Yes they were, but these wouldn't have been possible without them. Those won't go on the car though, I ordered smaller non-euro plates that fit japanese license plate holders directly.
Nop, the car will wait for spring before it sees the streets again.
Maybe because he does not want salt grit ruining his paintwork and undercarriage which could then lead to rust.
I've done the same with my M3 and Mondeo. I had my fun in the snow last night, but they have both been cleaned, covered up, and tucked into the Garage until the weather gets better. I still have my Girlfriends MX-5 (Alot more people here with MX-5's than i imagined?) to mess about in if i fancy some RWD fun again.
They arent stock. Yellow one is now at 800+ HP (6.8L LS3 Stroked, Fully Build, Forged Internals..... Supercharger....) Orange One now about 610HP. (LS7, GT19 Cams, Long Tube Header, VaraRam, Tune....)
Here's my old Golf, 8V GTI built in january '89 with 167k km's.
Fully stock and a joy to throw about.
Had it for 4 years now and planned to keep it till she was an oldtimer, but with the gov upping the required age from 25years to 30 I'm not so sure anymore.
Definitely makes things nicer in the freezer months, but not needed at all. I've been driving them for 12 years & just picked up my first hardtop last winter. The biggest winter benefit I've noticed is that the doors don't freeze shut near as bad, since the seals around the windows are much smaller. No heating problems with a soft-top or anything like that though, even in a 17yr old, 1.6L 200k mile example. Just wish I had a garage to keep the '96 in!