Personal Registraion=Yay or Gay?

londonbairn · 13 Aug 2008 at 20:58

[TW]Fox;12279554 said:
Nothing is less cool than having to alter a private plate.

Who said I altered it? :confused:

R4 FY. I just put it like that to highlight the point.

Scuzi · 13 Aug 2008 at 20:58

[TW]Fox;12279528 said:
Ironically most of the cars you describe with personal plates on tend to have the Irish registration numbers on becuase they are by far the cheapest way of getting a plate - most places charge just £70+fees for them.

True, but what's your point? How is that ironic? I'm discussing the placing of one's initials on a number plate, not private plates in general. I thought I had made that quite clear.

[TW]Fox;12279528 said:
You don't see many old E36's and Rover 200's with X1 XXX style plates.

Yes I do. I see plenty of old E36s and Rovers with the English style of plate. I used to live near Slough.

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:00

Scuzi said:
True, but what's your point? How is that ironic? I'm discussing the placing of one's initials on a number plate, not private plates in general. I thought I had made that quite clear.

If you cant see whats ironic about chastising personal plates becuase you see wideboys in bangers with them when the plates most of those wideboys have on their car are the same style as the one you have on your car then there is little point discussing this any further.

Yes I do. I see plenty of old E36s and Rovers with the English style of plate. I used to live near Slough.

Thats not what I said. You don't see X1 XXX. You do see X15X XX, badly spaced.

A legally spaced, minimal number plate looks classy. An illegally spaced plate with altered letters looks chav - but of course, this thread doesn't appear to be about chaved up altered plates so I cannot see the reasoning behind citing them as a reason to dislike private plates.

londonbairn · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:01

Scuzi said:
True, but what's your point? How is that ironic? I'm discussing the placing of one's initials on a number plate, not private plates in general. I thought I had made that quite clear.

Yes I do. I see plenty of old E36s and Rovers with the English style of plate. I used to live near Slough.

Why do you need a "nice" car to have a personal plate? It's a number plate not a set of "alloyz" or ridicilous mirrors.

Ezyryder · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:06

[TW]Fox;12278703 said:
On a nice car = yay
On an Astra = nay

If somebody drives past in a Mercedes with J15 LSC on it I'd think 'nice car'. I just dont think it really works on Vauxhalls etc, unless you've got something like an Astra VXR, or a Monaro, or something, then it'd be cool.

I've fancied a set myself for ages but can never justify spending the money - there is always something else I'd really rather spend 250 quid on. I suspect I won't ever have any unless I get them as a gift.

I personally think, personalised number plates on any car are so lower middle class trying to be something they are not. In fact, I think it says something about that in Watching the English (a really good read btw).

londonbairn · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:08

Ezyryder said:
I personally think, personalised number plates on any car are so lower middle class trying to be something they are not. In fact, I think it says something about that in Watching the English (a really good read btw).

Bit of a sweeping statement there...

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:12

Ezyryder said:
I personally think, personalised number plates on any car are so lower middle class trying to be something they are not.

I imagine that more Ferrari, Aston Martin and Bentley vehicles have personal plates than do not. These are cars not really accessible to the lower middle classes. Please explain.

Scuzi · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:12

rafster said:
Why do you need a "nice" car to have a personal plate? It's a number plate not a set of "alloyz" or ridicilous mirrors.

You don't need a "nice" car to have a private plate and I didn't say that you did. Quite why you have used quotation marks is beyond me.

What I said is that I associate personalised plates and plates butchered to resemble the driver's name, with cheap looking and badly modified wide boy cars because such cars often appear to have these plates therefore giving them a bad image. The image portrayed is gawdy and bling and hasn't been helped in recent years by the tasteless new money property developers and suchlike plastering their name over their new Range Rover Sport.

HAY GUYS LOOK IM SO RICH I CAN HAS MY NAEM ON MY CAR!

[TW]Fox;12279571 said:
If you cant see whats ironic about chastising personal plates becuase you see wideboys in bangers with them when the plates most of those wideboys have on their car are the same style as the one you have on your car then there is little point discussing this any further.

Taking your ball and going home?

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:15

Whereas you of course are old money?

I don't think a certain type of 'class' has a personal numberplate - the vast majority of very high value cars for example have them, and these are not typically owned by property developers.

londonbairn · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:15

Scuzi said:
You don't need a "nice" car to have a private plate and I didn't say that you did. Quite why you have used quotation marks is beyond me.

What I said is that I associate personalised plates and plates butchered to resemble the driver's name, with cheap looking and badly modified wide boy cars because such cars often appear to have these plates therefore giving them a bad image. The image portrayed is gawdy and bling and hasn't been helped in recent years by the tasteless new money property developers and suchlike plastering their name over their new Range Rover Sport.

HAY GUYS LOOK IM SO RICH I CAN HAS MY NAEM ON MY CAR!

I used it to highlight that there are worse things to spend money on a car, take one of our neighbours who has a brand new M3 with stupid chrome alloy wheels which I personally think is far worse than a debateable number plate.

What I think is wrong is using those stupid fonts and putting silly images on of playboy bunnies and what not. I bought my plate because it adds a personal touch and something I can keep for life.

Jez · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:19

I would say yay, its £250 at the end of the day, what is £250 in the scheme of things? I have a personal plate on mine because this:

Looks one hell of a lot neater and really improves the look of the car than having "T478TOA" plastered across it. The standard reg which sits behind my personal one is just too long and looks awful.

Scuzi · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:20

[TW]Fox;12279698 said:
Whereas you of course are old money?

I don't think a certain type of 'class' has a personal numberplate - the vast majority of very high value cars for example have them, and these are not typically owned by property developers.

Where do I come into this? I don't have a personalised plate. Stop trying to direct this discussion towards my personal situation as it has no relevance at all.

You or anyone else has yet to explain why one would aspire to have one's name or initials advertised on their car.

I can only see it as a disadvantage as it potentially identifies you and advertises your name. If there were any consequences of doing so I can only think that they would be undesirable. I cannot see any advantage at all.

Jez said:
Looks one hell of a lot neater and really improves the look of the car than having "T478TOA" plastered across it. The standard reg which sits behind my personal one is just too long and looks awful.

I agree, it does look much neater.

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:21

Scuzi said:
Where do I come into this? I don't have a personalised plate. Stop trying to direct this discussion towards my personal situation as it has no relevance at all.

You have a private registration on your vehicle.

You or anyone else has yet to explain why one would aspire to have one's name or initials advertised on their car.

As you've already explained - it looks neater and nicer, and if you are going to have 3 random letters you might as well pick 3 that mean something to you.

Look at the photograph of Jez's car. Do you honestly think it looks no better than when it had T406ABC instead?

Scuzi · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:25

[TW]Fox;12279743 said:
You have a private registration on your vehicle.

Relevance? None.
The discussion is about personalised registrations. Mine is not personalised. Like I said, I have explained this more than once.

[TW]Fox;12279743 said:
As you've already explained - it looks neater and nicer, and if you are going to have 3 random letters you might as well pick 3 that mean something to you.

Look at the photograph of Jez's car. Do you honestly think it looks no better than when it had T406ABC instead?

See above. Yes, I do think it looks neater but I cannot see any advantage to having your initials on there. I can only think of potential disadvantages.

[TW]Fox · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:26

Scuzi said:
Relevance? None.
The discussion is about personalised registrations. Mine is not personalised. Like I said, I have explained this more than once.

Personalised/Private/Cherished/Vanity all different words for the same thing.

See above. Yes, I do think it looks neater but I cannot see any advantage to having your initials on there

Becuase if you decide you'd like it to look neater what on earth is the point in plucking random letters out of thin air?

Pug · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:27

lol, for once i actually agree with Fox, tho sure this will change in a few threads time

I had B9 DAX (everyone calls me Dax, short for Darrem) and i love it. Will have it forever, and even tho i now drive a company car, i sits proudly on my bike. Looks neat, is unique and has relevance to me. Guess that makes me wanna be middle class scum

hey-ho, least i dont pigeon-hole people.

Sparky · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:32

Wifes father has 1 RTS on a 2008 Astra .

hittman · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:32

I agree with fox point i'm afraid. Although your plate does not contain your initials or what not, you still chose the letters/numbers. is this correct? if you did choose the number/letters, they must mean something to you. In this case, they looked cool/neater even though they don't contain your name or initials etc. In essence, its still personalised, if that makes sense.

If you don't agree with this, you would have been better off, choosing a random plate from halfords, which looked nice and neater? which I assume you didn't?

Psycho Sonny · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:38

Scuzi said:
See above. Yes, I do think it looks neater but I cannot see any advantage to having your initials on there. I can only think of potential disadvantages.

So friends know its you? It looks good, etc. Some people tattoo their names on themselves which can cost over £100 easily

for example if your driving through somewhere and you spot a car look at number plate it would be far easier to know its your friend if it said BEN 1 than if it said SC58 RTL

Scuzi · 13 Aug 2008 at 21:43

A personalised plate is one that refers to something personal about the owner, i.e. their name, profession, sexual orientation etc.

A plate with a selection of random numbers and letters is not personalised.

There is a distinct difference and if you cannot understand that there is little point in discussing this any further. Isn't that right, Fox?