'F1' Number plate sold for £10 million
'F1' Number plate sold for £10 million
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Mr Classic

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224 posts

148 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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aspirated

2,540 posts

175 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Wow, what an amazing way to make millions of legitimate pounds appear out of nowhere....great investment smile

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

225 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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'Course it has.

LHD

17,002 posts

216 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Sold for £10m yea?

>chinny recon<

LarJammer

2,425 posts

239 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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not exactly.....
the plate was advertised by bargain plate seller* regtransfers for just over 10m, however it seems the owner of the plate did not authorise the advert and it has since been removed.
thats 9.5m more than he paid for the plate a few years ago and has allegedly turned down an offer of more than 5m , which stinks of bs.

  • this may not be true.

996TT02

3,342 posts

169 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Beyond ludicrous.

Where I spend some of my time I can get that reg on any of my cars for the equivalent of £450.

Or anything else I fancy. But apparently, to date, no-one has bothered (with F1).

It's just too pathetic for words.

996TT02

3,342 posts

169 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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LarJammer said:
not exactly.....
the plate was advertised by bargain plate seller* regtransfers for just over 10m, however it seems the owner of the plate did not authorise the advert and it has since been removed.
thats 9.5m more than he paid for the plate a few years ago and has allegedly turned down an offer of more than 5m , which stinks of bs.

  • this may not be true.
Makes more sense.

Still even 400k is crazy.

Jimmy No Hands

5,100 posts

185 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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I've noticed he recently put his Veyron up for sale. A snip at 750K

Roo

11,504 posts

236 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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More free advertising.

soad

34,649 posts

205 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Ten million? That's peanuts to some.


BOBTEE

1,034 posts

193 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Is that your man, Khan?

tali1

5,286 posts

230 months

Friday 20th June 2014
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Even Waitrose would'nt try to sell it for £10 million!

Smanks

3,100 posts

216 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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996TT02 said:
Beyond ludicrous.

Where I spend some of my time I can get that reg on any of my cars for the equivalent of £450.

Or anything else I fancy. But apparently, to date, no-one has bothered (with F1).

It's just too pathetic for words.
You're saying that, in the UK, you can get legit single-single plates for £450? Where's my wallet?!?!

sim16v

2,177 posts

230 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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Smanks said:
996TT02 said:
Beyond ludicrous.

Where I spend some of my time I can get that reg on any of my cars for the equivalent of £450.

Or anything else I fancy. But apparently, to date, no-one has bothered (with F1).

It's just too pathetic for words.
You're saying that, in the UK, you can get legit single-single plates for £450? Where's my wallet?!?!
You are assuming that the place where he spends some of his time is in the UK....

Smanks

3,100 posts

216 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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sim16v said:
You are assuming that the place where he spends some of his time is in the UK....
It was a slightly tongue in cheek post, it was obvious he was referring to a different country, I was just pointing out that this type of plate has been a focus of a lot of serious investors in the UK over the past few years because of low risk, and rising values.

996TT02

3,342 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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Smanks said:
sim16v said:
You are assuming that the place where he spends some of his time is in the UK....
It was a slightly tongue in cheek post, it was obvious he was referring to a different country, I was just pointing out that this type of plate has been a focus of a lot of serious investors in the UK over the past few years because of low risk, and rising values.
Yes, non-UK.

My point was that the actual price tag of such a plate is stratospherically different to any "worth" or "value".

I mean, how does it give you 400k worth of "cool" or whatever? If someone told me that they had a number plate that they paid 10k for I would not be any less impressed, if I had to be.

It's all 100% speculative, and who knows what the future holds? Number-plate free cars? (We're already tax-disc free...) No cars at all?

rockford22

362 posts

161 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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I am sure I saw this number plate on a blue F430 convertible driving in Christchurch, Dorset only a few days ago. Remember it quite clearly!

belleair302

7,008 posts

236 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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I am not sure it is sold.....it is allegedly on sale for that but who on earth would pay that much.....even if you are an Arab billionaire?

Aviz

1,669 posts

198 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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996TT02 said:
Yes, non-UK.

My point was that the actual price tag of such a plate is stratospherically different to any "worth" or "value".

I mean, how does it give you 400k worth of "cool" or whatever? If someone told me that they had a number plate that they paid 10k for I would not be any less impressed, if I had to be.

It's all 100% speculative, and who knows what the future holds? Number-plate free cars? (We're already tax-disc free...) No cars at all?
Is a £50 note worth £50 ?

anonymous-user

83 months

Saturday 21st June 2014
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Aviz said:
996TT02 said:
Yes, non-UK.

My point was that the actual price tag of such a plate is stratospherically different to any "worth" or "value".

I mean, how does it give you 400k worth of "cool" or whatever? If someone told me that they had a number plate that they paid 10k for I would not be any less impressed, if I had to be.

It's all 100% speculative, and who knows what the future holds? Number-plate free cars? (We're already tax-disc free...) No cars at all?
Is a £50 note worth £50 ?
Going by the reporting of this 'sale' of the press £50 is worth £500,000 quid if you ask that much for it (and some unnamed, unpublicised nutter will buy it off of you as soon as it comes onto the market).