Personal Plates and such
Discussion
KarlFranz said:
Jockman said:
KarlFranz said:
BeauBee said:
1. It disguises the age of the vehicle.
What's the benefit of that?Lol
And if you're 50, you may need a bit of BROtox
Hi Molly,
Yours was a good plate and I agree it's good to see something that relates more to the car than the person in control of it……….
I thought long and hard about which plate to put on my latest Gaydon creation and went against the principle and stuck one of my many *** NUT
plates on instead of my V12 *** plate that I had retained from my previous V12V.
The plate can often tell you from a far what your dealing with…………..
,I'll leave it at that………..
Yours was a good plate and I agree it's good to see something that relates more to the car than the person in control of it……….
I thought long and hard about which plate to put on my latest Gaydon creation and went against the principle and stuck one of my many *** NUT
plates on instead of my V12 *** plate that I had retained from my previous V12V.
The plate can often tell you from a far what your dealing with…………..
,I'll leave it at that………..Edited by Ed50 on Tuesday 7th April 12:22
As others have said, do what makes you happy.
On the other hand, a personal plate is something that a car owner should expect will generate a reaction from others, and yet so many are shocked - SHOCKED! - when those reactions come and they're not what was hoped for.
Personalized plates are typically much easier to get here in the U.S., and are therefore more common and less expensive. I'll admit to owning LOTUS1 back in the late 70s when hardly anyone knew what a Lotus was. I'll admit to smiling when I saw IXLR8 on a Lamborghini years ago. But I also groan when I see a plate that makes the owner look pretentious.
On the other hand, a personal plate is something that a car owner should expect will generate a reaction from others, and yet so many are shocked - SHOCKED! - when those reactions come and they're not what was hoped for.
Personalized plates are typically much easier to get here in the U.S., and are therefore more common and less expensive. I'll admit to owning LOTUS1 back in the late 70s when hardly anyone knew what a Lotus was. I'll admit to smiling when I saw IXLR8 on a Lamborghini years ago. But I also groan when I see a plate that makes the owner look pretentious.
MollyGT3 said:
We had V888AMV on our Astons which I thought was a great plate for a V8 Aston Martin Vantage but it needs/deserves a new home now. Just wouldn't be right on a flat-six Porsche! I like a number that's about the car more than the person.
Does that mean your old plate is for sale, or that you are looking for another Aston to put it on? If the former, how much are you looking for for it?old phart said:
So in England you own the plates forever? In California if they aren't associated with a registered vehicle they go back as being available. You can keep the plate but someone else can get it to use on their vehicle.
In the UK you have to allocate the plate to a vehicle OR you can hold it on retention (not allocated) if you pay a small annual charge - some of the more select plates cost a lot of money to buy and you wouldn't want to lose out. 25 O recently sold for £518,000... it's going on a 250 Ferrari which is value at £10,000,000. Still bonkers though!
Voguely said:
MollyGT3 said:
We had V888AMV on our Astons which I thought was a great plate for a V8 Aston Martin Vantage but it needs/deserves a new home now. Just wouldn't be right on a flat-six Porsche! I like a number that's about the car more than the person.
Does that mean your old plate is for sale, or that you are looking for another Aston to put it on? If the former, how much are you looking for for it?
DAVIDOXE said:
I have never been a fan of private plates always saying that i would put the money towards buying a better car.
It can sometimes unexpectedly, turn out to be the other way around.
A long time ago, I bought a dateless registration (no significance to car, or owner) for £10, which for a time was on a small car that probably cost £1,500.
That car was eventually useless, worthless and so scrapped, but plate survived and is now probably worth £10k. However, I won't be selling, so the arithmetic is irrelevant really.
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