Re: Q-list decals

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Aleksander Mierzwa <alexaudi@kki.net.pl> wrote:

>I see that the Q-list sticker project is close to completion... that's
>cool. Unfortunately, the decal in the proposed form (a white oval with Q
>letter) will be illegal to use in Europe. I believe the law in most
>European countries prohibits putting a country of origin decals indicating
>country other than one the car is actually registered in. It would be nice
>if we could make a small number of decals with alternate color scheme
>(white on black or red on silver - the Audi colors) for the European listers.

I don't think you'll have to worry too much about that (I won't, at least).
The 'Q' itself is a highly stylized version, not easily mistaken for the
regular (Helvetica?) country identifier- see
http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/AudiJunk/sticker.html
Besides, in your own country you don't even need such a sticker- it's just
when you go abroad. And many cars here in Holland have two or more country
stickers (the 'C' from Catalunya is pretty popular, as is the 'F' from
France) and I've never heard of any troubles with this. I traveled across
Europe _without_ a sticker, and have never been stopped for this.

Besides, with the upcoming European licence plate (with country identifier
and European flag on the left-hand side), the stickers will become obsolete
anyway.

HTH,

Tom