Personalised Number Plates - Naff or Cool?

[Leon R]

paulguitar said:

Leon R said:

originals said:

IAmTheWalrus said:

Once read about a moronic bank robber who will not only was dumb enough to do it in his own car but has a personal reg plate took so it did not work well for him at all.

Amazing. Do you have a link?

Assume he means the Hatton Garden job.

Why would having a private plate make a difference if you use your own car?

Presumably, easier for witnesses to recall than a 'normal' plate.

You think it was down to an eye witness rather than ANPR?

[Jasey_]

Got mine years ago as it was a bit of fun.

An added benefit is its easier to remember your number if you change as often as I do .

Not sure its either naff or cool to be honest.

[paulguitar]

Leon R said:

paulguitar said:

Leon R said:

originals said:

IAmTheWalrus said:

Once read about a moronic bank robber who will not only was dumb enough to do it in his own car but has a personal reg plate took so it did not work well for him at all.

Amazing. Do you have a link?

Assume he means the Hatton Garden job.

Why would having a private plate make a difference if you use your own car?

Presumably, easier for witnesses to recall than a 'normal' plate.

You think it was down to an eye witness rather than ANPR?

Mmm, no you're probably right there, it was just what sprang to mind without knowing about the case and when it occurred.

[originals]

Jaguar steve said:

I don't normally deign to respond to personal insults

You dish them out to people with private number plates though.

[Louis Balfour]

Plates with your initials followed by a number are cool. Providing you own your YOUR INITIALS 1 and the sequential plates.

Also 3 x 3 plates. They don't need to correspond to your initials.

Any plate containing a Z or an I is not cool.

These are the rules.

[Jaguar steve]

originals said:

You dish them out to people with private number plates though.

Never once on a personal level.

I'm not enough of a to make personal insults or deride any particular individual simply because I have differing opinions to them and if anybody chooses to take any general observation personally and lash out because that's called out something they'd much prefer not have called out that's their problem and not mine.

The difference that lies between a detached overall big picture observation and a focused attack on any particular individual might be too much of a complex concept for some on here but that's their problem too.

[originals]

Jaguar steve said:

originals said:

You dish them out to people with private number plates though.

Never once on a personal level.

I'm not enough of a to make personal insults or deride any particular individual simply because I have differing opinions to them and if anybody chooses to take any general observation personally and lash out because that's called out something they'd much prefer not have called out that's their problem and not mine.

The difference that lies between a detached overall big picture observation and a focused attack on any particular individual might be too much of a complex concept for some on here but that's their problem too.

No, you just make huge insulting sweeping statements about people you don't know.

You're a huge hypocrite.

And you're obsession with number plates is utterly bizarre.

I've nothing more to say to you.

[ddom]

Jaguar steve said:

I don't normally deign to respond to personal insults but my word a 4 minute response is quick even for you.

Please don't tell me you're so desperate to commence another of your playground bully little spats you've been prowling PH all afternoon looking for a confrontation or you've actually gone to the trouble of setting up an alert for wherever I post anything, and do try to keep in mind if whatever viewpoint anybody may post doesn't actually apply to you there's no need to butt in and throw your toys around the nursery over it.

Because of course every single time you do fling your toys about that strongly suggests to everybody they've nailed it and you're busted.

The facts are you are obsessed with other people, what they buy, and how they own it. It's none of your business and each time you get called out on it you don't like it. It's a total classic that you slate everyone who owns and displays a personal plate, yet you have one proudly displayed on your own vehicle, obviously because you are too tight to spend £80 to remove it. You're just a grumpy hypocrite, if you were as successful and happy as you make out you wouldn't spend hours on the internet in other peoples business.

[Jaguar steve]

ddom said:

The facts are you are obsessed with other people, what they buy, and how they own it. It's none of your business and each time you get called out on it you don't like it. It's a total classic that you slate everyone who owns and displays a personal plate, yet you have one proudly displayed on your own vehicle, obviously because you are too tight to spend £80 to remove it. You're just a grumpy hypocrite, if you were as successful and happy as you make out you wouldn't spend hours on the internet in other peoples business.

Wow.

In all that wrong you're absolutely right about one thing - I won't spend the money. That's not because I'm tight or anything it's because I'm neither a showoff nor am I sufficiently vain or proud enough of a number plate to have any interest in taxing and insuring the car it's currently on or spend eighty quid transferring it to another car just so everybody can see it.

It remains out of anybody's sight in the garage and since you mentioned happiness I have to tell you it makes me very happy for it to stay there.

[ddom]

Jaguar steve said:

Wow.

In all that wrong you're absolutely right about one thing - I won't spend the money. That's not because I'm tight or anything it's because I'm neither a showoff nor am I sufficiently vain or proud enough of a number plate to have any interest in taxing and insuring the car it's currently on or spend eighty quid transferring it to another car just so everybody can see it.

It remains out of anybody's sight in the garage and since you mentioned happiness I have to tell you it makes me very happy for it to stay there.

Oh I’m sure you’ll prove me right very shortly with another post about number plates, or PCP, or Essex, so the list continues. £80 on retention scrap the old heap and off you go. Keep whispering

[sweetcandy]

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place for this, so apologies in advance if not.

I’ve come across a number I really like and want to buy from right reg as I think it’s a bargain. The number is also listed on other sites for considerably more. You can only check out and actually pay on newreg and swift reg and other sites want you to enquire.

I have some questions – How can the price vary so much and can I assume right reg to be the owner of the plate given they are the cheapest with others trying to cash in on a huge profit?

Right Reg - £4k
Newreg - £32k
Car reg - £32k
Swift reg - £70.5k

I know of newreg but not really familiar of the other sites. Are they legit and does anyone have any experience with them?

[Pixelpeep 135]

Naff.

Ones that identify the car - "A1 BMW" or "GTR" etc - pointless, those that know already know, those that don't know don't care.
Ones about a person - "R0$$ xxx" - pointless, do you not know what car you own that you have to put your name on it?
Ones with B055 or B16 in them - just fk off. you have no idea how to manage people, because if you did, you'd know they won't appreciate seeing it.
Dateless? - BAZ 4535 makes your 5 series look older than it actually is.

Apart from all of that... we have a drug dealer near us with a black RR (no shock there..) with a private plate. I see it parked up in various locations around the village and sometimes further afield. Chances are i wouldn't recognise or link it to him, if it were not for that stupid vanity plate.

Why anyone would want their car 'remembered' by strangers is beyond me.

[Ron240]

Pixelpeep 135 said:

Naff.

Ones that identify the car - "A1 BMW" or "GTR" etc - pointless, those that know already know, those that don't know don't care.
Ones about a person - "R0$$ xxx" - pointless, do you not know what car you own that you have to put your name on it?
Ones with B055 or B16 in them - just fk off. you have no idea how to manage people, because if you did, you'd know they won't appreciate seeing it.
Dateless? - BAZ 4535 makes your 5 series look older than it actually is.

Apart from all of that... we have a drug dealer near us with a black RR (no shock there..) with a private plate. I see it parked up in various locations around the village and sometimes further afield. Chances are i wouldn't recognise or link it to him, if it were not for that stupid vanity plate.

Why anyone would want their car 'remembered' by strangers is beyond me.

Yes we get it...you don't like number plates that have been changed (for whatever reason) from the original DVLA issued one.
I am not understanding your logic relating to plates containing a persons name though. You are way off with this!

[The Cardinal]

sweetcandy said:

I have some questions – How can the price vary so much and can I assume right reg to be the owner of the plate given they are the cheapest with others trying to cash in on a huge profit?

Right Reg - 4k
Newreg - 32k
Car reg - 32k
Swift reg - 70.5k

I know of newreg but not really familiar of the other sites. Are they legit and does anyone have any experience with them?

The person selling the plate will have contacted the sites listed above for a valuation, then decided to proceed to advertise with them. If they sell via that website, then the company will take a cut of around 20-30%. The difference in price is just what each different site thinks it can sell the plate for.

When you press "buy", you are usually sending an offer to the seller - either via a real person at the plate site or by automated email. Sometimes the plate will be on the car or more often held on a retention certificate. Least often the plate will be owned by the site itself (usually only listed on that site).

[Bobajobbob]

For what its worth I don't think any private plates are cool apart from maybe the very simple and historic single digit plates like A1, 2B, NOT 2B, GTO etc.

I quite like the symmetry of ABC 123 plates and having inherited one on an old Morgan I have since transferred it on to a new car. I don't think its cool or particularly stands out but it is aesthetically pleasing on the right car.

I am a strong believer in "each to their own" but I guess I do have an unconscious bias against anyone running a plate that tries to spell something with dodgy spacing or BO55 in the same way I'm not a fan of white cars outside a hot country.

[Louis Balfour]

Bobajobbob said:

For what its worth I don't think any private plates are cool apart from maybe the very simple and historic single digit plates like A1, 2B, NOT 2B, GTO etc.

I quite like the symmetry of ABC 123 plates and having inherited one on an old Morgan I have since transferred it on to a new car. I don't think its cool or particularly stands out but it is aesthetically pleasing on the right car.

I am a strong believer in "each to their own" but I guess I do have an unconscious bias against anyone running a plate that tries to spell something with dodgy spacing or BO55 in the same way I'm not a fan of white cars outside a hot country.

I agree that 3 x 3 original plates are cool. Manufacturers seem to agree, which is why they offer feature in car ads I think.

[Odds]

I've got a car related plate ( on the right car ), a plate that has a personal story and includes my intials, and a 3*3 including my initials that goes on my "flagship" car.

I don't know whether they're naff or not, but they all mean something to me

[austinsmirk]

I always love the plates that are so much of a stretch of the imagination to give the reader a clue, the owner then adds their name beneath to give clarity.

Up there with BO55. Plates , that’s when they really fail.

Plus obviously mid spaced. In fairness when you see a BO55 plate you already know what level of bell end is driving the car.

[mk1coopers]

I'm quite happy with the 3 number 1 letter plate I got 25 plus year ago, I'm not really fussed about others opinions on it, it's always been legally spaced, its been on all my old sheds and now something nicer, I've even gone out and bought (several years ago) a plate for my Son for his first car when he gets to that point (if he wants it), no need to space that one incorrectly either. As others have said once it gets to the point of having to alter it / put what you think it says at the bottom / B055 / BI6 plates I think there's an element of trying to hard, it doesn't bother me though, it's personal choice.

[Muddle238]

Louis Balfour said:

I agree that 3 x 3 original plates are cool. Manufacturers seem to agree, which is why they offer feature in car ads I think.

I have a feeling sometimes manufacturers do this so that it's easier to reverse the image, should they wish to for whatever reason. For example, 881 UHY in a reversed image becomes YHU 188, which still reads sensibly, regardless of whether the plate is actually real or not. I've seen several manufacturers do this in brochures over the years.