Bloke at work has a BMW 3 series MSport.
He was stopped on the way in last week by the boys in blue.
Apparently they in a lay by with an ANPR camera and his car came up with not having a valid registration number and was pulled over further up the road.
His registration is for example AB16DEF - and the plate on the back is correct.
The one on the front is now AB16DFE. Police were not happy.
He has no idea when it was changed and has photos of the car with the correct plate on it. There is no plate postcode.
The VIN number is correct.
We had a bit of conjecture as to what could have happened and reckoned it's been crashed and repaired with a new plate made up wrongly.
He took it to a BMW dealer near the office and they confirmed the worst. Some front damage, poorly repaired and not even painted internally.
The police seem satisfied that he didn't change the plate and are taking no further action save to insist on the plate being corrected / roadworthy check.
So he's been trying to find the culprit:
Last years airport drop of company who had the car for 2 weeks and 3 weeks (different companies).
His nearest BMW dealer who had the car over a long weekend for a service and recall work (he dropped it off on a Thursday and they returned it the following Wednesday as they had to wait for a part. (They were supposed to drop it off on the Monday which my colleague was happy with as he was away in Prague for the weekend). The last service was before the first holiday.
Police say its a civil matter so are not interested.
I reckon its one of the drop off companies, but how to prove it!?
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