Personalised number plates ..... Bit of fun? Or a bit naff ?

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Had a 4 hour motorway drive this afternoon, thankfully traffic jam free, unlike I'm sure tomorrow .... and these suddenly kept catching my eye.

I've not got a problem with them, and have contemplated them in the past, just not brought one, and know they can divide opinion.

A1 60LF anyone ?

GBC
 
They don't float my boat to be honest but if people want to spend their cash on them then thats fine by me.
A lot of them won't make sense to anyone except the owner and a lot of the others that have moved letters and numbers around ( probably illegally) to try and spell out a name...well, they just don't ......and I think they look daft.
Rather spend my couple of hundred + elsewhere....
 
They frustrate me when people illegally space generic number plates to make them look like something completely different. I don't get how some go for thousands when if the police cracked down on them you're left with a meaningless plate.

I got my wife 'F1 EVA' (her name is Eva) which looked fine on her Cayman however moving house the car was recently sold so now it's on her company mini clubvan so looks a touch out of place :ROFLMAO:..
 
The police generally don't bother because if you get pulled for an illegal plate you get 7 days to report to a station with the correct plate
Nip home, 5 minutes putting the original one back on, down the cop shop, get the OK, back home, another 5 minutes and the illegal plate is back on.....
Its a virtually unenforceable law unless you put 1000's of extra police on the roads...and that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
 
golfbluecustard said:
Had a 4 hour motorway drive this afternoon, thankfully traffic jam free, unlike I'm sure tomorrow .... and these suddenly kept catching my eye.

I've not got a problem with them, and have contemplated them in the past, just not brought one, and know they can divide opinion.

A1 60LF anyone ?

GBC
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I actually had the opportunity to buy (as a present from my wife!!) that plate - quite reasonably at the time! Foolish mistake not to do so, as I would have made a significant profit on resale!

1 6OLF was purchased by someone who keeps Sunningdale's Half Way House very profitable - though I did see it advertised for sale (quite) a while ago.
 
I paid £500 many years ago for a private plate. It's nothing fancy just my initials

It's been most helpful as the wife Can always find the car in the car park

Transfer it everytime I get a new car
 
I have one.
It was left to me in my dad's will and is currently on retention until I get a decent car.
It's a great plate for a gambler as it starts 333.
 
Just looked on eBay and PUT 71N is up for £ 9,594

Which is about £ 9,594 more than I'd pay

As folks are saying folks can spend their hard earned however they want but you've got to of run out of things to buy to stump up £ 10 k ish on something if you squint still doesn't mean that much ....

GBC
 
Imurg said:
The police generally don't bother because if you get pulled for an illegal plate you get 7 days to report to a station with the correct plate
Nip home, 5 minutes putting the original one back on, down the cop shop, get the OK, back home, another 5 minutes and the illegal plate is back on.....
Its a virtually unenforceable law unless you put 1000's of extra police on the roads...and that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
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I'm sure this has changed now, unless it reverted back? I had a Mitsubishi Evo and the importer put uk plates on for me with their post code, bs number and all that jazz, in the second year of ownership (it had past an MOT with me) I got pulled by a copper, they measured the numbers and claimed they were 2mm too small characters and gave me a NIP. A week later I got a £100 fine. I believe now if they want to make an example they even have the power to fine up to £1k, Used to be the case you could rectify an issue and then go resolve it but I imagine this sucks up too much police time and doesn't bring in money.

I got pulled by a rude female copper, who was under the bonnet etc. and asked me what modifications it had, and seemed desperate to get me for something. All modifications were insured and I had paperwork in the glovebox with dyno print outs, insurance cover etc. She had a huge issue with fast cars it seemed and couldn't understand why I had and should have something of that nature and even though I had everything in place they wanted something.

I probably could have battled the plate considering but it seemed easier to just suck it up pay the fine and order a new plate. They didn't even need proof of plate replacement I just had to pay the fixed penalty.
 
Mine didn’t cost a lot, it’s just my initials and a number that has significance to me.
What I don’t get though, are the ‘personal‘ plates that repeat the car manufacturer, mostly to be found on a certain German brand.
 
We have 3 cars, and all have private plates. 2 of them are a bit of fun, not expensive, just what we wanted.
The other is a bit more valuable, but was my father in law's plate. From his first ever car, that he retained through all of his cars, and he wanted us to have it. It's on my AMG, and while not what I would choose, it's what it is.
 
woofers said:
Mine didn’t cost a lot, it’s just my initials and a number that has significance to me.
What I don’t get though, are the ‘personal‘ plates that repeat the car manufacturer, mostly to be found on a certain German brand.
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Pet hate, X5, M3, etc, on the wrong car. Obv previously bought plates to suit a particular car, but look rubbish on a Mazda.
 
I was offered my surname back in the day, for 800 quid. There were only two problems, I didn't have 800, and I didn't have a car that could take a K plate. Small details, granted, but deal breakers.
 
My Dad , Brian George Murgatroyd bought a Citroen C3 several years ago

He was offered the plate C3 BGM when he bought the car, picked it from a list, no extra cost at all.

No good to many other folk unless your initials are BGM and driving a C3

When he passed we sold it with the plates still on its
 
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