Personalised number plates - cringey?

[AmyAmb]

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?

@Lonelycrabbut you could say that about anything? Are people who wear nice clothes or get their hair done or their nails done or go to the gym self absorbed?

Or is this more of a very basic and boring ‘slagging off people I perceive as richer than me’ thing?

No.

You've got it all wrong. It's just people enjoying buying something they want like anything else. It matches their car. Some people buy a car to get them from A to B. Some people buy a car because they are also interested in cars and want a nice one. My campervan in my opinion is lovely and I choose to spend money on it because it is my hobby. I love the PNP.

No it’s not a slagging off of people “richer than me” one bit, most properly rich people don’t have PN.. It’s the thought that one thinks a PN is actually going to impress anyone. Good clothes or taking the effort to look good yourself is a positive thing, and that definitely has value.

Going to the effort to broadcast anything like that on the front of your car (no matter how flash) is cringey; it’s shallow.

And it marks those people out as being shallow. So feel great about your PN. But accept that a lot of people are going cringe that’s all.

surely the shallow person is the one doing the judging, not the other way round

I’m not interested on if I’m judged or not.

Which is why I don’t have a PN

’richer than me’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
yes well you got that right , that’s the whole idea of them isnt t it ? to create the illusion of having vast wealth perhaps ? it’s not the case they are cheaper than for example a fridge freezer, ABSOUTLEY nobody thinks ‘oh my god there is is a multi millionaire In that Honda CRV as the reg says so.

I saw one today that was M16 SPY that was cool and made me smile.

I've had a £200 plate on my car for the last 11 years, it was a gift from DH and has my nickname on it. Barely give it a thought these days, but it gives me a smile sometimes when I see it. Definitely not meant to be a status symbol on a ratty old 15 year old Punto with questionable suspension 🤣
I genuinely can't get too worked up about things other people do if they have no adverse effect on anyone else. Oh, and I put my socks over my leggings and over my jeans, it makes it easier to get wellies on!

Depends if it’s CRV 111 😂

Why's it bad to want to be unique or stand out a bit?

You want attention? Well, you’ve got it.

People know where you are, when you away from home.

They are conspicuous.

My normal number plate is unique

@icelolly12

nothing really wrong - but it’s be nice to stand out or be unique for a good reason that took some effort - not that you managed to do a Search on dvla for a reg plate

People spend a lot of time in their car, it makes sense to make it personalised to the individual if they choose to do so. It's not something I have strong thoughts about either way.

And MyNameIsX cracks it again !
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Hate personalised number plates. So cringe.

Sorry I don’t really see how having a personal reg makes the blindest bit of difference to someone casing your house out or planning to steal your car.

Crap Car near us has PC12OOK
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P CROOK. and you know what, he actually is ! Talk about advertising it 🤣🤣

True I’m going to make some cafe curtains for mine in a ditsy print

I wonder how how many people saying cringe are walking around with cringe clothes, cringe hair & cringe footwear.

For me they are in the list of things I wouldn’t bother spending money on. Some of the business ones are amusing.
Most of the people I know with them are instawankers although I do have a good friend with an obscure one who isn’t in the slightest, her socks are firmly hidden!

I couldn't afford a personalised number plate so I changed my name to RB27THN.

Difference is we all have to have clothes, footwear and some sort of haircut.

The topic of this thread has come up before, and like that one, there are replies from people who have personalised plates that you would never think were personalised. They picked numbers and letters that have meaning to them.
Initials, and something like a wedding anniversary date. You would have no idea if you saw it.