Living in Leicester, where every other car has one, including mine, 'private' registration plates rarely make me smile.
Coming out of Stratford-on-Avon today, though, one did. An Aston Martin Vantage ... V8 OOOF
Of the new ones I've recently seen NAiI SAW which presumably is NA11 SAW with a number plate bolt and TAII END which possibly is TAiI END without the bolt? Shame it's not the BP as TAll END made me think of an inappropriate one (although John Humphrey's did once say it on the BBC Today program.
If that is how the 'plate was spaced then I'd be thinking that the owner was a bit of a cock, TBH. Nice car though.Originally Posted by Tinker
#grumpylawabidinggit.
Couldn't resist this, Just bought it for one of my vans.
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Seen a while ago on a Range Rover with very dark windows was SPL1F. Nicely done,I thought.
That is amusing. Good show.Couldn't resist this, Just bought it for one of my vans.
Thank you, I'm quite happy to have dug that out
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What does it mean?
Illegally spaced. Should read V80 OOF. Amazes me how plod turns a blind eye to these illegalities. I think local government is missing a trick by not prosecuting them. It's a potential revenue gold mine!
EDIT: They could call it the TWA7 tax.
The only thing that comes to mind is WE MOW ?
Yes, looking closely (now on my PC) a web address is on the plate!
I'm not usually a fan of private reg plates*, but there is a locksmith van I see driving about Manchester with "LO57 KEY" which I think is bloody brilliant!
*Edit*
My Mum has an "XJS" plate on her XJS so I have to make an allowance for that.
I own a gardening company and WE MOW grass
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Too simple!
I was trying to imagine what word 'WE02' could be made into (squinting, perhaps with the addition of coloured screws etc.).
WE visit jobs 2 MOW. I would have liked MOW 1T but that probably cost 100 times more.
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Seen P1KEY and G1PSY both on Bentleys and they did look like they were from the travelling community.
I read it as " We too Mow" in the sense " We also mow, in addition to other gardening services offered by ourselves "
I saw an excellent one a few years ago. It was on a black Audi RS6 with black alloys, blacked out windows and smoked light clusters.
GH05 TLY
A good interpretation
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Actually my nephew got done for just that.
Deserved it.
Cheers,
Neil.
I've nothing against private plates (I've owned a few) but illegally spaced and presented ones really get my goat for some reason. It's particularly rife here in the West Midlands. At least half the 'private' plates I see are illegal (spacing, font or both). Some of them are SOOOO ludicrous I can't see how the Police's number plate recognition systems can spot them.
No road tax or insurance? Just bastardise your plate so it's indecipherable.
There's a chap in Norwich with 5 TOP.
It used to be spaced incorrectly as 5TOP but he's spaced it properly now.
I saw 'A HERO' having a tyre change today, a nice white Bentley I think. Couldn't be bothered to work out what it really was - maybe A 11 ERO?
There's a Nissan GTR around us with
HE59 ONE, it took me a couple of sightings to 'get it'
I always remember being in Leeds as kid and seeing a (now) old school 911 with 'CRAIG' as the reg
Nottingham was rife with them back in the day, they issued GRAIN to a moped (FS1E) near me!
HE59 ONE - nah, not getting it yet
I remember Ronnie O Sullivan overtaking me on the M4 Bristol a few years ago now.
"CUE 8OY"
A relatively fast car by normal standards so assume reading from the rear...
He5 9one
I have LO57 TOO on a motorbike, it's a recognition of my navigational skills - as in 'Don't ask me, I'm...'
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I saw a pimped out Jeep with K 1 NEL on it (in E15)
'kin smart.
I saw Paul Daniels driving in a Bentley with MAG 1C quite a few years ago.
I saw MUS 1C on a Roller on the M1 about 10 years or so ago. Think Paul McCartney owned it at the time. The driver did not look like him though.
Please don't be offended, but I can assure you that nobody outside of the UK would think any of the above examples were cool, witty, funny or otherwise remarkable.
That anyone is prepared to pay as much as a fiver for an incomprehensible mix of letters and numbers on their cars is totally beyond me.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
KL11JOY would be a good reg for some on here.
I've got ALF4..... on my red thing.
Vanity plates are big business in America.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I often see his wife parking her vintage Meec convertible in Waitrose car park - the plate reads something like DEBS 1
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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 ****?
I know.
They are at least legible, unless the ones in the UK.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
We have M1 CAR and M1 FUN near us.
Some I've seen around locally are PU51 RUB on a VW Beetle, BAT 114N (made to look like Batman) on a black Lamborghini Diablo GT and R8 LEX on a Mercedes.
Saw Y SAVE on a convertible Bentley. Doesn't do the driver or the car any favours IMO.
I saw him in that a few years ago too, swung that great barge across both lanes of the A4 as he pulled out of Slough Halfords in it, causing me to mount the pavement to get out of his way. I didn't think he was too MAG1C that day i can tell you, him and Debs looked shocked when i pulled along side and put some F's n Jeff's into them with liberal use of a certain hand gesture.
On another note, saw a Tesla the other day with TE55 ZLA
And many years ago while at uni in Liverpool, a knackered rusty old van with DEL 80Y
Once saw ACH 1C on a Porsche. There was a chick driving it too...
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
Doubt P1KEY would be allowed now as a new registration.
I remember seeing M1 MAC on an F1 years ago.
I have private plates on both my cars, one spells the name of my house, the other references the type of car. Both use legal spacing etc.
Yep, you can pretty much have what you like which I guess takes the shine off of them somewhat.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..
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