What C124PPY personalised plates have you seen recently?

[raceboy]

Obvious answer would be P B0XAS on a Boxster, leftfield option would be the same spacing on a Citroën Berlingo with a 'show dogs in Transit' sticker in the back window.

[thebraketester]

Nearly. P 80XA S

Not sure if it genius due to the boxer engine or a retarded misspelling of boxster.

[CATD8H]

[quote=Butter Face]

TAZ 101[/quote


Tazio Nuvolari was a pre war Alfa racer of some renown..

The plate is on an Alfa....

Just sayin' like...

[Rumblestripe]

2 GKC said:

I think that F1 plate is pony. Tin hat on, but I also think any plate with an age related prefix or suffix purporting to be a "private plate" is pony.

As we don't do (make your own up) "private plates" in this country all retained plates are "private". Even hugely coveted plates like "V8" are a product of the time they were first registered.

I don't see what point you are trying to make? Fair enough if you don't like retained plates but otherwise...

[2 GKC]

Yeah, I just think they look naff. Trying too hard. Appreciate not all will agree. A nice dateless plate looks great though

[Hotel India]

I mostly agree, but in th case of the Mac F1 I would make an exception as it's the model name.

[AlexRS2782]

Y 7HOR on a LR Discovery. Obligatory black cap on the 7 to create a makeshift T.

Another one that failed previous MOT's 3 years running for dodgy spacing (in addition to rust, rust, rust)

[Jaguar steve]

2 GKC said:

Yeah, I just think they look naff. Trying too hard. Appreciate not all will agree. A nice dateless plate looks great though

Numberplates are just a means of identifying a car really. Nothing more.

The sheer desperation of some people evidenced by this and previous volumes of C124PPY plates to turn them into status symbols or exhibitions of wealth or a means of drawing attention to themselves is very revealing about the nature of those people who try to do so.

[DickyC]

Jaguar steve said:

Numberplates are just a means of identifying a car really. Nothing more.

The sheer desperation of some people evidenced by this and previous volumes of C124PPY plates to turn them into status symbols or exhibitions of wealth or a means of drawing attention to themselves is very revealing about the nature of those people who try to do so.

Haven't you said in the past you have a plate passed down through the family?

[LARK F1 GTR]

WA11EED - With a convenient dot in the 11 to make WAHEED. On a Range Rover.

T4MSY - Audi A4.

[thetapeworm]

Peachy use of screw caps puts this otherwise perfectly OK 'plate here IMO.

[Jaguar steve]

DickyC said:

Jaguar steve said:

Numberplates are just a means of identifying a car really. Nothing more.

The sheer desperation of some people evidenced by this and previous volumes of C124PPY plates to turn them into status symbols or exhibitions of wealth or a means of drawing attention to themselves is very revealing about the nature of those people who try to do so.

Haven't you said in the past you have a plate passed down through the family?

I have. It was not entirely randomly issued to my Grandfather on his first car in the 1930s.

Rather than having it seen on the road everyday it's quite intentionally allocated to the car half buried by junk in the garage and so little used now it's still got petrol in the tank from January when it was MOT'd. The plate isn't really me if I'm honest and if it weren't for the long family history of ownership and the expectation of me being the custodian of it for future generations I'd cheerfully flog it tomorrow and give the kids the cash .

Out of curiosity I've Googled the three letters and one number it's made up from and nope, thankfully it doesn't inadvertently spell any word or common abbreviation in English or half a dozen European languages which I consider somewhat ostentatious on numberplates.

I'm of the mind that actually having a Real Good plate is OK if that's your thing - you'll have guessed I'm not a huge fan myself - but pretending you have a Real Good plate by messing about with a everyday one making it illegal in the process turns it straight away into a terminally C124PPY one and at the same time reveals a great deal about the person doing so.

[Fun Bus]

Jaguar steve said:

you'll have guessed I'm not a huge fan myself

Whatever would give people that idea?

[simoid]

Perhaps the worst I’ve seen in the flesh:
CB04 ROL

The screw on the front plate was much bigger and looks very much like a C on first spot.

[fizz47]

simoid said:

Perhaps the worst I’ve seen in the flesh:
CB04 ROL

The screw on the front plate was much bigger and looks very much like a C on first spot.

Perhaps the worst photo i’ve seen on this thread

But yes - crap plate

[tribbles]

Today I had following me

HE11O PR

I kept adding "ick" to the end whenever I looked in the mirror...

[pingu393]

tribbles said:

Today I had following me

HE11O PR

I kept adding "ick" to the end whenever I looked in the mirror...

Did you ask him why he was calling you a pr...?

[Slow]

Might have to put myself in this thread if I buy the plate ive spotted.

BE55 YYY

Easily becomes BERRY YY with some screws and spacing, my surname.

[simoid]

fizz47 said:

Perhaps the worst photo i’ve seen on this thread

But yes - crap plate

Sorry! Saw it pulling in to the car park, was gonna go round and take a sly pic, but she drove off and I couldn’t get my camera out quick enough so that’s a crop from far away.

(Reads a bit like a court transcript that...!)

[Rumblestripe]

Slow said:

Might have to put myself in this thread if I buy the plate ive spotted.

BE55 YYY

Easily becomes BERRY YY with some screws and spacing, my surname.

Firstly, don't just... don't.

Secondly, not sure where you put a screw in a 5 to make it look like an R?

Thirdly, really... don't.