Vanity plates
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This is too much. I wouldn't do it without asking, but can I post this pic on the reddit cars forum? I am absolutely not offended if you prefer not. This is hilarious either way.
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I passed you yesterday on the detour for Kelly drive during the boat event on the Schuylkill. You're the first other R that I've seen in the "wild". As soon as I saw the plate (after whipping my head around to look), I knew it was you haha. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the jag at the time.
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mikelanzetta (03-27-2016)
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I get Aston Martin and Maserati constantly. Only one person right away knew it was an F-Type (didn't even say Jag!), and it was the guy that worked in Domino's!
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mikelanzetta (03-27-2016)
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I passed you yesterday on the detour for Kelly drive during the boat event on the Schuylkill. You're the first other R that I've seen in the "wild". As soon as I saw the plate (after whipping my head around to look), I knew it was you haha. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the jag at the time.
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Uncle Fishbits (04-04-2016)
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I am likely going to repost this on "interesting bystander reactions"...
So I am grabbing a salad for lunch, and on the way into the cafe, directly adjacent to where my car is parked, an old Nintendo-Luigi stereotype looking Italian guy who basically smells of petrol, and has likely worked on and loved Italian cars his whole life. He's really old world, but not too thick an accent. He says, almost aggressively, and definitely a little haughty but justified, "Why would you put those black plates on a new car?". It's the first time someone asked me that, and immediately said that they are the 60's legacy plates, and it's a nod to the fact that the F-Type is a successor to Jaguar's 1960's E-Type. It was quite off the cuff, but he laughed... "See, now *THAT* is the first good reason I've heard", and laughed it off. He then said "gorgeous, most beautiful, of cars".
So I got to thinking.... he's sort of right. I put these legacy plates on my Wrangler, and frankly it's not as appropriate as the Jag. But what I think the guy was getting at was that all these BMW or Lexus with the plates actually don't really make any sense. I hadn't thought of that, as in they are *literally* vanity for the color alone... but black plates on any car don't actually have any real logic.... except for our F-Type.
50 year legacy plates for a 50 year anniversary on a successor of one of the greatest (looking maybe not mechanical) driving cars of all time, from one of the greatest driving eras of all time. I like the logic there.
I just thought it a really interesting reaction. Also, anyone notice the black plates shine green at night?
So I am grabbing a salad for lunch, and on the way into the cafe, directly adjacent to where my car is parked, an old Nintendo-Luigi stereotype looking Italian guy who basically smells of petrol, and has likely worked on and loved Italian cars his whole life. He's really old world, but not too thick an accent. He says, almost aggressively, and definitely a little haughty but justified, "Why would you put those black plates on a new car?". It's the first time someone asked me that, and immediately said that they are the 60's legacy plates, and it's a nod to the fact that the F-Type is a successor to Jaguar's 1960's E-Type. It was quite off the cuff, but he laughed... "See, now *THAT* is the first good reason I've heard", and laughed it off. He then said "gorgeous, most beautiful, of cars".
So I got to thinking.... he's sort of right. I put these legacy plates on my Wrangler, and frankly it's not as appropriate as the Jag. But what I think the guy was getting at was that all these BMW or Lexus with the plates actually don't really make any sense. I hadn't thought of that, as in they are *literally* vanity for the color alone... but black plates on any car don't actually have any real logic.... except for our F-Type.
50 year legacy plates for a 50 year anniversary on a successor of one of the greatest (looking maybe not mechanical) driving cars of all time, from one of the greatest driving eras of all time. I like the logic there.
I just thought it a really interesting reaction. Also, anyone notice the black plates shine green at night?