Barmiest price ever for a personal reg number...

[Vroomer]

In this week's Autocar:

V12 FER

For the bargain price of £500,000, yes that's right, half a million quid.

Ever seen a dafter price?

[ali4390]

Didn't the plate F1 go to the Kahn bloke for a similar price?

[Output Flange]

CEO 1 is currently advertised at £2,025,000

[Vroomer]

F1 I can understand as being special, but V12 FER?

[LotusOmega375D]

There's only a few V12 Ferraris it can go on (post 1999?)and nothing worth anything like that sort of cash with the possible exception of an Enzo. Maybe worth 10k or so at a pinch?

[Vroomer]

LotusOmega375D said:

There's only a few V12 Ferraris it can go on (post 1999?)and nothing worth anything like that sort of cash with the possible exception of an Enzo. Maybe worth 10k or so at a pinch?

Exactly! I think even £10k is wildly optimistic!

[PaperCut]

Vroomer said:

LotusOmega375D said:

There's only a few V12 Ferraris it can go on (post 1999?)and nothing worth anything like that sort of cash with the possible exception of an Enzo. Maybe worth 10k or so at a pinch?

Exactly! I think even £10k is wildly optimistic!

If you had that plate and someone was prepared to buy it for £500k - would you sell it for under £10k?

Yes was probably a £250 plate when first issued, but if there is someone out there, which there will be, then i'd be chancing it too...

[LotusOmega375D]

PaperCut said:

Vroomer said:

LotusOmega375D said:

There's only a few V12 Ferraris it can go on (post 1999?)and nothing worth anything like that sort of cash with the possible exception of an Enzo. Maybe worth 10k or so at a pinch?

Exactly! I think even £10k is wildly optimistic!

If you had that plate and someone was prepared to buy it for £500k ..

I really don't think they'll be an orderly queue forming though! I could advertise my BIC biro for half a million quid, but I don't expect anyone would buy it.

[Ozzie Osmond]

PaperCut said:

Yes was probably a £250 plate when first issued...

Nope. Someone bought it at a DVLA auction in December 1999 for £2,000.

£500,000 today? Well that's inflation for you!!

[Vroomer]

PaperCut said:

If you had that plate and someone was prepared to buy it for £500k - would you sell it for under £10k?

Of course not, but I doubt there is anyone insane enough and rich enough to spend £500,000 on a rather uninteresting plate. They'd have to be quite rich and quite potty to spend £10,000!

[PaperCut]

LotusOmega375D said:

PaperCut said:

Vroomer said:

LotusOmega375D said:

There's only a few V12 Ferraris it can go on (post 1999?)and nothing worth anything like that sort of cash with the possible exception of an Enzo. Maybe worth 10k or so at a pinch?

Exactly! I think even £10k is wildly optimistic!

If you had that plate and someone was prepared to buy it for £500k ..

I really don't think they'll be an orderly queue forming though!

I never said there was, but if you were to wait a year - even two - that's still a hell a lot of money coming your way and bear in mind you've only got retention & advertisement costs to pay for...

I don't know Chris Evans/Jay Kay/insertfamousFerrariownerhere, could decide it was what they had always wanted?!

LotusOmega375D said:

I could advertise my BIC biro for half a million quid, but I don't expect anyone would buy it.

..hardly the same thing. Is it?

[pstruck]

ali4390 said:

Didn't the plate F1 go to the Kahn bloke for a similar price?

I think I saw the 'F1' plate on a Ferrari (possibly an Enzo) in Christchurch, Dorset a while back.

[PaperCut]

Ozzie Osmond said:

PaperCut said:

Yes was probably a £250 plate when first issued...

Nope. Someone bought it at a DVLA auction in December 1999 for £2,000.

Well there you go then.

You can hardly blame them, can you? Regardless if you think they are chancers or not.

Incidently. No, i'm not the one selling the plate BTW!

[Vroomer]

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

People who have £500k in spare cash to spend generally aren't stupid!

[kambites]

PaperCut said:

..hardly the same thing. Is it?

No; the BIC Biro actually serves a purpose.

[PaperCut]

Vroomer said:

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

Yes i have grasped it. I don't think you have though! I never said it was worth £500k. I know it's not worth it. You know it's not worth it.

But...

Vroomer said:

People who have £500k in spare cash to spend generally aren't stupid!

You'd be very, very surprised, if that is your view.

[GreatGranny]

Vroomer said:

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

People who have £500k in spare cash to spend generally aren't stupid!

Oh, I don't know. . . . . .



Or HAD £500k to spare.

[LotusOmega375D]

kambites said:

PaperCut said:

..hardly the same thing. Is it?

No; the BIC Biro actually serves a purpose.

BIC biro for sale. Rosso Corsa. One owner. Slightly chewed cap. 500 grand or very near offer. Genuine reason for sale (Greed).

[PaperCut]

^^ I see it's only half full. Will you fill it up for me? How many owners? Full service history?

Could be interested

[DonkeyApple]

Vroomer said:

Sorry, papercut, you haven't grasped this one...auction price of £2k in 1999 indicates true value today probably £5k.

People who have £500k in spare cash to spend generally aren't stupid!

Not a football fan?

Mind you, I must be a bit thick as I couldn't work out what the plate actually was and had to read the following posts to realise it was for a Ferrari.

Edited by DonkeyApple on Wednesday 4th April 16:20