Real Good Number Plates : Vol 4

[HaloGen8]

tali1 said:

dacouch said:

Bungleaio said:

Isn't that a dodge so that you don't have to pay the congestion charge if you say your car is a taxi?

It was in Knightsbridge, there are lots and lots of complimentary Rolls for the hotels etc, I assume the one I saw is not complimentary and needs a private hire licence through accepting "fares". I would be surprised if the owner of a £250k car was that worried about paying £2500 in congestion charge a year.

http://m.green.autoblog.com/2007/11/01/taxi-london...
Model Number Registered as private hire
vehicles 2007
Aston Martin DB7 1
Bentley (all models) 31
BMW M5 1
BMW X5 18
Cadillac Escalade 1
Jaguar XK 1
Range Rover 52
Maserati Quattroporte 2
Maybach 62 3
Rolls Royce Phantom 8

[juliann]

[crazydoctor]

mwstewart said:

dacouch said:

Chanel have a van that delivers around the West End to their shops...

Superb!

x 2! Made me smile . I guess Chanel can afford it, but I wonder how much they spent on acquiring the number?

[crazydoctor]

HaloGen8 said:

tali1 said:

dacouch said:

Bungleaio said:

Isn't that a dodge so that you don't have to pay the congestion charge if you say your car is a taxi?

It was in Knightsbridge, there are lots and lots of complimentary Rolls for the hotels etc, I assume the one I saw is not complimentary and needs a private hire licence through accepting "fares". I would be surprised if the owner of a £250k car was that worried about paying £2500 in congestion charge a year.

http://m.green.autoblog.com/2007/11/01/taxi-london...
Model Number Registered as private hire
vehicles 2007
Aston Martin DB7 1
Bentley (all models) 31
BMW M5 1
BMW X5 18
Cadillac Escalade 1
Jaguar XK 1
Range Rover 52
Maserati Quattroporte 2
Maybach 62 3
Rolls Royce Phantom 8

While morally questionable, you've got to admit this is very clever If I lived in London, I'd consider a sticker on my car to save £2.5k per year.

This reminds me of a similar story in Ireland relating to Ryan Air. Apparently Michael O'Leary's personal mercedes is registered as a taxi to enable him beat the traffic by using the bus lanes in Dublin without being fined!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_%28...

[crazydoctor]

juliann said:

Great spot and amazing number! My first instinct was 'definitely photoshop', but O4 is indeed on a silver Skoda Superb. A contender for plate worth more than the car?

[tali1]

crazydoctor said:

mwstewart said:

dacouch said:

Chanel have a van that delivers around the West End to their shops...

Superb!

x 2! Made me smile . I guess Chanel can afford it, but I wonder how much they spent on acquiring the number?

Blimey oh riley -that one's been done to the deathhhhhhhh a la COM1C, PEN15, 2BE , NOT2B.I think the owners are paying peeps to promote them tbh

crazydoctor said:

HaloGen8 said:

tali1 said:

dacouch said:

Bungleaio said:

Isn't that a dodge so that you don't have to pay the congestion charge if you say your car is a taxi?

It was in Knightsbridge, there are lots and lots of complimentary Rolls for the hotels etc, I assume the one I saw is not complimentary and needs a private hire licence through accepting "fares". I would be surprised if the owner of a £250k car was that worried about paying £2500 in congestion charge a year.

http://m.green.autoblog.com/2007/11/01/taxi-london...
Model Number Registered as private hire
vehicles 2007
Aston Martin DB7 1
Bentley (all models) 31
BMW M5 1
BMW X5 18
Cadillac Escalade 1
Jaguar XK 1
Range Rover 52
Maserati Quattroporte 2
Maybach 62 3
Rolls Royce Phantom 8

While morally questionable, you've got to admit this is very clever If I lived in London, I'd consider a sticker on my car to save £2.5k per year.

This reminds me of a similar story in Ireland relating to Ryan Air. Apparently Michael O'Leary's personal mercedes is registered as a taxi to enable him beat the traffic by using the bus lanes in Dublin without being fined!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_%28...

? ? I dunno whether i'm been told off or the methodolgy

[Roo]

Got passed by a Mercedes on the way with the registration JUL 1A.

[CRA1G]

Roo said:

Got passed by a Mercedes on the way with the registration JUL 1A.

Sold for £20K + VAT Etc at a DVLA Auction 20 years ago....... IMO easily worth 3 X that today.......

[Cliftonite]

In same car park at same time.

[NomduJour]

crazydoctor said:

My first instinct was 'definitely photoshop', but O4 is indeed on a silver Skoda Superb. A contender for plate worth more than the car?

Saw O1 on a blue Seat Leon the other day.

[Roo]

CRA1G said:

Roo said:

Got passed by a Mercedes on the way with the registration JUL 1A.

Sold for £20K + VAT Etc at a DVLA Auction 20 years ago....... IMO easily worth 3 X that today.......

I knew it would be expensive but, wow.

Way out prices the car.

[Wazowski]

Norwich has a cab company called ABC and they have a minivan with the reg CA11 ABC which I thought was pretty cool.

Also, my M535i is D535 XAB which I thought was quite nice.

[juliann]

crazydoctor said:

Great spot and amazing number! My first instinct was 'definitely photoshop', but O4 is indeed on a silver Skoda Superb. A contender for plate worth more than the car?

Me , photoshop ?
Can't you see I live in Cornwall - I've only just learnt how to light a gas lantern

[SKiwi]

No time to look all through these topics but I presume you all know who had FU2 back in the day ? forget the car - maybe a Bentley ? http://www.cherished-number-plates.co.uk/cherished... I also remember A1 belonging to 1 of the car companies - Rover maybe ?

[Fun Bus]

Fiona Richmond had FU 2 before Billy Smart. A1 was owned by Dunlop, never Rover I don't think.

[Sir Bagalot]

crazydoctor said:

mwstewart said:

dacouch said:

Chanel have a van that delivers around the West End to their shops...

Superb!

x 2! Made me smile . I guess Chanel can afford it, but I wonder how much they spent on acquiring the number?

Not a lot, saw it in the mid 80's on a Transit they had. So bought before plates became trendy/valuable

[CRA1G]

Sir Bagalot said:

Not a lot, saw it in the mid 80's on a Transit they had. So bought before plates became trendy/valuable

In Yorkshire we have a huge multi million car dealership group with many franchises called JCT 600. Jack Tordoff named the first garage after his plate "JCT 600" in the 1960's for some free advertising..... They have alot of Short JCT plates now but the jewel is still "JCT 600" and it's still a family owned company to this day....

[NomduJour]

[SpeedBall]

6E on a Range Rover driving along Deansgate, Manchester earlier today.

[Shnozz]

SpeedBall said:

6E on a Range Rover driving along Deansgate, Manchester earlier today.

Wasn't that Lloyd's (old PHer) old plate that he used to have on his white 911 cabrio around Leeds?