Yep, you can pretty much have what you like which I guess takes the shine off of them somewhat.Originally Posted by ralphy
Vanity plates are big business in America.
R
Also you don't need any front plates in most SE states of the US.
Here's an unusual one from Virginia.
Cheers,
Neil.
I spotted VW 1 on a vw Tiguan yesterday. Quite an expensive plate I'd guess
Ex boss of mine had an Aston Martin DB7 vantage with a slightly mis-spaced
ABU 531T
he got it off a Mini if I remember correctly..
Most certainly north of what the car is likely to be worth!!!
Some folks have zero imagination, no wonder we do so well on ourselves
Personalised regs very popular in Scandinavia, Germany, and other countries where legal, Spain are discussing it as a revenue base !
Short plates enhance the car's appearance, bit similar to alloys
One of ours H1 OLA (H1OLA....) brings out many smiles and postitive comments in Spain . . .
Each to their own !
I paid a massive £175 for (something like) EH05 RCP for my Cayman, but I haven't put it on yet. No one will ever get it.
I assume it's your initials? Those not up to speed with a particular manufacturer and the iterations of each model will just think you're driving a 2005 car!
It will look like Porsche when viewed in the rear view mirror.
Personalised plates don't exist in Germany, they do in Sweden (and I believe Norway?) but are very rare up North as against the 'Jante lagen'. I suppose the only other country where I have seen many personalised plates outside of the UK is in the US, but they do it properly with a free format rather than the fixed character/number formats of the UK where one needs to substitute letters by numbers.Some folks have zero imagination, no wonder we do so well on ourselves
Personalised regs very popular in Scandinavia, Germany, and other countries where legal, Spain are discussing it as a revenue base !
Short plates enhance the car's appearance, bit similar to alloys
One of ours H1 OLA (H1OLA....) brings out many smiles and postitive comments in Spain . . .
Each to their own !
I don't have an issue with people buying personalised plates, but I don't get it how people in the UK are shelling out thousands for seemingly random combinations of letters and numbers with a meaning only for themselves (and engage in illegal spacing and tainting with plates using coloured screws).
I was actually born in the German city of Bitburg, where the German number plate regime allows for a rare gem:
Bitburg also being a major American Air Force base, many of these disappeared during nights and feature large in the stolen plates register (and as such are blocked for re-issuance) and the BIT-CH combination has nowadays become impossible to obtain.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
I thought they did?
Hence the plates always seen on the Alpina latest demo cars OAL*B5, OAL*D3, etc?
Well, if you call that personalised - then they do exist. But they are not owned by the owner of the car and cannot be sold/traded. It's more that you can pick any free number out of the database and then you get to keep it as long as you own the car.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Sorry Capt. Sensible, but Denmark, Norway and the USA all have 'cherished numbers'.....
Something wrong with that ???
BUT, we know many countries are envious of the British sense of humour...
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A few years ago I saw V1 NYL on a Lamborghini. Also many years before this saw MAG 1C driven by Paul Daniels.
A bad plate ....
Can you imagine anyone thinking "This looks compliant with The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001"?
And can you imagine any Police car not pulling the driver for absolutely taking the ****?
There is a couple of good ones I have noticed where I live.
4DAM on a white C class Merc, strangely an old woman driving it about and B1LLY on an Orange Mclaren MC12.
There is plenty more short ones on the usual Range Rovers etc I see driving about 19 RJ springs to mind and 5S on a Rolls.
In Cornwall a couple of years ago I saw a car with a sticker advertising a Symphony Orchestra and the registration V1OLA.
That provides an opportunity for one of my favourite musician's jokes:7
What's the difference between a viola player and a hooker?
A hooker knows more than two positions.
I'll get my coat.
David
The owner of the company I work for has 'B 5' on his Merc SL63 (his name is B.Scott)
Rumour has it the plate used to belong to Barry Sheene and my boss bought it after his death
On a Merc which passed me on the M6 a few years ago-
4 KEW
My near miss true story.... I recently realised my number plate of aspiration is LE5-7AH C. On looking on my driveway I found I already owned Lx57AHx. So close but so far
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I have N1 4 MOT on my sign written work van, works quite well on the advert front. And yes it is an MOT stn.
That's showing as registered to an X5...
I presume you space it correctly for MOT purposes 😜
Was on my x5 about 2 yrs ago and they messed up the mot re assign so it ended up on two cars as far as mot history site. I don't bother with the dodgy spacing anymore it has pretty much the same effect when legal. I have Y14MOT on retention as well if you have a garage and fancy it.
I had the same with a plate I transferred from one company car to another. I was pulled over by a traffic cop for an expired MOT, however the car was only 3 months old. It appeared my registration was against 2 cars at the same time.
Might want to check with the DVLA that the same hasn't happened to yours. Askmid doesn't come up with anything other than N14 MOT isn't currently insured.
Thanks for the offer but I already have more number plates than cars
There's a Jag S-Type covered in additional chrome trinkets which has a heavily stylised 3-D, italic, couldn't be more illegally-fonted plate reading
"UP U 51R"
on in Wiltshire.
Driver looks the sort...
Took this picture myself, but you'll have to believe me that it's 911.
I saw W45 TER on a pickup the other day.
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There was a photo on a previous plate thread showing two cars side by side; 2B and NOT 2B!
VW 1 used to be owned by Ian Skelly - Liverpool and Glasgow VAG Garage owner - and he also had AUD 1.
Local BMW garage has 8 MW and I have seen A 11 and A 111 in same garage 25 years + ago
Tesla on the m40 this morning ....TE55 ZLA.
I Saw BUY IT in Stockport today on a Aston Martin V8
Vantage today. A relevant plate for my van would have been NO02 WAY
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On an Audi Quattro
AUR 20V
Or was it A20 VUR
Can't quite remember
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!!!!!
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I was talking to a guy yesterday who had a plate (11 LS) and he was telling me that he's always getting letters offering to buy it. Around 10 - 11 grand.
Indeed Tony, unfortunately it's not mine. It's a cottage we rent near to Rock in Cornwall. An absolute gem of a place in an idyllic setting, I never tire of the place. I took the van this year so that we could cycle the Camel Trail. Unless my numbers come up, I doubt it would ever be mine, it's probably worth more than double what my home is worth.
What's the legality on that dark tinted bike plate?I've got a couple;
T15 STE on my bike;
And VW16VAN, amazingly, on my van;
Neither are worth a fortune but I like them.
Steve.
I quite like the look of them on certain vehicles but always sceptical with things like that!?
Although to be fair not much would catch you away from the lights on one of those MT-07s
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Its just a bad photo mate, the only one I had to hand, it’s not tinted at all in reality.
I am ashamed to say that I can't figure out what a few of the plates in this thread mean.
One of my neighbours is quite keen on dogs. Her plate is W0F (or WOF, not quite sure)
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
It's because a lot of them are mis-spaced chav plates.
Saw a plumber/dyno rod type van heading up the A1 in Yorkshire on Fri
PO02 ROD
CRU 51T is on a black Cayman near me. Saw a Panameira Turbo S last week with B TIIRBO and a E350 with AI ISAK
Wanted a six digit plate for next motorbike ( larger seven digit plates look like sails )
The bike will be a Triumph 800XR so I found
T80
0XR
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Driving on the M1 on Saturday I saw a BMW being driven by a rather attractive young lady.
Her number plate was F17TH X
I remarked to the missus "I wonder what she does for a living?", and then spent the next twenty minutes quietly speculating to myself.
So clever my foot fell off.
Someone on here must have
L187 ARD
Any suggestions?
Saw a yellow Porsche at a watch fair with the plate MILL SUB.
Shares garage space with a black Rolls Royce with the plate "C8MEX"...
;-)
My favourite ever plate…TOO 510W…on a Countach.
Out in Oban at the weekend and saw the local Tailor with K1 LTS
I spotted this a few years ago being driven through Greenock
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