Personalised plates....

I've just got a private plate, it's as close to my name as I could get and will hide the age of my car a bit. Fairly short plate too, wanted one for ages, not fussed about the associated ponce status :D
 
My old Mini Cooper. :D


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Mine was 250 quid, got it 14 years ago, and bar one number instead of a letter, is my first name. I don't do illegal spacing or any of that crap, so I quite like it.

My other one was a gift from an old boss for my bday, so can't complain that it's not as good a fit as the one I bought :p


If folk want them, so be it. Plenty people modify cars. This a way of having something personal on it that you get to take to the next one etc. I don't see the harm that some folk obviously seem to :) I don't think it's a status symbol though, that's just bizarre. Fine if you bought 'F1' but not if you spent 250 quid.
 
Is there a way of being alerted if a private plate comes up for sale through any official (or otherwise) channels?

My gf left it on her car when she traded it in about 2 years ago and it looks like it's been on 3 different cars within the last year and a bit. She's pretty gutted about losing it as it was a birthday present from years ago (yes, stupid to leave it on the car I know but we weren't together at the time and the dealer said he would "sort it out"!)
 
pioneer2000 said:
Is it just me or is it impossible to get any plates that aren't just normal regs for less than £400-500 nowadays?
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I did notice that, as the one on my GTS was £799.00. It seems the old style number are a bit less but if they spell anything the price bumps up.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Sure, but the "R28" in your example, does that actually mean anything to you / spell anything?

Anything that does is far more than £250.
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The plate does mean something to me as the last 3 letters are my initials and 28 was my age when I bought it.

I've never been a fan of people getting plates and having to mess around with spacing or make numbers into letters to spell their name.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Sure, but the "R28" in your example, does that actually mean anything to you / spell anything?

Anything that does is far more than £250.
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I got one with the same format for £250 about a year and half ish ago.

In my case, the first part, L30 = LEO which is my name.

So they do exist, you just need to be a little imaginative or keep checking every so often.
 
I like mine,

Means something to me AR08 WTR, my wifes and I initials, and the day/month/year we got married.

My wife has AG07 MAP, Silver7 Mapping the name of her company.
(AG is silver on the periodic table for those figuring it out)

i don't really care what others think, they mean something to us which is all that matters :)
 
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