Old number plates

[leigh1050]

I bought a new set of number plates today and I wondered what to do with the old ones.
Do I just bin them and hope no-one gets hold of them and puts them on another car ?

[paddy1970]

Destroy them before disposal by cutting them up, drilling through them, or defacing the numbers and letters.
Or
Keep them stored safely as a souvenir...

[gotoPzero]

Jigsaw in half, put one half in the bin now and another half once empty.

[wildoliver]

Remember to take them off your car at night too. I keep one of mine in the fridge and the other behind the TV. They'll never look there for them.

[leigh1050]

Thanks for the replies. I'll cut them up and bin them.

[bigpriest]

LRK 622K
KRA 408J
BET 375L
C61 SMO

Old plates using space in my brain (and left in a garage somewhere).

[Essel]

During lockdown I used a collection of old plates to make planters to grow veg in.

Yes, we were that bored.

[Bungleaio]

I have a private plate so always remove the plates before I sell the car. I now have a stack of plates about a foot tall in the garage

[dhutch]

paddy1970 said:

Keep them stored safely as a souvenir...

This!

I have the old plates for basically every car ive owned.

[Geertsen]

Essel said:

During lockdown I used a collection of old plates to make planters to grow veg in.

Yes, we were that bored.

Reg Veg

[GetCarter]

I put mine on top of the door to my 'man cave'... lest I forget :0)

[Riley Blue]

Some of my old plates. They came in a box of spares for a 'garage find' I once bought. I've no idea what they've been on, definitely not the car I bought.

Edited by Riley Blue on Thursday 6th March 16:24

[ARHarh]

I thought you had to put them on the wall in the garage

Any how if someone wants to copy your number plate all they have to do is stand behind your car for as long as takes to write the details down.

You may be over thinking this.

[SimonKD]

I would have them cut up, better safe than sorry you know? If you go all nostalgic on me and want to keep just one set as a keepsake, but other than that, it would be best to dispose of them so they cannot be used wrongfully.

[anonymous-user]

ARHarh said:

I thought you had to put them on the wall in the garage

This. It's the law

[Baldchap]

I stick them to my workshop wall.

[V88Dicky]

Just keep them safe somewhere, it’ll save you having new ones made up when you sell the car and put the original plates back on?

[glennjamin]

Screwed mine to the garage wall above bench...

[Matt_T]

Geertsen said:

Essel said:

During lockdown I used a collection of old plates to make planters to grow veg in.

Yes, we were that bored.

Reg Veg

Don't be silly, they're regetables

[leigh1050]

They're off of a Mazda6! I'm not going to get all gooey eyed over a set of plates off a Mazda!