SteveW Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hmm, Might be a silly question but I don't know teh answer and if you don't know always ask! I was at an Airfield trackday today with a mate just spectating and there were a few cars driving round with their number plates covered up with Gaffa Tape. At the end of teh day they ripped the tape off and drove home. Its not the first time I've seen it. Just got me thinking why do we obscure our number plates when we post pictures of our cars on the net and why do people cover their number plates up at trackdays? Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Insurance reasons for track days I believe I only cover my plate if I can be arsed doing it, Most on here have seen it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 It's all about cloning cars by the baddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I think people do it just in case they need to fraudulently claim on their insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Pictures. Nothing about being cloned. More for insurance / selling the car so people can't match the plate with pics of the car on track. Cars being tracked puts off some buyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Pictures. Nothing about being cloned. More for insurance / selling the car so people can't match the plate with pics of the car on track. Cars being tracked puts off some buyers. Agree with this. A mate of mine had an OCD fetish with his fiesta and it was immaculate, he had a buyer lined up ready to go. But then the buyer saw pics of it on a track day on the internet then pulled out of the sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 Cool that all makes sense now. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 made me laugh reading this... a dude down at the track yesterday said the new thing is not to say 'has not been tracked' anymore... it's 'has not been drifted' Thought that was funny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 i do it as i don't want my number plate to be common knowledge. partly to do with cloning etc and partly to do with the fact that i just dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Dont really give a feck about cloning, not many quartz 370z's about to clone it to Mine is more for advertising this place as I have show plates so all the pics have the club name in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz0 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Does make sense with regards insurance claims etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 It's all about cloning cars by the baddies Hahaha best explanation ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic-39 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hate to disagree with you guys 1. Insurance is not relevant-- Your policy excludes track use so if you had an accident you wouldnt be covered anyway 2. Cloning--Thats a bit silly--Go to your local supermarket car park and you can copy all the numberplates you wish--Being on track has no relevance Having tracked cars the main reason is warranty on the vehicle. You will find that most guys that cover the plates have relatively new cars still under warranty. I know of two cases where a dealer refused warranty repairs where a car had been on track, one case a bmw and the other an audi rs4. They provided video footage of the trackday as evidence and disallowed his clain for 2.5k of brake discs The audi owner subsequently took the dealership to court and was settled prior to the case being heard due to the fact that the car is designed as a sport model and track use was not abuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Best of luck to anyone who wants to clone mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hate to disagree with you guys 1. Insurance is not relevant-- Your policy excludes track use so if you had an accident you wouldnt be covered anyway Exactly my point, if you have a drive-away accident on the track they have no proof that you didn't do it on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz0 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hate to disagree with you guys 1. Insurance is not relevant-- Your policy excludes track use so if you had an accident you wouldnt be covered anyway Hate to disagree with you too! But yes its relevant, what's to stop one from having their car dragged out onto the public road and claiming it was a hit and run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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