Private plates (£$€) on sheds

[Vyse]

Have any of you guys seen any examples of really crappy cars that have private plates that are worth thousands of pounds?

[underwhelmist]

I've just bought a first generation CR-V for shed duty. I wanted to hide its age and I dropped on a number that spells my initials and name, so kind of, although it didn't cost me much as its a fairly uncommon name.

My surname (which is also an adjective) was available without having any initials etc, but it was priced at £97,000. Slightly out of budget!

[underwhelmist]

Edit-double post, damn iPad.

Edited by underwhelmist on Wednesday 20th May 23:18

[AlexRS2782]

Have a look through posts on the "Real Good" Plates thread(s) as there have been quite a few examples on there.

[daytona365]

Have you noticed what most of the drivers are like ? I'm wondering whether they just make up what they fancy and take their chances ?......'BRUV UZI'

Edited by daytona365 on Wednesday 20th May 23:33

[Escy]

I'd imagine usually old money eccentric gentry?

[Vyse]

I remember driving behind a car that had the plate 2 SON, the car was probably worth £500. The plate however is worth about £70k.

[MGJohn]

How about this :~



Twenty years ago, neighbour opposite had a Mini with Reg SO 4.

My next door neighbour some years ago had a Morris Minor 1000 Reg No. TFH 88 driven mainly by his wife who gave up driving. ... One day someone left a note on his screen with a phone number and offer for £400 which he accepted. I wish now I had not assumed he knew the plate was worth far more than the car. No doubt wealthy Oriental Ting Fung Hi must have it on his exotica now with those lucky eights.

Some folks have no idea these things are worth money although most would do so by now but, you cannot be sure about that.

Have seen SO 4 more recently on another mundane car : HYUNDAI I10 SE

EDIT TO ADD @ 00:49

This is my daily driver hack for the past ten years. The T16 TBO is automotively related and not just by T16 Turbo enthusiasts like myself. I have been offered more than the car is worth for the plate but not interested.

Edited by MGJohn on Thursday 21st May 00:50

[Complex]

Drove past a twenty-five year old Citroën AX at the weekend which had a desirable four digit plate on it. The car looked pristine and was being driven at a steady 55mph along the A14 by an elderly fellow.

Also regularly see an R50 Mini with a three character plate on it.

Edited by Complex on Thursday 21st May 00:46

[Jaguar steve]

Perfect reverse snobbery that - I love absolutely it.

Chances are that'll be an inherited registration that's been passed down the family for generations and nothing as vulgar as money has ever changed hands to acquire it. Chances are too it’ll never come up for sale as the common vulgarity of actually buying and selling registration numbers is not quite the sort of thing a respectable Chap would even consider.

That delicious combination of grubby old shed and valuable numberplate, as well as the complete lack of interest to discuss or even take any interest in its monetry value tends to drive Platespotters wild with anxiety because it seriously undermines their carefully constructed hierarchy of plate vs car status as well as their frantic desperation to find out when and how much it was bought for and what it's current value is.

[TooMany2cvs]

underwhelmist said:

I've just bought a first generation CR-V for shed duty. I wanted to hide its age

<scratches head>

[underwhelmist]

TooMany2cvs said:

underwhelmist said:

I've just bought a first generation CR-V for shed duty. I wanted to hide its age

<scratches head>

Haha, fair point! That's my flimsy justification for buying a private plate and I'm sticking to it.

[ch108]

90s Cavalier in my area with the reg 39F

[Rocketsocks]

A teacher at my school had 86K. I remember even as a kid thinking that the plate was probably worth more than the old VW polo that it was assigned to. A quick check on car-check shows that it's now on an 11 year old Toyota Celica.

[BenWRXSEi]

I remember about ten years ago seeing a fairly naily white 205 with the plate "N4"

My mate's dad also had an old Discovery with UL7. His uncle bought a 1930s Bentley 8 litre which he exported to Canada, and left the plate here on retention. I vaguely remember being driven around in it (the Bentley, that is, although I went in the Disco many times as well!), must have been ~20 years ago....

...ah yes, this is the one:

http://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/vc9.php

Edited by BenWRXSEi on Friday 22 May 09:20

Edited by BenWRXSEi on Thursday 28th May 22:00

[AdeD]

I saw a 15yr old run of the mill Honda earlier with the number plate - RS6

[TooMany2cvs]

Round where we used to live, there were various ageing sub-grand sheds carrying CAR100, EU1 and 1AFC...

[Utterpiffle]

Jaguar steve said:

Perfect reverse snobbery that - I love absolutely it.

Chances are that'll be an inherited registration that's been passed down the family for generations and nothing as vulgar as money has ever changed hands to acquire it. Chances are too it’ll never come up for sale as the common vulgarity of actually buying and selling registration numbers is not quite the sort of thing a respectable Chap would even consider.

That delicious combination of grubby old shed and valuable numberplate, as well as the complete lack of interest to discuss or even take any interest in its monetry value tends to drive Platespotters wild with anxiety because it seriously undermines their carefully constructed hierarchy of plate vs car status as well as their frantic desperation to find out when and how much it was bought for and what it's current value is.

What a fantastic reply!

[PoleDriver]

There's always the possibility that the owner is between 'decent' cars and is just keeping the number alive on a shed?

[Marc p]

Near me, there is a woman with an Audi A4(probably around 15 years old, diesel, nothing special, proabably worth about a grand), with the reg 'SPY 1', I hate to think how much that reg is worth, probably more than the average house!