Personalised Number Plates - Naff or Cool?
Discussion
whp1983 said:
You have to have a bunch of letters and numbers stuck to your car... might as well have ones you like.
I agree. My formative years were during the period of suffix plates (with the occasional dateless plate on a pre-63 car that hadn't yet gone to the scrapyard). Accordingly I have an irrational preference for those two formats on any car (probably because I still remember all the old family registration numbers). I don't have the same fuzzy feeling towards the prefix format, and even less towards the post 2001 system. So I have a couple of dateless/suffix "vanity plates" available for use. Nothing particularly valuable, but I like them and life's to short to care what others think. I originally got mine as a birthday present from my parents over a decade ago and used it to cheat on my car allowance rules, that stated the car had to be less than two years old. 
Now it's just the number plate I have on my main car. If it helps people who know me to identify me on the road then all good. It's legal and standard spacing and font so I see no issues.
It isn't to look 'classy' or 'show off', it's because it's my plate that goes on my car.
The one on the Lotus is model specific, simply because it was cheap and I thought it would look good. It does, and it makes me happy.
Now it's just the number plate I have on my main car. If it helps people who know me to identify me on the road then all good. It's legal and standard spacing and font so I see no issues.
It isn't to look 'classy' or 'show off', it's because it's my plate that goes on my car.
The one on the Lotus is model specific, simply because it was cheap and I thought it would look good. It does, and it makes me happy.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion but when they say there a waste of money does make me laugh...
I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me... 
I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me... SteveFletcher said:
In my book anything that looks like you’ve bought a written off 1978 Escort that happens to spell your name is crap (the R843 PAT style plate).
I have only read your opening post so don't know if anybody has mentioned this in the following 8 pages. 
The example of a number plate you gave would be from 1997/1998 and is the prefix type, but a 1978 Escort is a completely different format due to it being the suffix type.
If you are going to have a rant about something you should at least make sure of your facts.
Yes I do have a personalised number plate on my car, and have had for the past 22 years.
One could take the view that this being your single and only post in 53 months of membership and you have not responded in the subsequent 8 pages of discussion, that you are simply at the wind up.
It certainly looks like a job well done.
Edited by Ron240 on Sunday 9th August 11:08
CRA1G said:
Everyone's entitled to their opinion but when they say there a waste of money does make me laugh... I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me...
Sounds like someone else wasted their money buying it off you though. I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me... Zarco said:
CRA1G said:
Everyone's entitled to their opinion but when they say there a waste of money does make me laugh... I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me...
Sounds like someone else wasted their money buying it off you though. I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me... 
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Zarco said:
CRA1G said:
Everyone's entitled to their opinion but when they say there a waste of money does make me laugh... I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me...
Sounds like someone else wasted their money buying it off you though. I've had several over the years some of which I've sold and some I've kept and won't sell,but one thing for sure they have all been exceptional investments and continue to increase in value while having a bit of fun and enjoyment at the same time.... win win for me... 
The clue is in my post.? " exceptional investments and continue to increase " I've got four
One's a palindrome so looks a little more interesting than a normal plate at a glance. Tends to go on the fun cars
One's MUD related and was inspired by we're Going On A Bear Hunt so was fun for the kids. That's on the 4x4
I bought one for my wife as a present (her name)
The final one is a little niche - B4 TOU which sits on the big, Japanese, lifted campervan thing, as it's nicknamed Batou after the big dude from Ghost in the Shell.
All were relatively cheap, fun and non flashy. It's also nice to be able to take something from an old car and put it on a new one, A kind of handing over of the baton as it were - reminds me of the cars I've had in the past when I'm in the new one. A bit like 911 HUL.
One's a palindrome so looks a little more interesting than a normal plate at a glance. Tends to go on the fun cars
One's MUD related and was inspired by we're Going On A Bear Hunt so was fun for the kids. That's on the 4x4
I bought one for my wife as a present (her name)
The final one is a little niche - B4 TOU which sits on the big, Japanese, lifted campervan thing, as it's nicknamed Batou after the big dude from Ghost in the Shell.
All were relatively cheap, fun and non flashy. It's also nice to be able to take something from an old car and put it on a new one, A kind of handing over of the baton as it were - reminds me of the cars I've had in the past when I'm in the new one. A bit like 911 HUL.
When you see a car without its front number plate attached, it looks so much cleaner and you can actually see the style of the intended design.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
pistonfoot said:
When you see a car without its front number plate attached, it looks so much cleaner and you can actually see the style of the intended design.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
So are you saying you have a little one...So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
pistonfoot said:
When you see a car without its front number plate attached, it looks so much cleaner and you can actually see the style of the intended design.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
Not really and smaller plates are illegal just like butchered Chavplates and both are essentially due to insecurity vanity and narcissistic tendencies of said miscreants. So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
. :av185 said:
Not really and smaller plates are illegal just like butchered Chavplates and both are essentially due to insecurity vanity and narcissistic tendencies of said miscreants. . :
Incorrect... A short digit plate can be displayed totally legally as long as the dimension format letter to number and didget measurement to the remaining outer edge is correct to the legal requirement ..! The rest of your rant is worrying.... :Bemmer said:
av185 said:
Not really and smaller plates are illegal just like butchered Chavplates and both are essentially due to insecurity vanity and narcissistic tendencies of said miscreants. . :
Incorrect... A short digit plate can be displayed totally legally as long as the dimension format letter to number and didget measurement to the remaining outer edge is correct to the legal requirement ..! The rest of your rant is worrying.... :Merely an observation not a rant in the slightest but if you wish to big it up and treat it as a rant that is your choice but a worrying one at that.
av185 said:
pistonfoot said:
When you see a car without its front number plate attached, it looks so much cleaner and you can actually see the style of the intended design.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
Not really and smaller plates are illegal just like butchered Chavplates and both are essentially due to insecurity vanity and narcissistic tendencies of said miscreants. So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
. :However, it looks totally s
te IMO. Muddle238 said:
av185 said:
pistonfoot said:
When you see a car without its front number plate attached, it looks so much cleaner and you can actually see the style of the intended design.
So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
Not really and smaller plates are illegal just like butchered Chavplates and both are essentially due to insecurity vanity and narcissistic tendencies of said miscreants. So one of the benefits of having fewer digits in a number plate, means the plate can be made much Shorter in size.
It’s amazing how a smaller plate can transform the appearance of even the most mundane everyday car.
. :However, it looks totally s
te IMO. But clearly we were talking about 'smaller' vanity narcissist plates breaking the minimum gap rules between the numbers/letters and edge of the plate.
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