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Personal number plates, For the 'petrol heads'

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lottie	Apr 17 2011, 12:31 PM Post #1
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3891 Joined: 15-January 07 From: In among the purple heather of Scotland Member No.: 9057	My fairly well-off brother has them on his two cars and paid quite a lot for one for his wife. You can buy them from a couple of hundred pounds up to thousands ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) ) My hubby hates them and thinks they are pretentious. My Dad thinks they're a waste of good money! I think they're kind of cute. What do you think of them? I've just bought a new car (well, it's not new by a long shot.. it's fairly old really but it's SHINY (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) and I think it would look cool.... or am I just being pretentious now? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) hmmm (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

porilo	Apr 17 2011, 12:37 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 978 Joined: 15-October 10 From: South West London Member No.: 138745	If it's your car then it's nobody's business what you do with it. In my opinion (and I am not a driver) "normal" number-plates are booooooooring !!! Pretentious? I would certainly not agree with that. If anyone says something, tell them to mind their own business. After all, would you make a comment about someone's number-plate? Go for it and have fun! Don't mind all the killjoys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

sbhoa	Apr 17 2011, 01:01 PM Post #3
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18920 Joined: 31-October 03 From: Tameside Member No.: 24	I'd love to have one and I know what I'd want. Not really my car though and if I had a couple of hundred pounds to spare there's a list waiting to claim it.

lottie	Apr 17 2011, 01:17 PM Post #4
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3891 Joined: 15-January 07 From: In among the purple heather of Scotland Member No.: 9057	QUOTE(sbhoa @ Apr 17 2011, 02:01 PM) and if I had a couple of hundred pounds to spare there's a list waiting to claim it. Yes, that's the trouble (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) The one I really want would be in the thousands and I'd never spend that kind of money on something like that but there are some cheaper options that look quite good.

Pixie*Porsche	Apr 17 2011, 01:43 PM Post #5
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2687 Joined: 19-April 06 Member No.: 6685	I've had three cars with private plates, none of which I bought (the plates that is I bought the cars!) JUI(and four numbers I can't remember) PXI2105 (or Pixie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) PCZ9417 All are Porsches and all had these plates put on fairly early into their lives! I'm not a massive fan of these particular plates but can't be bothered to change the curret one back to it's "rightful" year plate either. One of the few plates I would buy is around ?85,000 and is NZ1 - my initials. Or I would have NZ944 - my initials and 944 for Porsche 944.

andante	Apr 17 2011, 01:52 PM Post #6
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1846 Joined: 27-April 09 Member No.: 63837	My worry if they give away your name is that everyone knows who you are. Maybe I'm paranoid about stalkers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Tortellini	Apr 17 2011, 02:18 PM Post #7
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 952 Joined: 6-December 06 From: Italy Member No.: 8579	I really don't like them (sorry!) It just seems pretentious to me - why not just stick a wad of cash on your dashboard if you want to show others how much spare cash you've got? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) They really have no intrinsic value and there are lots of things that are cute but are actually nice and useful too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) QUOTE(Pixie*Porsche @ Apr 17 2011, 03:43 PM) One of the few plates I would buy is around ?85,000 and is NZ1 - my initials. I really can't understand why anyone would spend that much on a number plate (not you Pixie but rich people in general!) I find it quite obscene when there are people starving......yes, I know massive clich?....and I know I buy lots of useless stuff but actually spending megabucks to have a particular combination of letters....eeurgh, no....

lottie	Apr 17 2011, 02:54 PM Post #8
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3891 Joined: 15-January 07 From: In among the purple heather of Scotland Member No.: 9057	QUOTE(Pixie*Porsche @ Apr 17 2011, 02:43 PM) I've had three cars with private plates, none of which I bought (the plates that is I bought the cars!) JUI(and four numbers I can't remember) PXI2105 (or Pixie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)) PCZ9417 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Does the plate come with the car? When my brother buys a new car he just puts his private plate on it. The car I've just bought already has a private plate but I thought that would be taken off and the original plate put back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

maggiemay	Apr 17 2011, 03:00 PM Post #9
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18069 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413	QUOTE(Tortellini @ Apr 17 2011, 03:18 PM) I really don't like them (sorry!) It just seems pretentious to me - why not just stick a wad of cash on your dashboard if you want to show others how much spare cash you've got? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) They really have no intrinsic value and there are lots of things that are cute but are actually nice and useful too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I agree. If I had a spare ?200 I could think of better things to do with it !

vectistim	Apr 17 2011, 03:24 PM Post #10
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1376 Joined: 12-November 07 From: Isle of Wight/Reading Member No.: 19545	They are a bit tacky, but I have seen the following three plates: L1 NVX (the owner said that someone already had L1 NUX) A4 PGP A1 GCC RMS 240V would probably be an acceptable one.

Banjogirl	Apr 17 2011, 03:43 PM Post #11
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 39509	People with personalised number plates often seem to be bad drivers which is perverse. If you're going to drive badly wouldn't you want a number plate that was hard to remember?! Or is it that having drawn your attention you then notice the bad driving when it's no worse than most other people's? No, I'm sure more personalised number plate cars are driven badly.

Bagpuss	Apr 17 2011, 06:28 PM Post #12
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2207 Joined: 7-January 04 Member No.: 371	Alpha Male Jazz Cat has a personalised number plate on his Corvette but the car came with it. And it is TRULY dreadful (the plate, not the car). And no. I am not going to share it with you all! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif) Car-Bag x

Tortellini	Apr 17 2011, 06:58 PM Post #13
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 952 Joined: 6-December 06 From: Italy Member No.: 8579	QUOTE(vectistim @ Apr 17 2011, 05:24 PM) They are a bit tacky, but I have seen the following three plates: L1 NVX (the owner said that someone already had L1 NUX) A4 PGP A1 GCC RMS 240V would probably be an acceptable one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) Apart from the first one I don't even get what they are meant to say! Anyone?

Babybird2	Apr 17 2011, 07:12 PM Post #14
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3853 Joined: 20-February 08 From: Yorkshire Member No.: 25449	QUOTE(Tortellini @ Apr 17 2011, 07:58 PM) QUOTE(vectistim @ Apr 17 2011, 05:24 PM) They are a bit tacky, but I have seen the following three plates: L1 NVX (the owner said that someone already had L1 NUX) A4 PGP A1 GCC RMS 240V would probably be an acceptable one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) Apart from the first one I don't even get what they are meant to say! Anyone? Nope, me neither!

corenfa	Apr 17 2011, 07:19 PM Post #15
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4222 Joined: 28-March 10 From: Here Member No.: 95861	QUOTE(Tortellini @ Apr 17 2011, 07:58 PM) QUOTE(vectistim @ Apr 17 2011, 05:24 PM) They are a bit tacky, but I have seen the following three plates: L1 NVX (the owner said that someone already had L1 NUX) A4 PGP A1 GCC RMS 240V would probably be an acceptable one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) Apart from the first one I don't even get what they are meant to say! Anyone? I kind of do, but they're techie jargon and I'm not sure I could explain it. I'm not saying this in the semi-sneering way that some geeks put on when talking to non-geeks - think of it this way, how would you explain why "Gone Chopin, Bach in a Minuet" is funny to someone who has never had anything to do with classical music before?

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