Here I met two German girls, who came to Durham by car, however not boys. One girl lives not far from the 'Viaduct'. Her car is damaged has been damaged a while since some time. What happened? Her number plates were stolen. At first, the police supposed they were stolen as trophies and ended up as room decorations. This is because German number plates are made of metal, the British ones consist of hard plastic. Later it turned out that they were taken by car smugglers, who „teared“ them off with a hell of a noise.
The car is now rudimentarily equipped with number plates out of paper on the front and the rear window. This solution is not without risk, as English speed cameras capture only the bumper but not the driver and the important papers placed nearby. The car on the last picture might only suprise people from the continent, where General Motors sell their cars badged as Opel.The concept is named Badge-Engineering.