RE: Personalised plates: Tell Me I'm Wrong
Discussion
mollytherocker said:
sleep envy said:
Maybe PH should ask their editorial staff to raise the bar rather than posting such obviously provocative (& pointless) articles.
Seems are worthy subject to me. Provocative is good as far as I am concerned. The number of responses prove the interest in the subject.
1. Don't mind them
2. Like them
3. Hate them
Be nice if the haters could be a little less nasty but hey ho
A more pertinent question for Chris to have raised is whether he is for or against modifying cars. That seems far more worthy of debate; should cars be sealed black-boxes that emerge from the factory as perfect and cannot be improved upon, or is there room for improvement? And where do the likes of RUF and Alpina fit into that?
The personalised numberplate debate seems a bit pathetic to me; somewhat akin to having a strong feeling about people who have beaded seat covers, or who pin cut-outs of a football strip to their rear windscreen, or hang something from their rear-view mirror. Or, indeed, affix a Pistonheads sticker to their car.
The personalised numberplate debate seems a bit pathetic to me; somewhat akin to having a strong feeling about people who have beaded seat covers, or who pin cut-outs of a football strip to their rear windscreen, or hang something from their rear-view mirror. Or, indeed, affix a Pistonheads sticker to their car.
Okay my go. I have just bought my wife a new car and we are waiting for the log book to put her personnel plate on. She says the car does not feel like her car yet until it has her plate as it could be anyone's.... What I am saying is that the plate makes her car hers. I bought it for her birthday and it is X 2 and then her initials (kiss to ...) she loves it and as long as she is happy that's all I care about.
I am personally agnostic about the issue. And I don't own a private plate.
But jeepers, the "haters" here certainly have some enormous chips on their shoulders. Rarely has PH seen so much vitriol poured on a harmless minority by a small number of hardcore, lippy complainers.
It is not "provocative", it is pretty pathetic. It does not reflect well on you chaps, it really does'nt.
You know who you are. No one is being harmed here. So STFU.
But jeepers, the "haters" here certainly have some enormous chips on their shoulders. Rarely has PH seen so much vitriol poured on a harmless minority by a small number of hardcore, lippy complainers.
It is not "provocative", it is pretty pathetic. It does not reflect well on you chaps, it really does'nt.
You know who you are. No one is being harmed here. So STFU.
mollytherocker said:
Seems are worthy subject to me. Provocative is good as far as I am concerned.
The number of responses prove the interest in the subject.
Yep, but let's face it MTR, you'll say anything is worthy just because you're bored and have got f*ck all better to do with your time than post on PH The number of responses prove the interest in the subject.
As for what Sleep Envy said, pretty much spot on, this is just more of the Jeremy Vine show type drivel that PH doesn't need.
LostThePlot said:
I'm not sure about the plate debate.
I know the guy who owns 5 OUP - That's a fun one to have.
There are of course the 2B and NOT 2B owned by Thespy types who live on London's Embankment. That is clever!
Saw the one below recently...made I smile..
Yes I have seen 2B and NOT 2B which is kind of coolI know the guy who owns 5 OUP - That's a fun one to have.
There are of course the 2B and NOT 2B owned by Thespy types who live on London's Embankment. That is clever!
Saw the one below recently...made I smile..
I don't have private plates and think looks better without.
I don't like plates with dodgy fonts, letterings or spacings.
Don't really see the point in say M3 owner having M3 plate looks bit not very good IMO
Far classier on original plates
But is like alot of BMW owners have tat on their vehicles especially M3 owners. Makes it look less classy.
To me personal number plates are either funny as in rude or words like the cars character, or really really sad as in initials or badly spelt words.
The sad variety are often on cars driven mostly by pretentious nobs, ie M3's, Golfs, lordy 4x4 etc. to me its says, "my car is over a year old and im really worried my neighbours, people i call friends or people i work with, will look down on me for it" and that is so so sad. I feel sorry for the cars tbh. And as soon as they do it they are admitting their cars old which kind of defeats the point.
I saw a chav in his golf, above his rear numberplate he had a second real plate but with his name on it, looked so funny but i guess he saved himself £100k for as long as got away with it.
Each to their own, i say live and let live, and tbh it doesnt bother me as i blank out those kind of cars like i do banner advertising on the web, only notice M3's when they make that awfull stock exhaust note, golfs and 4x4s are whatever, unless its an orignal golf or Lambo 4x4
Not only do they attract police esp if misplaced letters, but they are easier for miserable w
kers to remember and complain legitamately or not, about your driving style.
If i had a bright orange Lamborghini i wouldnt care whats on the plate, the car allready says "FU ALL" hahaa!
The sad variety are often on cars driven mostly by pretentious nobs, ie M3's, Golfs, lordy 4x4 etc. to me its says, "my car is over a year old and im really worried my neighbours, people i call friends or people i work with, will look down on me for it" and that is so so sad. I feel sorry for the cars tbh. And as soon as they do it they are admitting their cars old which kind of defeats the point.
I saw a chav in his golf, above his rear numberplate he had a second real plate but with his name on it, looked so funny but i guess he saved himself £100k for as long as got away with it.
Each to their own, i say live and let live, and tbh it doesnt bother me as i blank out those kind of cars like i do banner advertising on the web, only notice M3's when they make that awfull stock exhaust note, golfs and 4x4s are whatever, unless its an orignal golf or Lambo 4x4
Not only do they attract police esp if misplaced letters, but they are easier for miserable w
kers to remember and complain legitamately or not, about your driving style.If i had a bright orange Lamborghini i wouldnt care whats on the plate, the car allready says "FU ALL" hahaa!
ayseven said:
Maybe if it was good for the economy or something, but somehow I doubt it.
No doubt a significant amount of the DVLA's income is through personalised reg plates. At least £250 each, then the fee to transfer between cars, then ~£100 to retain a plate when it's not on a vehicle.2B or NOT 2B, that is the question!
When I was a schoolboy (back in 1998) I remember seeing a Mazda with B101 OGY which I thought was good as it filled up all the plate with a proper word.
I question the driver of an A3 Sportback with the plate B34 UTY. Come on love, really? I preferred the dark red one to your blue one by the way.
Have seen A3 on, surprise, an A3.
I have a private plate myself. It was bought for me as an 18th birthday present, and as someone else said (on page 8 (ish)) mine is made up of my initials and I think looks quite good.
What about Pimlico Plumbers? Their plates must be worth a couple of hundred grand, at least! It's a very good branding exercise I think, however their hourly charge reflects their costs; my former employer uses them. Pah!
http://about-us.pimlicoplumbers.com/corporate-iden...
I get annoyed seeing Vauxhall Zafiras with italic fonts on their number plates or anyone with illegal font or spacing... surely they drive around worrying about being pulled over all the time, no? Oh, and what about the "people" with a sky blue Bentley GTC (with a matt black bonnet and boot lid) driving around with something like "yessss" or "braaap" assigned to their car!
Saw an Audi RS6 plus Avant a couple of years ago sporting OU07TRO. I like!
When I was a schoolboy (back in 1998) I remember seeing a Mazda with B101 OGY which I thought was good as it filled up all the plate with a proper word.
I question the driver of an A3 Sportback with the plate B34 UTY. Come on love, really? I preferred the dark red one to your blue one by the way.
Have seen A3 on, surprise, an A3.
I have a private plate myself. It was bought for me as an 18th birthday present, and as someone else said (on page 8 (ish)) mine is made up of my initials and I think looks quite good.
What about Pimlico Plumbers? Their plates must be worth a couple of hundred grand, at least! It's a very good branding exercise I think, however their hourly charge reflects their costs; my former employer uses them. Pah!
http://about-us.pimlicoplumbers.com/corporate-iden...
I get annoyed seeing Vauxhall Zafiras with italic fonts on their number plates or anyone with illegal font or spacing... surely they drive around worrying about being pulled over all the time, no? Oh, and what about the "people" with a sky blue Bentley GTC (with a matt black bonnet and boot lid) driving around with something like "yessss" or "braaap" assigned to their car!
Saw an Audi RS6 plus Avant a couple of years ago sporting OU07TRO. I like!
BlackPrince said:
Being from Canada where we can put whatever we want on our plates, I think its kindof cool to be creative with numbers and letters to create a word such that it still fits in with DVLA guidelines. I've seen DE5 RED on that press Vauxhall VXR8 so often that I've grown to like it, same with a press R34 GTR with the plate T4 GTR I think it is. Whenever I see the press Y EVIL Murcielago I get a twinge of nostalgia at having seen it on the cover of EVO back in 2001. The plates identify the car and personalize it.
That being said I can totally see the small percentage of those tuners who ruin, rather than modify their cars, being on the vanity plate bandwagon, and I can totally understand PHers not wanting to be associated with this shady group of 'car enthusiasts'...but one could say that about any group really. A certain percentage of Apple users are wkers but that doesn't mean one shouldn't buy an Apple computer for that reason!
I can understand being part of the cognescenti but I think some people with really nice cars don't buy private plates because they can't be bothered rather than being particularly discerning low-key individuals. Owning a Lamborghini Aventador with a standard plate isn't the same as driving a Ferrari 330GT over an FF for example...
you can't have anything you like, my plate was initially refused, as FROGEYED was seen as derogatory to the population of Quebec!!, i had to appeal and supply qualifying data/images to prove my case, thankfully they saw sense, but there is a certain amount of censorship to be taken into account, I am going to guess NAZILUVR would not be approved!That being said I can totally see the small percentage of those tuners who ruin, rather than modify their cars, being on the vanity plate bandwagon, and I can totally understand PHers not wanting to be associated with this shady group of 'car enthusiasts'...but one could say that about any group really. A certain percentage of Apple users are w
kers but that doesn't mean one shouldn't buy an Apple computer for that reason! I can understand being part of the cognescenti but I think some people with really nice cars don't buy private plates because they can't be bothered rather than being particularly discerning low-key individuals. Owning a Lamborghini Aventador with a standard plate isn't the same as driving a Ferrari 330GT over an FF for example...
JonRB said:
Pr1964 said:
S4D reflection on V41N TW4TS with nothing other than their own E6O to worry about.
As opposed to sad tts with nothing better to do than spout vitriol on internet forums? They aren't for me- I can't imagine spending more money than needed to purchase a government mandated vehicle identity plate. What next fancy tax discs?
However to make assumptions about someone else based on their liking for them would be hypocritical. How do I know the car didn't just happen to have that plate on it when they bought it? Maybe they use it to hide the age of their vehicle from the company they work for who have a policy forbidding them from using an older car? I have no idea what motivates them to do it but good luck to them.
However to make assumptions about someone else based on their liking for them would be hypocritical. How do I know the car didn't just happen to have that plate on it when they bought it? Maybe they use it to hide the age of their vehicle from the company they work for who have a policy forbidding them from using an older car? I have no idea what motivates them to do it but good luck to them.
slarnge said:
Tell me, is it only the Uk and the US that have personalised plates ?
No, I know that New Zealand has them, and you can pretty much pick anything that isn't in use, you do not need numbers either as far as I know. Also I think it's just admin costs to get them so there's not the prestige value with them the same as here...Chris strongly dislikes personal numberplates, in a similar way I personally dislike branded and silly attire. Anyone who feels the need to sport shouty logos or calf length shorts with tie waist and leg strings (and yes I know I open myself up to the majority of the Australan male population), needs to consider why they feel the need to show off their personalisation to the rest of the world!
I get your drift Chris, do you get mine?
I get your drift Chris, do you get mine?
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