Personalised Number Plates

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Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock

Ah right .
No you can sell the originals . They are yours with the car.
DVLA would issue new plates if you kept tour personal number plate (which you ownt so the car will go with your personal number on it.
I sold a van to a guy before (one I had bought in) and the previous owner had forgotten to take his personal plate of the van .
I went to the guy who had bought the van and asked him for the plate back, he just said no.... because he had bought the van with the personal number plate on it , he had bought the plate as well....

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My delboy scheme is up the river. What a plonker I am.

It's £358 all in, even gone 5mm raised font to be an extra **** :hehe:

Seems a bit weird, what an idiot who would he do that, baffling.

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Originally Posted by The Hooded Claw

Same here. I wanted CTG 54V from my first car - a Talbot Horizon and got told that it had been scrapped.
It’s a real shame because you’d think there’s a money pot there for the Government. They could assign the chassis number (VIN) to another number - not a reg - and release the plate, but that would be too complicated.
On the subject of personalised plates, my Dad had one which had the name of his business, so we bought it off my Mum to keep it in the family when he passed and put in my wife’s car, as she wanted one.
Personally, I’m not bothered by them. Some people spend a fortune on their golf or their aftershave collection, so live and let live, eh!

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I recently took a plate of a car I had sorned . It had no tax or mot. If it hadn't been sorned I doubt I would have been able to take the plate of a car without an MOT.

While the car you're taking the private plate from doesn't need to have an MOT, it must be able to move under its own power, and must have been taxed or been SORN'd for the last five years. The DVLA may also need to inspect your car before approving or turning down your application.

I've changed my mind on this somewhat. I was firmly in the personalised plates pale you look like a poser camp, but thinking about it, when I was 10 I probably thought they were cool as ****, just because I've become a joyless hollowed out shell of a person in my 40s doesn't mean that everyone should

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I've changed my mind on this somewhat. I was firmly in the personalised plates pale you look like a poser camp, but thinking about it, when I was 10 I probably thought they were cool as ****, just because I've become a joyless hollowed out shell of a person in my 40s doesn't mean that everyone should

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Good for you, if you want to impress 10 year olds then who's anyone to stop you :hehe:

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Good for you, if you want to impress 10 year olds then who's anyone to stop you :hehe:

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But he's thinking this as if he were 10 again.

At least that's how I think these memories from childhood posts work when posters mentions an age.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Good for you, if you want to impress 10 year olds then who's anyone to stop you :hehe:

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I remember when I was 10
We lived quite close to a main road .

I used to see posh , fancy cars go by and thought to myself . One day I will have one of them .
Needles to say they are collectors cars now :hehe: but I have managed to fulfil my dreams :thumbup:

How many would be allowed to have PEN 15? Always runs through my head when I see one.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

How many would be allowed to have PEN 15? Always runs through my head when I see one.

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You're just jealous because you haven't been successful enough to have a personalised number plate.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

You're just jealous because you haven't been successful enough to have a personalised number plate.

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Grrrrr...rumbled:furious:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

How many would be allowed to have PEN 15? Always runs through my head when I see one.

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I have a mate with who’s plate starts “PN15”

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Originally Posted by 19bluebirds27

I have a mate with who’s plate starts “PN15”

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My missus current plate starts BJ08

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Originally Posted by Des Parrot

My missus current plate starts BJ08

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Are they like clockwork 👀 :hehe:

There used to be a car in Cardiff (think it was a Cortina or Granada) with the plate OBO110X

Great news. Plates are cheaper on DVLA website. Another oner saved.

I’m not a fan of personalised plates but both my girls have them
They actually read their first names and initials which is something they can take with them through life.
My cousin however had the personal registration plate ER 2
His name is Eddie Rabaiotti and the family owned several restaurants and take aways on Penarth seafront.
His former restaurant “The Caprice” hosted a dinner in 1982 after the Pope’s mass in Llandaff fields
He was made a “Knight of the order of St Gregory” by Pope John Paul and Prince Charles attended offering Eddie a hundred grand for the plate which he declined.

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Originally Posted by Sunnysideup

I’m not a fan of personalised plates but both my girls have them
They actually read their first names and initials which is something they can take with them through life.
My cousin however had the personal registration plate ER 2
His name is Eddie Rabaiotti and the family owned several restaurants and take aways on Penarth seafront.
His former restaurant “The Caprice” hosted a dinner in 1982 after the Pope’s mass in Llandaff fields
He was made a “Knight of the order of St Gregory” by Pope John Paul and Prince Charles attended offering Eddie a hundred grand for the plate which he declined.

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This sounds like an urban legend.

I had a personal plate for 15 years or more. Mrs M had one as well. Mine also matched one of my email addresses. But we have just scrapped our two old cars to buy one new motor for us to share.

We decided to let the personal plates die with the cars. Too old now to be stressed about transfers, retentions and extra paperwork.

More than happy with my new motor and the gov issued plate that came with it (which starts CF)

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Originally Posted by Sunnysideup

I’m not a fan of personalised plates but both my girls have them
They actually read their first names and initials which is something they can take with them through life.
My cousin however had the personal registration plate ER 2
His name is Eddie Rabaiotti and the family owned several restaurants and take aways on Penarth seafront.
His former restaurant “The Caprice” hosted a dinner in 1982 after the Pope’s mass in Llandaff fields
He was made a “Knight of the order of St Gregory” by Pope John Paul and Prince Charles attended offering Eddie a hundred grand for the plate which he declined.

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I bet Charles has ER1 too in his family, but a £100k almost 40 years ago would have been close to a £1m worth today!

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Originally Posted by Michael Morris

I had a personal plate for 15 years or more. Mrs M had one as well. Mine also matched one of my email addresses. But we have just scrapped our two old cars to buy one new motor for us to share.

We decided to let the personal plates die with the cars. Too old now to be stressed about transfers, retentions and extra paperwork.

More than happy with my new motor and the gov issued plate that came with it (which starts CF)

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You would be . Its a way of saying look at my new motor ...my brand spanking new motor ...:hehe:

To display my status in society, rather than have a personalised plate, I've got a bumper sticker on my Porsche that says My Other Car is a Focus 🙂

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

To display my status in society, rather than have a personalised plate, I've got a bumper sticker on my Porsche that says My Other Car is a Focus ��

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Thinly veiled ..I have a Porsche...:hehe:

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Originally Posted by Michael Morris

I had a personal plate for 15 years or more. Mrs M had one as well. Mine also matched one of my email addresses. But we have just scrapped our two old cars to buy one new motor for us to share.

We decided to let the personal plates die with the cars. Too old now to be stressed about transfers, retentions and extra paperwork.

More than happy with my new motor and the gov issued plate that came with it (which starts CF)

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if I win the lottery I'll buy you this one myself.

https://www.swiftreg.co.uk/private-number-plate/MM1927

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Originally Posted by Baloo

if I win the lottery I'll buy you this one myself.

https://www.swiftreg.co.uk/private-number-plate/MM1927

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Mick McCarthy is selling it, having recently bought it himself from Malky.