I have just googled Nexon Tyres and ended up on a website that can tell you the tyres for your car if you type in your registration number............................ now how can they access the National Car registration Database that is only supposed to be available to the Police, DVLA, and the insurance industry???????

I used a well known (even famous!) cherished number plate as a test and the details were almost spot on, so then I tried my own 2 cherished numbers and the first came up with the same details as the first reg I put in (ie not 100% of the detail was available) but worryingly when I put in my other cherished number the details were 100% accurate.............. vehicle type, bodystyle and colour were spot on. I wonder how easy it is for them to get your address too........................

here is the website - try it for yourself http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Sun May 13 2007 8:44pm. Edited 2 times in total

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It probably works on the same sort of database as this RAC run site

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/status_checks/ Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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As a company you can pay for this information from DVLA, what it doesn't do is match back to a name and address - thats the bit the Police/Insurers have access to.

Its the same with the electoral roll - your council sells the information for profit (you did tick the box that says you want the information kept private didn't you?) 2016 RRS 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography Dynamic in Montalcino Red and Stealth Kit

but but but my registration is listed as belonging to a BSA motorcycle

Don't think those tyres would fit the RRS  RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
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It said I should buy 19" tyres. Guess they'd be a squeeze on the 20" which it came from the factory with as standard!  TDV8 HSE in Java/Ebony with Zebrano Wood, RSE, Hybrid TV, and a few other bells and whistles.

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It also says that I should have 19's for my SE which runs on 18's................ according to LR 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim in Scotland wrote:

I have just googled Nexon Tyres and ended up on a website that can tell you the tyres for your car if you type in your registration number............................ now how can they access the National Car registration Database that is only supposed to be available to the Police, DVLA, and the insurance industry???????

I used a well known (even famous!) cherished number plate as a test and the details were almost spot on, so then I tried my own 2 cherished numbers and the first came up with the same details as the first reg I put in (ie not 100% of the detail was available) but worryingly when I put in my other cherished number the details were 100% accurate.............. vehicle type, bodystyle and colour were spot on. I wonder how easy it is for them to get your address too........................

here is the website - try it for yourself http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk

You can laugh.......my number came up as a wheelbarrow, they obviously know a lot about Land Rovers!

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