Why blank out the License plates?

KennyVendetta · 07-25-2006, 05:01 AM

I have seen many pictures of the beautiful cars on this site and most of them have the License Plates blanked out.

Why?

Do you think someone will note where live and try to jack your system?

Krockit · 07-25-2006, 06:32 AM

Depending on the angle of the car, when you take flash photos of your car during strong daylight to "heat up" the colors, it can wash out the license plate because of it's reflective paint.

Master Deep · 07-25-2006, 06:47 AM

No. He's talking about people who intentionally blur it before they post their pics. I personally do just for safety reasons.

Krockit · 07-25-2006, 07:20 AM

Yep, realize that. Just commenting that a number of people do it inadvertently. I never could figure out why it's done intentionally. What's the diff -on the net or parked on the street?

Josh49 · 07-25-2006, 08:05 AM

For instance. The other day I saw pictures from a Ferrari Festival in Burlington, Vermont. No license plates taken off or covered. It is now known the plates of a F40, F50, 430, 360, 355. If you have certain ties and can get address on these plates, one could start finding these cars, jacking them, etc. Basically websites and forums like these could be databases of license plate numbers for thieves to pursue. Try driving around and finding a F40 or F50. I guarantee 99.999% chance you would never see one parked at a residence, they are all in a garage. Now try searching some car forums and finding pictures of these cars with license plates. I would think your latter search would be much more successful as a thief..

espo · 07-25-2006, 09:06 AM

Most people don't like giving away ANY personal information on the Web (car License plates included). With all the possible ways people can steal your information, I don't want to be giving any of it away.

JSpira · 07-25-2006, 09:06 AM

And if you saw that car on the street or the cars at the festival, you would have the same license info.

Josh49 · 07-25-2006, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSpira

And if you saw that car on the street or the cars at the festival, you would have the same license info.

Not if you removed the license plate. I would take off my personal plates and put on a plate with a ferrari logo for the duration of the festival..

J49

M3NNIS · 07-25-2006, 09:14 AM

I had commented about this once before somewhere, blanking the plate is dumb, it does not have any security reasoning behind it. Its a peice of mind for the poster.
The thing is that more people(that you would not want to have your info) see your car and plate on the streets when you drive, then they do on here.
Also there is not much that a person can do with your license plate number unless they have access to some national computer data base. In that case they really dont need your plate anyway.
The info that can be abtained from your plate is the car info and owner info, so I guess someone can find out where you live, but they dont need to see your plate on the internet to do that.

txusa03 · 07-25-2006, 09:29 AM

Who cares, I do it cuz it makes me feel better. I certainly do not want to make it easy for anyone to get info on me. I cannot stop you if you really wanted to track me down, but at least, I am not going to hand feed you.

kuthair · 07-25-2006, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buschy

I had commented about this once before somewhere, blanking the plate is dumb, it does not have any security reasoning behind it. Its a peice of mind for the poster.
The thing is that more people(that you would not want to have your info) see your car and plate on the streets when you drive, then they do on here.
Also there is not much that a person can do with your license plate number unless they have access to some national computer data base. In that case they really dont need your plate anyway.
The info that can be abtained from your plate is the car info and owner info, so I guess someone can find out where you live, but they dont need to see your plate on the internet to do that.

They can get your VIN number... and with that VIN number they can go to the dealer and get a key for your car.

That's why I put a piece of paper covering my VIN on my dash. I had my last car stolen... I called up my dealer's parts dept pretending that I lost my key and asking for a new one: "Oh, no prob, give me your VIN number and we'll order a new one." No asking my name, id, nothing.

Josh49 · 07-25-2006, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buschy

I had commented about this once before somewhere, blanking the plate is dumb, it does not have any security reasoning behind it. Its a peice of mind for the poster.
The thing is that more people(that you would not want to have your info) see your car and plate on the streets when you drive, then they do on here.
Also there is not much that a person can do with your license plate number unless they have access to some national computer data base. In that case they really dont need your plate anyway.
The info that can be abtained from your plate is the car info and owner info, so I guess someone can find out where you live, but they dont need to see your plate on the internet to do that.

Post a picture of your car with license plate. Thanks, J49

07-25-2006, 10:15 AM

Parinoia at it's finest.

My California plate reads: 5RJZ398

Now, go for it!

txusa03 · 07-25-2006, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMD

Parinoia at it's finest.

My California plate reads: 5RJZ398

Now, go for it!

as you request, I got this info off your plate

You live in Costa Mesa, CA, you purchased car from Crevier, Jet Black.

your one story house with one car garage has stuco wall and blue trim

Josh49 · 07-25-2006, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kuthair

They can get your VIN number... and with that VIN number they can go to the dealer and get a key for your car.

That's why I put a piece of paper covering my VIN on my dash. I had my last car stolen... I called up my dealer's parts dept pretending that I lost my key and asking for a new one: "Oh, no prob, give me your VIN number and we'll order a new one." No asking my name, id, nothing.

Damn.

Damn.

:Runs to car to cover VIN..

larryn · 07-25-2006, 12:50 PM

Same reason I don't post pics of my kids.. I don't want sicko's :jack: at the pics.

StewtheBassman · 07-25-2006, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josh49

Damn.

Damn.

:Runs to car to cover VIN..

Hot-diggity!!!

Runs to garage to lift VIN numbers of other E90s in garage!!

shingles · 07-25-2006, 01:04 PM

Because you can get where someone lives (in certain states) by their plate number.

http://www.publicdata.com/cgi-win/pd...=DEMO&id=DEMO&

Gearcraft · 07-25-2006, 01:12 PM

if somebody sees your plates here and gets an idea that you have a lot of expensive accessories in your car they could just break your windows and grab whatever you have.

say.. this guy wont be back here until this time coz he works there.... lets ..... his car.

who knows? if they can pry your xenons out of your car imagine what else they could do.

it doesnt hurt to be a little vigilant.

txusa03 · 07-25-2006, 01:17 PM

Did you also know that your driver license is public info? I can view your driver license online if I wanted too. Don't believe me, check this out (you can blame homeland security for this). Don't say I did not warn ya.

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

Josh49 · 07-25-2006, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StewtheBassman

Hot-diggity!!!

Runs to garage to lift VIN numbers of other E90s in garage!!

LMAO!

:Runs as fast as possible to garage with electrical tape and shotgun

06alpine325icm · 07-25-2006, 01:21 PM

Alot of car thieves out there...thats y

07-25-2006, 05:01 AM	#1
KennyVendetta Salsero Drives: 335 Crimson Red Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 260 iTrader: (0)	Why blank out the License plates? I have seen many pictures of the beautiful cars on this site and most of them have the License Plates blanked out. Why? Do you think someone will note where live and try to jack your system? Last edited by KennyVendetta; 07-25-2006 at 07:31 AM.
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07-25-2006, 06:32 AM	#2
Krockit Second Lieutenant Drives: 06 330i, 03 Boxster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 213 iTrader: (0)	Depending on the angle of the car, when you take flash photos of your car during strong daylight to "heat up" the colors, it can wash out the license plate because of it's reflective paint. __________________ Ordered- 4/6, Pro#- 4/8, Vin#- 4/15, Build date- 4/17, Completion date- 4/25, At port- 5/2, Loaded @ Bremerhaven- 5/4, on the water- 5/5, docked NYC- 5/18, Docked SC and released to carrier- 5/23, arrived Milwaukee -5/25! YEAH BROTHER! Drove it home- 5/31 330i SG/Beige 6MT, ZSP, ZPP, Comfort Access, Htd seats, Sirius, 35% tint.

07-25-2006, 07:20 AM	#4
Krockit Second Lieutenant Drives: 06 330i, 03 Boxster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 213 iTrader: (0)	Yep, realize that. Just commenting that a number of people do it inadvertently. I never could figure out why it's done intentionally. What's the diff -on the net or parked on the street? __________________ Ordered- 4/6, Pro#- 4/8, Vin#- 4/15, Build date- 4/17, Completion date- 4/25, At port- 5/2, Loaded @ Bremerhaven- 5/4, on the water- 5/5, docked NYC- 5/18, Docked SC and released to carrier- 5/23, arrived Milwaukee -5/25! YEAH BROTHER! Drove it home- 5/31 330i SG/Beige 6MT, ZSP, ZPP, Comfort Access, Htd seats, Sirius, 35% tint.

07-25-2006, 08:05 AM	#5
Josh49 Major General Drives: E90 325xi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 6,666 iTrader: (33)	For instance. The other day I saw pictures from a Ferrari Festival in Burlington, Vermont. No license plates taken off or covered. It is now known the plates of a F40, F50, 430, 360, 355. If you have certain ties and can get address on these plates, one could start finding these cars, jacking them, etc. Basically websites and forums like these could be databases of license plate numbers for thieves to pursue. Try driving around and finding a F40 or F50. I guarantee 99.999% chance you would never see one parked at a residence, they are all in a garage. Now try searching some car forums and finding pictures of these cars with license plates. I would think your latter search would be much more successful as a thief.. __________________ E90 325XI, MYSTIC BLUE ON BLACK/ALUM, STEP, NAV, PDC, CWP, XENON, SIRIUS, ALARM, MUD GUARDS, CLEARBRA, CHROME GRILLS AND TIPS, VALENTINE 1 (HARDWIRED), HO CERAMIC 40%, 161'S, REAR FOG MOD, LUX 4.0, BLACKLINES, OEM PEDALS, MTEC FOGS, GRUPPE-M REP INTAKE. 156'S AND RUBBER MATS FOR THE WINTER.

07-25-2006, 09:06 AM	#6
espo Captain Drives: 2006 330xi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 689 iTrader: (0)	Most people don't like giving away ANY personal information on the Web (car License plates included). With all the possible ways people can steal your information, I don't want to be giving any of it away. __________________ E90 330xi Mystic Blue/Black Leather/Aluminum 6sp Manual ZSP/ZPP/ZCW/CA F30 335i M-Sport.. Delivered ?????

07-25-2006, 06:47 AM	#3
Master Deep Captain Drives: 06 325xi Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 869 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325xi [0.00]	No. He's talking about people who intentionally blur it before they post their pics. I personally do just for safety reasons.

07-25-2006, 09:06 AM	#7
JSpira Freude am Fahren Drives: Fünfer, Dreier, + Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York, München, Wien Posts: 5,222 iTrader: (1)	And if you saw that car on the street or the cars at the festival, you would have the same license info. __________________ Freude am Fahren. Jonathan E90 2006 330xi E90 2006 325i E39 2003 530i Sport* E46 2000 328Ci* E36 1996 328iS* E36 1992 325i* E30 1991 318is E21 1982 320iS* E21 1979 320 (6-Zyl)* *retired Nominated: Most Contributing Member

07-25-2006, 09:14 AM	#9
M3NNIS Colonel Drives: a truck for now Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 2,122 iTrader: (6)	I had commented about this once before somewhere, blanking the plate is dumb, it does not have any security reasoning behind it. Its a peice of mind for the poster. The thing is that more people(that you would not want to have your info) see your car and plate on the streets when you drive, then they do on here. Also there is not much that a person can do with your license plate number unless they have access to some national computer data base. In that case they really dont need your plate anyway. The info that can be abtained from your plate is the car info and owner info, so I guess someone can find out where you live, but they dont need to see your plate on the internet to do that.

07-25-2006, 09:29 AM	#10
txusa03 Major General Drives: TS330iPPSP6MT Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 6,569 iTrader: (2)	Who cares, I do it cuz it makes me feel better. I certainly do not want to make it easy for anyone to get info on me. I cannot stop you if you really wanted to track me down, but at least, I am not going to hand feed you.

07-25-2006, 10:15 AM	#13
CMD Guest Drives: Posts: n/a	Parinoia at it's finest. My California plate reads: 5RJZ398 Now, go for it!

07-25-2006, 12:50 PM	#16
larryn Major General Drives: '97 332ti, '10 E92 M3 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,286 iTrader: (2)	Same reason I don't post pics of my kids.. I don't want sicko's :jack: at the pics.

07-25-2006, 01:04 PM	#18
shingles New Member Drives: Acura Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 22 iTrader: (0)	Because you can get where someone lives (in certain states) by their plate number. http://www.publicdata.com/cgi-win/pd...=DEMO&id=DEMO&

07-25-2006, 01:12 PM	#19
Gearcraft misadventurer Drives: bubbie mystic blue whale Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: candied island Posts: 706 iTrader: (0)	if somebody sees your plates here and gets an idea that you have a lot of expensive accessories in your car they could just break your windows and grab whatever you have. say.. this guy wont be back here until this time coz he works there.... lets ..... his car. who knows? if they can pry your xenons out of your car imagine what else they could do. it doesnt hurt to be a little vigilant. __________________ 325i I SP

07-25-2006, 01:17 PM	#20
txusa03 Major General Drives: TS330iPPSP6MT Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 6,569 iTrader: (2)	Did you also know that your driver license is public info? I can view your driver license online if I wanted too. Don't believe me, check this out (you can blame homeland security for this). Don't say I did not warn ya. http://www.license.shorturl.com/

07-25-2006, 01:21 PM	#22
06alpine325icm Second Lieutenant Drives: 2006 alpine white Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 213 iTrader: (0)	Alot of car thieves out there...thats y __________________

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