Personalised plates:showy cr*p or cool?
Discussion
Really depends on the car and the actualy 'plate. If it's related to the car, that's great for that 'factory/motorshow' look, and if it's a cool word or name, like 'D3VLL' on a Diablo or something, it's cool.
I think ones with your name on them are a bit egocentric though, too 'look at me', not enough 'look at the performance'.
I think ones with your name on them are a bit egocentric though, too 'look at me', not enough 'look at the performance'.
I think they're OK if they are clever and don't require the use of dodgy type fonts and 'adjusted' letters and numbers to work.
On my Scoob I used to have an SRT number plate - means bugger all to most people, but this is what Subaru use on their rally cars (Subaru Rally Team), which used to get a lot of comments when I was out spectating. I also got loads of comments from other people saying 'your name is Chris, why have you got SRT on the number plate?'
I think most people have heard of the TVR with UR02SLO (I think owned by someone on Pistonheads) which is great. I also spotted RB 52 EVO ('RB5 2 EVO') on an Evo (surprisingly) last week. Again, this means bugger all to most people, unless you know your Scoobs, then I think it's quite cool.
X0CET spotted on a jet black TVR Chimera a while back looked great too!
Couldn't come up with anything for my new RX-8 ('RXB' which a lot of people have, doesn't really do it for me), so I haven't bothered as yet.
Chris
>> Edited by scoobybloke on Saturday 26th February 07:27
On my Scoob I used to have an SRT number plate - means bugger all to most people, but this is what Subaru use on their rally cars (Subaru Rally Team), which used to get a lot of comments when I was out spectating. I also got loads of comments from other people saying 'your name is Chris, why have you got SRT on the number plate?'
I think most people have heard of the TVR with UR02SLO (I think owned by someone on Pistonheads) which is great. I also spotted RB 52 EVO ('RB5 2 EVO') on an Evo (surprisingly) last week. Again, this means bugger all to most people, unless you know your Scoobs, then I think it's quite cool.
X0CET spotted on a jet black TVR Chimera a while back looked great too!
Couldn't come up with anything for my new RX-8 ('RXB' which a lot of people have, doesn't really do it for me), so I haven't bothered as yet.
Chris
>> Edited by scoobybloke on Saturday 26th February 07:27
scoobybloke said:
I also got loads of comments from other people saying 'your name is Chris, why have you got SRT on the number plate?'
'Because other people might actually want to buy the car'? I often wonder what happens to the 'personal' numberplates that stay on the car. I know of one guy with an MG BGT with a numberplate that ended in STU (not personalised, that actually harmed the resale value, because what's the point of driving around in a car with someone else's name on it? I know most personals are retained, but what about the 'accidental' ones?
-I made that up before I get flamed to cinders.
however W4KLE is available for £399 on the DVLA site 
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