Number plate mystery - Any sleuths who can help?

silverwhistle

BOWFER said:

silverwhistle said:

No, I don't take that from the OP's post even if you did. I'd be concerned too that something was being hidden by such a strange change. They also didn't say they were going to change the plate but were worried about resale value, which seems a eminently sensible thing to do.

They asked if they could change to a 17 plate.

What they said was:

Whether having an older plate would impact the car value and if so could I change it to a 2017 plate?

The "if so" is significant but you don't seem to have noticed it.

Grumpy_chap

justworriedabit said:

Hi OP

One of our family buy a brand new car every year, ie  they have three car s and at least  one car is changed and the 2 expensive ones both in excess o60k at leat i think poss 80 not sure get 5/6 year old reg on it from day one so not to attract as much attention.

It is probably far more common, especially with more expensive vehicles, to buy used and put a dateless plate on to hide the fact it is a used car and not brand new.

What are the cars they have, things like Range Rover, S-Class, 911 are the sort of things that are often seen with dateless plates.

Biggus_Dickus

Grumpy_chap said:

AdrianC said:

I suppose if you can't park, you would want to put something that refers to the model of the car and not you as an individual...

I think private plates often say more about the owner than they intended. A number of years ago I’d regularly see a guy with the number plate ‘ABUSE’ on a Sporty Mercedes convertible.

The real reg was obviously A13 USE but all the characters were pushed together and the 1 & 3 had effectively become a ‘B’.

Can’t remember the model but it was a nice looking car. Strangely enough every time I looked at the reg number I didn’t see ‘ABUSE’ ,...I just saw it as ‘****’. 😆

strawb_shortcake

I've seen a fancy car locally, the family have several expensive cars but the number plate on one reads "oh so smug" I'd say that falls into the vanity plate.

The family also have a Rolls Royce, Aston Martin and Maclaren - I think the number plate is on the AM but my expensive car knowledge isn't great! From memory the other cars don't have as noticable private plates

BOWFER

NBLondon said:

BOWFER said:

"vanity plate" is such an odd term for anyone in the UK to use.

I was under the impression (I could be wrong) that the US term vanity plate includes the option (in some states) to have any combination of letters/numbers that has not already been issued and isn't obscene/forbidden. 



so in the UK - it isn't the right term.

Yeah, seems to be another Americanism creeping into the UK.
Americanisms suck.

poppasmurf_bewdley

BOWFER said:

"vanity plate" is such an odd term for anyone in the UK to use.
Personal or private plate, yes. even cherished.
But 'vanity' has a sneering edge to it.

Yes, I agree.  The term 'vanity plate' is mostly used by those who just don't see the need for them and can't understand why others do, those who can't get one because they can't think of an appropriate reg to buy, or those who secretly want one but can't afford the one they want.  

justworriedabit

poppasmurf_bewdley said:

BOWFER said:

"vanity plate" is such an odd term for anyone in the UK to use.
Personal or private plate, yes. even cherished.
But 'vanity' has a sneering edge to it.

Yes, I agree.  The term 'vanity plate' is mostly used by those who just don't see the need for them and can't understand why others do, those who can't get one because they can't think of an appropriate reg to buy, or those who secretly want one but can't afford the one they want.  

One of my co-workers at a previous employment was a witty young man. He had one of these meaningless number plates on his car to hid the age of his 10/12 year old Fiesta.  At a works gathering we were sitting on the same table and couple of guys were talking cars and one of them thought he was flash and smart asked the fiesta gut "what does your number plate stand for," and the fiesta guys said, "its my name."  We all laughed other than the questioner.

Best plate I've seen is xxx and 666 in central London, Mr J said the cars were not from the UK but possible UAE/Dubai/etc.

strawb_shortcake

justworriedabit said:

poppasmurf_bewdley said:

BOWFER said:

"vanity plate" is such an odd term for anyone in the UK to use.
Personal or private plate, yes. even cherished.
But 'vanity' has a sneering edge to it.

Yes, I agree.  The term 'vanity plate' is mostly used by those who just don't see the need for them and can't understand why others do, those who can't get one because they can't think of an appropriate reg to buy, or those who secretly want one but can't afford the one they want.  

One of my co-workers at a previous employment was a witty young man. He had one of these meaningless number plates on his car to hid the age of his 10/12 year old Fiesta.  At a works gathering we were sitting on the same table and couple of guys were talking cars and one of them thought he was flash and smart asked the fiesta gut "what does your number plate stand for," and the fiesta guys said, "its my name."  We all laughed other than the questioner.

Best plate I've seen is xxx and 666 in central London, Mr J said the cars were not from the UK but possible UAE/Dubai/etc.

Was it this one? 666 isn't looking so flash now...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174958/The-devils-work-Supercar-registration-plate-666-destroyed-mysteriously-bursts-flames.html

I've seen PA5TY as a number plate, I'm not sure you can beat a pasty 😊

AdrianC

annabanana82 said:

Was it this one? 666 isn't looking so flash now...

Photo shows Russian plate reading E666MK44

I've seen PA5TY as a number plate

You haven't...

P4 STY perhaps
P45 TYx perhaps
PA57 Yxx perhaps
Probably various other tenuous and misrepresented combinations.

But not PA5TY. Not on a UK plate. All plates conform to one of the formats issued for normal registrations...

ABC123 or 123ABC or 1234AB or AB1234 for pre-1963 plates - one to three letters, one to four digits.
ABC123D for 63-83 plates - one to three digits
A123BCD for 83-01 plates - one to three digits
AB51CDE for 01-on plates.

AB1CD has never been a valid UK plate format. A great example of why misrepresenting registrations is a bad thing.

strawb_shortcake

AdrianC said:

annabanana82 said:

Was it this one? 666 isn't looking so flash now...

Photo shows Russian plate reading E666MK44

I've seen PA5TY as a number plate

You haven't...

P4 STY perhaps
P45 TYx perhaps
PA57 Yxx perhaps
Probably various other tenuous and misrepresented combinations.

But not PA5TY. Not on a UK plate. All plates conform to one of the formats issued for normal registrations...

ABC123 or 123ABC or 1234AB or AB1234 for pre-1963 plates - one to three letters, one to four digits.
ABC123D for 63-83 plates - one to three digits
A123BCD for 83-01 plates - one to three digits
AB51CDE for 01-on plates.

AB1CD has never been a valid UK plate format. A great example of why misrepresenting registrations is a bad thing.

I think it was the P4STY, I just know it read pasty. I always thought it was meant to read Patsy.
The car used to drive around my old home town when I was in the seniors so awhile back now