O/H saw this in gym car park. Where is it from?

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noonerbernerd@reddit

Can’t tell if it’s an Odyssey or a Stepwagon

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Jimathay@reddit

I don't think it's the UK -

The black plates in the UK are only allowed on cars manufactured before 1980
This isn't a valid UK format number plate, either old style prefix or suffix, new date style, private, diplomatic, NI.
A vehicle check lookup on this plate returns nothing, so it's not a registered UK vehicle

The letter-number format is the same as France or Italy IIRC, but it doesn't match their printing styles.

The flag is not a real flag - again, could be wrong, but I don't think it's definitely not a country flag, or a county flag. The only match I can find is the flag used as a warning flag on race tracks.

I have seen similar things to this before....ambiguous plate the could be foreign looking and not traceable on ANPR....if you're familiar with the movie Snatch, Brad Pitt's character may have been seen driving around in something like this, in a deleted scene perhaps.

I'd post it to r/cartalkuk who may be better equipped to answer, as the two answers already here claiming UK are wrong.

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homelaberator@reddit

Could be freeman of the land or sovcit nonsense.

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dylsreddit@reddit

To add to all of this excellent post, it appears to be a Honda Stepwgn, specifically 3rd gen 2005-2006 model, before it got its updated shinier grille.

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c0tch@reddit

The flag is a beach warning flag I tried looking that one up 🤣

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MesocricetusAuratus@reddit

Apparently it's also used in Formula 1 when a driver's behaviour is "unsporting"... maybe trying to warn other drivers they will run you off the road?

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c0tch@reddit

Oh shit you’re absolutely right that slipped my mind! Given the state of their car I think that’s very very likely

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MesocricetusAuratus@reddit

I didn't even notice the damage, I was too focused on the plate!

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c0tch@reddit

Max was driving it and didn’t want to concede the lane.

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BppnfvbanyOnxre@reddit

Could you make out what the flag on the other side is?

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c0tch@reddit

Na I really tried but it’s just a pixel

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Pottrescu@reddit

Well yours is the most concise reply so far. Adding to your brilliant info, a few other countries use this letter/number format, Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia are some examples. It’s the white on blue plate itself matches with the UK font style that threw me, plus the dodgy flag and the blurry coat of arms bottom left. Obviously, the text at the bottom of the plate would have given the best clue so hopefully OP or their O/H can spot it again and have a better look.

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jellyfishdogworm@reddit

The grey/white digits on black background is the style from Malaysia. The font format is an older uncommon format but still around on older numbers.

PK was the prefix for the state of Perak in Malaysia prior to the British Administration, and variations of PXX have been used in the state of Penang since. I'm leaning towards this being an old original Perak plate given it's use of old Font Format is often found with really old numbers there.

Either way 99% sure from Malaysia, RHD and plenty of Japanese imports there. Most likely sent to UK when someone moved if they had an emotional tie to the old plate - plates must be kept on a vehicle if you want to hang on to them.

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claggypants@reddit

Japanese import would be a good shout as well given it's a very Japanese style Honda.

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01Tempest@reddit

According to GPT: "This vehicle appears to have a license plate with the format and characteristics of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as indicated by the small flag visible on the bottom right of the plate. The blue background with white text and a flag detail is common for some vehicles registered in the DRC."

I'm not saying this is correct, it's just what GPT says.

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c0tch@reddit

Definitely not uk there’s no MOT history

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saint1997@reddit

Could be private hire though

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ChefPaula81@reddit

Would still be having an MOT test certificate every 12 months if it was a private hire vehicle tho

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saint1997@reddit

I thought cars used as taxis were exempt from MOTs in some cases?

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ChefPaula81@reddit

Oh ok? Can you drive vehicle on the roads that doesn’t have an MOT certificate to prove it is legally safe and roadworthy?

I thought that this requirement applied to all vehicles.

(Also, There’s a garage near to me that advertises doing MOTs for taxis)

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saint1997@reddit

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-testing-guide/c-designated-councils-taxis-and-private-hire-vehicles

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ubiquitous_uk@reddit

I think it would still be registered in the system for ULEZ / congestion charge to check status, and its not there either so I very much doubt its UK registered.

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ChefPaula81@reddit

Fair enough. Very interesting tbh.

The vehicle in this post isn’t wearing any type of UK reg plate nor reg number though, and I don’t think that you can use a foreign registered vehicle as a taxi in the UK?
I may be wrong on this tho tbh.

Either way, I’m certain that this isn’t a legit UK registers vehicle

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Affectionate_Fly_825@reddit

Peoples republic of Korea

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lardarz@reddit

Number format appears to be Slovakian.

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johan_kupsztal@reddit

Malaysia? They have white text on black background, typeface looks similar too, not sure about the format.

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jon8838@reddit

Don't think it matches any formats in Malaysia. Most states have the format AAA ####.

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MissBandersnatch2U@reddit

Pakistani government license plate? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Pakistan

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mdmnl@reddit

This car belongs to the Pakistani ambassador.

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symehdiar@reddit

Official Pakistani government license plates are green with white text and do not actually start with a PK.

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chainpress@reddit

I'm sure the Government of Pakistan can afford better than a beat up old Honda

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Grillenium-Falcon@reddit

If you've got some time on your hands, World License Plates has images of every single (i think) license plated that has or does exist across the world.

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heilhortler420@reddit

Could these be Malaysian?

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BppnfvbanyOnxre@reddit

Not a recent one., Got a car and two motorcycles in Malaysia occurrent format is ABC 1234

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Kaiisim@reddit

This is a good shout but google says it would have 4 numbers.

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wibble089@reddit

Right hand drive limits the origin of the car somewhat, but I didn't see anything matching.

Singapore has silver on black , but their format is generally 3 letters, 4 numbers, 1 letter. Even if it has fewer initial letters or numbers , the last character is a single letter.

One other alternative is an possible old style French number plate , there's some examples here on a site that produces modern reproductions: BLACK 520 x 110 mm license plate with GREY DIGIS and GREY BORDER. However, I didn't find any reference to this style of letters-numbers-letters being valid, French plates were number-letters-numbers.

The Netherlands uses 3 groups of characters, but hasn't yet got to combinations with 3 starting letters.

The answer must be at License Plates of the World somewhere, but I don't have the patience to search through everything thre!

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Firm_Progress_8028@reddit

That's couple of people done a road trip from Pakistan 😍

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RoutineFeature9@reddit

Beirut by the look of it

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SamCreated@reddit

The little black/white flag on the bottom right of it looks like the unsportsmanlike driving flag waved at F1

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Nothing_F4ce@reddit

Looks like it could be a Malaysian plate from Penang but shouldn't have the letters at the end.

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Justan0therthrow4way@reddit

Looks like an SEA plate. Owner was likely able to import it as part of moving to the UK. Or it’s just dodgy and has been stolen. Or the owner has no idea what UK plate format is.

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sichuan_pepper@reddit

Could it be an armed forces vehicle plate?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom?wprov=sfti1#Most_expensive_plates

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HMSWarspite03@reddit

They stopped that years ago to prevent terrorism.

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bingobangibung@reddit

Did it work?

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Flatcapspaintandglue@reddit

My Dad’s from Northern Ireland and he once told me you could always tell if you were behind a police car (they were all unmarked) by the shape of the headrests. He said the police had big “bullet proof headrests”, no idea if it’s bullshit but it’s stuck with me for thirty odd years now.

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HMSWarspite03@reddit

Stopped the soldiers being attacked, didn't stop the rest of the world going mad though.

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ZanzibarGuy@reddit

Well it's not from Zanzibar. All of the reg. plates here start with "Z".

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ZanzibarGuy@reddit

To try and be actually helpful though, isn't that flag a Race Officer flag (Motorsport)?

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evenstevens280@reddit

I'm gonna say it's a fake plate.

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zephyrmox@reddit

This is where I'm leaning. Some freeman of the land type nonsense.

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ExiledWurzel@reddit

I have no idea but I'm intrigued so posting so I remember to check back if someone comes up with an idea.

It's not Guernsey they're all numbers, Jersey and Gibraltar are all numbers except the J or G prefix respectively.

Black and white number plates should only be on older (pre 1970 something) but enforcement is limited so you do see it on newer vehicles anyway.

But the pattern is weird, two letters, three numbers, two letters isn't right.

I wonder if it's a forgiven registered car that lost its number plate and that's all they could get made km the uk? But it's right hand drive, so that limits the options.

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kwakimaki@reddit

My guess is that it's from a commonwealth/ crown dependancy country.

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Emergency-Web5951@reddit (OP)

I was thinking it was a Gibraltar plate, but not sure tbf

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Kaiisim@reddit

No Gibraltar starts with G!

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Autofish@reddit

The UK. It’s just a really old style of plate.

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P2P-BSH@reddit

The car is too new to be allowed to have a black/white plate

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Autofish@reddit

Didn’t realise there was a date restriction, I initially thought it had been transferred from an older car.

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My_Knee_is_a_Ship@reddit

You can definitely swap the reg across, but the plate itself would need to be reprinted to code.

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zephyrmox@reddit

Nope, that's not a UK plate.

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Autofish@reddit

Huh. I stand corrected.

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FilthyDogsCunt@reddit

Probably some hippie into 453hz music nonsense.

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Hoth617@reddit

Guernsey has black plates with white / silver digits.

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Emergency-Web5951@reddit (OP)

Guernsey plates don't have letters...

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