to think personalised number plates are one of the most pointless things in the known universe?

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Them and my friends hand knitted hoover "cosy cover" given to her my her MIL?

I was brought up to believe they were "terribly nouveau dahling !"

Unless it's on a classic / special vehicle. i.e. mayoral cars can be bog standard but can have a classic number plate which then upgrades them from toyota prius of no special merit to "official car"

Often to get back the money you spent on it, you have to wait for a willing purchaser wanting your combination of initials.

I know through friends that such a buyer may not be around at the same point as you need the cash, hence you end up selling to a dealer of some sort for a reduced value as he is tying up his money in it and will have to wait to make a possible profit in the longer term.

DH has one - his initials and the abbreviation of the car. He loves it, and the £200 was well spent in the midst of an otherwise very crappy year. For him its a celebration of something he'd always wanted, never thought he'd have, and about getting through the rubbish.

Agree with soup dragon, y does anyone care what other people do with their money. I have one and I worked my ass off for it as I opened my own business. It's my treat after having clients and staff treat me like crap. Any one who is self em

Em

ok gettingeasier

just for you....

think if you dare elongated tea cosy
think 80's pastel blues/purples/greys
think giant scary doll face at the top
clearly a lot of left over old wool went into its "creation"

We used to repeatedly and gingerly open the door to the hoover cupboard, then scream whilst crying with laughter, "Noooooo......Why, WHY!!!!!" when it was first "gifted" to my friend. We then had to shut said door quickly to avoid puddles of wee from uncontrolled mirth forming on hall floor

Who created it and what their mindset was I still ponder about during quiet moments

It was the first but undoubtedly the best of many extremely odd presents given to my friend for Christmas by her MIL

Damn I phone!

Self employer know how hard it is! Mine says my name clearly. I am not a chav and I think mine looks rather classy. R u jealous or something op?

YANBU tasteless

Oh I WANT A HOOVER COVER JUST LIKE YOURS!!! ROFL!

return of course everyone who doesn't agree with your views is just jealous and frothy. Of course.

I see PU551 LUV quite often, he's always alone and looks like the sort who is ALWAYS alone

Not a big fan of personalised plates, but they make driving a bit more interesting.

my old boss had one
which was fine till he started an affair
"who were you with at such and such"
"I wasn't"
"yeah you were - your numberplate is your surname"
twonk

the guy who has W1NER thinks it spells winner

I had a friend whose number plate read "nameoffriend fx"

Meaning according to her, "nameoffriend fucks"

She was very proud of it.

Pull yourself together seacow

Anyway, you can't have one no matter how much you want one..... it was a one off, extremely exclusive objet d'art
Money can't buy that sort of thing, unlike these personalised number plates which almost noone is without in our village

I will however send you a copy of Knitting Weekly if you REALLY can't live without a similar but less exclusive hoover cover and need some tips on how to get started

ParanoidAndroid summed it up in the first reply.

I would like one that says "30UO78", but that's all I would consider.

I did laugh when I saw one '5 PMT' on a little sporty car driven by a woman. Was it a warning I wonder and if so did she swap it for a normal number plate when she wasn't?

Thanks for all your posts.

Hope to be able to respond properly when DCs settled.

Hoping also that in the meantime someone will come up with something as pointless as friend's wooly hoover cosy cover...any ideas anyone? Or can I officially crown it Most Pointless Object ever?

Not everyone bought their plates though, some just arrived with the car.

I WOULD buy a woolly hoover cosy though, can't think of anything better :o

It's my treat after having clients and staff treat me like crap. Any one who is
Self employer know how hard it is! Mine says my name clearly. I am not a chav and I think mine looks rather classy. R u jealous or something op?

Christ alight you sound lovely.

Let me guess, you run a charm school?

I'm sure the OP isn't jealous, she probably just has a modicum of good taste.

Just as you have every right to waste spend your money on whatever you like, the rest of us have the right to find it utterly tasteless.

Personalised plates are never classy.. but it's something I don't see the point of, like tinted windows or those blue lights some people put under their cars.. Some people love that stuff, so each to their own eh! I can think of better things to spend the money on!

I see your personalised number plate AND special alloy wheels, DontDoSupportiveGF and raise you an engine chipped to 340bhp.

Thank you so much for this thread. We are finding it impossible ti chose a boys name for our baby due in June.

We can just name him according to our number plate!

Baby Toac!

My favourite was P155 OFF

The reason it was great was because it was at a time when you didn't have the flexibility and all cars that year were P reg.

I don't like them, except maybe the very old ones on classic cars, but I know a lot of people who have them and none of them is a twat. They just like them, or were given them as gifts.

They certainly make you more noticeable driving around though, I notice friends drive past who have them far more than I would if they had a regular number. In a small town like this where everyone seems to know what everyone else is doing I would prefer not to be that conspicuous.