I just recieved my new car & was wandering how easy it is to swap number plate registration with someone via the DVLA, who is willing to swap with me as long it is a "52" (xx52 xxx).
And if it is possible, where on the web can I find/advertise someone who might be interested?
I'm interested in getting a specific 1st 2 characters of my plate & don't wanna spend £499 to get a cherished one from the DVLA.
Any ideas anyone??
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I keep reading about 'cherished numbers' and biting my tongue.
Tongue's getting a bit sore now, so I have to exercise it and, with respect, ask: "Why would anyone want a different number on their car to the one that was allocated to it, let alone *pay* for the privilege?".
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How about because we want to.
It beats me why anyone would want to pay nearly £5 for a packet of 20 little sticks with dried stuff in it and then set fire to it and inhale the smoke! Over and over and over again.
Now that is dumb!
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Given the colossal amount of tax we drivers pay I think we should be able to have any 'bl£$dy' number plate we want (so long as it's unique and legible) free of charge - courtesy of the Treasury !! !
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I tend to agree. I used to think that personal numbers were \"poser plates\", but I now think that they\'re easier to remember than these new fangled 51, 02, 52 thingies.
I\'m blessed if I can memorise three letters at the back (of the sequence) and the two at the front, but even if a personal plate has been \"bastardised\" (is that allowed, Mark - sorry if not) then plod would be able to narrow it down quite well.
Ian Cook
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Obviously, it's not allowed. Oops! Sorry.
Ian Cook
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I can think of circumstances in which one might not want one's number to be memorable!
Tomo
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Some people even spend their Saturday afternoons wandering around in a field full of sand pits looking for a little white ball, and as soon as they find it they belt it as far away as possible and lose it again.
But as with the "why buy a new car" thread recently, it is a free(ish) country and people are surely allowed to do odd things like paying for a number plate when the car already comes with one if they want to.
GJD
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I didn't say that you shouldn't have a different number if you want to. All I asked is: "Why?". I just want to know what I am missing!
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I have a Renault Laguna (complete with leaking heater matrix).when I bought it was 1 year old and was registered something like P104 GBL
I put "my" plate which has three numbers and 2 letters which are my initials.ie 200 AB (not mine )
I reckon over time, as part of the total motoring expense,this plate will probably not lose money like any car it is attached to will.
I think it also makes a cheapish car look more expensive and nice plate gives a car something extra.A bit like a nice metallic colour paintjob or a nice set of alloy wheels instead of cheap looking plastic trims.
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We all have different wants in life Dizzy that's whats makes people interesting, don't expect to understand how all minds work, look at the gulf between the though process between men and women.
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The use of "cherished" numbers allows bus companies to hide just how old the cattle trucks are that they transport our loved ones around the countryside. Sometimes they even transport our wives and kids as well. ;-)
Seriously though, that is one application of these silly things that I would ban instantly, were I to be transport minister.
Lots of worse things I know but there it is. rant over.
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Some the aircraft you can fly in are older those buses! I'd rather be on the road in an old vehicle than up in the air in one!
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Sorry AS, in principle got to disagree, at least with the aircraft even if a few are older they ARE maintained and to recorder procedures. If something is wrong they do not leave the ramp. I doubt whether some buses have very much done to them at all.
I can recall a fatac where a bus overturned on a roundabout, front brakes totally inop, rears not much better max retardation ~0.15g.
The accident happened where it did because this was the first point on the journey where the approach speed was such that more than 0.15g was needed. Could not slow down and ooops. Turned out bus hadn't seen a spanner in donkeys.
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Armitage.
As an addicted aviator in various kinds of aircraft, I must back up FiF. Inspection and maintenance requirements for aircraft are in a different league. An aircraft won't pass an inspection (often more frequent than annual) if anything looks like it won't make it to the next inspection. A MOT can be passed even if it is clear that tyres or brakes, for example, have only a few months left, so long as they are OK at the time of the test. And how many bus drivers fully check and inspect lights, tyres, bodywork, seatbelts, brakes, engine and every other checkable system before every journey?
GJD
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GJD,out of interest,what do you fly ?
I learnt to fly in a Piper Cadet and did a few aeros in a Slingsby Firefly.
Time and money means I have not flown for quite a while.
Your comments on the servicing of aircraft are so true.I think the average non flying motorist would be amazed at the mechanical standards and maintainance of all aeroplanes.
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bernie
I've been flying gliders for a several years and I'm doing my PPL in Cesspit 152s at the moment. I did a bit of flying in Bulldogs (the military version of the Firefly) with the RAF at university too.
You're right about the time and money problem. But I'd only spend it on beer otherwise.
GJD
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You folks obviously trust the airline industry too much! Haven't you heard the stories about budget airlines in the US being found out over insufficient inspection and use of second hand parts?
Do you really think even the budget UK airlines are ok on every plane?
Oh, and what about that american Boeing that lost a huge section of the cabin roof? That particular aircraft was flying at the time too!
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Plus the fact I understand that aircraft components have a half life in that they are replaced after half the time their whole life is expected to be serviceable.
Motoring Industry could not survive on this protocol.
DVD
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Plus the fact I understand that aircraft components have a half life in that they are replaced after half the time their whole life is expected to be serviceable.
Funny, I replace parts shortly after they fail.
Easyjet use brand new planes.
I've flown twice on brand spankers. Never happend with KLM or BA who I fly regularly with....
Have a good weekend one and all!
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Parp, Parp!
Note: All Toad posts come with an implied smiley.
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Watcher
You hit the nail on the head by pointing out that the US budget airlines were found out. Before they killed anyone. People will always be tempted to cut corners to save money - that's why the standards are so high.
You can never reduce the probability of an accident to zero and airline accidents are only big news because they kill a lot of people in one go. But no more than a month's worth on the UK roads (motoring link - I knew I'd find one somewhere) and we don't have 12 737s a year falling onto our green and pleasant. And when an accident does happen all necessary money and effort is spent by manufacturers and government organisations to find out what went wrong so it never happens again.
GJD
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Watcher You hit the nail on the head by pointing out that the US budget airlines were found out. Before they killed anyone. People will always be tempted to cut corners to save money - that's why the standards are so high.
Like American Airlines MD DC-10-10 N110AA (Crashed Chicago 25/5/79 due to non-approved maintenance procedure weakening engine support pylon, 273 killed)?
You can never reduce the probability of an accident to zero and airline accidents are only big news because they kill a lot of people in one go. But no more than a month's worth on the UK roads (motoring link - I knew I'd find one somewhere) and we don't have 12 737s a year falling onto our green and pleasant. And when an accident does happen all necessary money and effort is spent by manufacturers and government organisations to find out what went wrong so it never happens again.
Like Turkish Airlines DC-10-10 TC-JAV "Turk Hava Yollari" (crashed France 3/3/74, killing 345, due to uncorrected fault on cargo door latches first known in-flight failure occurring twenty-one months previously)?
The airline industry exhibits all the faults of others, albeit with less frequency. If you wait long enough, the same kinds of mistake are made over and again.
Source - "Air Disaster" vols 1&2, Macarthur Job
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Individual occurrences are so easily recalled precisely because there are so few of them.
GJD
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Individual occurrences are so easily recalled precisely because there are so few of them. GJD
The errors occur more frequently than this; we only hear of them when they actually lead to a disaster.
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Didn't I read somewhere that if you compared like with like, ie long haul car travel with short haul air travel (300 - 500 miles I think) the death rate per passenger mile (passenger journey?)is comparable (ie cars actually get safer over 500 miles, planes more dangerous under 300)?!
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