New plate for the CLK55

[peterg1965]

I was looking for a cheap 'personalised' plate to put onto the CLK55 (Thread in 'wanted' section). I nearly bought one from DVLA for £245 all inclusive. However, I perservered with eBay and secured this plate for £51 which included the £80 assignment fee!!! The V778 arrived yesterday and was posted to DVLA this morning. All I have to pay for is the £25 change of nominee fee and a set of plates! I bought these for £21 from 'No1 showplates' online. Ordered Thursday evening arrived today - great service and no messing around with documentation at Halfords! Just waiting for the paperwork to arrive back from DVLA via the seller and then I can change the plates on the car. I think it makes a big difference, although many will disagree. It's not necessarily age disguising as the W208 was made on a '98 'T' plate but it is 5 digits vice 7 and the plate doesn't have the garage name on it like the current ones!

 

[imadoofus]

£51 including the £80 fee?

Bargain! :bannana:

 

[DSLiverpool]

You could offer it to the magazine people at T3 one called Terry Brian Lewis

 

[trapperjohn]

I've been playing with what people will try and make the plate out to be. T3 (Thunderbird 3 - cant for the life of me remember who piloted that or what the bit of plastic looked like) TBL (Trouble - as in "here comes trouble") Times 3 Trouble. Remember buying my Mrs. a personal plate for her 50th. Irish plate, but no snobbery in this home. The letters give a hint to her name and the numbers add up to 21. So when she unwrapped it I asked her to add the numbers up and told her she would always be 21 to me. Dont mock! Needless to say it gets transferred to every car she has, so it must have worked to some extent!!

 

[peterg1965]

£51 including the £80 fee?

Bargain! :bannana:

Yup, bit of a bargain! I am sure you can 'cash in' the V778 to release the assignment fee so the seller probably did not know what they were doing. The auction finished at 3:30PM on a Thursday so that didn't help in maximising the sale price.

I was bidding on and looking at similar plates that all went for £100-£190. One I fancied was P20JG. My intials are PJG. The auction started on that at £150 and the winner had to pay the £105 fees. Needless to say it didn't have one bid. At the end of the auction I offered the seller £75 + the fees, pointing out that very similar plates were on the DVLA site for £245 all in. I got an email back saying he was insulted by my bid! Some people are really deluding themselves on the value of very 'ordinary' cherished plates.

 

[peterg1965]

I've been playing with what people will try and make the plate out to be. T3 (Thunderbird 3 - cant for the life of me remember who piloted that or what the bit of plastic looked like)

Thunderbird 3 pilot was Alan Tracy, here is a picture of his 'ride' !

 

[Andre]

thunderbird 3 pilot was alan tracy, here is a picture of his 'ride' !

lol!

 

[vibesg]

Plates are just that..personal and mean something to the driver. What do yourS stand for Peter? I love music so mine say Good Vibes (V18ES G)

 

[BTB 500]

and the plate doesn't have the garage name on it like the current ones!

The plates in your pic. are 'show plates' - not road-legal.

each number plate to be permanently and legibly marked with the following information:-

1. The British Standard number (currently BS AU 145d)
2. The name, trade mark or other means of identification of the manufacturer or component supplier
3. Name and postcode of the supplying outlet

www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/v796.pdf

 

[robert.saunders]

Spacing looks a little out too, but could be my eyes (I have new lenses in!)

 

[A210AMG]

Spacing is more than likley out...


After people comenting on mine and now I'm completly legal I can have a go at others

 

[BTB 500]

Spacing looks a little out too, but could be my eyes (I have new lenses in!)

Yup spacing is not legal either. There should be a gap after "T3" that is three times the width of the space between individual characters.

Space between characters: 11 mm
Space between groups: 33 mm

That's the point about 'show plates' - you can have anything you like on them. Including someone else's registration, for example ...

The lack of maker's name shows that the normal checks on ownership & identity have not been carried out.

 

[puffsorted]

uMy CLK55 AMG has the plate P2 PUF (see my user name, long story not drug related!!!)

but I like the drug dealer connotations for what is bascially a drug dealers car anyway Although my next door neighbours first words were why have you go Poof! written on your car

 

[peterg1965]

The plates in your pic. are 'show plates' - not road-legal.

Sorry, please explain. Other than the spacing between the second and third characters what makes these plates not road legal?

 

[Ade B]

No BS stamp and name of issuer.

I have neither on mine, been through 2 mots fine.

Ade

 

[peterg1965]

No BS stamp and name of issuer.

I have neither on mine, been through 2 mots fine.

Ade

I would have thought the police would have other, more serious, issues to tackle. A number plate lacking the BS stamp and issuer is hardly a henous crime!

 

[BTB 500]

Sorry, please explain. Other than the spacing between the second and third characters what makes these plates not road legal?

They don't appear to show details of the manufacturer and supplier (as per the DVLA info. posted above).

 

[BTB 500]

I would have thought the police would have other, more serious, issues to tackle. A number plate lacking the BS stamp and issuer is hardly a henous crime!

You are missing the point.

Lack of maker/supplier info. shows that the mandatory checks on ownership of the vehicle and registration have not been carried out. Therefore the reg. could be completely fake (or copied from a similar car, found via an enthusiasts' forum perhaps).

A great way to deal with speed cameras and congestion charging

 

[peterg1965]

You are missing the point.

Lack of maker/supplier info. shows that the mandatory checks on ownership of the vehicle and registration have not been carried out. Therefore the reg. could be completely fake (or copied from a similar car, found via an enthusiasts' forum perhaps).

A great way to deal with speed cameras and congestion charging

All understood. However, 'mandatory checks' = another piece of badly thought through legislation, probably initiated and conceived by Messrs Blair and Brown and their cronies. If someone wishes to fake or steal a registration plate 'mandatory checks' are hardly an insurmountable obstacle.

 

[BTB 500]

If someone wishes to fake or steal a registration plate 'mandatory checks' are hardly an insurmountable obstacle.

No but they make it considerably more difficult.

I was sent home to get the V5 when I needed a replacement plate, even though the vehicle was sitting outside with that registration already on it.

As I said, any plate without makers details on will automatically be suspect if anyone looks at it closely.