What is the cheapest you can get a 3-digit number plate for?
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Would the DVLA do better or worse, financially, if it liberalised its policy to allow punters to buy personalised number plates with up to seven characters / spaces in any configuration?
(barring of course configurations that are obviously rude or otherwise inappropriate)
Such personalised or vanity plates are not something I'm really interested in. But the question did come to mind.
Phooey said:
I think that probably sounds about right. The 4-digit plates start at approx 4 times what I paid back in 2013. It’s hard to know if we’re in a bubble or not with these as they’re not making any more.
They do seem to be a fairly decent investment - or have until the present time, at least. Suppose if car ownership dies out and we’re all driven around in driverless Ubers as and when we need them then that’s bad news, but otherwise I guess they’ll always be in demand.I’m very fortunate to have the ‘perfect’ 2x2 of my birth year and initials and am confident that I could get back more than a paid for it a while ago (not that I’d ever sell it, mind!). I suppose numbers 1-31 will always command more than higher numbers, which I guess will vary in desirability as numbers of people born in those years get richer and then start to die out. Mine’s an 87 so at the moment probably has a bit more demand to go.
unsprung said:
Would the DVLA do better or worse, financially, if it liberalised its policy to allow punters to buy personalised number plates with up to seven characters / spaces in any configuration?
(barring of course configurations that are obviously rude or otherwise inappropriate)
Such personalised or vanity plates are not something I'm really interested in. But the question did come to mind.
This is precisely why I won't spend a lot of money on plates,(barring of course configurations that are obviously rude or otherwise inappropriate)
Such personalised or vanity plates are not something I'm really interested in. But the question did come to mind.
If the government decides there is more cash in "you can have what you want, for a price, if it hasn't been issued" than the current system, they won't hesitate to stiff everyone with "valuable" plates.
sherman said:
My 5 digit plate was only £250 when I bought it 15ish years ago.
There’s a price difference between X1 XXX and 11 XXX or 111 XX though. If it’s the latter and dateless then would be worth a good bit more. That said, you’d do well to get anything that’s not absolutely terrible for £250 nowadays.braddo said:
Louis Balfour said:
datelessregistrations said:
And the above is for two letters one number
Two numbers one letter are more
So you're saying that JT1 is worth less than 1JT?Two numbers one letter are more
Really?
So he is saying that JT1 is worth less than 11J.
Is that really the case? I always though that AB 1 format was the most valuable.
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