Private registration plate

Deastons

I'm looking for a particular plate (letter, number - letter, letter, letter) that doesn't seem to exist.

It's not available on the DVLA site nor any auction sites and it doesn't come up if I search using the tax/mot website.

Various other variations exist (like with other numbers, or two numbers) but not this particular combination.

So... where is it?!

Nasqueron

gardner1 wrote: »

It cant be that good for the prices.........a good private plate gives the persons name quite clearly.....a bad one just looks 5h1t

OP doesn't say he wants a name, almost certainly is just after initials given the price. xx00 ABC are very cheap. That or perhaps something they can make illegal by altering spacing/letters e.g. xx14 NDY that could appear to be ANDY or something silly like trying to pretend a weird number is a letter (there is one near me that's something like M16K, I forget the combination but they are trying to use the 6 as a C)

bertiewhite

I've never seen the point of "vanity" plates as they call them in the USA.

It did make me laugh when a colleague drove into work once with "V6 SAM" on her knackered old Corsa.

Initially it drew some admiration from some of the lads who wanted to know how much the plates had cost her but they were quickly open mouthed and laughing when she said "£20 off ebay".

Gloomendoom

Deastons wrote: »

I'm looking for a particular plate (letter, number - letter, letter, letter) that doesn't seem to exist.

It's not available on the DVLA site nor any auction sites and it doesn't come up if I search using the tax/mot website.

Various other variations exist (like with other numbers, or two numbers) but not this particular combination.

So... where is it?!

The letters aren't assigned at random. Assuming you are looking at a pre 2001 plate, you can see the options for the last two letters here...

Pre-2001 codes

You will need to scroll to the table about halfway down the page.

Richard53

Deastons wrote: »

I'm looking for a particular plate (letter, number - letter, letter, letter) that doesn't seem to exist.

It's not available on the DVLA site nor any auction sites and it doesn't come up if I search using the tax/mot website.

Various other variations exist (like with other numbers, or two numbers) but not this particular combination.

So... where is it?!

Presumably it's on a car already and not for sale. I'm pretty sure that the single number L N LLL combinations were withheld by DVLA at release and sold separately later on.

My own number (letter, single number and my initials) doesn't appear on any website because I have it on retention - the plates are hanging up in my garage. The number is not linked to any vehicle, so won't show up on a tax/mot search.

NBLondon

iolanthe07 wrote: »

But you probably won't get one of those for £250.



I have a private plate of three letters followed by four numbers which cost £180 (+DVLA charges).

That's a Northern Ireland plate not a pre-63 mainland plate. They usually have a Z or an I in them - which may make it harder to find suitable initials - but they are dateless and thus popular with some.

Richard53 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that the single number L N LLL combinations were withheld by DVLA at release and sold separately later on.

I seem to remember it starting in the 80s - they realised that A 1 ABC and so on would be desirable. The held back B n ABC series then went on auction a few years later and they decided to allow pre-orders afterwards. A work colleague of mine was very chuffed to get H1+his initials on his new Rover 200.

Richard53

NBLondon wrote: »

I seem to remember it starting in the 80s - they realised that A 1 ABC and so on would be desirable. The held back B n ABC series then went on auction a few years later and they decided to allow pre-orders afterwards. A work colleague of mine was very chuffed to get H1+his initials on his new Rover 200.

I seem to recall that it was all the registrations with numbers up to 20 - D1ABC to D20ABC, and so on.

Nasqueron

Richard53 wrote: »

I seem to recall that it was all the registrations with numbers up to 20 - D1ABC to D20ABC, and so on.

I think the H1 was more popular (maybe more expensive) as it looks like "Hi ABC"

iolanthe07

That's a Northern Ireland plate.


Actually it is a Dublin (ROI) plate.There is no Z or I in it.

Richard53

Nasqueron wrote: »

I think the H1 was more popular (maybe more expensive) as it looks like "Hi ABC"

Yes, not all the same price as not all the same desirability (mine is a low number and was more than the 11-20 numbers). My point was that 21 onwards were released for general issue, whereas 1-20 were held back for pre-order, private sale or (for the real humdingers) auction.


I have no idea what possessed me when I bought mine, and I regret it. I'd much rather be anonymous. I bought one for my wife at the same time (same letter and number, but her initials) and she loves it to bits. Some people.