[Closed] Private reg plates - I don't get it

I'm thinking of getting one for my van.

Either SC 07 RTE or ON 10 N

That's the second time today i've been called a windae licker.

I might start taking it personal. 😉

I've removed the dealer sticker from the rear window of my car purely because it was positioned immediately below the central brake light.

It lit up the entire rear screen (and my rear view mirror) with red light every time I braked during the hours of darkness.

Ironically as it was stuck to the inside of the window it was virtually invisible from the outside due to the (standard factory fitted) tinted rear glass 😀

SaxonRider - Member

TurnerGuy, who posted right after I did, pretty much nails it. Take a look at his support for my argument.

TurnerGuy - Member

Apart from car model changes it hides the age of the vehicle reasonably well, so somewhat frees someone susceptible to peer pressure from worrying about it.
Lots of people do succumb to that age pressure

When my four year old daughter tells me that all the other girls in her class have little furry toys attached to their school bags I can see why it's easier to buy her the toy than explain why she shouldn't succumb to peer pressure. But seriously, I don't think grown adults should waste too many calories worrying about what other people think of the year of their car. But my point was that you can't hide the year of the car.

Anyone who has an interest in cars will have a pretty good idea what year the car is. Anyone who cares to find out exactly can do so in an instant and people who don't care won't care. So the only people you are fooling about your car's age are people who don't give a shit about cars, so why would you bother?

scotroutes - Member

I'm thinking of getting one for my van.

Either SC 07 RTE or ON 10 N

Oh and another thing...would anyone on here have the blatant lack of respect for themselves to use text speak, either on a forum or in an email to a colleague? When I receive a text message and the sender uses txt sp33ch I find myself disgusted at the sender.

If you wouldn't do it in private communication, don't do it on the roads 😆

Oh and another thing...would anyone on here have the blatant lack of respect for themselves to use text speak

Certainly not, I blocked a potential ebay buyer this morning as they kept emailing me in text speak.

I have great difficulty working out how the owner interprets their plate.

Only just worked out that this probably isn't meant to say "Scrote"

SC 07 RTE

Not read the whole thread yet but I had to chip in on this

The ones I really don't understand are the vehicle-specific ones, like having a BMW X5 with [X5 ***] on it. What happens when you buy something else?

There's one by me that is M5 ... first was on a nice but older M Sport 5 series, not an M5 but, ok. Then it was on something else, a mondeo I think. Now it's on a proper ratter of a transit connect. It looks stupid.

Dave Gorman did a good bit about private plates a bit ago, jist of it was that if you've got a private plate, everyone thinks you're a dick.

I have one, a present from my wife when i was 40. I like it and its been on all my cars over the last 14 years. Transferring is a pain though, with cost and the faff of additional paper work.

Re dealers' stickers - I always peel them off. I once bought a car from Fords of Winsford, whose logo is a laurel leaf design, and each of the bloody leaves were separate. Tens of 'em!

Oh and I once bought a £250 knackered Transit - I sold the registration number for £400!

If I pass someone getting out of a car with a personalised plate that is clearly a name, I like to give them a cheery personal greeting.

eg. SU51E GS - "Alright Susie!"

Generally leads to looks of complete confusion. Works even better if it's Susie's husband getting out of the car.

Still haven't read the whole thread, but I've just remembered that my sister was bought a private plate by her fiance with her year of birth and initials including middle name.

When they got married, instead of getting shot of the plate with the wrong initials on she and her husband changed their names to double barreled names, but in the wrong order because his last name started with the same letter as her middle name.

I don't get on with my sister, she is a moron, it may have clouded my thoughts on private plates.

My favourite recent sighting was on an RS4. Plate was TH15 GOZ. Which I thought was quite neat.

There is also a local car with something like RS S1X. Unfortunately it’s on an A3 or something. I always wonder whether he used to have an RS6, or whether he is working up to one.

A lot of the X5 type plates are dealer registered and come with the car when new. There always seem to be a lot of S2000s with plates like this.

Does [s]the rear windscreen of[/s] your sweat shirt have a sticker on it with the name of the [s]car dealership [/s]company it was purchased from?

That's one that I don't get.

Why would you [s]drive [/s] go about for years giving free advertising to someone who was undoubtedly done their very best to stitch you up?

Does the [s]rear windscreen[/s]frame of your [s]car [/s]bicycle have a sticker on it with the name of the company it was purchased from?

That's one that I don't get.

Why would you [s]drive [/s]ride about for years giving free advertising to someone who was undoubtedly done their very best to stitch you up?

Exactly Charlie.

I don't jump about with an Argos Sticker on my bike whilst wearing my Sports Direct sweatshirt.

That way madness lies.

CharlieMungus - this is you, admit it!

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we have a MO57 BHP in our car park at work - fair play that it's on a GT-R so it does indeed have a lot of BHP, however I'm sure the 911 Turbo that's sometimes there actually has more so perhaps they should swap?

Thinking about it I maybe able to get something with 106BHP in it so I can also show off.

I have no issue with company ones - a friend works for pimlico plumbers and their plates are mostly toilet related (think his is BOG ### or something simular)

CLA 55Y doesn't exist according to DVLA

does not show up in MOT History site however :

Here is CLA 555Y .... : ❗

Reason(s) for failure
Front registration plate character(s) incorrectly spaced (6.3.4a)
Rear registration plate character(s) incorrectly spaced (6.3.4a)

CharlieMungus - this is you, admit it!

No, clearly that puppy has not been stitched up properly

Mine cost £250. For a start you can't tell the age of the car, mine is nearly 11 years old now but looks immaculate and almost new. You may call that vanity if you wish.

I disappointed a friend who has a nice A7 and was thinking about getting a private reg to hide it's age when I told him I always assume private plate = first production year for that model.

If anyone wants an Arnold Clark sticker removing from their car I'll take great pleasure in removing it personally.

My last 4 cars have all come form Arnold Clark and the sticker has come off before leaving the dealership, every time.

There use to be a dealership in Grangemeouth (I think) that had a yellow logo they put on the mudflaps of every car. I can't understand why people would want to drive a mobile advertisement.

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Best one I saw was A13 AMP on a Sparky's van.

I was trying to get the wife to let me have one of these two

SL08CAR
SN08CAR

Fotr some reason she wouldn't go for it but I thought they were funny

running it through the car wash once a month.

Eh?

I bought one. Kept it for 2 cars then sold it as I got bored of it. Made £500 profit.

My dad bought one too, he still has it but will soon no longer be driving so he's looked into selling it. He's had offers that would give him well over £2k profit!

Most are naff, especially the badly spaced ones IMO. But if someone wants one, for whatever reason then crack on. Makes it easier to remember it if they crash into you!

running it through the car wash once a month.

My car gets washed once a year by the garage that services it.

we have a MO57 BHP in our car park at work - fair play that it's on a GT-R so it does indeed have a lot of BHP, however I'm sure the 911 Turbo that's sometimes there actually has more so perhaps they should swap?

Thinking about it I maybe able to get something with 106BHP in it so I can also show off.

that's not a bad idea. pretty sure my car has approximately 09 horsepower too

I told him I always assume private plate = first production year for that model.

To be fair you're probably the only person that thinks that. I can't even figure out where your 'logic' is coming from.

From memory the best plate I ever saw was rearranged to read "2 1nch" Not sure what the message was there....

And the only other I can remember seeing was POR 928S on a Porsche, well, 928S.

The last word in personalised plates belongs to Seinfeld. Actually, watch the whole episode.

A lot of the X5 type plates are dealer registered and come with the car when new. There always seem to be a lot of S2000s with plates like this.

Renault registered a lot of CL10... too

Only just worked out that this probably isn't meant to say "Scrote"

I hadn't until you pointed it out.

I'd like to refer the jury to Paradise Lost by Half Man Half Biscuit, specifically verse 3.

CharlieMungus - Member
Does [s]the rear windscreen of[/s] your sweat shirt have a sticker on it with the name of the car dealership company it was purchased from?

That's one that I don't get.

Why would you drive go about for years giving free advertising to someone who was undoubtedly done their very best to stitch you up?

Does [s]the rear windscreen[/s] frame of your car bicycle have a sticker on it with the name of the company it was purchased from?

That's one that I don't get.

Why would you [s]drive[/s] ride about for years giving free advertising to someone who was undoubtedly done their very best to stitch you up?

Not entirely sure what those have to do with putting a personalised plate on a car, the car still has the manufacturer’s name on it, however, getting your own name embroidered onto your garments might be an equivalent, and maybe having stickers made up with your name or nickname and sticking them onto your bike....
Personally, as far as personalised plates are concerned, I’ve just spent ten minutes looking for the rat’s ass I couldn’t give, it bothers me not one jot, unlike people who actually [i]drive[/i] like dicks.

Well according to the latest Tax evasion figures (£107m loss by changing the system from paper based discs to ANPR) it seems like all these idiotically spaced redg plates that make the names of King Kings Dog’s previous owners great Aunt should be called into question if the ANPR can’t decipher the redg numbers..
I wonder if an FOI should be called to see how many ANPRs can’t recognise redg numbers, be interesting to find out (well to me anyway since it makes my nose curl upwards)

When I first moved to Ely I thought that a lot of locals must really like it here as there are many plates ending in ELY. But it's a code from Essex which is the next county.

So another person here to admit to a personal plate. It’s sort of a personal joke to me and about 10colleges worldwide that understand it. It didn’t cost much but makes me smile every time I see it.

There really is much more in the world to get wound up about than what's on someone elses number plate 😐

The lobster fisherman in st andrews with a red L200 pick up

L200 LOB

What's not to like?

USK plates are popular in Usk, especially as it's a wealthy area that definitely does the whole "keeping up with the Jones'" thing. See quite a few FOD ones round the Forest too, but that could be because my dad's car (the one without his personal plate) is from there and has FOD in it.

Truck drivers of course go further still and have number plates made up with their actual name which they stick inside the screen in their cabs, forcing you to know it despite not really giving a toss.

A student at my college has a plate made up with his name on it in his screen. Only, he's only 17 and drives a Vauxhall Astra, not an artic.

Funny old world...

To me they're chav flags. Saw this one being flaunted slightly ironically recently

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Are you suggesting the Porsche owner is a big fan of photo hosting Flikr web site?

There like oversized false knockers, more an indication of the poor mental health than anything.

There like oversized false knockers,, more an indication of the poor mental health than anything.

No, i don't think they are false, i really think they don't like them!

I have a private plate, but then I am a bit of a Richard at times, so it evens out.

A couple local to where i live got divorced and argued over the private plates B008 and 8OOB which were apparently worth a fortune together, so judge did the only fair thing........and gave them one each!!

My imagination is flawed today, clearly I’m not tuning in to what F7 CKR is meant to spell..

FsevenCKR..
F SevenCKR
FSeven CKR
FSevenC KR

Nope, I get nowt.. maybe it’s just the drivers initials.. CKR ❓

Just spent 1/2 an hour stuck on the M25 behind a Volvo estate reg P99 BRA

Not sure what image the driver and his wife were trying for.

I sold RRJ 749 off my motorbike for £1000 back in the early 90s got me 3 months in south america so I am happy plonkers will pay for this stuff