number plates..choices, choices!

Phantom

Phantom

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I'm toying with the idea of a private number plate along with my new car purchase. (When I say new, I mean I'd be the first registered keeper.. woo!). The car will be a 59 plate and delivered in September so..

  • Do i stick with the original 59 plate so everyone knows I've got a brand spanking new car
  • Do I register a 59 plate BUT have it such that it spells something related to the car (i.e. if it was BMW have the last 3 letters spell BMW)
  • I like the idea of a private plate but not wanting something silly, I'd probably go for something with as few letters and/or numbers as possible but without breaking the bank!

Budget = £1500 absolute tops!

Decisions, decisions - what would you do?

PS. I'd rather not say what car it is yet, we can play the car guessing game in a later thread. RRP ~£40K

PPS. Delivery ETC early to mid Sept I've been told :)
 
--Mike-- said:
How can we suggest something related to the car if you're not going to tell us what it is?
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You know the price so that should give you an idea of its class (maybe!); I'm not getting any younger so nothing outrageous or silly and I don't want to mess about with non DVLA approved spacing/fonts/alterations. :)
 
Just leave the standard plate. The only kind of cars that should have private plates are supercars, and then it should be something like "CYA" or "BY3" :)

Spend the £1500 on some options like Satnav or something which will help at resale.
 
£1500? Come on, you could buy another car for that.

Either:

Load it up with £1500 of extras
buy a new computer, a massive stereo, a huge telly
buy a big mountain of drugs and whores

Any of those things would actually get you some pleasure out of your £1500, not just the knowledge that everyone thinks you're a smug rich ****
 
PardonTheWait said:
£1500? Come on, you could buy another car for that.

Either:

Load it up with £1500 of extras
buy a new computer, a massive stereo, a huge telly
buy a big mountain of drugs and whores

Any of those things would actually get you some pleasure out of your £1500, not just the knowledge that everyone thinks you're a smug rich ****
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When I see private plates, I don't think smug rich ****.

I generally think smug ****.

Also its amazing how many private plates are on absolutely crap cars. Probably into the realms of plate cost > car cost!
 
jamief said:
When I see private plates, I don't think smug rich ****.

I generally think smug ****.

Also its amazing how many private plates are on absolutely crap cars. Probably into the realms of plate cost > car cost!
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Everybody knows how easy and cheap it is to get a non-standard-issue plate these days so why would you think that?

Me, I've got a private plate on my car, I got it cause it only cost me 250, why did I get it? Cause I could and the plate means something to me, I personally couldn't give a stuff if others think I'm a cupid stunt and don't give other drivers with private plate a second thought. :)

I know what you mean about your later comment but again it's simply due to cheapness.
 
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