Private Reg question.

The best type of plates are the ones that come with the car. That leaves at least £250 extra in your pocket for buying stuff that matters.
 
Dogbreath said:
The best type of plates are the ones that come with the car. That leaves at least £250 extra in your pocket for buying stuff that matters.
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That depends...

If I stuck a £250 plate on my now scrapped Fiesta... then yes.

If you own and M5, or anything worth some money, then £250 is nothing for a nice piece of styling.

Unfortunately the ADP numberplates are a bit more for some stupid reason!

Could get SK53TER..... :)
 
Dogbreath said:
The best type of plates are the ones that come with the car. That leaves at least £250 extra in your pocket for buying stuff that matters.
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Surely that depends on how you value £250? If its of no consequence either way then why not get something which is a luxury item the same as any other technically pointless yet enjoyable thing?
 
Dogbreath said:
The best type of plates are the ones that come with the car. That leaves at least £250 extra in your pocket for buying stuff that matters.
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Thing is if you get something that is personal to you such as your initials this 250 will last forever, could possibly go up in value and as such could work out at like 5quid a year which is a bargain. I am contemplating one at the moment.
 
A1 AAA style.

Looks clean, good looking and finishes off a prestige or performance car nicely. Plus they dont cost the earth.

BAZ 4345 looks crap and cheap and totally nasty and MB 34 is acceptable only if you are a millionare, otherwise geeez way to have a screwed up cost/benefit analysis on THAT purchase :p
 
SoliD said:
Thing is if you get something that is personal to you such as your initials this 250 will last forever, could possibly go up in value and as such could work out at like 5quid a year which is a bargain. I am contemplating one at the moment.
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The point is it's just a number plate. It doesn't make your car handle better or go faster, and unless it one of the stupidly expensive ones, no-one will even know you've even got a personal plate as they look the same as any other plate.

If you have so much money you have run out of ideas on things to spend it on....then give it me :D
 
I think it's blatantly obvious that if you are driving around on a car that isn't ancient with J5 ABC on it it's a private plate. It's a cosmetic thing - it looks nice. It's like fitting a set of wheels or suchlike.

They look daft on some cars though - for example, an R reg Mondeo LX on a private plate looks silly but then a completely standard R reg Mondeo LX with a big spoiler or some bling alloys does as well.
 
Dogbreath said:
The point is it's just a number plate. It doesn't make your car handle better or go faster, and unless it one of the stupidly expensive ones, no-one will even know you've even got a personal plate as they look the same as any other plate.

If you have so much money you have run out of ideas on things to spend it on....then give it me :D
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But perhaps the plate doesn't "cost" anything if it's bought as an investment?
 
[TW]Fox;11498156 said:
This is just something those who buy plates kid themselves over. It's not an investment unless you are lucky enough to get a VERY desireable, usually car specific plate.
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Sure some people kid themselves but there are many personal (not car specifc plates) which are worth a mint. All depends on the plate, but enough change hands at a significant premium over what was paid for them to make them a good investment.
 
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