Real Good Number Plates Vol. 6

[joshcowin]

LARK F1 GTR said:

What's good about it though? It's rubbish and doesn't belong in here at all.

That's just your opinion, I think it looks better than a standard plate, its a cool car, cool colour and different plate, chill out and move on!

[Petrus1983]

Spotted in Bath yesterday -

[Vipers]

Petrus1983 said:

Spotted in Bath yesterday -

Now that is interesting, DVLA doesnt recognise it, neither does Askmid.

Totally false plate maybe?, or not a UK plate? very nice though.

[austinsmirk]

Vipers said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Vipers said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Vipers said:

Each to their own.

What's good about it though? It's rubbish and doesn't belong in here at all.

Thank for your comments, much appreciated.

Please explain, why is it good?

Well here are my thoughts, looking back on some posts here, and some are just excellent, this is what I see and what it means to me in terms of a good number plate, all numbers are from previous posts-

POP 9Y - I think of Popeye

VKE 5 - Absolutely no idea, but presumable someone knows.

14A - Absolutely no idea

CRA 1G - I think of Craig

SJB 2 - Absolutely no idea

1BOD - Absolutely no idea

111MS - Absolutely no idea

M25 JAM - I think of the continuous traffice jams on the M25

DEC1 - on a Jag XJL, what is the significance?

Two I may have posted previously were

K9DOG - Back of a Range Rover by a kennel owner

One I dont think I post but may have in earlier editions and I hought was clever, SEP1A, may be lost of some but was on a van used by a local photographic studio, and there is a process called "Sepia Toning", so being a keen photographia it meant something to me.

And the one in question which looks like 0007LED made me think of James Bond.

So maybe looking at those above, to which some to me anyway are meaninless, can you clarify the definition of a real good number plate. but of course its down to the individuals how they intepret the plate.

I agree with you. My test being when I look around the company car park, clock the private regs and even knowing my colleagues names I cannot align any of them with their names. I can’t even guess if they’re supposed to be interests. Eg K9. Something crops up everywhere for dog people or on dog walking vans. But no, not a clue.


To be fair a lot you cite above are easily people’s initials.

[Vipers]

austinsmirk said:

I agree with you. My test being when I look around the company car park, clock the private regs and even knowing my colleagues names I cannot align any of them with their names. I can’t even guess if they’re supposed to be interests. Eg K9. Something crops up everywhere for dog people or on dog walking vans. But no, not a clue.


To be fair a lot you cite above are easily people’s initials.

As are mine, I had a Volvo S80, and got S80 and my initials, volvo drivers would appreciate it.

[LARK F1 GTR]

joshcowin said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

What's good about it though? It's rubbish and doesn't belong in here at all.

That's just your opinion, I think it looks better than a standard plate, its a cool car, cool colour and different plate, chill out and move on!

You move on. I wasn't asking you.

[LARK F1 GTR]

Vipers said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Vipers said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Vipers said:

Each to their own.

What's good about it though? It's rubbish and doesn't belong in here at all.

Thank for your comments, much appreciated.

Please explain, why is it good?

Well here are my thoughts, looking back on some posts here, and some are just excellent, this is what I see and what it means to me in terms of a good number plate, all numbers are from previous posts-

POP 9Y - I think of Popeye

VKE 5 - Absolutely no idea, but presumable someone knows.

14A - Absolutely no idea

CRA 1G - I think of Craig

SJB 2 - Absolutely no idea

1BOD - Absolutely no idea

111MS - Absolutely no idea

M25 JAM - I think of the continuous traffice jams on the M25

DEC1 - on a Jag XJL, what is the significance?

Two I may have posted previously were

K9DOG - Back of a Range Rover by a kennel owner

One I dont think I post but may have in earlier editions and I hought was clever, SEP1A, may be lost of some but was on a van used by a local photographic studio, and there is a process called "Sepia Toning", so being a keen photographia it meant something to me.

And the one in question which looks like 0007LED made me think of James Bond.

So maybe looking at those above, to which some to me anyway are meaninless, can you clarify the definition of a real good number plate. but of course its down to the individuals how they intepret the plate.

Fair enough.

To me, plates that are dateless / short plates, decent original plates, initials plates and plates that say things are all good.

The OO07 LCD plate is just a cheap DVLA one. I think James Bond / OO7 ones are the worst!

I'll move on now as I just a saw a couple I liked.

[LARK F1 GTR]

Just now,

1 BOG - Pimlico plumbers, £8200 plus bits in December 2006.

84 ME - Porsche Cayenne, a cheap £2800 plus bits in December 2011.

[Vipers]

LARK F1 GTR said:

Fair enough.

To me, plates that are dateless / short plates, decent original plates, initials plates and plates that say things are all good.

The OO07 LCD plate is just a cheap DVLA one. I think James Bond / OO7 ones are the worst!

I'll move on now as I just a saw a couple I liked.

Nice McLaren and the plate of course, looks the paintwork wouldn’t make it hard to spot. Take care.

[Pxx]

JRFrench said:

I’ve always quite liked an eye catching short suffix plate, either with all the same letters or just an unusual looking combination. Normally a fair bit cheaper than dateless plates but still look pretty decent.

These are all coming up in future auctions…

I have a three straight letter 1X currently for sale. Be interesting what the UUU one goes for. I mean not the greatest letter but it’s still three of the same.

[Pxx]

Essarell said:

JRFrench said:

I’ve always quite liked an eye catching short suffix plate, either with all the same letters or just an unusual looking combination. Normally a fair bit cheaper than dateless plates but still look pretty decent.

These are all coming up in future auctions…

There’s a couple in that auction I’d really like. I missed out on RT66 USA a few years back, bidding went too high for me.

I was in for a few at the last auction but I had my sensible hat on and didn’t want to spend more than what I wanted. Probably would of been worth it, though for a few extra quid.

[Pxx]

WIWs said:

JRFrench said:

I’ve always quite liked an eye catching short suffix plate, either with all the same letters or just an unusual looking combination. Normally a fair bit cheaper than dateless plates but still look pretty decent.

These are all coming up in future auctions…

I'm hoping to get the WWW 2W plate but I know realistically bidding will go too high

What do you reckon these lot will reach? I have a real interest in the UUU one as I have a 1X plate with three straight letters myself.

[Pxx]

sinbaddio said:

Spacing is really awful on this one with no need for it to be.

[Pxx]

Dieci said:

I saw 98 P on a Ferrari today .

Liking that. 99 P used to be on a 458. Would love that plate (and the car) it’s up for sale for around 100 K but I can’t imagine he paid anything near to that amount.

[RemarkLima]

Just seen 1 R on a Rolls Royce.

[Dieci]

Pxx said:

sinbaddio said:

Spacing is really awful on this one with no need for it to be.

Looks perfectly legal to me ,the other thread provides for the poor spacing

[rich12]

Are their specific names for the layout of a plate?

If I wanted to buy a plate that was something like 2939 RD, how can I search for that format rather than having to search through 100,000 dateless plates?

[Dieci]

rich12 said:

Are their specific names for the layout of a plate?

If I wanted to buy a plate that was something like 2939 RD, how can I search for that format rather than having to search through 100,000 dateless plates?

Some plate selling sites have a search function ,put in RD and it should come up with a selection .

[Fabric]

rich12 said:

Are their specific names for the layout of a plate?

If I wanted to buy a plate that was something like 2939 RD, how can I search for that format rather than having to search through 100,000 dateless plates?

I've never bought anything from these guys, but I find their search layout is miles better than most other sites.

Try this: https://www.plates4less.co.uk/find-and-buy/dateles...

[Oldcarman]

Re the 'S 24' plate on the Landrover posted on the previous page by Petrus1983 and it not being recognised (I've just tried it on the .gov MOT check), what is the cause of this? Is it simply the car owner making up a plate of their fancy and using it in the knowledge that they won't get caught unless in an accident or similar, only putting the correct reg plate on the car for MOT? Or is it a genuine plate but there is some technical reason that it doesn't show up?

Apologies for the slight thread-drift.