Guessing about people from their car registration plates

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Private ones I mean. Today:

M155 URN - Funeral director?
HA10 HAN - name Hannah who thinks she's an angel?
It's a silly game I like to play!

OMG I said to DH the other day that I try to guess people’s names from their number plates and when I’m on my own I say as I pass ‘hello Dave’ or ‘oh look there’s Sue’ based on the plates. He thinks I’m mental 😂. We just sold a Bentley Flying Spur last week (work on the motor trade) that had BE05 PUR on does that count? I really like ones that relate to the actual car they’re on too. I have an RS one on my car xx

Probably giving away where I live now but don’t suppose it matters. The mayor of our town is chauffeured about in a black limo type car with the number plate THE 1. Bet that’s worth a fortune.

The number plate that sticks in my mind is JS1 which was Jimmy Saville’s number plate. My DH has the same initials and I said to him ‘bet you could pick that plate up cheap now’ as a very inappropriate joke, he honestly didn’t know if I was joking or not. I was BTW.

I once saw a car with M1SER - made me smile anyway! I wonder what it says about the car's owner!

That’s a brilliant one @NagathaCrispy

I've just bought a mini with a private number plate, I assume it meant something to the previous owner.
I'm just praying I don't look like a twat with what is obviously a private number plate, I'm old, I think they're a waste of money 🙄😁

Yes ago a friend had a beautiful Porsche 911 turbo in Guards Red. He treated himself to a new Porsche every year. This one had A 911 ONA which he chose to add value when it came resale time. It did! Have seen HI5 AND H3RS near me. Which I thought was good. Both expensive cars. I just like ones that don't brag eg a name PAM 1234. Hard to guess some but trades people may have something eg Jim's Radiator Company might be MV 123 JRC

I do this when I see personalised plates

@toomanydicksonthedancefloor1 we must live in the same town!! They used to have THE 2 as well.

I honestly just think they are a bit of a twat whatever the plate says

yes @damnbrsatz
must be the same town (bit of a dive but lovely new central
town square area and lovely friendly straightforward people??). My colleague said they also have THE 2 but I haven’t seen that one. You would think councils have better things to spend money on really wouldn’t you?

Bournemouth used to have a Rolls Royce for the mayor with the number EL1 (EL used to be the area registration for Bournemouth) but it was sold to boost council funds many years ago.

We used to often go past a driveway with cars 2B and NOT2B

I saw a drain company in Blackpool with the reg SH11TEY - love it!

@toomanydicksonthedancefloor1 Yes although I live in a village just outside the town but still in the borough. I don't know how much the number plates would have cost when they bought them but I remember seeing them at least 40 years ago as a child.

Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck famously had COM 1C on his Roller.

Used to see that around Bournemouth.

Similar to that, the Cornish comedian Jethro had J35 TER on his car. Wasn’t a Rolls (although he had one), it was on his Toyota Landcruiser.

The plate sold at auction recently for £30,500.