Real Good Number Plates : Vol 4

[v15ben]

sinbaddio said:

Only as a result of injury I believe. Apparently he's approaching full fitness now so could be buying his new plate quite soon

Apparently he misses Swansea a lot and wants to play back in the English league asap.

[Aston Traveller]

v15ben said:

Aston Traveller said:

Not sure if good plate or not. Will put in the other thread if so advised.
Plate on a Porsche 198 D 562. Not seen a plate like this before. Do the experts know where it is from?

Sorry for rubbish photo

It's a diplomatic plate. Most likely Embassy staff. There are loads around Central London in the same format with D or X as the letter then numbers on either side.

Thanks everyone. I did wonder if it maybe if that ilk

[WD39]

-Michael- said:

v15ben said:

It's a diplomatic plate. Most likely Embassy staff. There are loads around Central London in the same format with D or X as the letter then numbers on either side.

the other day there was a Kuwaiti diplomatic car driving around Birmingham...

Visiting his auntie.

[shakotan]

yellowjack said:

Shame former Swansea City midfielder Miguel Pérez Cuesta (aka: Michu) is no longer playing his football in the UK, or that could be worth a fair bit of cash...?

Wrong thread; ste plate.

[shakotan]

Aston Traveller said:

v15ben said:

Aston Traveller said:

Not sure if good plate or not. Will put in the other thread if so advised.
Plate on a Porsche 198 D 562. Not seen a plate like this before. Do the experts know where it is from?

Sorry for rubbish photo

It's a diplomatic plate. Most likely Embassy staff. There are loads around Central London in the same format with D or X as the letter then numbers on either side.

Thanks everyone. I did wonder if it maybe if that ilk

IIRC the 'D' is for an actual Diplomat, whereas the 'X' plates are for Embassy staff?

[WD39]

SpeedBall said:

An extra layer of deodorant required, methinks.

[NM62]

shakotan said:

Aston Traveller said:

v15ben said:

Aston Traveller said:

Not sure if good plate or not. Will put in the other thread if so advised.
Plate on a Porsche 198 D 562. Not seen a plate like this before. Do the experts know where it is from?

Sorry for rubbish photo

It's a diplomatic plate. Most likely Embassy staff. There are loads around Central London in the same format with D or X as the letter then numbers on either side.

Thanks everyone. I did wonder if it maybe if that ilk

IIRC the 'D' is for an actual Diplomat, whereas the 'X' plates are for Embassy staff?

The letter is D for diplomats or X for accredited non-diplomatic staff ( as per the Wikipedia Link )

[graham22]

smithyithy said:

Nice! There's also this over on IoM:

MAN 1 is on the governors BMW used for state duties, don't imagine the Lambo is his daily though - I have a feeling 1MAN belongs to Peter Duke (Duke Marketing/Geoff Duke's Son), I'm probably wrong though.

Also saw MAN1C on a UR Quattro over there years ago, probably something different now.

Note sure how old the MN 1 plate is as these seemed to have been released in later years after the MAN plates had run out.

Also have a look down at the fire station near Quarter Bridge, most of the vehicles have 999 in their registrations.

[smithyithy]

Interesting! There were some very nice cars over there last year - some domestic, some visitor.

Spotted today:

9 HJ on a Cayenne
1 LSA on a Range Rover, but showing as an R8

[M3DGE]

Chapppers said:

I think I saw the Sultan of the IOM last night.

Wow really nice. MN 1 was the first plate issued on the island in 1906; 1 MAN was actually much later, in 1964.

Edit after reading the post above - MN #### was the first, running to 1935, then MAN 1-999; then BNM - YMN ###; then #### MN in 1959. Following a few other combinations, MN #### was then actually reissued (I assuming excluding any 'live' plates) in 1971. So I guess MN 1 could either be 1906 or 1971.

Edited by M3DGE on Friday 12th February 14:42

[M3DGE]

I like this.

[David87]

Managed to get a very good one the other day:

[Pork]

That's a lovely car/plate combination, nice spot.

[smithyithy]

Cracking!

[BullyB]

tickious said:

Can I have AU 14 BEN as a good plate. Just bought it as an 18th present for my son who's birthday is 14 August.
Only 14 years to go

I like it. I would need AU 11 BEN

[WD39]

David87 said:

Managed to get a very good one the other day:

Great band. 'Joshua Tree' is my fave.

[Jim AK]

WD39 said:

Great band. 'Joshua Tree' is my fave.

I quite liked Love Shack!!

[ATTAK Z]

Jim AK said:

WD39 said:

Great band. 'Joshua Tree' is my fave.

I quite liked Love Shack!!

Red Red Wine for me please

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

ATTAK Z said:

Jim AK said:

WD39 said:

Great band. 'Joshua Tree' is my fave.

I quite liked Love Shack!!

Red Red Wine for me please

His other car is R2. What's the significance of D2R2?

[Pork]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

His other car is R2. What's the significance of D2R2?

I have vague memories of seeing an XK8 wearing R2 D TO a few years back. Obviously not one for this thread but related to your comment.