RE: £1 million numberplate goes on sale

[pja]

F1 was on a Veyron at Carfest north, the commentator said the plate was valued at £1m

Having said that he also reckoned Nick Masons Ferrari 250 MM was valued at £5.7m on Saturday & that jumped up to £6m on the Sunday!

[365daytonafan]

milfordkong said:

will_ said:

X5 is currently on an original RHD Daytona Spider.

Saw this at the Revival over the weekend...

That car was owned by John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, he brought it not long before he died. Current owner brought the car from Bonham's widow, although not sure if the plate was on the car when Bonham had it.

[JapFreak786]

Think the Sultan of Brunei would want to buy S111 TAN? Reckon I could get a few K for it if I could convince him

[Terminator X]

£1m is fookin laughable although a fool and his money ...

TX.

[ducnick]

My favorite plate TRY 999
used to be on a tatty diesel Montego estate belonging to a farmer not a bank robber.

[HairbearTE]

JapFreak786 said:

Think the Sultan of Brunei would want to buy S111 TAN? Reckon I could get a few K for it if I could convince him

I suspect if he wanted that plate he would already have it! certainly worth asking for a silly price on the offchance.

[Pork]

pja said:

F1 was on a Veyron at Carfest north, the commentator said the plate was valued at £1m

Having said that he also reckoned Nick Masons Ferrari 250 MM was valued at £5.7m on Saturday & that jumped up to £6m on the Sunday!

I'm not sure if there's a way you can check but I read on another forum that the plate has NEVER been assigned to a car since being sold by Essex CC. Its been seen on various cars, but has never actually been assigned. Is there a way to check what cars a plate has been on?

[JapFreak786]

HairbearTE said:

JapFreak786 said:

Think the Sultan of Brunei would want to buy S111 TAN? Reckon I could get a few K for it if I could convince him

I suspect if he wanted that plate he would already have it! certainly worth asking for a silly price on the offchance.

Any idea on how he/his "people" can be contacted,guess best way is via maybe the Embassay? My dad own's that plate and his name is Sultan, currently assigned to a 740iL, paid a good amount for it but nothing wrong with trying to make some money, he said he'll sell it if the right offer came (he is thinking six figure numbers!)

[will_]

365daytonafan said:

milfordkong said:

will_ said:

X5 is currently on an original RHD Daytona Spider.

Saw this at the Revival over the weekend...

That car was owned by John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, he brought it not long before he died. Current owner brought the car from Bonham's widow, although not sure if the plate was on the car when Bonham had it.

IIRC it was/is owned by someone connected to Bramleys?

[r129sl]

Who wrote this dross?

He probably can afford it; not "they could probably afford it".

"...most likely confirm its status as the UK’s most expensive private plate. The current record is £440,000 for F1...": so it is not presently the UK's most expensive plate.

Northumberland County Council; not "Northumberland City Council".

A member of a committee; not "part of a committee".

Foresight; not "foresightedness".

Inflating the price of his car; not "inflating the price of their car".

Time on my hands...

[crostonian]

Terminator X said:

£1m is fookin laughable although a fool and his money ...

TX.

Who's the fool if it sells in five years for £1.5 million?? Hypothetical but possible.

For years someone around Preston has had 'U2', it's currently on an old X3, must be worth a bit!

[rabowman]

I would love RAB 1.....but it might upset a few fundamentalists !!!

[roverspeed]

ACcording to ASKMID, F1 is registered on a JCB!!!

[milfordkong]

will_ said:

So did I, didn't it look great just parked up like that!

It certainly did :-) always one of my favourite parts of the revival just wandering around the tax-exempt car park... Some stunning metal in there.

[jas xjr]

RUSSELLM said:

Slightly unconnected, but I spotted 'D1' on a Cayenne Turbo recently, driving through Smethwick, West Mids.
Brave man.

I have been spending a lot of time there for the last six months . Seen pretty much everything . Lambo murci included . High street is one of the safest feeling places in the country for me, because of the Sikh temple .
Bentley are very common , Porsche more popular than they used to be .

[Hoonfest]

shake a fist said:

X1, F1, all a bit boring. Plates need to be more fun, or relevant. Saw LAM80 on an old Urraco once, D14BLO used to be on a Diablo then on a Murcielago that lives near me, saw a DBS with A5TON on it in central London, and MAR10 on a Merc outside a restaurant called Mario's in the west end!

Totally agree. I once saw a Ferrari with a number plate something along the lines of WH0005H fly past me on the motorway, v funny.

[CRA1G]

I know the guy who ownes " X2 " lives in the same village,i see it most days on his Red Audi A3,i know he's had it donkeys years,probably not got a clue what it's worth and probably doesn't care,but if " X1 " sells for 1 Million i'll be knocking on his door.....

[Pork]

Hoonfest said:

Totally agree. I once saw a Ferrari with a number plate something along the lines of WH0005H fly past me on the motorway, v funny.

Slightly O/T but I remember seeing MU51CAL on a 360 years ago....to me, thats worth more than somehting like X1.

[HairbearTE]

JapFreak786 said:

HairbearTE said:

JapFreak786 said:

Think the Sultan of Brunei would want to buy S111 TAN? Reckon I could get a few K for it if I could convince him

I suspect if he wanted that plate he would already have it! certainly worth asking for a silly price on the offchance.

Any idea on how he/his "people" can be contacted,guess best way is via maybe the Embassay? My dad own's that plate and his name is Sultan, currently assigned to a 740iL, paid a good amount for it but nothing wrong with trying to make some money, he said he'll sell it if the right offer came (he is thinking six figure numbers!)

He (or his brother) has a house on The bishops Ave in Hampstead Gdn Suburb, london. Post details to him there and it'll probably get delivered, I suspect the local postie knows whos who now without need for door numbers...

[M666 EVO]

I think my M666EVO was a snip at £250 quid then :-)