Private plate - yes or no?

[BoRED S2upid]

No because that's exactly what we will all be thinking when you drive past. He's only bought that plate because it's a 2005 and he can't afford a 2012.

[Roo]

Funk said:

br d said:

Too much to drink, written in anger, apologies.

Wasn't wrong though.

Especially given the OP.

[Mike22233]

Lots of anger here.

[Sump]

Poor people hate private plates...certainly noticed this trend.

[Funk]

Sump said:

Poor people hate private plates...certainly noticed this trend.

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Mike22233 said:

Lots of anger here.

I'm amazed by it.

[Baz Tench]

Any car looks much, much cooler when the owner leaves the original age related plate on IMO.

Personal plates, whilst some can look nice, most look too 'try hard'.

Trying to hide the age though... Oh dear!

[Mike22233]

Baz Tench said:

Any car looks much, much cooler when the owner leaves the original age related plate on IMO.

Personal plates, whilst some can look nice, most look too 'try hard'.

Trying to hide the age though... Oh dear!

Good point, well presented.

[Robbo66]

Never, under any circumstances. About as classy as a gold tooth.

[jakesmith]

iambeowulf said:

I don't get why you'd want to hide the age of your car.
Why not just say you want a newer car but can't afford one; which ironically that's exactly what you're doing when you put a naff £600 (.£250 from DVLA!) plate on.

There's a reason they're called "vanity plates" in the U.S.

I used to work somewhere that had a rule that we could only drive a car under 5 years old. As I had a 6 year old 997 I put a dateless plate on and facelifted the light clusters. Got away with it for 3 years and very happy that I did, as everyone else drove around in their stty A3 1.6 TDis and Golfs.

[Leptons]

Nasty Horrible things. Except only under exceptional circumstances I.e Funny, up to 4 characters, actually reads how it's supposed to. You just know anyone taking offence to this thread has a wker plate that doesn't fall under any of that criteria.

If you're buying something ageing and want to bring it up to date you can't go far wrong just buying a brand new set of plates, preferably from a main dealer. Always helps massively in my opinion.

[DickyC]

simply to make it impossible for anyone except an anorak to tell whether it is is from 2002 or 2012 - most people who don't know don't care, most people who do know think you're a plank plus would you want to impress the few who would be impressed?

And what the hell do you need a Range Rover for anyway? You're a twenty year old student. Flog it and get something more appropriate.

[berlintaxi]

iloveboost said:

I personally don't care one way of the other any more. I used to think 'why don't they just give the money to charity or something, instead of buying two pieces of plastic?'

What a ridiculous statement, you could apply that logic to anything you buy.

[daytona365]

Make it look older they're 'classic' 'old money' and with two doors removed worth more than the plebs average house !

[ChemicalChaos]

DickyC said:

And what the hell do you need a Range Rover for anyway? You're a twenty year old student. Flog it and get something more appropriate.

Because I want one. What the hell has my car choice got to do with you? Do I tell you what to drive? And what the hell do you know about my life, hobbies, work commute and other pursuits that leads you to determine whether my car is "appropriate"? What would you deem as appropriate? A knackered old Corsa perhaps? I'm 23, I've been driving for 6 years now and I'll drive whatever the fk I want, so wind your fking neck in

[DickyC]

Oh, you've managed to get up at last, then.

Students. I tell ya.

[bobtail4x4]

ChemicalChaos said:

Because I want one. What the hell has my car choice got to do with you? Do I tell you what to drive? And what the hell do you know about my life, hobbies, work commute and other pursuits that leads you to determine whether my car is "appropriate"? What would you deem as appropriate? A knackered old Corsa perhaps? I'm 23, I've been driving for 6 years now and I'll drive whatever the fk I want, so wind your fking neck in

do we have a "like" button?

[anonymous-user]

No. But if it floats your boat then it's your money

[DickyC]

bobtail4x4 said:

do we have a "like" button?

You're not from around here are you, son?

[ZOLLAR]

ChemicalChaos said:

DickyC said:

And what the hell do you need a Range Rover for anyway? You're a twenty year old student. Flog it and get something more appropriate.

Because I want one. What the hell has my car choice got to do with you? Do I tell you what to drive? And what the hell do you know about my life, hobbies, work commute and other pursuits that leads you to determine whether my car is "appropriate"? What would you deem as appropriate? A knackered old Corsa perhaps? I'm 23, I've been driving for 6 years now and I'll drive whatever the fk I want, so wind your fking neck in

The funny thing is quite a few of us know what you look like and I can't even imagine you shouting "wind your fking neck in" and if you did I'd burst out laughing

Car wise we're not too dissimilar, I have a Disco 2 and have considered a range rover at some point in the future (I like the discovery too much though so it'll be difficult to eventually let her go) anyway, don't worry about age.
Incidentally I've just been gifted a private plate, it shows the correct age of the car and also spells my name.

Don't put an irish plate on it.