To ask people with personalised number plates.......why?

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Genuinely interested. I see more and more personalised number plates (Sha70n) on my way home which inspired this thread. Why do you do it? Do you want people to know your name? Do you wear your name on the back of your jacket or on the front of your t-shirt?

I am really intrigued as to why people would flaunt their name, initials, nickname, whatever.....on their car.

MN enlighten me please!!

I can see how some private reg plates are definitely ‘tacky’ but the one I have is definitely not it’s only 4 characters ’AB90’

More money than sense.

This thread is hilarious

@EleanorAbernathy ha, we do the same at cat shows. Love the MOGs and breed codes on number plates.

I have a dateless “cherished” plate from the 1950’s. My dad had it in his first car and the letters and number are random - it’s 3 letters and 1 number eg XYZ5. I love it and it reminds me of my lovely dad who died 3 years ago.

A relative has a number plate that reads (number) DOG. Apparently there's a farmer who collects old animal name plates, and pays handsomely for them. But regardless, it has increased in value, and the savings in the bank would not have matched it. And this one makes people smile. It's harmless.

But at the serious end of the market, I went to a party once at a friend of a friend's house who had a private museum devoted to a lost car marque for which her late husband had driven race cars in the 1930s, having the (original) race cars with original plates GO 1 to GO 9. Those were worth £££££££.

I’ve got one. It’s my husbands, he bought it years ago. It’s our surname. I’ve got it on my car as his is a company car. I also don’t mind it, actually. Not really bothered if people thinks it’s pointless 🤷🏽‍♀️

The funniest (and by funniest, I mean shittest) one I have ever seen was BEG 44 IT. I hope the owner didn't pay a lot for it!

I love the ones on the Pimlico Plumbers vans such as BOG 1 etc

Mine was a wedding gift, it has my initials and a word. I thought it was funny and quirky, it was vvvvv cheap as these things go, and I didn't see it as a waste of money as I don't spend money on nights out or expensive clothes, shoes, handbags etc.

“N9 TAX” (no tax)

But it isn't 'no tax' its 'N9 tax'. Which makes no sense.

Oh yawn. It’s no tax to anyone with half a brain cell.

My dad has one ( it’s 1 digit & 3 letters) it’s his initials and from a car registered the year he was born. He bought it years ago for 20 quid, it’s now listed as worth close to £100k. Obviously He feels it was £20 well spent!

I have a personal plate, I love it as it's mine and each bit means something to me.

I got a payout from work years ago and I always saved and did the sensible thing, I just thought f%^k it I'm splashing out £250 it was years ago on my own number plate.

I know many people think it's naff but I love it as it's mine all mine

You wont believe me but this very morning I shook my head in disbelief as MINGA drove past me. Why and who? It was an ethnic lady driving ... possibly her name but doesn't translate well.

My friend has one, it's their nickname, and it was a gift. They are wild about cars, and so it suited

I had one for my 21st as I wanted a gift that I couldn't lose or break (all my friends had jewellery which I'd lose. Or break. Guaranteed). I still love it even though I haven't used it for years as I have a company car now.

Oh yawn. It’s no tax to anyone with half a brain cell.
Whereas to people with an actual full brain it's N9 TAX

No just people being deliberately obtuse.

Valuations are a bit vague - dealers will offer inflated "valuations" to encourage you to list your plate with them, very few will stump up the "valuation" in immediate cash.

The ones bought from DVLA and then offered for huge sums (often for months and years without selling) by chancers who are desperately trying to make them read something that they really don't are the funniest.

w9 dn8't stic8 rando8 number2 in sentence5 though.

N9 TAX is NOT the same as NO TAX

😂

Oh I’ll bet you’re a right barrel of laughs IRL.

I have one . It's connected to the car rather than me though . I've been stopped and offered money for it but I'm keeping it
I don't see the problem with having one

Mine isn't a personalised plate but it does have my initials on it. When I saw the car, I took it as a sign that I should buy it

My DP is a lover of personalised plates. He had his daughters name on his car when I met him and as soon as we named our son he bought another plate with his name on[santa]all of our plates are technically illegal, digits spaced out wrong so it first name - space - initial of surname and some of them are black which is only allowed on cars of a certain age which ours aren't. It pisses me off but never mind!

He just likes them. There are certain occasions where he would put a personalised plate on a car to hide its age.