B055 Plates - Breakdown of Makes
Discussion
Sporky said:
Baldchap said:
BO55 and B19 plates are a warning to other road users that the vehicle is likely to be driven by a complete tool.
It's a public service.
One of mine has B19 in the middle, but I'm only a partial tool. I generally drive very nicely. It's a public service.
Raiden61 said:
I was doing the usual hypothetical car shopping the other day and I wondered where all the B055 plates end up so I put in an FOI request to the DVLA to see what the top 5 makes of cars in the UK that use that renowned VRM and here are the results from Feb 2024 and in case anyone else is curious.
Make Number of vehicles
LAND ROVER 781
MERCEDES-BENZ 611
BMW 528
FORD 514
AUDI 425
No surprises here except for Ford beating Audi?! What Fords are they going on?
Certainly no surprises, but I'm wondering if the top 5 makes displaying any private plate would look much different.Make Number of vehicles
LAND ROVER 781
MERCEDES-BENZ 611
BMW 528
FORD 514
AUDI 425
No surprises here except for Ford beating Audi?! What Fords are they going on?
.The biggest surprise to me is that the total number of them is so low.
How can it be that, when there's only about 3000 cars with BO55 numberplates in the country out of a total of 33 million cars, there is always at least one parked across theee disabled spaces outside the supermarket?
How can it be that, when there's only about 3000 cars with BO55 numberplates in the country out of a total of 33 million cars, there is always at least one parked across theee disabled spaces outside the supermarket?
SkodaIan said:
The biggest surprise to me is that the total number of them is so low.
How can it be that, when there's only about 3000 cars with BO55 numberplates in the country out of a total of 33 million cars, there is always at least one parked across theee disabled spaces outside the supermarket?
Well, they use all the letters except I and Q, so you've got 24 x 24 x 24 combinations for the 3 random letters at the end. 13824 of them.How can it be that, when there's only about 3000 cars with BO55 numberplates in the country out of a total of 33 million cars, there is always at least one parked across theee disabled spaces outside the supermarket?
They then remove the offensive ones (so, presumably, 'BUM' is not there, and other ruder words). Let's say there's 12,000 once all the rudeness is gone.
Does seem like <800 Land Rovers still feels a small number compared to that 12k total.
Raiden61 said:
I was doing the usual hypothetical car shopping the other day and I wondered where all the B055 plates end up so I put in an FOI request to the DVLA to see what the top 5 makes of cars in the UK that use that renowned VRM and here are the results from Feb 2024 and in case anyone else is curious.
Make Number of vehicles
LAND ROVER 781
MERCEDES-BENZ 611
BMW 528
FORD 514
AUDI 425
No surprises here except for Ford beating Audi?! What Fords are they going on?
I'm surprised there hasn't been a rightwing moaner here yet to berate for you for using their taxes to obtain this information... Make Number of vehicles
LAND ROVER 781
MERCEDES-BENZ 611
BMW 528
FORD 514
AUDI 425
No surprises here except for Ford beating Audi?! What Fords are they going on?
The test driver said:
Dog Star said:
Pick up trucks I suspect.
I’d have correctly guessed that LR would be top. I’m very surprised things like L200s aren’t on there, they all seem to have one.
Focus ST/RS too, L200's old hat now all the bosses have moved on to Rangers/ Defenders/ the Merc pickup thing.I’d have correctly guessed that LR would be top. I’m very surprised things like L200s aren’t on there, they all seem to have one.
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