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Nice!  I love the O and OO plates (letter O for Oscar)

OCD annoyance - rather than put the three digits in the centre of the plate, and then put the GB mark on the left afterwards, the GB mark has been put on first, and the digits put in the centre of the remaining gap.  So the letters aren't central to the plate.  My S4 was similar when I bought it and the garage had made my plate up, didn't look right to me, so I ended up making another plate up

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6 hours ago, NewNiceMrMe said:

See, that would appear the opposite to my eye.

I would think it'd look odd if it was central to the plate and not to the yellow area. 

That said, I can honestly say it never even dawned on me when I saw it in the image above, but maybe it would have done if it was centred to the plate...

 

5 hours ago, chasdrury said:

But in that picture, the O2O looks central to the audi rings, so therefore is the plate not central on the car if the o2o is central in the yellow bit?

Blimey, i've confused myself now....

Illusion due to the fact the number plate is recessed and the boot handle / Audi rings sit further out.  So when viewed from straight-on, it looks strange.  And when viewed from an angle the other side, it looks absolutely stupid

A week or so after I picked it up:

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But....

If the minor imbalance causes an issue...wouldn't you remove the S4 badge too? 

Shao_Khan once said something to me about the 645Ci badge and the fact it made him wince because it made the car looked unbalanced.  I'd owned the car 5 years at that point and I went out and looked at it.  I then paid for it to be removed.  I'd never noticed, but once it was pointed out... :roflmao:

I had the 520d debadged as a result (not because I wanted to hide the fact it was just a 520d, that doesn't bother me as anyone who knows anything will know it is a 520d or 525d anyway).  I much prefer the cleaner look now but it isn't something I'd ever previously thought about!

The C70 has a Volvo badge in the centre and C70 on one side.  However, it then has the D5 badge on the other....but on the boot.  It does my head in. :roflmao:

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I always thought the B6 looked a bit odd without a plate holder!  Most came with, so I guess I was just used to it by the time I bought mine?.  Did you use one on yours?

Have to say, first thing we did when we got the present A3 home was get the double sided tape out and ditch the plate holder, looks so much cleaner without.  And yes, I got it central with OCD precision lol

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On 9/28/2016 at 9:26 PM, Ian_C said:

I always thought the B6 looked a bit odd without a plate holder!  Most came with, so I guess I was just used to it by the time I bought mine?.  Did you use one on yours?

Nope and no dealer names on the plates. As plain as possible

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If a badge has been on a car for a year or two, you'll find that you will see where it has been in some lighting conditions.

The dealer took mine off the 645 and then polished the area up to remove the ever-so-slight paint difference.  If I did it now I'd get the detailer to do it.  Probably being a bit OTT in doing that but they definitely leave a marginal shaded area if they've been in situ for a good while.

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