Private plate - yes or no?

Private plate - yes or no?

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ChemicalChaos

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10,360 posts

159 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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I'm half considering buying a cheap generic Irish 3-letter, 4-number plate to put on my 54 reg Range Rover, simply to make it impossible for anyone except an anorak to tell whether it is is from 2002 or 2012. I cannot make my mind up however - on the one hand I think it is quite nice to remove the obvious age identifiers without using a look-at-me obvious private plate. However, on the other hand I can't help but it it might be considered a bit chav to be disguising a car's age - an probably might look a bit 3.14-lock-opener to have a 10 year old SUV with an irish plate on it! I'm not normally a vain person at all, and certainly not a "must have the latest reg" type, so I do feel a bit conflicted.

What does the PH massive think?

Mound Dawg

1,915 posts

173 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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No.


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BlackST

9,079 posts

164 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Do whatever you like and don't give two hoots about anyone elses opnion smile

bitchstewie

50,767 posts

209 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Only if you get chrome effect door handles to go with it.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Get one that means something to you.

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

260 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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No. Nobody cares whether it's 2002 or 2012.

Number 5

2,748 posts

194 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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ChemicalChaos said:
I'm half considering buying a cheap generic Irish 3-letter, 4-number plate to put on my 54 reg Range Rover, simply to make it impossible for anyone except an anorak to tell whether it is is from 2002 or 2012. I cannot make my mind up however - on the one hand I think it is quite nice to remove the obvious age identifiers without using a look-at-me obvious private plate. However, on the other hand I can't help but it it might be considered a bit chav to be disguising a car's age - an probably might look a bit 3.14-lock-opener to have a 10 year old SUV with an irish plate on it! I'm not normally a vain person at all, and certainly not a "must have the latest reg" type, so I do feel a bit conflicted.

What does the PH massive think?
On Tuesday you were waffling on about how later Range Rovers were too Cheshire and aimed at rap artists, yet today you want to pretend to other people that your car is newer that it actually is or though you stated that you didn't think you would ever own a later Range Rover . If that's your motive for having a plate then don't waste your time and spend the money on some new cowboy boots instead.





Edited by Number 5 on Saturday 16th May 15:34

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Jasandjules said:
Get one that means something to you.
This ^^

maurauth

749 posts

169 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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fk an irish one, be creative and try and get a nice one for the minimum cost (£250) from DVLA.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Ironically whenever I see a "private plate" on a RR I assume it is a 2nd or 3rd owner trying to look wealthier than they are, and I suspect a lot of other people do too. The sttier the plate (and a NI plate is bottom of the barrel) the more likely it is to be a knackered decade old donkey.

In short, you aren't going to fool anyone so spend your money on a fake rolex or knock off trainers or something else along the same lines.

ChemicalChaos

Original Poster:

10,360 posts

159 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Ok, ok. I didn't say I was dead set on it, I said I was half considering it! I don't want to appear "bling" at all, I simply thought it might be nice to make the car look a bit timeless.

I think now that I shall definitely be leaving it as it is

bitchstewie

50,767 posts

209 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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The "landed gentry" are either rich enough that they just buy a proper private plate, or so rich that they simply don't give a fk what the peasants think biggrin

Just enjoy the car and keep the £300 for the fuel/repair fund.

MrReg

1,930 posts

221 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Cheap Irish - no way.
A cheap Prefix reg would be better and not much more in price. Check ebay for a cheap one, but don't go Irish unless you go for a two or three number reg.

BOBTEE

1,034 posts

163 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Unless you can get an Irish one that means something to you, it'll look like you're trying to hide the vehicle's age, and given that most people won't know what it means to you anyway, it'll look like you're trying to hide the vehicle's age. HTH

g7jhp

6,958 posts

237 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Irish plates make your car look cheap.

Go for a non-dating plate with three letters and three numbers.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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landy gentry lol, every chav and his dog is rolling in 2nd hand LRs, put the money towards a tweed suit.

Mound Dawg

1,915 posts

173 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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bhstewie said:
The "landed gentry" are either rich enough that they just buy a proper private plate, or so rich that they simply don't give a fk what the peasants think biggrin

Just enjoy the car and keep the £300 for the fuel/repair fund.
The landed gentry are usually running the plate that was fitted to the Rolls Royce that their great grandfather bought in 1922. They're also sitting in his furniture too.

sealtt

3,091 posts

157 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Hahaha landed gentry indeed!!!!! You are so desperate to be old money it makes you look ultra new money, just without the money.

iambeowulf

712 posts

171 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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Good lord, not this plank again!
I'd be amazed if you actually had a penis never mind a Range Rover. hehe

You're nothing if not slightly amusing and at least you are consistent in your attention seeking.

Warnie

1,135 posts

198 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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No.