Anyone seen any good number plates on cars lately?

[Gridlock]

The Mayor of Wolverhampton drove a Maestro, and then upgraded to a Rover 400!

Classy!

 

[HR17]

The Mayor of Wolverhampton drove a Maestro, and then upgraded to a Rover 400!

Classy!

Wolverhampton is that sort of place. It ain't referred to as 'Trampton' for nothing. Come and have a look - its a great day out!

 

[Gridlock]

I grew up in Stourbridge

 

[The Boss]

in London today

KI55 ME on bluey green new shape bmw coupe/cabrio behind selfridges
CC1 on a black maybach on Savill Row

 

[MOCAŠ]

DA1 was the mayor of wolverhampton car
DH1 was the mayor of walsall car

Regards Mike

Wolverhampton runs two civic cars: a Jaguar XJ (JDA 1) and a Chrysler Grand Voyager. I'm guessing DA 1 must have been sold off long ago, hence its migration onto more modest metal. May even have been 'retained' by a previous incumbent when he left office; wouldn't be the first time this has happened, though they wouldn't get away with it nowadays.

 

[PJH]

AN O1L on an old Merc.

2 XKR on a Volvo.

 

[MOCAŠ]

A few more from various parts of Westminster over the past few days:

V 101 on a Rolls-Royce Phantom (apparently belongs to the owner of BAC double glazing)
1 OT on another Rolls-Royce Phantom
1 TPB on yet another Rolls-Royce Phantom
URX 1 on a Range Rover
YVU 1 on another Range Rover
1 RTV on an Audi A8
37 A on a Bentley
AC 50 on Mercedes-Benz CL
S1 YCO on Mercedes-Benz E class estate
38 NJ on BMW motorbike

 

[tali]

Isn't it ELV 1S rather than ELV 15.

Yup.
And here's the other one

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

why are there so many M3 plates on X5s?

Maybe because someone buys an M3 and a fancy plate to match, possibly with their initials. They have children and need a family car, but still want something a bit special, and so get an X5. They're plate still carries their initials and so fits nicely on the X5 too. Besides they wouldn't mind the new shape M3 in a couple of years when the child seats have long since been banished to the rafters in the garage.

Not so unrealistic?

A good friend keeps his cars for a long time, as do I, and he has a silver M3 and a silver X5, sort of the arch nemisis of our silver AMG and silver ML.

 

[JasM]

G 1 on a Rolls-Royce Phantom coupe.

It looked very nice although it's a bit big.

 

[MOCAŠ]

I've seen DA1 around Wolverhampton. I assume the owner may be Welsh? It was originally on an Austin Maestro for years, and latterly on a Rover 200/400. Its probably quite valuable if you're a Welshman.

OK, seems DA 1 actually belongs to the chairman of the Wolverhampton Civic Society.

 

[MOCAŠ]

G 1 on a Rolls-Royce Phantom coupe.

Excellent sighting! I mentioned a while ago that it was after failing to persuade the owner of G 1 to part with it that the Lord Provost of Glasgow secured the issue of G 0. G 1 now belongs to the Gillespie Mining Group, along with: G 2, G 3, 4 G, 5 G and 6 G. Quite a collection.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Some more recent spots:

1 FMG on a Rolls-Royce Phantom (hails from Bayswater)
DK 24 on a Range Rover
32 KD on a Jaguar XK
ROE 2 on, er, can't remember

Also saw what looked like NOW ME on a BMW 6 series; turned out it was actually N8 WME with dodgy spacing and boltage...

 

[MOCAŠ]

5 TU on a Toyota Avensis, see it around all the time.

Belongs to a chap called Stuart (surprise, surprise!) from Hemel Hempstead.

 

[ringway]

Here's a cool one I saw on the M25 Sunday night.

SOV 13T (Soviet)

On a very slow Range Rover Sport.

No point Russian around.

 

[Ted]

4 GG on a silver Rangy in Budbrooke today.

 

[timwood2000]

TOY 70Y on a Range Rover Sport in SE London this morning

 

[Ajenks]

Today milton Keynes city centre newish Mercedes B11LLS
Just a guess but I think the guy was called Bill.

 

[stumpy1]

2 xx on black Enzo Knightsbridge today

 

[Noodle-Pulp]

ASB80 on a rolls on the M11 yesterday
and
BO55MEM in the Blackwall Tunnel