Styling Plate dilema...

[cynic64]

Wife and I treated ourselves to "RED500" as a personalised plate when we bought Mario ('cos thats what he is ).

Have seen someone here in Wellington (NZ) with "REKNAW" as he plate - not sure how that got past of licencing people . reminds me of Jasper Carrot who always pointed out how Newark in Lincolnshire was the only anagramme of "w****r" in the english language .

If you want a plate - get it - you only live once so enjoy it

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Anyone care to challenge my prediction that the transfer fee will get more expensive in years to come?

Not impossible, but unlikely, it hasn't in the last decade or so.

prices are very low at the moment (recession?) have just be quoted a valuation on my N500 RED plate at less than half of what it was valued at 2 years ago

Or it could be that its just not deemed as valuable anymore if the crazy / demand for the 500 plates have dropped, then it'd probably be in the £250-300 price bracket.

Luckily I hung out for an F prefix for my car, limited run of only 20 of each set or 3 characters means they're not that common, and have already risen in value

Although equally a plate is only worth what someone else is willing to pay you for it.

I've brought sister a cherished plate for christmas though which she is happy with.

I see it as the final personalisation of a car, I'm a petrol head and can see the want to do it, just like some like personalising their bodies and getting them inked up, the only difference being a plate can be sold on again some people like the idea of getting inked, other thing it looks awful and frown apon it, a bit like cherished plates really :spin:

 

[RobW]

Not impossible, but unlikely, it hasn't in the last decade or so.



Or it could be that its just not deemed as valuable anymore if the crazy / demand for the 500 plates have dropped, then it'd probably be in the £250-300 price bracket.

Luckily I hung out for an F prefix for my car, limited run of only 20 of each set or 3 characters means they're not that common, and have already risen in value

Although equally a plate is only worth what someone else is willing to pay you for it.

I've brought sister a cherished plate for christmas though which she is happy with.

I see it as the final personalisation of a car, I'm a petrol head and can see the want to do it, just like some like personalising their bodies and getting them inked up, the only difference being a plate can be sold on again some people like the idea of getting inked, other thing it looks awful and frown apon it, a bit like cherished plates really :spin:

It's valued at a LOT more than that

 

[arthur daley]

Bought a personal plate 3 years ago. Not related to any make or model of car, it has both our initials on it. means naff all to anyone else but it does not date our car every time a new *year* is issued so joe public does not know if my car is brand new or not.

 

[306maxi]

but it does not date our car every time a new *year* is issued so joe public does not know if my car is brand new or not.

What does it matter whether other people know?

 

[bludvl_x19]

I have always wondered that about the British system. I have never heard of anyone down here saying "ooh, if I wait a few months, the new plates come out and I'll get one of those"

For the record, I have a personalised plate on my X1/9, its the first 6 letters of my username. It came with the car, and when I had to re-register the car recently, for some reason couldn't bear not to have the same plate. I never thought I'd be someone who liked them on my own car, but here I am, and I do.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

It's valued at a LOT more than that

Fair enough

What does it matter whether other people know?

Personal preference I think. Snobbery and all that.

 

[FloJo]

Have seen someone here in Wellington (NZ) with "REKNAW" as he plate - not sure how that got past of licencing people . reminds me of Jasper Carrot who always pointed out how Newark in Lincolnshire was the only anagramme of "w****r" in the english language .

Newark is in Nottinghamshire not Lincolnshire
kthxbai

My thoughts on value of a personal plate is that it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it at that time?

 

[306maxi]

I have always wondered that about the British system. I have never heard of anyone down here saying "ooh, if I wait a few months, the new plates come out and I'll get one of those"

For the record, I have a personalised plate on my X1/9, its the first 6 letters of my username. It came with the car, and when I had to re-register the car recently, for some reason couldn't bear not to have the same plate. I never thought I'd be someone who liked them on my own car, but here I am, and I do.

It's funny here, back in Western Australia any plate could go on any car so there's no need to wait a week or two to take delivery of a car to get a new plate to make the car appear newer or any need to buy an old plate to disguise how old a car is.

Here in the UK there's also the problem of the plates being rather crap. You need use numbers in lieu of letters and it just looks a bit lame when you come from somewhere like Australia where you really can just go out and buy a plate which actually says what you want it to say.

If you want a plate that says REDNAW, RED500, BNW500, 500, CINQ or whatever and assuming it's available, you can have it.

I had a WRC plate back in Perth (T16WRC because I love rallying and I love Peugeot's, in particular the 205 T16 and 405 T16 No need to spend a silly amount of money (it's $155), no need to put coloured screw head covers in particular places or to space characters in a certain way

 

[jnoiles]

Here in the UK there's also the problem of the plates being rather crap. You need use numbers in lieu of letters and it just looks a bit lame when you come from somewhere like Australia where you really can just go out and buy a plate which actually says what you want it to say.

Same in NSW. Go to RTA, give them a couple of hundred dollars, leave with plate that says whatever you want. I've never understood why the dvla doesn't offer this service? Clearly there's a market for it. I don't get why you'd pay more for what amounts to a government issued serial number but obviously people do.

That said, years ago a mate had a plate that read CUN-084. Guess what letter of the alphabet 084 is the ascii code for?

 

[RUI]

Only complete to55ers have private plates.
just saying

 

[chas379]

Very subtle by jnoiles re 084 code. Good to see a sense of humour

 

[RobinPJ]

As I have suggested before on here, anyone with a few quid to spare and a 10 plate (or younger) Italian car should pop onto the DVLA website and buy CU10 FAN.

I would buy it myself only the steering committee won't give its bloody approval.

Edit: And I suspect that if you then took it to a Ferrari meet you might just find someone with more money than sense and a potty mouth who would pay you ten times what you paid for it.