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Nice 993. Just throwing it out there that you may want to photoshop out your license plate, though it's kinda funny.

Not my plates. Previous owner's before we removed them. No longer valid registration. Good looking out, though.

excellent

superb

06 BMW 525i. My everyday drive.

is it the Touring? GreenFrog will probably smash his MacBook Air if he sees the M5 rims and finds out it's a wagon.



impolyt_one said:

is it the Touring? GreenFrog will probably smash his MacBook Air if he sees the M5 rims and finds out it's a wagon.

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it's a sedan

i like those rims - they're very similar to the style 135 rims on my zhp

I am looking at getting a BMW or an Audi. Would it be a real tragedy if it were automatic? I have never driven stick before (insert manhood joke here) and do not know how to drive stick. I am guessing these machines are best driven manually.



Willie5566 said:

I am looking at getting a BMW or an Audi. Would it be a real tragedy if it were automatic? I have never driven stick before (insert manhood joke here) and do not know how to drive stick. I am guessing these machines are best driven manually.

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If you're looking at a new[er] car buy an auto if you don't know how to drive manual. If you want to learn, get a beater and learn on that. I taught myself how to drive manual on an Audi 80 then a BMW 325i, both old beaters. But full as all hell.



whiteslashasian said:

Nice 993. Just throwing it out there that you may want to photoshop out your license plate, though it's kinda funny.

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Why would anyone care about photoshopping plates?


Your plates are on display for anyone to see every time you drive your car. What could a nefarious internet person do with your license plate number that couldn't happen if a person got your plate number while parked at the shopping center?



Kai said:

Why would anyone care about photoshopping plates?
Your plates are on display for anyone to see every time you drive your car. What could a nefarious internet person do with your license plate number that couldn't happen if a person got your plate number while parked at the shopping center?

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Some people on the internet would rather stay as anonymous as possible.



Kai said:

Why would anyone care about photoshopping plates?
Your plates are on display for anyone to see every time you drive your car. What could a nefarious internet person do with your license plate number that couldn't happen if a person got your plate number while parked at the shopping center?

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I take it you've never seen the douchebaggery that goes down in the CE forum.

Indeed; car + Plates means a vehicle check. Can get your ID and registered address. If you happen to post a picture or something liked to an account it would be pretty easy to track down all your information within a few hours.

It isn't that the risk doesn't exist in the real world, its just that you might see 1,000 people in a day and piss off 5 of them. On the internet your details remain "forever" and a few poorly chosen words may incur someone's wrath. Probably 1bn people who can speak English and use the internet, gives you a much wider net for picking up stalker-murderer types.

Re-reading that sounds mega paranoid but trust me, nerds are to be feared more than any redneck with a shotgun.

Blackhood said:

Indeed; car + Plates means a vehicle check. Can get your ID and registered address. If you happen to post a picture or something liked to an account it would be pretty easy to track down all your information within a few hours.
It isn't that the risk doesn't exist in the real world, its just that you might see 1,000 people in a day and piss off 5 of them. On the internet your details remain "forever" and a few poorly chosen words may incur someone's wrath. Probably 1bn people who can speak English and use the internet, gives you a much wider net for picking up stalker-murderer types.
Re-reading that sounds mega paranoid but trust me, nerds are to be feared more than any redneck with a shotgun.

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doing a plate look up is restricted to law enforcement and issuing agencies, and it is well regulated, every look-up is logged and must be signed in to do
a citizen (as in non LE) can't do it

in the UK a citizen can do a plate look-up and get name, address, etc.? that sounds dangerous
next to impossible here to reverse look-up a license plate