Well I was gonna get one made up for when I graduate from a transit type thing, but I won’t bother now, miserable gits. 
MADBAZ:
Well I was gonna get one made up for when I graduate from a transit type thing, but I won’t bother now, miserable gits.
i was thinking that as well. it puts you off the idea when all the “old hands” slag it off and put you down for having them.
Giblsa:
MADBAZ:
Well I was gonna get one made up for when I graduate from a transit type thing, but I won’t bother now, miserable gits.i was thinking that as well. it puts you off the idea when all the “old hands” slag it off and put you down for having them.
dont listen to use “old hands” if you want one just do it.
when i first started i put an 8 track tape system in my truck and got slagged off by the "old hands " of that era
To me this all goes back to the frilly curtains. WHY do it?
Those people that have name plates,stupid tasselled curtains half closed, rows of teddies and other rubbish in their windows i ask why do it?
I hear people say it makes them feel more like home. So how many of you have rooms in your houses with crushed fake velvet cutrains with tassles? how many of you have teddies in your living room windows? how many of you have name plates in your living room windows? and do you all sit in permanent darkness because you have your curtains half closed?
Come on get a grip, none of this stuff looks cool, it looks daft. And before you ask i am not an agency or a day driver, i do weeks away at a time in Europe
I’ve got one, but it’s not the name I use on here.
I was given it by a guy who gave me driving lessons and took me to the test centre the day I passed my class two. More people know me locally by that name than they do by my real name. There’s a mildly amusing story behind it 
and it does bring back happy memories of learning to drive when I look at it.
I also find that other people tend to leave the lorry in a cleaner state if I leave the plate in a the window, and a few other bits around the cab, if they have to use it.
flying_fenman:
. There’s a mildly amusing story behind it
Spill the beans 
MADBAZ:
flying_fenman:
. There’s a mildly amusing story behind itSpill the beans
give us a clue first.
whats the name on the plate
intriuged to know the story as well
daleyboy:
To me this all goes back to the frilly curtains. WHY do it?Those people that have name plates,stupid tasselled curtains half closed, rows of teddies and other rubbish in their windows i ask why do it?
I hear people say it makes them feel more like home. So how many of you have rooms in your houses with crushed fake velvet cutrains with tassles? how many of you have teddies in your living room windows? how many of you have name plates in your living room windows? and do you all sit in permanent darkness because you have your curtains half closed?
Come on get a grip, none of this stuff looks cool, it looks daft. And before you ask i am not an agency or a day driver, i do weeks away at a time in Europe
Agreed! 'What I’ve been saying on it for years.
flying_fenman:
I’ve got one, but it’s not the name I use on here.More people know me locally by that name than they do by my real name.
It’s true!
I was amazed when I stopped for a pint at a pub in the fens, everybody was referring to him as “Daniella” 
Giblsa:
whats the name on the plate
It’s not mucky or anything. 
Just that I did a lot of my training in Kent, much of it around Tonbridge and as anyone who knows the area will realise there are lots of windy, hilly, roads, riddled with blind bends because of hedges that come right out to the edge of the tarmac. Not really the ideal place for 21 year old to be ragging about in a fully freighted FL6 on ‘L’ plates.
Anyway, for days my instructor had been going on about the fact I was driving too far to the left. ‘FFS, get over there, boy!!’ he used to scream at me as the near side mirror started ‘strimming’ back the hedgerows.
He reckoned I’d done a deal with Kent County Council to do a bit of maintenance for them on the cheap!
One day we met a continental boy come hossing round a bend a bit too quick, I swerved, my mate in the passenger seat clung on, screaming in terror as I put us on the verge and into the hedge. When I dragged it out the n/s mirrors were just about detatched after having hit a pretty substantial branch. We stopped and my instructor (big bloke, an ex-wrestler) cracked me one with his rolled up newspaper. Bloody bruised me as well.
We got back to the yard and the fitters all had a field day taking the ■■■■ out of us, while mending the damage quick before the boss saw it.
Learned a valuable lesson that day: - if you break something, get it sorted quick before anybody realises . Oh yes - and keep over to the right a bit more - use ALL of your lane. Don’t give the buggers an inch of it.
And look here Limey - it’s only Daniella on a Friday night!!
Good one mate, that made me chuckle!!
Ha! Funny story Mr. F !
Come on get a grip, none of this stuff looks cool, it looks daft. And before you ask i am not an agency or a day driver, i do weeks away at a time in Europe
in a plain white axor with a blue trailer?
i don’t see what’s wrong with personalising your truck,even in small ways like a name plate…some people go over the top(like that bloody daf that was picured on another thread not long ago)…others take a pride in keeping everything factory fresh and immaculate…and some others leave all their rubbish in the cab for the next fella…some other’s have a different truck every shift and the cab serves as a form of public transport.
everyone to their own. 
in a plain white axor with a blue trailer?
HAHA nope i drive a lhd blue daf xf super space
I dont think their stupid and childish, but normal number plates i dont like them… A few of our guys on the firm have the “showplates” done, and i think thats miles better
On the stralis is like a square peice of glass under the mirror mounts, and ive had some nice lettering made with my handle on put on there…
The old man had the “ubique” royal engineers crest on his motor on glass under the mirrors too, and i ended up chatting to a guy who was in the engineers for years, so shows some people take notice
the missus got me oneof them american sized plates for my wagon for my birthday but I havent got round to putting it on it yet
Windows are for looking out of & that’s it, a name plate on the grille or bumper is ok with me if that’s your thing then go ahead, not for me, but each to his own.
I do have a little footy kit thing in my screen but it’s not in my line of sight so it conforms to my rules
newmercman:
Windows are for looking out of & that’s it, a name plate on the grille or bumper is ok with me if that’s your thing then go ahead, not for me, but each to his own.I do have a little footy kit thing in my screen but it’s not in my line of sight so it conforms to my rules
im guessing that a footy kit might be a bit more distracting than a numberplate?
if its a man u one i’ll let you off
Whatever the name on the nameplate is…the driver’s a Barry.
Rob K:
I think it’s pathetic.Those that already know you know who you are and what you drive and those that don’t know you don’t need to know who you are and don’t care either.
I wonder how many of those with name plates in their truck windows also have them in their car windscreens and house windows at home too?
It’s just another “please notice me” thing from the quid-a-mile/hour glory boys.
