Personalised number plates - Yes or no
Discussion
Having got a new car with someone elses personal plate on it, i am wondering whether to change it. Should i change it because
A: i like the new one i chose and think it makes the car look better ??
B: i think other people will like the new one and think its cool
C: dont change it because its naff and a waste of money
D: ( some thing else?)
Lester
A: i like the new one i chose and think it makes the car look better ??
B: i think other people will like the new one and think its cool
C: dont change it because its naff and a waste of money
D: ( some thing else?)
Lester
I have one my wife bought me about 15 years ago, (it was cheap).
Given the hassle of changing it from car to car, I wouldn't bother with one now.
Who cares about the age, gone are the days when I may have felt I wanted the latest model, in fact driving something old has a certain kudos, especially if it's quick!
Also depends what is on your plate, if it's embarrasing like NANC 1 E, change it sharp!
Given the hassle of changing it from car to car, I wouldn't bother with one now.
Who cares about the age, gone are the days when I may have felt I wanted the latest model, in fact driving something old has a certain kudos, especially if it's quick!
Also depends what is on your plate, if it's embarrasing like NANC 1 E, change it sharp!
personally i have always liked symmetry, and i know its a small detail, but i think a simmetrical number plate does look good. IMHO I definetely dont think a doctored or modified number plate has any merit, if i remember there was a soft porn star called Fiona Richmond who had a yellow etype convertible with PEN15 :-)
when the Chimaera was 5 - 8 years old I did want to change to a private plate, but now it's really quite old, I kind of like having the original, I love the thought of an old 'N' plate car still spanking much newer stuff.
I'd only change now if I could get low numbered sequential TVR plates for both cars.
I'd only change now if I could get low numbered sequential TVR plates for both cars.
I think the general rule is that the greater the difference between the cost of the car and the cost of the plate the more acceptable.
I don't mean sticking an Irish plate for £300 on an Aston, which just screams that you've hocked yourself up to the eyeballs in debt to buy the car and haven't any money for a decent plate but are still so vain that you have to resort to using Eastern European initials, but the other way around.
It is amusing to see enormously expensive plates stuck on the back of sheds.
The key as well is that they need to make sense, as someone has already alluded to, if you have to resort to coloured and strategically placed screw caps then you are backing a loser.
I don't mean sticking an Irish plate for £300 on an Aston, which just screams that you've hocked yourself up to the eyeballs in debt to buy the car and haven't any money for a decent plate but are still so vain that you have to resort to using Eastern European initials, but the other way around.
It is amusing to see enormously expensive plates stuck on the back of sheds.
The key as well is that they need to make sense, as someone has already alluded to, if you have to resort to coloured and strategically placed screw caps then you are backing a loser.
lestershaw said:
just had a great idea, might be cheaper to buy any number plate and change name lol
I think yours is perfect for you Mr HaircutMike. it would be tough for me to get one for my name that didnt stretch the imagination too much, so i went for this
T500T00 ( £255 all in)
About 20 years too late. I think yours is perfect for you Mr HaircutMike. it would be tough for me to get one for my name that didnt stretch the imagination too much, so i went for this
T500T00 ( £255 all in)
http://fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/jinx/399/jokes...
Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply
changing your name to match your existing plate.
Mr KVL 741Y, Lincoln.
DonkeyApple said:
About 20 years too late.
http://fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/jinx/399/jokes...
Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply
changing your name to match your existing plate.
Mr KVL 741Y, Lincoln.
Good site, I particularly liked;http://fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/jinx/399/jokes...
Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply
changing your name to match your existing plate.
Mr KVL 741Y, Lincoln.
Make cheap but effective baby rattles by gluing a lollipop stick to an
empty matchbox, then filling it with ten woodlice.
Ms. G. M. Dowd, Wigan.
And;
Don't buy expensive "ribbed" condoms, just buy an ordinary one and
slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.
D Duckham, Didford.
lestershaw said:
personally i have always liked symmetry, and i know its a small detail, but i think a simmetrical number plate does look good. IMHO I definetely dont think a doctored or modified number plate has any merit, if i remember there was a soft porn star called Fiona Richmond who had a yellow etype convertible with PEN15 :-)
This number plate would look fantastic on a griff! 
I once asked DVLA for a number plate. No problem they said. It had never been issued.
I thought it was quite unusual, and wouldn't mean anything to anyone except me.
Some bugger out bit me to the tune of £750.
I was only a little bitter and twisted, for a while. Now I don't care.
Kwacker
(now that you mention it I really would have liked that plate, bitter and twisted again!)
I thought it was quite unusual, and wouldn't mean anything to anyone except me.
Some bugger out bit me to the tune of £750.
I was only a little bitter and twisted, for a while. Now I don't care.
Kwacker
(now that you mention it I really would have liked that plate, bitter and twisted again!)
I like the fact a simple private plate takes the age off the car. It's a nice feeling when people can't believe the car is 12 hrs old ( if a little sad on my part). £250 all in was ok and UXB means nothing except as a private joke with myself. Please God give me another year before a 'big bang'!!
Cuffia.
Cuffia.
I wanted a private plate for my Sag when I got it because I thought it was worth it.
The process took about 2 weeks to do in all and about £200 for the plates I wanted.
If you know the plate you want and are willing to comprise money verses the plate, then
I would go for it.
It depends on what you want and how you feel about it.
The process took about 2 weeks to do in all and about £200 for the plates I wanted.
If you know the plate you want and are willing to comprise money verses the plate, then
I would go for it.
It depends on what you want and how you feel about it.
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