Personally, I think that a registration plate that matches the type of car is rather pleasing - and classier than a lot of personalised registrations.
Never done it myself, mind - and after reading this thread, I guess that I'd be too timid to ever try it ;-)
Edited by tyro on 28/11/2008 at 17:46
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Personally I think that a registration plate that matches the type of car is rather pleasing
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One of the neatest I have seen was BMW 3.3 L
At first I thought it was a showroom plate.
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Used to see loads of MG & VW plates.
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I was thinking of buying F18 STA or F13 STA or F1 ATS :D
I too don't get the point in private plates but I don't care either.
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The car I recently bought has a number plate to match the model. It wouldn't have suited the owner's new car so he left it on.
It's not something I would have forked out for myself and probably doesn't add much to the value of the car. It didn't sway my opinion of the car either way before buying. I don't mind it and it's had some positive comments. It is distinctive.
Another item left on it is a footrest with the car's logo on. Not something you spend all day staring at, but it's neat and tasteful.
It's just another form of cosmetic embellishment, a bit like many alloy wheels. You have to have some reg plates, or some wheels and you can spend as much or as little as you want on some white/yellow plastic or metal circles. Some like it, some don't. Provided it's done legally, it up to the individual what they put on.
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i think it can be quite run and it can be used to hide the age of the car a little bit.
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it was pure chance that the plate on my car happened to be my name..cheers... f164sjf
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My wife had a new beetle in 2001 and she wanted a plate for it. I got a plate from the DVLA site ** BUG for £250. The car didn't depreciate too heavily during it's time with us but the plate was worth £1000 when she sold it.
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I was thinking of buying .......... F13 STA
Don't just sit there thinking about it. Do it! It will only cost you a mere £9995. tinyurl.com/6hbnew
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Of course, the ultimate pose ( and much cheaper) is to change your name by deed poll to suit your car. My wife, however, objected and didn't wish to be known as Mrs BJ54WHD so I didn't go ahead.
I own an old moped which will not see the road again, with my name TED and three numbers. Frustratingly, it is 'non-transferable', that would look good on my Honda 600.
Ted
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It seems to have spread.
In the Bergheim area of Germany all plates start BM.
Guess which German brand of car has BM 1/3/5/6/7xx W plates.
Edited by gmac on 29/11/2008 at 18:12
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I believe VIZ comic made this joke back in 1989, and have been harping on about it every time since, when it is repeated.
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Why do they do it?
Isn't it insecurity? Not wanting people to know how old their car is?
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As mentioned above, groovy, local personalised plates are available 'on order', as long as it is original, not offensive, and are prepeared to pay.
Me? I like the anonymity of a bog-standard one. *
BUT what always amazed me in the UK was people who monkey about with the letters, darkened fittings and fonts, so that they could convince other folk that the plate actually said something meaningful.
A bit like Esther Whatserface off That's Life saying "If you look really hard, this carrot looks like just a willy."
An aquaintance who had a VERY recognisable plate - CE 77877 - was caught out once after taking his mistress away for a dirty weekend to a place a few miles up the coast.
An aquaintance of his wife asked if she had enjoyed the weekend at the resort, but she replied that her hubby had been away in Johannesburg for work that weekend....
"But we saw his car, with that 77877 plate...."
VERY expensive divorce, that was....
Edited by Ian (Cape Town) on 29/11/2008 at 18:50
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A bit like Esther Whatserface off That's Life saying "If you look really hard this carrot looks like just a willy."
This is just screaming out for a Dale Winton comment but I shall ignore it...
Back on motoring I wonder if Jasper Carrott has a personalise plate ?
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Baldrick (from Blackadder 2): "It's rather funny that you have a turnip that looks like a ... thingy.... because *I* have a thingy that looks like a turnip!"
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Why do they do it? Isn't it insecurity? Not wanting people to know how old their car is?
9 years ago I bought a P/P, I paid £500 for it, its been valued at £1K by a company to buy from me to sell on at a profit
9 years ago some one bought a Golf V5 highline estate, when a 1600 base model would have surved the same purpose.
4 months ago I bought the same estate for £1100 with 6 months tax, a 1600 base model would have cost me more and I'd be hard pressed to buy one in the same condition as the V5 which for 130K miles is near mint.
Now analyse your own motoring expenditure and try and justify what you've bought and why.
I saw a P/P and bought it for me and only me
;o)
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Why do they do it? Isn't it insecurity? Not wanting people to know how old their car is?
This doesn't apply in every case, but like i said earlier in my wife's case, the plate made money, the car depreciated.
Also in my neck of the woods, folk keep the same plate from car to car. It is certainly not always to hide the fact that a car is older. It is just as often to hide the fact that they are driving brand new cars.
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It is just as often to hide the fact that they are driving brand new cars.
That's the reason I got my plate!
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I have an old 6 character plate which I've had for donkeys years. It wouldn't mean a thing to anyone else. It might just intrigue a crossword buff but to a casual observer it doesn't "say" anything.
I don't use it to disguise anything or to make any kind of statement and it is legally displayed.
I just like it.
Is that OK ?
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I could have written the same post as Humph. 3 letters and 3 numbers, doesn't spell anything, not my initials, doesn't match the car, font Charles Wright, correctly spaced, no badges, background etc.
I am insecure as it happens, but I don't think that's anything to do with it ;-)
I originally bought it because it looked cheap and it might turn a profit or make the car easier to sell - I now find I like having my number, rather than the car's changing number. An incidental benefit is not needing to change plates on two trailers when I change the car.
Fortunately I don't need to be anonymous. Back in the mid eighties I had a very memorable number plate for a while - that car was spotted everywhere. At the time I was selling, many of my customers were outside my allocated territory, and I was caught out 'poaching' more than once. I don't recommend a distinctive plate of any kind if you are planning a criminal career or extramarital activities.
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I bought one for my then new wife as a birthday present, my first initial, then a 4, then her 3 initials e.g. A4ABC.
Went down a treat (checked with her sister first). We get to keep the plate forever on whatever car she has, it gradually increases in price (not the reason I bought it) and we like it.
Why would anyone else be bothered about it? I genuinely don't understand the charged negative feelings that can be displayed on the subject. Surely it's 'each to their own'.
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I too drive a car too with a personal plate: not mine, but my dog's, though only people who know him would recognise that, and otherwise it's an undistinctive plate on an undistinctive car.
At £250 a few years ago it was an absurd extravagance, although I do plead the I-voz-only-following-orders-defence, since it's his car.
I do wonder about plates which shout "me me me", but to plenty of people that would make much more sense than my dog's plates. To others, all of us appear to have more money than sense. YMMV
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NW,
Have you been at the sherry?.....:-)
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Have you been at the sherry?.....:-)
Not allowed. I had my lead put on, and was taken for a walk, although today I declined my usual chauffering duties. ;)
Besides, sherry is far too demure to be my tipple when I'm tippling, and the when is subject to a self-imposed evenings-only rule.
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I too drive a car too with a personal plate: not mine but my dog's
Neat idea.
Don't suppose it's a Rover is it?
What happens when he gets a NIP?
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I bought a Volvo S80 from a local woman whose husband had died and it was his car. To spare her seeing the car around and thinking it was her husband I swapped the plate for S80 (and then my initials). I heard she appreciated the gesture and when I sold the car, the plate went with. Luckily my initials could also be the model designation of various cars (e.g. GT, LX etc etc), so the new owner was very happy to take it.
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Don't suppose it's a Rover is it?
;)
No, he doesn't like leather seats.
What happens when he gets a NIP?
:)
He doesn't, 'cos he's delegated the driving to his staff. Why keep a human and do your own driving?
But if he did have to take over the wheel, I suspect that Mr Plod would collar him ...
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Well well! What an evening, I'd never have guessed that NW has a personal plate and Humph lives on an executive housing estate.
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Well well! What an evening I'd never have guessed that NW has a personal plate
not actually mine, guv :)
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Not sure if the one I saw this evening on a junior-grade Lexus (with bad-taste body kit) matched the car or the driver.
S3 CUL
I'm guessing he's not French.
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But if he did have to take over the wheel I suspect that Mr Plod would collar him ...
Were there any leads to go on?
MD
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Went down a treat (checked with her sister first).
You really ought to think these things through before posting WP.
Have a nice day.............Regards....Martin. D
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They might hide age for a year or two - as it is quite possible to guess the year of the car from the model.
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