How long have you had your number plate....

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

...and on how many cars?

For some sad reason I like number plates. (I'm the OP of the Real Good Number plate thread that's been running for well over a decade).

Have you had a plate for yonks? Have you had a plate that's carried over on several cars?

[Jasandjules]

TVR one had about 12 years or so now. The dog one had about 7 or so years.

[Dinoboy]

I've had mine, 1 AAA format for about 11 years and on 4 different cars.

[DSLiverpool]

I’ve had D5 TUK since 2004, business used to be called DST UK but I never misplaced it.

I’ve had SO10 MON since the day it was auctioned - my surname.
It’s been on
XFR
INFINITY FX50
E500 Cab
Mustang 5.0
Range Rover L322
And currently Bentayga

Edited by DSLiverpool on Sunday 15th September 19:57

[Pica-Pica]

Always as old as the car. Except for the Volvo 740GL which I drove over from Göteborg on export plates. There was no Øresund Bridge then.
I don’t get personalised plates. I understand rare plates as an investment.

Edited by Pica-Pica on Sunday 15th September 18:46

[Firestick]

Ten years plus and it goes straight on every car.

Maybe 8 cars over that period?

It is quirky, so could be on the bad plate thread, but spacing is correct and adds to the quirkiness.

[Podie]

Since 2003.

Just moved onto it’s 5th car (yeah, I get attached to cars )

[RammyMP]

I’ve had mine for 11 years it’s been on 5 cars so far.

[355spiderguy]

Have half a dozen plates, some five figure value ones...however the one that's been on our primary car and has been on all 14 primary cars since 1999 has a complete worthless monetary value but sentimentality priceless.

[BenRichards89]

3 years for mine, and on it's 3rd car.

[Cold]

I've got three plates and I purchased them between 1994 and 1998. (A 2x3, a 3x3 and a word/name - although currently on the 2x3 and 3x3 are in use at the moment).

They've been on numerous things over the years and I enjoy having them as I feel that when fitted they make my car my car.

[RDMcG]

In Canada the ownership of a place is easily transferred from car to car and once you buy your plate ( $200) there is no annual fee if it is not on a car.

You cannot sell plates separately to the car, so there is no amazing value attached to them. Personal plates are anything you want with 8 letters or numbers. Usual prohibition on offensive,porn etc.

I have about a dozen plates , oldest from 2002 newest from 2019.

[cuprabob]

One since 1999 and the other since 2004. The former has been on 4 cars, including my current one and the latter has been on 2 bikes and is currently on retention.

[Dave Hedgehog]

About 2 hours

OHs 20 years

[MGirl]

Had mines 17 years was a gift from my parents for my 18th birthday. It’s been on 5 cars. It great but a pain in the ass when I go to a different dealer than the one I bought from as it usually brings up an older vehicle.

[JamesRF]

I’ve currently got 2 plates.

First one has been on all my cars since I passed my test so about 13 years and then I managed to acquire a dateless combination with my birth year and initials in a recent DVLA auction so I will be using this one going forward

Edited by JamesRF on Thursday 3rd October 11:52

[Jaguar steve]

My mum passed mine on to me about fifteen ago.

She inherited it in the early 1950s from my grandfather who may or may not have pulled a few strings to originally acquire it for free in the 1930s. My son is next in the que and when he's done with it my grandson gets hold.

[nethers66]

Had mine 35yrs,18th birthday gift, its been on every car i've owned so about 15. Its LGN 533 my initials and the old dialing code for Leicester which is where i'm from.

[Scrump]

About 30 years for one of my plates. I have lost track of the number of cars I have had it on.

Others bought along the way as the number of cars owned has increased.

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v15ben said:

Owned V15 BEN for 12 years on 3 different cars, but sold it in 2015.

Hi Ben. Why?