Personalised plates....

[Radec]

I like mine but I have a bit of spare cash and I'm sure I will get my money back for it if I decide to sell it I paid £800 pre order direct from DVLA..

What do you guys think? If it's not at first obvious it's a twisted MR SMITH

You spent £800 on that?

 

[pugheaven]

My Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L registration is "J40 JEE". I thought it worked because the Jeep is a 4.0 litre... seemed to go well and was £150 + admin and all that gubbins.

 

[OhEsEcks]

Was just looking through wikipedia at the prefixes for NI and some of the ones that were considered "inappropriate" and won't be issued. Ballymena ARZ. Belfast NAZ. Enniskillen KIL, CIG, NIG, PIG. Derry FUI.

Ballymena has BRZ too, so if you've a Scooby BRZ 200 would be a good plate.

 

[Jim99]

I like mine but I have a bit of spare cash and I'm sure I will get my money back for it if I decide to sell it I paid £800 pre order direct from DVLA..

What do you guys think? If it's not at first obvious it's a twisted MR SMITH

That just makes my eyes hurt, trying to reorder the letters!

 

[stoofa]

I've always felt that any plate that requires mis-spacing, stupid fonts or bolts/screws to get the message across are basically not good plates.
If a plate can be displayed legally and still looks good - that is an indication of a good plate.
I still rate B16 CAT on a nice Jag as one of the best plates I'd seen. No silly fonts. no silly spacing.

As for the BO55 plates - I'd have paid for BO55 HOG - but that is about it

 

[Firestar_3x]

That just makes my eyes hurt, trying to reorder the letters!

If you stand on your head and squint it also says METH, is he a meth dealer?

Seems about as logical as his 'twisted plate' concept.

 

[MaX_PoWah]

I've bought 0065 TOM for my RS3 when it comes. I don't know if they assign 00 plates normally but I thought it looked a bit different actually means something and meant I could have TOM without spending a fortune.

 

[pugheaven]

My motorbike plate is from Ireland and is BKZ 7214 (bikerz hahaha)... I like it

 

[neoboy]

Those 666 plates are a real doozy too, did see this thing few months back around these parts. Ultima GTR with "X8 GTR" plates, suppose a unique vehicle like that does look better with a decent private plate.

 

[Fr0dders]

Never really understood that about our plate system. Why do we do it? I'm convinced it's 90% of the reason why private plates are so popular.
!

It drives people to buy new cars every 3 - 4 years and keeps our used car prices low because supply always exceeds demands.

I'm totally fine with it. One of the reasons why other countries have much high user car prices is because they don't have number plates that show the cars age, thus people don't feel the need to buy a new car to keep up with the jones'

 

[Steedie]

Sorry to hijack the thread...But about to buy a private plate, not to hide the age given it's only a year old but it's got my initials and is nice and short

Am I correct in thinking that I no longer need to wait for the paperwork like before, and can do it all online as soon I buy the plate?

 

[Raymond Lin]

Freefaller, nothing wrong having a personalised plate on your car but it's just not for me

I guess the bottom line is that I would like something that when someone do get it, they'll think "Oooooh, that's a clever plate, HA! It says Boobies!." (or something to that effect so to speak, like BASINGA) As opposed to "It's the owner's initials", like thousands and thousands and thousands out there, which to be fair, wouldn't provoke a reaction at all. Or perhaps I am just childish.

Of course, people will say you are buying the plate for yourself, not others and doesn't matter if it makes no sense to anyone. That's fine. That's your choice totally.

My intention is I want the opposite, something that could be fun, nothing to do with my name or origin personally, just fun, for me and for anyone who can decipher it.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I guess the bottom line is that I would like something that when someone do get it, they'll think "Oooooh, that's a clever plate, HA! It says Boobies!." (or something to that effect so to speak, like BASINGA)

BASINGA is probably a nickname for somebody from Basingstoke. The Big Bang Theory reference is Bazinga, which is why a plate saying BA51NGA looks like... a regular 51 plate

 

[Raymond Lin]

BASINGA is probably a nickname for somebody from Basingstoke. The Big Bang Theory reference is Bazinga, which is why a plate saying BA51NGA looks like... a regular 51 plate

Sorry, I meant Bazinga, which is why I thought about buying that BA51NGA, it was for sale about 3 years ago for £1k. I remember seeing it.

 

[jimmy321]

You spent £800 on that?

I'm sure I will get my money back for it no problem more so as time goes on it will be about 35 years before a similar plate comes up.

It has been pointed out that it may be more attractive so someone like MR I SMITH. (Ian, Issac or something)

 

[jimmy321]

If you stand on your head and squint it also says METH, is he a meth dealer?

First thing my wee bro said 'LOL more like Mr meth'

 

[[TW]Fox]

Sorry, I meant Bazinga, which is why I thought about buying that BA51NGA, it was for sale about 3 years ago for £1k. I remember seeing it.

The 5 looks like an S but it's a stretch to say it looks like a Z. Because it doesn't

 

[Raymond Lin]

The 5 looks like an S but it's a stretch to say it looks like a Z. Because it doesn't

Hence my comments about the UK plates being restrictive.

 

[Will Gill]

PO11SHA is 262 notes, surely a bargain for a detailer/mrk?

 

[randomshenans]

I like my obnoxiously illegally spaced, flame-suit ready, numberplate.

lol