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Personalised number plates - cringey?

289 replies

AmyAmb · 29/04/2025 17:00

Inspired by the mum I see most mornings on the school run. Range Rover, personalised plate, leggings tucked into white socks - I’m sure you know the type!

Anyway, personalised number plates - yay or nay?

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ThePoshUns · 29/04/2025 19:15

Oh here we go again. You do you. Whatever.

thegoodlifeha · 29/04/2025 19:15

MyNameIsX · 29/04/2025 19:08

They are utter w&nk, and the people who have them are, ergo, utter w&nkers.
Especially those who put them on a 10k motor, or those who have a 100k set of wheels, parked outside a house barely worth more….

You know who you are.

Edit: All of you on MN who have them, are excluded from the above description - you are all lovely and possess taste etc.

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Mine is on my motability car 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have done advanced driving as part of professional training, sadly no longer able to work, but haven’t forgotten the importance of safe driving. If that makes me a wanker, so be it.

Left · 29/04/2025 19:12

Perso plates - I’ve never been tempted to get them, just not for me I guess. No one in my family has them and not sure if any friends do, not really on my radar. I used to think they were cringe but I’m just indifferent now.

Socks over leggings - YES to this. No idea why I’ve embraced this in my 40s but there you go. Tip for people who want to dabble in this - don’t tuck your leggings into socks, that would look weird. Just put your leggings on and pull the socks on over them, simple.

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 29/04/2025 19:11

Hadalifeonce · 29/04/2025 18:55

I have a personalised number plate, but it's not obvious as it is standard format.

Me too. You wouldn’t know it’s personalised unless you knew my name as it’s unusual.

MyNameIsX · 29/04/2025 19:08

They are utter w&nk, and the people who have them are, ergo, utter w&nkers.
Especially those who put them on a 10k motor, or those who have a 100k set of wheels, parked outside a house barely worth more….

You know who you are.

Edit: All of you on MN who have them, are excluded from the above description - you are all lovely and possess taste etc.

Feelingstrange2 · 29/04/2025 19:06

Err no.

But I do own one!

It was cute on my MX5, but I've got it on retention now.

whitewinespritzerandastraw · 29/04/2025 19:04

I don’t mind initials ones. But ones that try to spell out names are not my cup of tea

babasaclover · 29/04/2025 19:02

ThatJadeBiscuit · 29/04/2025 17:16

I don’t really like personalised number plates but I looove socks over my leggings 😂

I really like the socks over leggings look but can’t find the right socks. What brand do you suggest please?

vitahelp · 29/04/2025 18:59

babasaclover · 29/04/2025 18:58

Especially when most of them literally look like you’ve spelled the name wrong as they are too tight to pay for the proper one 😂🤦‍♀️😂

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Plates which correctly spell out names usually sell for more than most cars are worth, it isn’t really about being tight but more that it is unaffordable for most people so they go for the closest they can get in the affordable range.

Thehop · 29/04/2025 18:59

My dh hates them. Thinks they're tacky and cringey.

I'be got one anyway 😂😂

newyearsresolurion · 29/04/2025 18:58

I love mine don't care what others think!!

babasaclover · 29/04/2025 18:58

NoThankYouSis · 29/04/2025 17:07

They’re everywhere at the moment. I don’t know why you’d want strangers to know your name as you drive around, it’s not for me but lots of people seem to like them.

Especially when most of them literally look like you’ve spelled the name wrong as they are too tight to pay for the proper one 😂🤦‍♀️😂

TheatreTraveller · 29/04/2025 18:56

Mine is very important to me and holds a lot of emotion.
I'm about as far away as being a 'chav' as possible. Totally boring middle aged glasses wearing geek.

Lonelycrab · 29/04/2025 18:56

Cringe

babasaclover · 29/04/2025 18:55

Yeah fully for cunts only. Right up there with tattoos of your wife / kids names and or dates of birth. Cringe!!!

Hadalifeonce · 29/04/2025 18:55

I have a personalised number plate, but it's not obvious as it is standard format.

ICanTellYouMissMe · 29/04/2025 18:54

Hellohah · 29/04/2025 18:11

We were behind someone with the reg ... MMIIKE the other day.

DS made me really chuckle when he asked whether I thought poor Mike had a stutter.

Laughing at reg plates and stammers 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

minnienono · 29/04/2025 18:53

Range rovers (the proper all terrain ones and only if you live rurally and need a 4x4) get my wrath even more. Too wide for parking spaces!

user2848502016 · 29/04/2025 18:53

Yep cringe and waste of money.

CuriousRunner · 29/04/2025 18:50

I don’t have a massive view overall. But I live near a traditional seaside town. Think more Blackpool than Salcombe 🤣 and there are several number plates with the town kind of spelled out. For me it underlines the “big fish, small pond” mentality that is round here

WinterMorn · 29/04/2025 18:47

springintoaction321 · 29/04/2025 18:00

So what

I think there are much worse things to worry about!

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You may have missed it, but this entire thread is about whether these plates are cringey or not. That’s the point of it!

tartyflette · 29/04/2025 18:44

A friend had one which spelled out her DH's name, but had to have the spacing of the letters altered so that it could be read 'correctly'.
She had bought it for his birthday. Unfortunately they were stopped by the police, fined £80 and told to put it back to how it originally was immediately.
So the cost of a new plate, too. Something to consider if you change the layout, spacing etc. Only needs a bored cop to stop you and you're down over £100.

ConstanceM · 29/04/2025 18:40

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 29/04/2025 17:04

‘Never date a man who can’t open champagne without it spilling and making a mess, or who has a personalised number plate.’

Advice given to me by my godmother

Was she single for long?

Pricelessadvice · 29/04/2025 18:38

I have a personalised number plate but I’m not a mum, nor do I wear leggings 🤣
Infact I have 2. One on my car and one on my horsebox. You’d hate me!

HausofHolbein · 29/04/2025 18:37

Although - I hate the 3D printed plates, etc.