Private number plates

[snapper_37]

I had quite a few sheckles for my recent passing of the 40 mark. I've been struggling what to spend it on and someone suggested a private plate.

What?

Anyway, I had a nose and for anything even closely resembling my name it was nearly £10 K. Why on earth would I want to put something worth more than 4 times on my little runaround?

Private plate anyone?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

don't do it. i've yet to see a car with one on that doesn't make me think bad things…

 

[screenman]

PRIVATE NUMBER PLATES -

Historically private number plates have always increased in value; some examples are A1 and 1A. A 1 was originally issued back in 1903 to the late Earl Russell, he wanted this number plate so badly he camped outside the doors of the vehicle registration office all night, just to make sure this number was his. In those days A 1 would have cost nothing but a small registration fee. The younger brother "1 A" was sold at a Department of Transport (DoT) auction in December 1989 reaching a hammer price of £160,000. Nearly ten years on the late Roy Palmer bought and sold both numbers together to a very flamboyant Royal prince. The private plates were transferred very quickly to identical white Bentleys, just in time to collect the prince from his private jet. Today the first private number plate ever issued "A 1" could be worth anything up to £1,000 000, if in the unlikely event it would be for sale.

Not sure about a private plat on a cheaper car, I would imagine it is something you would buy when you have most other things, but some peoples passions are not that of anothers. In the end it is a pose thing and depends on how much someone is willing to spend on that hobby.

 

[snapper_37]

don't do it. i've yet to see a car with one on that doesn't make me think bad things…

I don't intend to. Maybe if I was a rich bugger, I'd have something on my Lotus.

 

[661-Pete]

Today the first private number plate ever issued "A 1" could be worth anything up to £1,000 000, if in the unlikely event it would be for sale.

Wasn't there a story, a year or two ago, about "F1" commanding an even higher price? Can't imagine why ...

 

[Bay Runner]

[FONT=&quot]The cheapest way is to change your name by deed pole to match your plate! [/FONT]

 

[beanzontoast]

Watch out all you personal plate decryers. I got SDIF when I suggested on here last year that people would do better giving the money to charity.

 

[snapper_37]

You're all just jealous.

Not at all *cough*.

My MD at work has got his initals plus how many years he had been married, as a prezzy off his wife for their Ruby. Nicely positioned on a motor worth as much as my house. Fair play.

My point was that I wouldn't put a private plate on a old runaround. IMO, it would look as naff as feck. Each to their own if someone else does.

 

[Norm]

We have one on the wife's car. It's pretty innocuous, it's an "H" plate with a low number and my initials, you probably wouldn't even realise it if you didn't know my name. We bought it nearly 20 years ago when we had a car worth putting it on, but now it sits on a Renault Scenic which is over a decade old, reminding us of the good times that were had before the kids came along.

They don't have to be hugely expensive. H20xxx will cost £144, according to the DVLA's, site, and P1xxx shows as £357, for example.

Not sure what age your car is, snapper, but if you look at a plate relevant for that year and your initials, it should be less than £10k and it won't look ostentatious on an older car. Unless your initials spell a word, that is.

But that depends on whether your idea of a private plate is just for the show, or just to have something to make it easier to remember what your number plate is.

 

[colly]

The best one I have seen was ..........FU 2 on a roller being driven by a 1970 porn queen. er..........Iwas told thats what she was.

 

[XmisterIS]

The other day I saw one of these:

Which is a 4.8 Litre BMW X5 (one of those awful "sports" 4x4s like the Range Rover Sport or the Porsche Cayenne - which has never seen a speck of mud in its life), and it had the number plate ...

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"B4RRY"

I shoot ye not ...

 

[dodgy]

I always snigger when I see BMW X5s with the number plate 'X5 ...', which means I snigger rather a lot.

 

[walker]

Since Living in Oz, British personalized plates are a complete waste of time

 

[Happiness Stan]

Best i saw was 0B0 110 X

 

[just jim]

Makes ya stand out in da crowd innit?