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Private number plates - narc or normal? :-)
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subjecttocontract said:We have 3 cars with personal number plates. Advantages:
* Less likely to get stolen.
My initial thought was that a car with private plate is more likely to be stolen.
You made me think that, maybe, an obvious plate is more likely to be spotted so if there was a Crimespotters appeal, did you see "HN08BZF" is less likely to be spotted than did you see "J4SON". That is all rather an edge case though.0 -
My favourite is the house on Chelsea Embankment that has two cars one with 2B and the other NOT 2 B.1
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Why worry? If you want a private plate, get one. If you don’t, don’t. Ya dig?Don't lie, thieve, cheat or steal. The Government do not like the competition.
The Lord Giveth and the Government Taketh Away.
I'm sorry, I don't apologise. That's just the way I am. Homer (Simpson)2 -
inmypocketnottheirs said:Why worry? If you want a private plate, get one. If you don’t, don’t. Ya dig?
As a teenager (like many, seriously into cars - my first was one I built myself) the 'idea' of a PNP would very likely have been desirable, and I recall being 'impressed' by such personalisation on other people's cars - one even had their actual name done in script on their hatchback's rear wings, and I thought - like everyone else (at least no one openly disparaged it) - that it was cool, although something about it also made me a bit uncomfortable. But, even then, the very thought of me actually sporting a plate that represented my name brought me out in a chill of embarrassment. As an adult, the idea is even more laughable. If someone were misguided enough to buy me such a thing - and no-one I know would - the plate would hang in my garage.
I think that is interesting, don't you? This thread is, I think, about human psychology.
My thread is from genuine interest into why some folk have them, what they imagine it 'says' about them, and what onlookers also think of and about the wearer.
7 pages in, there's been some very welcome and amusing anecdotes, but so far PNPs are seemingly an anti-theft feature, or for more practical reasons such as to make it easier to recall the 'plate when purchasing a parking ticket. I'm pretty sure that these aren't the main reasons, so this also begs the Q - 'why so coy'?My original Q remains:Why do folk have private plates that indicate their name? What do they think it 'says' about them? And what do these owners imagine other folk think about them 'cos of their 'plate?And, what do other folk think about private plate owners when they spot them? Is there a correlation between PPs and anything else that folk are aware of?0 -
ThisIsWeird said:inmypocketnottheirs said:Why worry? If you want a private plate, get one. If you don’t, don’t. Ya dig?
As a teenager (like many, seriously into cars - my first was one I built myself) the 'idea' of a PNP would very likely have been desirable, and I recall being 'impressed' by such personalisation on other people's cars - one even had their actual name done in script on their hatchback's rear wings, and I thought - like everyone else (at least no one openly disparaged it) - that it was cool, although something about it also made me a bit uncomfortable. But, even then, the very thought of me actually sporting a plate that represented my name brought me out in a chill of embarrassment. As an adult, the idea is even more laughable. If someone were misguided enough to buy me such a thing - and no-one I know would - the plate would hang in my garage.
I think that is interesting, don't you? This thread is, I think, about human psychology.
My thread is from genuine interest into why some folk have them, what they imagine it 'says' about them, and what onlookers also think of and about the wearer.
7 pages in, there's been some very welcome and amusing anecdotes, but so far PNPs are seemingly an anti-theft feature, or for more practical reasons such as to make it easier to recall the 'plate when purchasing a parking ticket. I'm pretty sure that these aren't the main reasons, so this also begs the Q - 'why so coy'?My original Q remains:Why do folk have private plates that indicate their name? What do they think it 'says' about them? And what do these owners imagine other folk think about them 'cos of their 'plate?And, what do other folk think about private plate owners when they spot them? Is there a correlation between PPs and anything else that folk are aware of?
The only reason I would get a personalise plate is so I could remember the number.
Maybe that's because I've always thought of a car as to get me to A to B, I've always found it laughable how some fawn over cars.
Let's Be Careful Out There0 -
HillStreetBlues said:What makes you sure? Maybe it doesn't suit your agenda in creating this thread.
The only reason I would get a personalise plate is so I could remember the number.
Maybe that's because I've always thought of a car as to get me to A to B, I've always found it laughable how some fawn over cars.
But, fair do's, you probably have sussed my 'agenda'. It's a shame that PNP folk are either too coy or defensive to answer my Qs.
Although you sort of have - you'd have one only to make it easy to memorise. So you'd presumably select one on the basis of it being 'memorable', and not to reflect your name or presumed personality?
And I regularly do fawn over cars - many are truly awesome. Laugh if you like.
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My OH has a personal plate, I don't think he thinks about it at all.1
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northwalesd said:My OH has a personal plate, I don't think he thinks about it at all.I presume he thought about it when he bought it?Does it represent his name?May I ask - what do you think of it?
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ThisIsWeird said:Did I say I was sure? No.
But, fair do's, you probably have sussed my 'agenda'. It's a shame that PNP folk are either too coy or defensive to answer my Qs.
Although you sort of have - you'd have one only to make it easy to memorise. So you'd presumably select one on the basis of it being 'memorable', and not to reflect your name or presumed personality?
And I regularly do fawn over cars - many are truly awesome. Laugh if you like.
A personal number plate has never crossed my mind, I thought they were all thousands plus, and expensive and a total hassle to then transfer the plate. TBH and also pointless.
Reading that it makes them easy to remember made sense as having to enter the number plate on some machine has increased over the years (I know I have entered it incorrectly at least once) .
So because of that I have bought one
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Sapindus said:subjecttocontract said:We have 3 cars with personal number plates. Advantages:
* Less likely to get stolen.
* You can always remember the number when at car park pay stations or filling in forms.
As this is a money savings forum I think it only right to point out that some people make a good profit from reselling them.
I do know someone who claims her personalised plate makes her less likely to be a target of vandalism at football matches, as she can't be identified as home or away by the plate. Weight that against the point above and the risk of "jealousy stripes".
Fair point if you have a poor memory then having a plate you take from car to car would help with that, but that still doesn't mean faking it up to look like something else. And my friend with the personalised plate had her car broken into and purse stolen in which she had her PIN number written down because she couldn't remember that either.
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