[Misc] Personalised Number Plates

[BN9 BHA]

I have seen a Rolls Royce Phantom around Peacehaven (car is probably worth more than their house ) the number plate used to have no space so it looked like Phantom (from a distance) I had never seen the plate close up until this week and saw it’s actually PH05 TOM with the correct spacing.
I’m hoping the owner isn’t called Tom

 

[The Clamp]

Up to the individual isn’t it.

Not my cup to tea, I’m not a ****. But live and let live.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Had one once. Vehicle was stolen and the insurance company retained the plate after paying out claim. Would never do it again.

 

[albionalba]

In that pragmatic Australian way they have a much more flexible approach to personalising plates and a lot of the time it is done for business or sport club loyalty reasons rather than any snobbery* etc. See https://vplates.com.au/

When I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago this one caught my eye (might turn my avatar into this if we win tomorrow to celebrate).

(*Full disclosure with my first electric car as a 2015 early adopter I had a custom plate that emphasised the all-electric nature of said vehicle but long gone now)

 

[Hudson Hawk]

What makes someone a twat for having a private plate?

I don't like the ones that are illegally spaced or strategic screw holes to deform letters.

But standard unmolested plates are alright in my book.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I'm currently - temporarily - driving around in a car with a personalised number plate with the initials BJC which hadn't been used for a while and had moss on it.

My work colleagues know it as the "Blow job central Anthrax mobile"

Happy Days.

 

[A1X]

I don’t hate them. I just judge their owners harshly.

 

[GT49er]

Just an indication you have too much money.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I'm sure I've told the story but a good few years ago, in a midlife crisis, I bought a classic sports car and my son came home and asked what I was doing on my computer. I told him I was buying a personalised plate to fit the type of car.

He then asked me how much I was going to spend, told me it was a complete waste of money and stood over me whilst I did the right thing.

Still have the car on the original plate, Save the Children are a few hundred up, and he has put me right a few times since

 

[Is it PotG?]

I'm sure I've told the story but a good few years ago, in a midlife crisis, I bought a classic sports car and my son came home and asked what I was doing on my computer. I told him I was buying a personalised plate to fit the type of car.

He then asked me how much I was going to spend, told me it was a complete waste of money and stood over me whilst I did the right thing.

Still have the car on the original plate, Save the Children are a few hundred up, and he has put me right a few times since

Such a great story you told us twice.

 

[Flounce]

I'm sure I've told the story but a good few years ago, in a midlife crisis, I bought a classic sports car and my son came home and asked what I was doing on my computer. I told him I was buying a personalised plate to fit the type of car.

He then asked me how much I was going to spend, told me it was a complete waste of money and stood over me whilst I did the right thing.

Still have the car on the original plate, Save the Children are a few hundred up, and he has put me right a few times since

I find that mean spirited and selfish from your son

 

[Birdie Boy]

My kids bought me one for fathers day. It reads MY DAD. It is not on a car at the moment as I don't have one. But I love it and would never sell it even though it is possibly worth a lot of money now. It cost very little at the time back in 1999. I'm hoping to pass it down when one of the kids has kids.

 

[BN9 BHA]

My kids bought me one for fathers day. It reads MY DAD. It is not on a car at the moment as I don't have one. But I love it and would never sell it even though it is possibly worth a lot of money now. It cost very little at the time back in 1999. I'm hoping to pass it down when one of the kids has kids.

A number plate without any numbers, is that what is on the plate?

 

[ozzygull]

i have a bha one that does not look much like personal plate unless you are a Brighton fan, I also have GOxx APE on my Monkey bike. But that bike looks like a joke already so why not.

 

[BrightonCottager]

I just saw M16 BHA on a modest car near Fiveways.

 

[BN9 BHA]

This type of plate is shite but always makes me laugh when it has to be explained at the bottom

 

[WhingForPresident]

Don't have a problem with people getting them, except the people that have B0SS or some other bullshit like that (the one above is shite but obviously owned by a total simpleton).

Wouldn't ever be arsed getting one myself though. If I had millions, I still wouldn't be able to justify even spending £150 on one of the shitty ones, let alone thousands on something that looks like it says something.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I don’t hate them. I just judge their owners harshly.

Ferret, long absent of this parish, had an ASH one.
If you're still with us, Andy, best wishes x

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Don't have a problem with people getting them, except the people that have B0SS or some other bullshit like that (the one above is shite but obviously owned by a total simpleton).

Wouldn't ever be arsed getting one myself though. If I had millions, I still wouldn't be able to justify even spending £150 on one of the shitty ones, let alone thousands on something that looks like it says something.

BI9 D8G

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

A prime example, if ever there was, to confirm that a fool and his money are easily parted ...