stranger photographing neighbour's car number plate

[intexasatthe moment]

Man walked past car carried on for a few feet ,turned back ,stood at rear of car ,took photo with phone and walked off .

Why would he do this ?

[ken78]

car ringing??

[Spartacus]

Could be any number of reasons

Cat sitting in a funny pose under the car

Or

Something amusing about the car that he wanted to capture

Or

Just liked the shape for a photo

Jumping to conclusions, whilst potentially correct, could also be wrong and without asking the photographer I guess its impossible to know the real reason but I guess speculation is all we have left 😉

[intexasatthe moment]

No speculation from me .What is car ringing ?

[intexasatthe moment]

Ok ,I've googled and apparently a ringer is a stolen car .The car being photographed is not stolen .Owned by neighbour for several years .

[wordsworth]

Gosh.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Car is parked illegally

Car is not taxed or MOT'd

Car has amusing bumper sticker

Car is same as car previously owned by photographer

Photographer has Instagram account for boring cars (this exists)

Driver of car did something naughty

Photographer is very curious

Do I get a prize if I guess correctly?

Edited August 27, 2022 by Dogkennelhillbilly

[Mystic Mog]

Catalytic converter?

[Penguin68]

Ok ,I've googled and apparently a ringer is a stolen car .The car being photographed is not stolen .Owned by neighbour for several years .

I think the idea is that the photographer has access to a (stolen, or to be stolen) car of that make, model and colour and plans to ring it using the photographed car's registration details. However that normally would be done (except in cases where the car itself is to be used in a criminal enterprise) in order to sell-on the ringed car - so normally a high-end and newish car would be chosen.

[ken78]

Ok ,I've googled and apparently a ringer is a stolen car .The car being photographed is not stolen .Owned by neighbour for several years .

if you seal the same make and model...you can use the number plate of another one see it now ??

[SpringTime]

Idling engine?