Personalised number plates - cringey?

I have one. It's the initials of my DD1 and the number is the age that she was when she died. I don't care what you, or anyone else, thinks about it. I love it and it means so
much to me.

Not for me. A fair few workmates at my last job had them - I guess they've become more affordable in recent years. I think they're somewhat naff. If people don't know who I am then they don't need to know. That's my philosophy.

Caring that someone else has a personalised plate is cringey.

Off topic, but do tradesmen get them automatically/free based upon trade - e.g. GAS?

I see a lot of vans with plates that match the trade and I've been wondering if it's an attempt to combat theft of vans or their use in criminality - e.g. the police can instantly see that the plate doesn't match the business.

No you can't. My is something to do with the campervan and our initials. It's nothing about hiding the age of the van. It's just part of the make over we did like putting different wheels and headlights on to our taste.

My parents have two cars with personalised number plates. My sibling has one and so do my niece and nephew.

I don't. I think they are tacky and a bit silly. I keep my mouth firmly shut around my family though, they love their personalised plates.

My mother bought a personalised plate for my father for his birthday. He used it until he died, and then she used it until she died. When we sold her car we retained the plate and as it fits my initials better than my siblings' and they thought I should have it it ended up sitting in my filing cabinet on retention.

After several more years I realised that I needed to decide whether to use it, sell it or let it lapse when renewal time came round. So spending £36 for new plates - insurance weren't fussed - I put in on my car. I - or my children - can still sell it in the future. I probably wouldn't have bought one myself, but this was given to me. Is that a problem?

DH got bought one years ago as a gift from a rich client. He loves it. I hate it.

As said, Baby on Board signs are for emergency services. It’s not a notice to other drivers to be extra careful round the precious cargo, they’re to indicate to first responders in the event of a really serious collision that they should also look for a child inside the car.

No, they’re not.

Definitely cringey.

The only people I have ever met with them are not nice people at all, self centred and egotistical. They’re naff and an embarrassing thing to spend money on.

Postman pat has one

@EnjoythemoneyJanegot to be honest, I’d rather someone had a personal reg than was as snotty and judgemental as you come off in your last post.

Illegally spaced ones are the worst. Its like wearing noticeably fake goods, what's the point?! If you can't afford it-don't bother!
I do appreciate a good company personalised plate, as sad as that sounds!

I’ve got one with my three initials and a number - I’ve had it for decades and have always loved it. But it’s a different story for the ones that attempt to spell out your whole name or a catchy word or something - nope, not for me thanks…

What about the stick figure family ones! 😂

@AmyAmb I like them if they are related to the car model name or a jokey word rather than the name of the owner/driver but not bothered really.

I don’t mind those ones

As @XenoBitch said, Baby on Board signs are for emergency services. It’s not a notice to other drivers to be extra careful round the precious cargo, they’re to indicate to first responders in the event of a really serious collision that they should also look for a child inside the car.

But yeah, with you on the personal reg’s. I appreciate some are occasionally funny, but it’s mainly just a flex for dimwits and show offs - ‘I’m far too flash and loaded and younique to just use the letters and numbers that came with the car, I have to have my own special random letters and numbers so everyone knows it’s meeeee’.

Nasty bastardised ones are tacky and chavvy as hell. Ones like “F1” not so much

They are so commonplace these days, that I don't really think they are special any more.

I have one that matches the model of my car so not that personal to me exactly. A late night spur of the moment eBay purchase cheaper that it honestly should have cost so I couldn't resist. It's probably worth more than the actual car right now. 🤣 It did take me nearly two years to actually assign it to the car cos I felt like a bit of a dick but oh well! 😆

They are not for me, but live and let live I say.

For the love of god though, someone tell me what am I supposed to do with my socks?! In/out/invisible /contrast. I didn't understand the "rules" as a teen in the 90s and haven't kept up since. Laces too. Cheers 😄

Some of them are quite funny. We saw one which spelled S1GHT and it was an opticians car with their ad on the side. I like things like that.

I am on my second personalised numberplate - I have the perfect one now that spells out my odd Christian name - and it was cheap because it means nothing to anyone else.
I have my previous plate up for sale online ATM - hoping to at least cover the original cost and the retention fee. That was cheap too. So if you have £600 to spare...
I think they are really fun, and it saves having to remember your reg number in car parks. 😀
Nb. I tuck my leggings into my socks to help keep off the ticks/Lyme disease. This area is rife 😬