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Aibu re personalised number plate? Yes or no

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RocketQueenP · 08/02/2017 09:39

DH has bought me one as a surprise, it's just a random letter and number followed by my initials (wasn't mega expensive)

But I'm just not sure about it! He thinks it's the best gift ever 😳 But he says we can just not register it and sell it on if I don't want it. I don't want to be ungrateful but what's the general consensus? Are they for twats or not?

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hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 17:12

I find them a bit 'try hard' and flashy

ShelaghTurner · 09/02/2017 17:40

Try hard meaning what? I seriously can't see anyone driving behind me and my inoffensive little plate thinking I was trying hard to be anything expect someone trying to get her kids to where they need to be!

hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 17:51

'try hard' - as in trying hard to be different / quirky / stand out / appear wealthy...or whatever motivation the owner has (and there has to be some sort of motivation or why bother)

I do have perfectly pleasant friends who own personalised plates so this isn't a huge bugbear of mine. Op did ask for opinions on them however - and that is my personal opinion and as such is perfectly valid

NavyandWhite · 09/02/2017 17:57

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barinatxe · 09/02/2017 17:59

Generally a personalised number plate means the owner is a twat. Either that or he doesn't want people to know how old his car really is.

Perhaps there are some exceptions if you can make something funny out of it - P155 0FF for example - although this is hard because they usually won't sell anything obviously offensive.

But yes, usually personalised number plate = you are a twat. Not only a twat, a twat who wants to advertise the fact!

hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 18:00

Some excessively thin skinned / over sensitive private reg owners imo!

HelenaGWells · 09/02/2017 18:02

I really don't care either way. I can't say I'd buy one but I don't judge anyone who has one.

NavyandWhite · 09/02/2017 18:02

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akkakk · 09/02/2017 18:30

Generally a personalised number plate means the owner is a twat. Either that or he doesn't want people to know how old his car really is.

really?! Grin

or maybe not...

it can actually stop people judging as much as anything else - it becomes a non-story as to whether a car is new or old

I have private plates on 2 of my 5 cars - they have no meaning, but they are both dateless (ie in the format of ABC XXX or XXX ABC - qu. of letters and numbers may vary) - the letters don't mean anything though one of them could be arranged incorrectly to give a year and initials which could double or treble its value - they are both worth considerably more than I paid for them and I like them - I wouldn't have one with my initials although the initials of the motto from our family coat of arms is available to buy and I could be tempted Grin - now that really would be pretentious!

ShelaghTurner · 09/02/2017 19:01

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't remember saying you weren't. But some clarification as to what you actually meant was what I asked for.

hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 19:19

The Cambridge dictionary defines chip on shoulder as : "to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people" - that's a massive leap on your part NavyandWhite - which is completely unsubstantiated

NavyandWhite · 09/02/2017 19:22

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hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 19:29

I'm not sure that all posters who have said they dislike them have been especially emphatic in their feelings? For instance I've said its not a huge bugbear of mine but I that I am not keen on them - when my dh offered to get one for me as a gift I politely declined

hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 19:30

...but wasn't aghast at the mere suggestion

(posted too soon)

NavyandWhite · 09/02/2017 19:32

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NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 09/02/2017 19:35

I don't have one but don't mind them tbh.

hmcAsWas · 09/02/2017 19:36

Well yes, I think they are a bit and as I favour modesty and understatement that's why I am not keen - but that doesn't mean that I loathe everyone who has one!

Binkybix · 09/02/2017 19:52

Oh, also massive kudos to the couple who I drive past on the Chelsea Embankment, who have: 2B and NOT 2B

I was going to mention these ones! I'm not a fan - just seems pointless to me. Plus I'm terrible at working out what they're meant to say!

NavyandWhite · 09/02/2017 19:59

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kizzywizz · 09/02/2017 20:23

Seen one today that made us laugh, a sports car with 10 DAD (I owe dad).

akkakk · 09/02/2017 22:09

2B
NOT 2B

Shakespeare...
To be or not to be, that is the question...

Coulddowithanap · 10/02/2017 10:30

I think it depends on the number/letter combo. If it's your initials then that's not awful. When they say something they are pretty funny. A local company has MOP as part of the number plates on their vehicles.

Recently I was driving behind a car with the number plate M50NEY

CaraAspen · 10/02/2017 12:19

"NavyandWhite

Maybe. But I can't think of many other reasons why someone would have such strong feelings towards something seemingly harmless."

Because they are vulgar and suggest you have no class?

CaraAspen · 10/02/2017 12:20

OH DEAR! Check this:

"NavyandWhite

Some snotty comments on here from the non private reg crew."

Hilarious.