RE: Personalised plates: Tell Me I'm Wrong
Discussion
IMO car related ones look cheesy, initials ones I'm on the fence, and messed about ones are generally wrong.
Odd spacing, I can agree with on the right plate, if it is something very obvious.
TW0 2 BED spotted on a merc several years ago
TOW3L is on a polo near my house, I reckon its an excellent. That, I'd put on my car, but i tend to think of the cars original reg being its identity.
(Also with mine starting S807 I've had folk thinking its a 2007 car, amuses me with it being an s1 elise
)
Odd spacing, I can agree with on the right plate, if it is something very obvious.
TW0 2 BED spotted on a merc several years ago
TOW3L is on a polo near my house, I reckon its an excellent. That, I'd put on my car, but i tend to think of the cars original reg being its identity.
(Also with mine starting S807 I've had folk thinking its a 2007 car, amuses me with it being an s1 elise
)pobox205 said:
Plates referring to the car is pure sadness. As if the badges and the shape of the car aren't enough to identify what it is. Or is the car such a desperate status symbol to the owner that they need to highlight to everybody what car it is?
I hate dodgy spacing, illegal fonts and plates trying to spell incorrectly spelt words.
There are some clever ones that keep standard formats and still be obvious what the word is.
Saw a Peugeot 206CC a while back with TR04 BLE on it. I thought it was discrete but clever.
A prefix, single digit (preferably a number 1) and three initials is perfect without upsetting anybody.
I hate dodgy spacing, illegal fonts and plates trying to spell incorrectly spelt words.
There are some clever ones that keep standard formats and still be obvious what the word is.
Saw a Peugeot 206CC a while back with TR04 BLE on it. I thought it was discrete but clever.
A prefix, single digit (preferably a number 1) and three initials is perfect without upsetting anybody.
Edited by pobox205 on Saturday 18th May 12:37
I suppose this qualifies as naff in your opinion then?!
I think a lot of people have misguided conceptions about what having a private reg on your car means. Yes I have one on mine, it was a gift. I can't see any downside to it being on there, I'm not concerned if it means people think I'm a drug dealer and that I must have obtained it with illegal funds. You always find the people that oppose them don't own them so I suppose we'll all have to agree to disagree on this topic.
Some private plates are good and amusing and if legal and you have the spare cash or want to create some attention for yourself or brand then why not! its a personal choice at the end of the day.
some of them are ridiculous, badly spaced and illegal and these unfortunately give the whole private plate thing a bad name in my opinion.
I've been involved with running a couple of fleets of work vans and I tell you what I much prefer the private plates for that application.
Plates "CPD 01, 02, 03 all the way to "CPD 20"
If you call the foreign driver up and you have 4 similar 12 plate vans in the fleet ie
tw 12 tws
tw 12 tvs
tv 12 tuz
tw 12 tuz
you will spend an age trying to spell out the full plate to check which van he is in. but if its CPD 14, it makes it easy to pick out the fan because all he needs to know is the number!
some of them are ridiculous, badly spaced and illegal and these unfortunately give the whole private plate thing a bad name in my opinion.
I've been involved with running a couple of fleets of work vans and I tell you what I much prefer the private plates for that application.
Plates "CPD 01, 02, 03 all the way to "CPD 20"
If you call the foreign driver up and you have 4 similar 12 plate vans in the fleet ie
tw 12 tws
tw 12 tvs
tv 12 tuz
tw 12 tuz
you will spend an age trying to spell out the full plate to check which van he is in. but if its CPD 14, it makes it easy to pick out the fan because all he needs to know is the number!
Greg 172 said:
So, what is worse:
Expensive prestige/performance car with personalised plate?
or
Nearly new low-spec Peugeot 107 (or similar) with personalised plate?
I seem to see an unusual amount of the latter, and it always makes me wonder why they didn't just spend a few quid on a nicer car of better spec. Each to their own (I'm not a fan of personalised plates myself), but I can at least understand that someone with enough money to buy and run a supercar can indulge. But if you're clearly not too concerned about being showy with your car then why waste the cash on the plate?
They will lose that money through depreciation on a nicer car with better spec, a nice plate can appreciate in value and can stay with you. Why not take a balanced approach?Expensive prestige/performance car with personalised plate?
or
Nearly new low-spec Peugeot 107 (or similar) with personalised plate?
I seem to see an unusual amount of the latter, and it always makes me wonder why they didn't just spend a few quid on a nicer car of better spec. Each to their own (I'm not a fan of personalised plates myself), but I can at least understand that someone with enough money to buy and run a supercar can indulge. But if you're clearly not too concerned about being showy with your car then why waste the cash on the plate?
Each to their own, I have two because I want to, names not car models, the same as I choose the cars I buy. I have owned both of mine (ours) for 15 years plus, they go on every car I have owned in between and will do forever. As far as I am concerned they complete the look of the car rather than a DVLA "you must put this on your car"
It's like any argument I guess....
I would'nt be seen with solar panels on my roof, they are horrible, others disagree.
Neighbour down the road has a BRIGHT PINK 500, not my cuppa, she loves it.
Some people where heavily branded clothing...I don't
If only this was all we had to worry about in life. Love your writing Monkey
It's like any argument I guess....
I would'nt be seen with solar panels on my roof, they are horrible, others disagree.
Neighbour down the road has a BRIGHT PINK 500, not my cuppa, she loves it.
Some people where heavily branded clothing...I don't
If only this was all we had to worry about in life. Love your writing Monkey
Being from Canada where we can put whatever we want on our plates, I think its kindof cool to be creative with numbers and letters to create a word such that it still fits in with DVLA guidelines. I've seen DE5 RED on that press Vauxhall VXR8 so often that I've grown to like it, same with a press R34 GTR with the plate T4 GTR I think it is. Whenever I see the press Y EVIL Murcielago I get a twinge of nostalgia at having seen it on the cover of EVO back in 2001. The plates identify the car and personalize it.
That being said I can totally see the small percentage of those tuners who ruin, rather than modify their cars, being on the vanity plate bandwagon, and I can totally understand PHers not wanting to be associated with this shady group of 'car enthusiasts'...but one could say that about any group really. A certain percentage of Apple users are w
kers but that doesn't mean one shouldn't buy an Apple computer for that reason!
I can understand being part of the cognescenti but I think some people with really nice cars don't buy private plates because they can't be bothered rather than being particularly discerning low-key individuals. Owning a Lamborghini Aventador with a standard plate isn't the same as driving a Ferrari 330GT over an FF for example...
That being said I can totally see the small percentage of those tuners who ruin, rather than modify their cars, being on the vanity plate bandwagon, and I can totally understand PHers not wanting to be associated with this shady group of 'car enthusiasts'...but one could say that about any group really. A certain percentage of Apple users are w
kers but that doesn't mean one shouldn't buy an Apple computer for that reason! I can understand being part of the cognescenti but I think some people with really nice cars don't buy private plates because they can't be bothered rather than being particularly discerning low-key individuals. Owning a Lamborghini Aventador with a standard plate isn't the same as driving a Ferrari 330GT over an FF for example...
m1das said:
Foodfocus said:
I have to agree, particularly with new format plates. Every time I see a vauxhall vxr promo sporting DE51 RED it annoys me. Each to there own but manufacturer promo plates bug me no end!
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sandman77 said:
Not according the dvla.
No, not the dvla, It's an American (Florida) license plate. It's not an original idea; I saw an Integra Type R at an autocross event with something like B88B88B and I loved the idea of a plate like that. We don't pay the crazy amounts for personal plates (I think I paid an extra $25 which got donated to panimal shelters or something like that) and we don't auction them off to the highest bidder either.
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