Anyone seen any good number plates on cars lately?

[LastMinute]

agents provocateurs...

I suppose they stop short of entrapment, which the courts have ruled to be unlawful. I remember reading a Court of Appeal judgement once that went something like:

It is quite unreasonable for a servant of the Crown to encourage a citizen to break the law and then seek to prosecute him for doing so.

Made me smile, anyway. You can have faith in our courts...

 

[Plodd]

But when you ring them up they do ALWAYS tell you that it is illegal to alter them.

Is it wrong for them to charge more for the ones that idiots will misspace? If same idiots are willing to pay more then why not take their money?

Mercedes charge more for cars that go faster even though the cheapest car they make will exceed this countries limit by quite a way.

You speed it's your fault if you get caught. Same with number plates in my opinion. If you are stupid enough to misspace and get caught it's nobodys fault but your own.

Too many people these days that want to blame somebody else for their own stupidity.

You just need to check back through this thread to see how many people post numbers and what they think the actual number was. The registration plate is a vehicle identifier, nothing more. If you want to tell people your name get a sunstrip with it on. If you want them to know what sort of car you drive the manufacturers normally do a nice line in badges with the model on them.

And yes I do have a private plate on my car and no it's not misrepresented in any way.

[/rant]

 

[BTB 500]

I have to say I find it quite disingenuous of the DVLA to sell cherished plates the way they do, pricing them because of what they can spell out, though it is illegal to display them on the car in this way.

Have you bought a plate from the DVLA? I got one recently, and in addition to all the normal threats and warnings about mis-spacing or altering the appearance in any way I also had to explain the meaning of the registration (a standard-format 07 one). They even queried this, because the first two letters didn't match what they thought my initials should be (I'm known by my 2nd name)!!

 

[GSMGuy]

A911 CAB....

I often wondered if the old dear driving it had a clue about how much money that plate could bring. Should have made her an offer for the car.

Some one obviously did....

Mike

 

[glojo]

But when you ring them up they do ALWAYS tell you that it is illegal to alter them.]

I've just had a look at some of the numbers the DVLA are about to auction DES 551E DUS11Y Surely these numbers have no significance whatsover unless you alter them to somehow represent a name? Why has the DVLA put a premium on them? To me the DVLA should issue registration numbers and not get involved in putting a premium on dodgy combinations.

Yes our fleet all have personal plates, and all purchased for a fixed basic price from the DVLA

Regards
John

 

[nigel cross]

Seen 2 C6thy on a 3 series blue BMW convertible and LE51DYK and the woman driving it looked like it.

 

[Howard]

Just saw ' VMC 1 ' on a r107 SL in ...... where else but Teddington ....

 

[KillerHERTZ]

FLO 4 ALF on a VW Beetle at work...

No one will own up to owning it, and its always gone by the time ive finished

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Saw 1 VVV or VVV 1 can't remember which way round it was on a VW Caravelle on the M6 this afternoon...

 

[Gollom]

A black SL55 AMG with 755 ALJ on the A56 towards Accrington this morning. He toyed with me for a few miles and then simply left me for dead. Whoosh!

 

[westfieldzetec]

Saw 321 GON on an SL55 a while ago
Saw FAT 61T on a Rover, and yesthe driver was a tad portly
Saw V8 8OMB on an M5 once
Have V8 DDL on my CLK500 (which looks nice)

 

[Howard]

Saw ' VL 1 ' on a new Bentley Conti Cabrio at Calais today ...

Nice

 

[Gollom]

Saw ' VL 1 ' on a new Bentley Conti Cabrio at Calais today ...

Nice

You jet-setter you!

 

[Howard]

Booze Run ....

Down to Le Touquet for lunch and then off to Calais Vins ( on the A16 , excellent french wines only , we have a 'locals' discount card )

Final stop off in Tescos at Cite de l'Europe ( Wolf Blass £3 a bottle :bannana: ) a couple of coffees and then warp 9 engage .....

A jolly day was had by all !

 

[KillerHERTZ]

As this thread is about 100 miles long now,

How about only having replies that include a photo of the plate?

eg, you have to prove it?

 

[gina2201]

Bit tricky when you're driving as thats the most common time to see these plates? Nice idea though.

 

[Alfie]

TOO 510W on a black E55 at the school in Horsell today!

I have a photo but its stuck on the phone at the moment!

 

[Howard]

I don't carry my camera in the car with me ...

Also, although my phone has a camera, i have never got round to enabling MMS with my service provider , TBH i don't want it ...

So i wouldn't be able to provide any piccys thats for sure ....

 

[BTB 500]

Also, although my phone has a camera, i have never got round to enabling MMS with my service provider

You don't need MMS, just a PC (USB) cable for your phone. Then you can copy the pics. straight to your computer (as well as other useful stuff like backing up your phone book entries etc.).

 

[Howard]

Hmmmm

Haven't got one of those either .....