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Private plates - a lighthearted question
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B16CAT is on a March 2011-registered white XKR.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.
Why would a dealer have such a prize promotional asset on a six year old car, of a model which was discontinued three years ago?0 -
Have got VAN580Y plus a few others on retention certificates.
They all have some value to somebody, so more as investment purpose, rather than to mean anything.
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Dunno, you tell meB16CAT is on a March 2011-registered white XKR.
Why would a dealer have such a prize promotional asset on a six year old car, of a model which was discontinued three years ago?
It was on a brand new model (no idea which, as I don't really follow posh cars) about five years ago, based at our local Jag dealer and seen driving round the area for a couple of weeks.
I assumed the number was owned by Jaguar and used for promotional purposes. If I am wrong, I couldn't care less. I just mentioned it because it amused me.If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.0 -
Oooh - nobody has corrected me! The rule was changed in 2015 to be in line with the historical vehicles exemption of manufactured 40 years ago. So it's now legal to have a black/silver plate on, say, a 1976 Capri 3.0 which wouldn't have been legal when it left the dealership.What I also see occasionally is silver-on-black plates (only legal on pre-73 cars) on a later model.
There are other reasons apart from "vanity" by the way. A mate of mine kept a nondescript K plate from a car he scrapped and replaced - just because he'd done a huge amount of mileage in that car and it reminded him of a good time in his life. So it really is a "cherished" plate as it has no relation to his name/initials or the car it's currently on and means nothing to anyone unless they know him and the old car it came from.
Seen this morning on a BMW 5 series: MR51OWX spaced as MR SLOW X. Plate was covered in what looked like window tinting film - presumably to try and fool ANPR or other cameras. Draw your own conclusions from that...I need to think of something new here...0 -
Seen this morning on a BMW 5 series: MR51OWX spaced as MR SLOW X. Plate was covered in what looked like window tinting film - presumably to try and fool ANPR or other cameras. Draw your own conclusions from that...
1) The illegal plate is sufficient for police to pull you so doesn't gain him anything
2) It's an automatic MOT fail so he'll need to keep swapping it over for the proper one
3) Those films were all debunked on mythbusters or similar program. If they did work they'd be illegal and probably get you points and a fineSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Driving south on the M6 in Cumbria recently and was overtaken by a black Audi with reg plate - ST08 ART.
No guesses as to which 'family' that particular reg. no. may belong to!!0 -
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My old boss had 1CE, apparently, he out bid Chris Ewbank the boxer for it so must have paid a few bob for it.
Going back a bit, Sir Gerald Nabarro had NAB 1 to NAB 6 I believe..Started my job at the bottom and liked it0 -
He was my MP in North Leeds when I was younger. Saw him in NAB1 a few times.
Don't think he was. Sir Gerald was MP for Kidderminster and then South Worcestershire.
Are you thinking of Sir Keith Joseph, who was a Leeds MP for many years."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 Nock0 -
There are other reasons apart from "vanity" by the way. A mate of mine kept a nondescript K plate from a car he scrapped and replaced - just because he'd done a huge amount of mileage in that car and it reminded him of a good time in his life. So it really is a "cherished" plate as it has no relation to his name/initials or the car it's currently on and means nothing to anyone unless they know him and the old car it came from.
I have kept a mangled front plate from a Jeep that I had a nasty crash in. Not exactly the best day of my life.0
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