Private plates - a lighthearted question

AdrianC

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

But in the meantime, just because you can't see the point is no reason to decry those who do. I'll leave you to carry on 'not getting it'!

I haven't decried anything.

But in the meanwhile, I'll add you to the list of those who can't supply any reason beyond simple vanity. <shrug> Maybe there is no reason beyond that?

Head_The_Ball

AdrianC wrote: »

....OTOH, there are sound counter-reasons. I got badly cut-up by some numpty in an Elk Merc a few years back. Bad move when you have a two-digit-two-letter vanity plate. It's very, VERY easy to remember and pass on to the Police.

The Police would do little or nothing about that.

Without video (or other witnesses) evidence it would be your word against his/hers.

Even with good video evidence, which would presumably show the number plate so it doesn't matter if it is an easily remembered one, the Police are unlikely to act.

AdrianC

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

The Police would do little or nothing about that.

Without video (or other witnesses) evidence it would be your word against his/hers.

Even with good video evidence, which would presumably show the number plate so it doesn't matter if it is an easily remembered one, the Police are unlikely to act.

I wasn't expecting charges - I was merely hoping for a note to be kept on file in case he tried similar to others, and the result went the other way.

I was passing slower traffic on a dual carriageway (in a 1.1 Pug 205, so hardly warp speed), when he pulled out without looking, RIGHT in front of me. He took great exception to horn/beam and a glare when I passed him later, and tried to push me into the central reservation. I dropped back, moved into L1 and tried to let him get on with his own problems in peace - which further enraged him, so he tried to push me onto the verge while his passenger filmed/photographed me on her phone. And this was an affluent-looking late-middle-age couple in an affluent area...

But I was very pleased in the response I did get - which was a phone call from a Traffic sergeant, who said the car was registered locally, and he'd be only too happy to stop in at the address and read them the riot act... I wonder if I wasn't the first to get a note put on file.

Billy_Bullocks

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Because I wanted it. Satisfied? I must say that in my experience, those who don't like cherished plates either can't have one, can't afford one or have something like a 15 year old Fiat Panda that's not worth putting a cherished plate on.

Why can't they have one?

I could have my surname like you I would have use a 5 but not as an E.

Could I afford the one that would spell my surname? Probably.

Could I afford what you claim yours is worth? Yes.

Do I drive a 15 year old panda? No.

So what's your point?

You have a tacky plate on your car that only spells a name to a backwood illiterate but at least it keeps you and the kids happy.

Billy_Bullocks

AdrianC wrote: »

I wasn't expecting charges - I was merely hoping for a note to be kept on file in case he tried similar to others, and the result went the other way.

I was passing slower traffic on a dual carriageway (in a 1.1 Pug 205, so hardly warp speed), when he pulled out without looking, RIGHT in front of me. He took great exception to horn/beam and a glare when I passed him later, and tried to push me into the central reservation. I dropped back, moved into L1 and tried to let him get on with his own problems in peace - which further enraged him, so he tried to push me onto the verge while his passenger filmed/photographed me on her phone. And this was an affluent-looking late-middle-age couple in an affluent area...

But I was very pleased in the response I did get - which was a phone call from a Traffic sergeant, who said the car was registered locally, and he'd be only too happy to stop in at the address and read them the riot act... I wonder if I wasn't the first to get a note put on file.

The file was the bin and a quck phone call got rid of you. Job done.

poppasmurf_bewdley

Billy_Bullocks wrote: »

You have a tacky plate on your car that only spells a name to a backwood illiterate but at least it keeps you and the kids happy.

Probably one of the nicest comments I've seen on this forum. If you ever get a plate, you could change the U for an O.

Billy_Bullocks

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Probably one of the nicest comments I've seen on this forum. If you ever get a plate, you could change the U for an O.

I've had a plate on every vehicle I've owned and not felt the need to change it.

Richard53

A good corporate plate has a certain class. FLY8E is one, and the promotional Jag that the local dealer had for a while - B16CAT - is another. On a much smaller scale, my favourite plate ever is on the Renault Trafic belonging to my local bed shop - D1VAN.


I bought matching plates for myself and my wife a few years ago, nothing special, just a letter, a single digit, and our initials. It was a bit of an impulse buy and I soon regretted it. It's fun for a while, but ...


I took it off the Mondeo when I sold it and it is on retention. I can't see me putting it back on a vehicle again and I will probably sell it. However, my wife loves hers and wouldn't part with it. She has several younger relatives with the same initials, so she will probably keep it and pass it on in her will. We're all different, thank God.

Billy_Bullocks

Richard53 wrote: »

A good corporate plate has a certain class. FLY8E is one, and the promotional Jag that the local dealer had for a while - B16CAT - is another. On a much smaller scale, my favourite plate ever is on the Renault Trafic belonging to my local bed shop - D1VAN.


I bought matching plates for myself and my wife a few years ago, nothing special, just a letter, a single digit, and our initials. It was a bit of an impulse buy and I soon regretted it. It's fun for a while, but ...


I took it off the Mondeo when I sold it and it is on retention. I can't see me putting it back on a vehicle again and I will probably sell it. However, my wife loves hers and wouldn't part with it. She has several younger relatives with the same initials, so she will probably keep it and pass it on in her will. We're all different, thank God.

Being as it's on a six year old jag would suggest it's was only a promotional plate and not the genuine one.

Richard53

Billy_Bullocks wrote: »

Being as it's on a six year old jag would suggest it's was only a promotional plate and not the genuine one.

Why would it not be genuine? I assumed it was a prefix plate from 1984/5, one of the held back numbers (1-20) that the DVLA later sold to the public. You can display a plate that is older than the car, but not the other way round. I assume it has been in the company for years, and they transfer it from vehicle to vehicle as the need arises.