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Private plates - a lighthearted question

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  • stator
    stator Posts: 7,441 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    Perhaps a more interesting question is why they drove from the Exeter HQ to Edinburgh, since they operate four flight per day each way on that route...
    The answer is quite obvious if you're ever flown Flybe
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  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,934 Forumite
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    Personalised or 'cherished' number plates can be fun.

    I have my surname spelt out on my plate, with the E represented by a 5.

    A lady I know has PEN51.

    One of the best plates I ever saw was FU2 on a Roly Poly.

    A lovely looking blonde I used to see driving regularly had 4PLY.

    My former wife's Vitara had the initials of my best man at our wedding, purely coincidentally.

    I often wonder whether Rupert Murdoch has B5KYB.
    "There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock
  • livetoclimb
    livetoclimb Posts: 52 Forumite
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    When I lived in Bournemouth there was a matt black Range Rover with FA57 CAR - that must have cost a fortune.
  • davidwood123
    davidwood123 Posts: 471 Forumite
    poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »
    Personalised or 'cherished' number plates can be fun.

    I have my surname spelt out on my plate, with the E represented by a 5.

    A lady I know has PEN51.

    One of the best plates I ever saw was FU2 on a Roly Poly.

    A lovely looking blonde I used to see driving regularly had 4PLY.

    My former wife's Vitara had the initials of my best man at our wedding, purely coincidentally.

    I often wonder whether Rupert Murdoch has B5KYB.

    I'd keep that to yourself ;)
  • AdrianC
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    poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »
    I have my surname spelt out on my plate, with the E represented by a 5.

    A 5 looks nothing like an E. If it looks like any letter, it's an S, with a 3 being almost kinda generally in the vague region of an E.
    A lady I know has PEN51.

    You may like to suggest to her that she insures it...
  • Billy_Bullocks
    Billy_Bullocks Posts: 524 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    A 5 looks nothing like an E. If it looks like any letter, it's an S, with a 3 being almost kinda generally in the vague region of an E..

    I agree but while there are people foolish enough to by such plates it may keep costs down elsewhere at the dvla.
  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,934 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    A 5 looks nothing like an E. If it looks like any letter, it's an S, with a 3 being almost kinda generally in the vague region of an E.

    Well it might not to you but it was enough for one person to offer me three grand for it. Not bad for a £250 investment! :D
    "There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock
  • Apodemus
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    It seems blindingly obvious that it'll be a corporate vehicle used by FlyBe senior management.

    Perhaps a more interesting question is why they drove from the Exeter HQ to Edinburgh, since they operate four flight per day each way on that route...

    If you Google that number it seems that it had been seen on the same stretch of motorway before, so it sounds like the owner lives locally.
  • Apodemus
    Apodemus Posts: 3,410 Forumite
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    I once saw a car with my initial and surname advertised in the newspaper. This was back in the days when there was no method to transfer a plate and you had to buy the car. It was on a 1974 Volvo 240 for sale at £750 which was way beyond me in these days. Plate alone would be worth much more than that now!
  • MobileSaver
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    poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »
    Well it might not to you but it was enough for one person to offer me three grand for it.

    A fool and his money are easily parted. :)
    Every generation blames the one before...
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