taking it to festivals abroad
@@QuiranPup Wow I wanna see this car😂
I'm putting one on my GTI for the front. I work at a Mercedes dealer in the US and some customers put a Euro plate up front. I'm in a state where front plates are not required.
I am from Germany and I am proud that you have a German plate 😍🇩🇪
I have an Audi A5 sport back and yes I have a German plate in the front and for me it pays homage to my years living in Germany while serving in the military....I have a state military plate on the rear of my car, an I love wiesse bier!!!!
Well we do have people doing everything they can to have US plates in France! It works in both ways!
I know we have Euro/JDM/USA style plates available here in Victoria Australia, and generally said the plates are different size and fit better on the cars they put them on with out needing to drill out new wholes for mounting the plates. An example would be euro on BMWs or JDM on a Skyline or even the USA plate on the Mustangs/Camaros that have only just started to be imported
In Europe we are not allowed to use costume plates
We have to use them
Not in every country in the EU
Belgium has custom plates
So my state doesn’t require a front plate but I want to get a custom one. Does it legally have to match the rear plate?
In ireland plates make much more sense say it says 07 ke 355 thats means it was sold in year 2007 the area it was sold ke county killdare and 355 that means it was the 355th car of the lot of the exact model. Hows the american plate work
Pretty shit then cause people know how old your car is... Northern Ireland is better and we also have the area, just not the year🤙
Pretty shit then cause people know how old your car is... Northern Ireland is better and we also have the area, just not the year🤙
Think you will find 355th vehicle in that area, irrespective of model.
here in brazil it's on a state-by-state basis and it just goes from AAA-0001 to ZZZ-9999. Each state gets allocated an interval as they need it. The third character was added in 1990 and we're closing in fast to needing to add a fourth one. We were going to switch to a style of plate similar to the euro one (as other countries in the mercosul have already done), but we're kind ditching mercosul so our new president doesn't want to do it anymore. Who knows what will happen.
In states that does NOT require front plates, to cover the license holder, bumper space or the holes, people will put sport teams plates or European plates according to the car manufacturer
They just look better. The End.
the only reason comes from the film the transporter with the Audi plated which gives style to the German cars
We wan to take our plates of the car and americans want them to put them on 😂
btw our swiss plates look the best imo
Absolut. Mir wird dchlecht wenn ich die Chuecheblech vo EU Kennzeiche gseh 😂
Finde ich auch. Bin Deutscher aber jedes mal wenn ich ein schwarzes oder dunkles Auto mit schweizer Kennzeichen sehe klappt mir die Kinnlade runter
ne bratan
LOL for real. I wanted the Euro plates ever since I first saw someone with them
@John F. aber nur an einem schwarzen auto finde ich
Lukas G I’m an American who lives in Germany, when I lived in Florida there were many cars that had German plates on the front end. Florida only requires plates on the back, so many people put various plates on the front. I never put any plate on the front of my Cadillac, but now of course I have plates front and rear on my Lancia
I find the UK plates the best, they look so nice, simple and clean
Yep I love my UK plates
You forgot to mention cars like mine that were bought via the euro delivery program😄. I picked up my 2016 M3 in Munich, Germany and it came with valid German license plates so I could drive it in Europe as part of the whole euro delivery experience. I did around 1100 miles through 4 countries in Europe over a 16 day period and was easily one of the best experiences of my life. My car was delivered to the states with the front German plate still glued on but I prefer a cleaner look so removed it when I got home and it now sits on my garage wall as a souvenir. I think in this case the plate was well earned considering it was used for 16 days of driving in Europe 😄 Cheers.
It's called status seeking.
Joseph Van Zandt status for what. Nonsense
There are Mexican/ EU plates in the whole republic in Mexico and they are legal in some state for front plate and rear. They have a different font and color but same style. It’s in put on in many European cars like BMWs and SEATs. It is very rare because its usually for the rich and in Mexico City, they can’t drive their cars in some days due to the pollutions.
Ah they don't... I've never seen that ever.
Its pretty popular up here in the North East.
If you moved to Gera, Germany, you could actually keep it, your combination is still available :D
Cool car!
i have a 330 e90 2008 272pk.
Greets from Holland.
A lot of cars I used to see with European sized plates are European, and there was once a company that made Euro sized duplicates of your DMV issued license plates, and in Puerto Rico it was such the demand, the DMV there started issuing official Euro sized plates, being the only US jurisdiction to do so.
G stands for big city rofl. 1 letter =big city. 2 letters =medium to small city. 3 letters =small village. And you can even live in a big city and have 3 letters for small village. Wtf is even the problem to have G or fkin MTK. Like what's the deal. In Germany small village live ppl with alot of money, contrary to us where hillbilly lives there.
The G stand for Gera in the German state Thuringia. Its a city of 96000 people, so as far as Germany is concerned not a big city.
there's not a lot of other cities or villages starting with G so propably that's the reason
I have a Swedish plate on my Volvo. They had (dunno if they still do) this factory delivery program where Americans can pick up their Volvo from the factory in Sweden, and I kept my red visitor plate as a lasting reminder of my trip to Sweden!
The video starts at 1:41
Thank me later
I have EURO plate on my cars. I like it, but i like Switzerland plates more. Something about that red.
Euro plates look way better than ohio ones
Also are they legal in ohio?
In the UK it is illegal to have any other style of plate other than our own. There's a set standard and if you don't have the appropriate plates you'll get clamped down on. We also have to have front and rear plates and there are no exceptions.
I have swedish plates
Oh yeah, I live in Sweden.
I love euro plates. If I get a new car, and it has front drill holes or brackets, I put a euro plates on the front. I have one my 560SL, since it has a front license plate mount that looks plain awful.
I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare
kiDkiDkiD12 I live in Michigan so we don’t mandate front plates so people tend to put stuff there either way. I see a lot of euro plates.
And here I am in Germany, dreaming about us style plates because they look so much better lel
They don't. The US ones make a car look like a beaver.
@@SDav21I think they are so much better.. but at least the german ones are better than for example the yellow dutch ones
@@hardcorehardo Look at the coupe Mercedes in the US. Because of the silly US plate design, it ends up with the most hideous plastic shroud on the rear bumper. The US plates are just not proportionate to the proportions of a car so they never look good. The more rectangular Euro plates are better. We use the same in South Africa. Either black on white or blue on white. Looks so good. These American ones make me sad.
Hardocore True😀
SDav21 why have i seen you comment this so much? why are you so pressed about american plates?😂
I live in the USA but i have a real Munich plate that expired in 2001 on the front. It also helps my friends recognize me when i run into them on the road.
Is it even legal not to have the correct number plate on the car? America is very liberal
If you remove the registration stamp you can have it on your car. Your real plate is still required of course.
Some states require two plates, front and back, some states only require back plate. Lot of people have fake novelty plates not only Euro plates.
Daniel Fl. You are not paying attention
Only in states where front plates are not required is where people would and can do this. Since the front plate is just an accessory
They are just jealous...
I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare
Or just happen to spot a fake plate from a mile away, because they themselves are european..
I have American plates on my 88 Chevy Camaro Z28 IROC-Z here in the UK, so it goes both ways. Ive never been pulled over for it, and it goes through our yearly inspection (MOT).
I think euro plates look good in the front and American plates look better in the back.
Is this legal in states not requiring front license plates? and can we put it on non-euro cars, such as a Toyota, Honda, etc..?
Because Europe is better in general.
At unemployment, migrant camps and being occupied by the US since 45, then yes you are right lol.
Also, I lived in America my whole life, how many euro plates have I seen? ZERO, not one. Euro plates in the US are really really rare, no one gives a fuck about little bitty Europe. That's why most educated Europeans move to AMERICA. LOL
kiDkiDkiD12 wow as an American, I have to say that was a very biased and uneducated comment
kiDkiDkiD12 i did not want to offend, i was in US last year visiting a lot of parts and i love it but in my opinion i prefer Europe
Well some parts, Spain not being one of them.
Völundr Frey Spain has one of the best health systems in the world and the best life expectancy, good climate and quality of life
I bought my 335I in Illinois where you have to have a front plate. I live in Michigan, where you don't. Seemed like the coolest option to cover up the two holes in front. Bought an authentic rep plate on ebay. I think it looks great.
The (rose) safety inspection sticker ("HU Plakette") is only attachted to the rear license plate in Germany, together with the seal sticker of the respective state/county below. On the front plate shows only the seal sticker. Best regards from Germany, Dan.
Meanwhile in my country people are buying US spec bumpers and trunk lids just to get approved for a US format plate. Same thing with amber corners which are illegal.
I ran a front German plate on my Porsche Boxster until I got a ticket from the CHP. It was a hassle to get that ticket cleared by another policeman. I liked the plate on front, it was a stylish addition.
No other reason other than it made the car appear genuine from Germany, which it was. Just something to decorate the car. That's why I had one on my Porsche.
Here in Italy lots of luxury cars have Swiss, Arabic or Russian license plates. There are many reasons for this. First of all, there's a pretty important tax to pay for vehicles above a certain power, and people want to avoid it. Secondly, there certain restricted areas, where you can't enter with your car unless you live there or you have a special pass. It makes sense, but road signs aren't always exceptionally clear and there's too much to read if you're driving (ex. restricted vehicles, hours, days, exceptions), so it's not difficult to receive a fine without realizing it. Lastly, speed limits. We have speed cameras everywhere, and some of the limits are just nonsense. All of this is easily avoided with one of the mentioned license plates, but you can get into trouble in case from the papers they discover that you live in Italy.
In britain, where I'm from, you are only allowed the basic British plate. You are allowed different materials (plastic or metal) , you can have the letters sticking out and that's pretty much it. If your car is pre 1972 or 1973 you have the choice of a black and silver number plate which came as standard back then or you can change it to a yellow/white plate which is less interesting.
The Black and silver plates are the most beautiful plates in the world, and as well as pre early 70's cars, are still permitted on military vehicles and certain diplomatic vehicles.
@@wangdangdoodie I already love the font and I much prefer the shape of the plate. The yellow ruins it and the black and silver looks brilliant. It's on my bucket list to buy a car with a black and silver number plate I love it so much. It looks much sexier than boring common yellow/white plates. I didn't know military plates has to be black though.
In most countries you are required by law to change a cars registration when you buy it second hand. There's no other way to send traffic infringement fines to the correct person