Private plate - yes or no?

[muffy]

So, have you decided to buy a private plate or not?

[berlintaxi]

Roo said:

dbdb said:

I don't know who 'Chemical Chaos' is, but the way some of you guys are behaving towards him is tantamount to a pack of feral dogs. Its not nice. Show some restraint please; we're adults, it's not a school playground.

Try reading his posting history.

Yeah, 'cause no one on here was ever young and a bit daft, are your lives really that stty that you get pleasure from bullying others?

[Mike22233]

berlintaxi said:

, are your lives really that stty that you get pleasure from bullying others?

I thought that much was obvious. Then when you meet most of them in person they wouldn't say boo to a goose.

[DickyC]

Mike22233 said:

berlintaxi said:

, are your lives really that stty that you get pleasure from bullying others?

I thought that much was obvious. Then when you meet most of them in person they wouldn't say boo to a goose.

It may seem to the untutored eye like bullying, but it isn't. This is Mat The Irrepressible we're talking about. He bounces back. What the majority of us do with Mat is to try and pop his ego bubble in the vain hope of finding the decent bloke underneath. We're eternally optimistic.

It might have helped with this thread if the second post had been the well worn, "Worst 'I drive a Range Rover and I need you to know' post ever," to set the tone.

If you're relly bothered, click Report and share your concerns with PH. Seriously. My name is on my profile.

[jamieduff1981]

DickyC said:

Mike22233 said:

berlintaxi said:

, are your lives really that stty that you get pleasure from bullying others?

I thought that much was obvious. Then when you meet most of them in person they wouldn't say boo to a goose.

It may seem to the untutored eye like bullying, but it isn't. This is Mat The Irrepressible we're talking about. He bounces back. What the majority of us do with Mat is to try and pop his ego bubble in the vain hope of finding the decent bloke underneath. We're eternally optimistic.

It might have helped with this thread if the second post had been the well worn, "Worst 'I drive a Range Rover and I need you to know' post ever," to set the tone.

If you're relly bothered, click Report and share your concerns with PH. Seriously. My name is on my profile.

His ability to absorb your abuse doesn't change the fact that you are bullying.

[DickyC]

jamieduff1981 said:

His ability to absorb your abuse doesn't change the fact that you are bullying.

Then report me, jamie. Click the button and see what PH have to make of it.

ChemicalChaos said:

DickyC said:

And what the hell do you need a Range Rover for anyway? You're a twenty year old student. Flog it and get something more appropriate.

Because I want one. What the hell has my car choice got to do with you? Do I tell you what to drive? And what the hell do you know about my life, hobbies, work commute and other pursuits that leads you to determine whether my car is "appropriate"? What would you deem as appropriate? A knackered old Corsa perhaps? I'm 23, I've been driving for 6 years now and I'll drive whatever the fk I want, so wind your fking neck in

That doesn't look to me like absorbing, it looks more like petulant overreaction.

His car choice has nothing to do with me but he did canvas my opinion about him buying a private plate, which he omitted from the quote. "I'm open to opinions I like but not opinions i don't like."

[jamieduff1981]

DickyC said:

jamieduff1981 said:

His ability to absorb your abuse doesn't change the fact that you are bullying.

Then report me, jamie. Click the button and see what PH have to make of it.

ChemicalChaos said:

DickyC said:

And what the hell do you need a Range Rover for anyway? You're a twenty year old student. Flog it and get something more appropriate.

Because I want one. What the hell has my car choice got to do with you? Do I tell you what to drive? And what the hell do you know about my life, hobbies, work commute and other pursuits that leads you to determine whether my car is "appropriate"? What would you deem as appropriate? A knackered old Corsa perhaps? I'm 23, I've been driving for 6 years now and I'll drive whatever the fk I want, so wind your fking neck in

That doesn't look to me like absorbing, it looks more like petulant overreaction.

His car choice has nothing to do with me but he did canvas my opinion about him buying a private plate, which he omitted from the quote. "I'm open to opinions I like but not opinions i don't like."

Do you really need to be reported? Do you genuinely lack the character to control your own behaviour?

[DickyC]

jamieduff1981 said:

Do you really need to be reported? Do you genuinely lack the character to control your own behaviour?

If you really think asking a student what the hell he's doing driving a Range Rover is out of control behaviour, report it. Have the courage of your convictions.

[drivin_me_nuts]

jamieduff1981 said:

Do you really need to be reported? Do you genuinely lack the character to control your own behaviour?

Perhaps a smidge harsh.

Matt is all very pink taffeta and flounce.

He's attention seeking. We can see it, as probably can you. It's as obvious as the fact he's a student with an identity crisis who neither knows whether he's fish nor fowl. Is it bullying? Depends on your pov. I think what ever it is, it should stop.

I would say that in the spirit of what is best about PH, we should do as the penguins of Madagascar do and that's if you don't like him, or a post or what ever it is, move on and read something else more captivating... and smile and wave boys, smile and wave.

Life is way to short for malice and disaffection. Some comments are best left in the reader's head, said quietly behind a screen, whilst drinking tea and dunking a kit kat.

[Sad Ken]

Gentlemen please.

Back on topic, no don't get a private plate to hide the age of your car, the only people who will be impressed are the type of people you really wouldn't want to know.

[forzaminardi]

The only private plate that has much appeal to me would be one that relates to the models of car it's on - so "GTV" on an Alfa GTV, for example. Other than that, I can't say I'm at all bothered either way. Some people like to spend money on vanity plates, that's up to them.

My registration plate ends with FGM which meant nothing to me until I was reading The Guardian one day.

[Adenauer]

forzaminardi said:

My registration plate ends with FGM which meant nothing to me until I was reading The Guardian one day.

Oh, Vienna?

[4941cc]

Paddy plates outside of NI? Look as cheap and nasty a solution to an ageless plate as they are. Of course, proper ageless plates are quite expensive.

To try and convey the old money image you seem to insist upon, you need a 20 year old small French hatchback or Subaru Legacy or non-turbo Impreza wagon that' so dirty you can't tell what colour it ever was with a two or three digit plate on it that has been handed down through the family since it was on your great grandad's car when it was one of th efirst few hundred on the roads when everyone else was on foot or horse.

Other than that, I've spent more money removing naff plates from cars I've bought, returning them to age related registrations, but that's my personal taste as yours is yours and we all differ.

[Sad Ken]

4941cc said:

Paddy plates outside of NI? Look as cheap and nasty a solution to an ageless plate as they are. Of course, proper ageless plates are quite expensive.

To try and convey the old money image you seem to insist upon, you need a 20 year old small French hatchback or Subaru Legacy or non-turbo Impreza wagon that' so dirty you can't tell what colour it ever was with a two or three digit plate on it that has been handed down through the family since it was on your great grandad's car when it was one of th efirst few hundred on the roads when everyone else was on foot or horse.

Other than that, I've spent more money removing naff plates from cars I've bought, returning them to age related registrations, but that's my personal taste as yours is yours and we all differ.

I remember a dealer trying to con me into a very knackered screwed to bits bag of nails punto with the USP - "I'll even let you keep the private reg", which was some naff NI 'BAZ 1234' or 'GAZ 3466' type nonsense.

I told him a) I'm not buying the car it's rubbish and b) if I somehow did buy the car, I'd want a hefty discount for having that reg on the car

[blobby12]

Not knowing your name, but note your email name chemical ??? page 5 on the new DVLA auction site might help, then its personal to you, hey ho there you go.

[Ari]

forzaminardi said:

The only private plate that has much appeal to me would be one that relates to the models of car it's on - so "GTV" on an Alfa GTV, for example. Other than that, I can't say I'm at all bothered either way. Some people like to spend money on vanity plates, that's up to them.

My registration plate ends with FGM which meant nothing to me until I was reading The Guardian one day.

See, interestingly, to me there's nothing naffer than a plate that refers to the car it is on. It suggests the car is rather over-important to the owner look everyone, I got a Vectra SRI, and it is so important to me that I got a V32TRA number plate for it!'

Fortunately, my car has a little metal badge stuck on the bootlid that does the same job so I don't need one.

[maurauth]

Ari said:

See, interestingly, to me there's nothing naffer than a plate that refers to the car it is on. It suggests the car is rather over-important to the owner look everyone, I got a Vectra SRI, and it is so important to me that I got a V32TRA number plate for it!'

Fortunately, my car has a little metal badge stuck on the bootlid that does the same job so I don't need one.

I dunno, SL55 AMG is a pretty spot on number plate for someone who drives an SL55 AMG etc

[Mike22233]

I am quite surprised that people have such strong opinions on this subject. I do agree that many plates look naff but I really don't see the issue with L3MBO on a cool lambo. Naff to some but wouldn't life be boring if we were all the same.

[soad]

Saw a white Cayman yesterday (female driving it). Registration? PO54CHE

[forzaminardi]

Ari said:

forzaminardi said:

The only private plate that has much appeal to me would be one that relates to the models of car it's on - so "GTV" on an Alfa GTV, for example. Other than that, I can't say I'm at all bothered either way. Some people like to spend money on vanity plates, that's up to them.

My registration plate ends with FGM which meant nothing to me until I was reading The Guardian one day.

See, interestingly, to me there's nothing naffer than a plate that refers to the car it is on. It suggests the car is rather over-important to the owner look everyone, I got a Vectra SRI, and it is so important to me that I got a V32TRA number plate for it!'

Fortunately, my car has a little metal badge stuck on the bootlid that does the same job so I don't need one.

I agree if the plate spells out (usually an aproximation of) the car name. V32TRA would be naff. Something that happens to contain the names as it actually is would be OK for me. Basically that limits you to something with two or three letters or numbers, for example if it contained "GTV", "CLK" or "AMG" or even V8 or V6 or whatever. If you have to use funnily-spaced letters or conveniently-located bolts to spell something (or worse, an anagram of something) then you're trying too hard.