Number plates worth more than cars?!
Discussion
Im sure some people with lots of money pay tens of thousands for their dateless plates, but you simply cant assume that for the vast majority, because even the above average plate owner probably does not have that sort of money.
My dads old plate HOL nnn, was probably quite cheap when he acquitted it in the late 70's and my older brother has it on his 17yr old MX5.
Ive got two other older HOL plates, I bought for under £200 20 years back when my dad died, one is on my track car, the other long term retention. I doubt I would consider the current cost of either of them (£2000 ea) to be a worthwhile investment today.
My dads old plate HOL nnn, was probably quite cheap when he acquitted it in the late 70's and my older brother has it on his 17yr old MX5.
Ive got two other older HOL plates, I bought for under £200 20 years back when my dad died, one is on my track car, the other long term retention. I doubt I would consider the current cost of either of them (£2000 ea) to be a worthwhile investment today.
I inherited 3333PJ.
My Dad acquired it back in the 1970s. I don't think he paid anything for it.
Dunno what it is worth. Maybe three or four grand?
Anyway, it has a sentimental value to me, so I'm not planning on selling it.
It presently adorns my 14 year old Alfa 156, which is worth about ten Rupees.
My Dad acquired it back in the 1970s. I don't think he paid anything for it.
Dunno what it is worth. Maybe three or four grand?
Anyway, it has a sentimental value to me, so I'm not planning on selling it.
It presently adorns my 14 year old Alfa 156, which is worth about ten Rupees.
Sir Bagalot said:
Well here we have a discussion on nice plates.
Here we have a site showing 1x1 plates (with at least 20 new ones about to go on). Check out the plate H1
I was travelling down the M6 to Birmingham last Saturday afternoon when I noticed a silver Peugeot 307 with the plate 5N. I did think I wonder how much that plate would cost and was surprised to find on such a car. Its actually on your second link Under N.Here we have a site showing 1x1 plates (with at least 20 new ones about to go on). Check out the plate H1
A family near me have plates of the format xx1 up to xx8 (for the same value of xx). All split between different bits of the family, and all on 'normal' cars that are a few years old now. No idea what they might be worth, but when I suggested that they might be worth loadsamoney it was clear that they were a sentimental thing and not for sale.
Absolutely love to see a really valuable plate on a virtually worthless car because unlike most vanity registrations it's not all about status and money.
Chances are pretty high nobody would ever actually fork out serious wedge for such a registration and then just stick it on a mundane everyday Snotter so it's a pretty safe bet when this combination does get spotted the plate is either a inherited piece of family history that's been passed down through maybe several generations or it has some serious sentimental relevance to the Platee rather than just being bought last month by some Chavvy Geezah desperate to buy himself motoring status and whose got loadsamoney to throw around at a plate auction.
Having a really valuable plate and not giving even the tiniest of tosses about it's status or how much it or the car its displayed is worth on is perfect anti snobbery and a treat to see. It usually outrages all the Plate spotters too by destroying their fragile hierarchy of what status of plate should go with what status of car which is an added bonus.
Chances are pretty high nobody would ever actually fork out serious wedge for such a registration and then just stick it on a mundane everyday Snotter so it's a pretty safe bet when this combination does get spotted the plate is either a inherited piece of family history that's been passed down through maybe several generations or it has some serious sentimental relevance to the Platee rather than just being bought last month by some Chavvy Geezah desperate to buy himself motoring status and whose got loadsamoney to throw around at a plate auction.
Having a really valuable plate and not giving even the tiniest of tosses about it's status or how much it or the car its displayed is worth on is perfect anti snobbery and a treat to see. It usually outrages all the Plate spotters too by destroying their fragile hierarchy of what status of plate should go with what status of car which is an added bonus.
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