Personalised Plates - views

[ChrisW.]

I hate them -- but it really irritates me when I can't remember my registration number.

So I've just bought a couple of ??11XXX numbers for very little for the sheer convenience of it.

Even the front two digits are just reversed ...

Go figure, human nature is a fickle thing !!

[B19TOY]

Not a Boxster, but exactly what it says on the tin.

BTW I am thinking about getting a Boxster but not yet sure whether 987 or later n/a model.

[MG Ant]

My issue with personal plates is not to atrract the wrong sort of attention from the law, other road users, and the person walking along a pavement with a handy coin in-hand.

I think that 'witty' plates can be fun; any plate that looks boastful is best avoided IMO.

After some 40 years motoring, I've finally succombed on my 981C... I have a plate of the form XX51 YYY, where XX are my wife's initials, and YYY are mine; 51 is a 'random' number.

So it only has significance to friends and family... I'm thinking of buying the same with 52 for her car... a sign that I probably need to get out more...

Edited by MG Ant on Monday 6th February 17:48

[dreamcar]

Back in the early 1970's an acquaintance of a friend's business was in the rocks. I was offered first refusal on two personalised plates he held, 011 and 012. £2,000 the pair. I always remember 012 on a magnificent Maserati Indy America. I turned the opportunity down thinking that was a lot of money just for a couple of number plates. Aarghhhh!!!!

I have a personal plate on my BGTS a modest letter prefix "1" plate bought for £500 from DVLA.

[Koln-RS]

dreamcar said:

Back in the early 1970's an acquaintance of a friend's business was in the rocks. I was offered first refusal on two personalised plates he held, 011 and 012. £2,000 the pair. I always remember 012 on a magnificent Maserati Indy America. I turned the opportunity down thinking that was a lot of money just for a couple of number plates. Aarghhhh!!!!

Something like that would be quite tasteful, but surely not UK plates? Don't think they were ever issued. OO 11 and OO 12 maybe? OO was Essex, and the origin of OO 7.

[g7jhp]

You also often see car manufacturers using 'dateless' (three letter, three number) plates on their cars and in ads.

[dreamcar]

Koln-RS said:

Something like that would be quite tasteful, but surely not UK plates? Don't think they were ever issued. OO 11 and OO 12 maybe? OO was Essex, and the origin of OO 7.

Yep UK plates letter "O" numbers 12

[green911]

Also notice that all characters are symmetrical along the vertical, so that the image can be flipped from LHD to RHD.(ok so not the Defender!)

g7jhp said:

You also often see car manufacturers using 'dateless' (three letter, three number) plates on their cars and in ads.

[ianwayne]

g7jhp said:

You also often see car manufacturers using 'dateless' (three letter, three number) plates on their cars and in ads.

They're usually symmetrical too. So they can flip the image for different countries between RHD and LHD cars. Letters like R, P, K and numbers 3,4,5 etc would not be legible reversed.

[shost]

Never been a fan really. But just bought a personalised plate for my gf to go on her new boxter. Just sent the forms off yesterday. Nothing too flash and was only £250. Says her surname/first/nick name shortened. In case we forget...

[MollyGT3]

Just noticed a 911 plate added to this list if that's your thing
http://brightwellslive.com/timedauctions/index/429...

[jonttt]

I have a few plates on cars / retention but must admit I hesitated before pressing go on one for my new (to me) BGTS. In the end I thought what the hell, it was cheap from the DVLA and a bit of fun...

[PhantomPH]

I went for it last week as well. Figured it was my first Porsche and if I changed my mind I could take it back off just as quick as I put it on!

Edited by PhantomPH on Thursday 23 February 12:14

[7184c]

I've put a few bids in on some short dateless plates and ones with my initials in at the DVLA auction over the next couple of days, nothing over £500 as the reserves were all low. I'm not too hopeful looking at past and first day results but we'll see.

[Heaveho]

It almost depends on what type of car it is. I can't bring myself to do it with the Boxster, mainly because of my own, generally negative reaction when I see one with a private plate. Perhaps the ones I see are just not well chosen, but I always think " chavvy " or " pretentious ".

There's also the not drawing more attention than necessary thing as well, and there's a certain satisfaction in having people realise that a car that's nearly 12 years old can look that well kept.

Reverse snobbery alive and well in Newcastle! Of all places! I might be starting a new trend in the NE.

[DJMC]

jonttt said:

I have a few plates on cars / retention but must admit I hesitated before pressing go on one for my new (to me) BGTS. In the end I thought what the hell, it was cheap from the DVLA and a bit of fun...

...bit of a barge is it?

[7184c]

Whoever said take reserve prices with a pinch of salt wasn't wrong. What I thought would be low demand plates with £2/300 reserves went for 2-3k over this. Think I'll give it a miss and put the cash towards a Euro trip.

[Hard-Drive]

Nob reporting for duty here. I'll be honest, I just wanted to de-age a 51 plate £5k Boxster...due to my name spelling and initials it's pretty much impossible to do something with that, so I went for a plate that could have been on the car from new, or for people who know me might reflect my other hobby of sailing. It was only about £300 from the DVLA and TBH I prefer it.

[SRT Hellcat]

Amusingly I just bought a plate at the dvla auction. 321 with my initials. A mate said to me today and I kid you not when I told him. What does the 321 stand for

[ellroy]

Given my very short surname I've got a plate that has all my intitials and surname. Got it very cheap as the name's so rare no one really wanted apart from me.