Real Good Number Plates Vol. 6

[Sir Bagalot]

I lifted this picture from FB

Sold in May, and by the time the junk was added it was £100K+

[CRA1G]

Sir Bagalot said:

I lifted this picture from FB

Sold in May, and by the time the junk was added it was £100K+

Makes "J4 MES" a bargain at £22500 + the bits in Jan 98... another example of a great investment with the added little bit of fun...

[The Mad Monk]

I have been having a search.

Supposing a friend was interested in, oh, I don't know, let's say EG 04 DON.

Why wouldn't he, or she, be able to find any record of that plate?

[CRA1G]

The Mad Monk said:

I have been having a search.

Supposing a friend was interested in, oh, I don't know, let's say EG 04 DON.

Why wouldn't he, or she, be able to find any record of that plate?

He would be only able to get a record of the plate if it was a DVLA auction number or registered to a vehicle and not on retention,but this wouldn't give owner details..

[The Mad Monk]

CRA1G said:

He would be only able to get a record of the plate if it was a DVLA auction number or registered to a vehicle and not on retention,but this wouldn't give owner details..

It doesn't come up on MOT checks. Does that mean it could be on retention?

[CRA1G]

The Mad Monk said:

CRA1G said:

He would be only able to get a record of the plate if it was a DVLA auction number or registered to a vehicle and not on retention,but this wouldn't give owner details..

It doesn't come up on MOT checks. Does that mean it could be on retention?

Yes or less it's on a under 3 year old car? Gov Reg checker would be better but if it is on retention it will not show...

[JamesRF]

CRA1G said:

Sir Bagalot said:

I lifted this picture from FB

Sold in May, and by the time the junk was added it was £100K+

Makes "J4 MES" a bargain at £22500 + the bits in Jan 98... another example of a great investment with the added little bit of fun...

I keep tabs on the James plates for obvious reasons, but I can’t for the life of me work out why J42 MES sold for £80k+ when J24 MES went for a much more sensible £4k+.

There must have been a couple of people that really wanted it that’s for sure

[Hatson]

JamesRF said:

CRA1G said:

Sir Bagalot said:

I lifted this picture from FB

Sold in May, and by the time the junk was added it was £100K+

Makes "J4 MES" a bargain at £22500 + the bits in Jan 98... another example of a great investment with the added little bit of fun...

I keep tabs on the James plates for obvious reasons, but I can’t for the life of me work out why J42 MES sold for £80k+ when J24 MES went for a much more sensible £4k+.

There must have been a couple of people that really wanted it that’s for sure

JARMES is a surname. Maybe two of them in competition?

[CRA1G]

JamesRF said:

I keep tabs on the James plates for obvious reasons, but I can’t for the life of me work out why J42 MES sold for £80k+ when J24 MES went for a much more sensible £4k+.

There must have been a couple of people that really wanted it that’s for sure

"J1 MMY" was £35k + VAT Etc Nov 91...

[JamesRF]

Hatson said:

JARMES is a surname. Maybe two of them in competition?

Ahh didn’t think of that, probably explains it!

CRA1G said:

"J1 MMY" was £35k + VAT Etc Nov 91...

I wouldn’t have minded J1 MBO which was £15k+ in Sep 91

[LARK F1 GTR]

CRA1G said:

The Mad Monk said:

CRA1G said:

He would be only able to get a record of the plate if it was a DVLA auction number or registered to a vehicle and not on retention,but this wouldn't give owner details..

It doesn't come up on MOT checks. Does that mean it could be on retention?

Yes or less it's on a under 3 year old car? Gov Reg checker would be better but if it is on retention it will not show...

I'd say that it's on retention. Or maybe it hasn't been issued ? You can buy the years either side of 04 for £499 right now from the DVLA, so maybe it's one of those two things ?

Cars that are too new for an MOT show up on the MOT website checker

[LARK F1 GTR]

CRA1G said:

"J1 MMY" was £35k + VAT Etc Nov 91...

A bloke I worked with reckoned his mate owned that plate. Apparently he had an Escort Cosworth when he was 18 and an M3 when he was 19, and unless it was sold on, probably would have had to buy that plate when he was 12, so make of that what you will

[V8 TVR]

Sten. said:

riskyj said:

MAR 10

Porsche Panamera in Glasgow yesterday.

Italian plumber or a guy called Martin I wonder?

See that about quite often, I think MAR10S may belong to the same person, on a Cayenne.

I used to see MAR 10 in Tenterden, Kent approx 35 years ago, used to be on a convertible Maserati Biturbo.

[LeighW]

Saw N1CKY on a Range Rover in Bowness the other day, presumably another DVLA auction release?

[Max M4X WW]

Hatson said:

JamesRF said:

CRA1G said:

Sir Bagalot said:

I lifted this picture from FB

Sold in May, and by the time the junk was added it was £100K+

Makes "J4 MES" a bargain at £22500 + the bits in Jan 98... another example of a great investment with the added little bit of fun...

I keep tabs on the James plates for obvious reasons, but I can’t for the life of me work out why J42 MES sold for £80k+ when J24 MES went for a much more sensible £4k+.

There must have been a couple of people that really wanted it that’s for sure

JARMES is a surname. Maybe two of them in competition?

I was confused when this went for the price listed, maybe you have cracked it - I didn't think about surnames or company names on this one.

[nonsequitur]

Triple Six said:

Saw 1 TA on a C63 yesterday... until I got closer and realised it was a replica.

Thought I'd reg check the plate, comes back as a 1994 Ferrari which hasn't been taxed since 2002.

Fake plate for a fake car

Thank you for that.

[v15ben]

Couple in Castleford this weekend:
BEN 50N on a Merc SLK.
WG 2 on a BMW 740Li - early issue?

[Horsey McHorseface]

[Buster73]

Horsey McHorseface said:

Horrendous.

[CRA1G]

LARK F1 GTR said:

A bloke I worked with reckoned his mate owned that plate. Apparently he had an Escort Cosworth when he was 18 and an M3 when he was 19, and unless it was sold on, probably would have had to buy that plate when he was 12, so make of that what you will

I have a picture of it on a BMW E30 Convertible when it was first purchased.....