- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Nonsense - buy right and it’s a great investment.
Private plate
- Thread starter had e nuff
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Nonsense - buy right and it’s a great investment.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Mrs teslacoils has nabbed my plate. Tbh it spells my surname, so had to have it . £250 in 2007.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
Too true, I've got three, one for Mrs N her initials and the age we met, mine is again age we met and my nickname, and another with my daughters initials and two numbers.
I've been offered for one enough to cover the cost of all three and still some money left over.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
YEL 4 would be worth £3-5k, as a rough guess. Maybe a bit more if you find someone with those initials, but not many first names starting with ‘Y’.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Bought one when daughter born with her initials on, wanted to name next child to match a cheap Irish plate but was over-ruled.
Vain enough to want a private plate. Yorkshire enough to make it do 2 generations.
Local man has TVO1L
I've seen a local grocer delivery van with C488AGE
Vain enough to want a private plate. Yorkshire enough to make it do 2 generations.
Local man has TVO1L
I've seen a local grocer delivery van with C488AGE
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- Location
- Scottish Highlands
It's always a good idea to retain a degree of anonymity. Private number plates won't do it.
For example, I was fined £104 for towing a trailer in the outside lane of a motorway. The officer who stopped me was PC49. I still remember that quite clearly, although that must have been all of 40 years ago!
I've owned my current vehicle for at least five years and still have to think before I can remember the licence number!
For example, I was fined £104 for towing a trailer in the outside lane of a motorway. The officer who stopped me was PC49. I still remember that quite clearly, although that must have been all of 40 years ago!
I've owned my current vehicle for at least five years and still have to think before I can remember the licence number!
Would be a golfer's car
Netherfield
Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Got be difficult to find a name out of XIZ thoughBought one when daughter born with her initials on, wanted to name next child to match a cheap Irish plate but was over-ruled.
Vain enough to want a private plate. Yorkshire enough to make it do 2 generations.
Local man has TVO1L
I've seen a local grocer delivery van with C488AGE
Chap who owned Scientific Lubricants had SLO1L on his car at one time,people kept keying it though, then he put it on the delivery wagon which stopped the damage, mind he was a bit of a Flash Harry, had more gold jewellery than Jimmy Savile, nickname was 'Goldfinger'.
dave6470
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- Location
- Coleraine Co.Londonderry NI
A few years ago my dad bought a year old van it was only when he got it home that I pointed out the plate was his initials and last 3 numbers of his phone number head never even noticed
Pieces_of_Eight
Member
People say that having a private plate makes you a target for getting pulled over, when in reality every police car is PNC equipped and can see who the registered keeper is (and who is insured) on every car without needing to do a stop.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
I've a 3 and 3 plate. I still got waved at like a local when I drove up the road past @masseybreaker Towers on Monday night. People just look at the car.
Just having a quick look at them see which ones I cannot afford? They are definitely a good investment. We had a lad work for us , his Parents bought him private plate for his 21st . A very famous footballer stopped him and wanted to buy it . He sold it and bought a very nice three bedroom house with the proceeds.
- Location
- The North
i got a car years ago with the plate IJI 998 on, just came with the car hhe tried to tell me it was worth something i just laughed and said keep it if you think that!
immediately i put it up forsale and about 3 years later it sold for £750!!
shamelessly i do have my name now on a private reg, why not, theres some super cheap ones direct off dvla if you dont mine std style and have a 3 letter name.
immediately i put it up forsale and about 3 years later it sold for £750!!
shamelessly i do have my name now on a private reg, why not, theres some super cheap ones direct off dvla if you dont mine std style and have a 3 letter name.
Be very wary I believe it's a scam. The plate SH05GUN was also for sale for next to nothing yet someone on the owners club already had it on their car.
