Yet another thing wrong with cherished number plates

imposter2.0

Fiona Richmond (if anyone remembers her) used to drive around in 'FU 2'...

veronese68

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

Fav is the wife's uncle Roger with J 10LLY & R10 GER on a couple of cars

I suppose a misspelt number plate isn't as bad, or as permanent as this, :P :

Good ones are fine, and can be funny, bad ones look like someones trying too hard.

Giraffoto

RideOnTime wrote:

Why don't people just get a bit of cardboard and write their actual name on it and stick it in the window.

That, I think, sums it all up. Few people leave it to chance when they're using their car to show what football team they support, so why do they have such half ar$ed efforts to have a number plate that somehow represents something? But my biggest objection remains that there are so many of them (and they aren't even a quarter ar$ed in most cases) that I find myself wondering what a perfectly normal one is meant to read

wongataa wrote:

Giraffoto wrote:

Not only are they a weird fusion of text language and computer code that only show that the owner decided to waste money on a number plate that imparts no information to anyone - LV426, what the hell does that mean?

It means someone is a fan of the film Alien or Aliens as LV246 is the fictional location where they are primarily set. I recognised it.

Well spotted - all the examples are made up, but that was two letters and three numbers that were bouncing around in my head and that I picked as an example of something meaningless

me-109

I've seen quite a few on my (long) drive back North today. These include:
K9 NOB on a Nissan Navarra pickup thing
R8 LGE (large?) on a tidy black Audi R8
D 61LLS (Mr Gills, scuba diver or wife is a mermaid?) on a godawful Roller
OH11 YES on a McLaren (and why not?) - bit of a late dive onto the slip off the A1

And maybe even topping that one:

B4LDD on a bright yellow Mustang GT where the driver was indeed bald!

rolf_f

Me-109 wrote:

I've seen quite a few on my (long) drive back North today. These include:
K9 doorknob on a Nissan Navarra pickup thing
R8 LGE (large?) on a tidy black Audi R8
D 61LLS (Mr Gills, scuba diver or wife is a mermaid?) on a godawful Roller
OH11 YES on a McLaren (and why not?) - bit of a late dive onto the slip off the A1

But you'd think if you could afford a McLaren you could afford a personalized plate that actually worked. What does the 11 mean?

R8 one equally makes no sense. It should read "R8hideouspieceofbloatedjunk" but I'm not sure you can get a plate that represents that very well.

Saw Lam80 on a Countach in the late 80s. It's probably on a Patiodor now.

me-109

I'm guessing the 11=!! - or you just ignore the numbers and end up with OH YES.

VTech

We had a McLaren with reg HE11 number plate. That was good.

arran77

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

There's a reason for that :P

Stevo_666

arran77 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

There's a reason for that :P

I'm guessing that AL30 HOL wasn't available.

VTech

I made a mistake a few years ago when I purchased "SF57RAD"

Anyone ?

rolf_f

Me-109 wrote:

I'm guessing the 11=!! - or you just ignore the numbers and end up with OH YES.

But that's the problem. If it was exclamation marks then the plate should have been OH YES 11 (obviously not very feasible) and as soon as you start ignoring letters or numbers in the middle then it instantly becomes a crap plate.

I'm not about to buy R 026LFF and claim that that reads Rolf F if you ignore the 26!

Giraffoto

Rolf F wrote:

. . . as soon as you start ignoring letters or numbers in the middle then it instantly becomes a crap plate. . .

This is indeed the point. I'd add, as soon as it leaves the slightest room for ambiguity, it's a cr@p plate.
Some good examples:
Jimmy Tarbuck had COM1C on his car.
Paul Daniels had MAG1C on his.
Both showbiz people who had an image to keep up, and number plates that can't really be misread.

Some bad examples:
Just about anything else

BigLee1

A bloke I used to work with bought a "private" plate for about £400 and he changes his car just about every 6 months, the dopy bugger gets charged £80 every time he moves the plate, must`ve cost him about £600 so far in plate changes!
I`ve got a non dating 3 letters and 3 numbers, had it for 10 years on 2 cars, first was a BMW 530i for snob value now it`s been on my V70 for the past 7 years

VTech

BigLee1 wrote:

A bloke I used to work with bought a "private" plate for about £400 and he changes his car just about every 6 months, the dopy bugger gets charged £80 every time he moves the plate, must`ve cost him about £600 so far in plate changes!
I`ve got a non dating 3 letters and 3 numbers, had it for 10 years on 2 cars, first was a BMW 530i for snob value now it`s been on my V70 for the past 7 years

It's all relative. If he thinks it's worth it then fine.

bdu98252

Veronese68 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

Fav is the wife's uncle Roger with J 10LLY & R10 GER on a couple of cars

I suppose a misspelt number plate isn't as bad, or as permanent as this, :P :

Good ones are fine, and can be funny, bad ones look like someones trying too hard.

I think most people who can spell will judge him as a twat.

ballysmate

Veronese68 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

Fav is the wife's uncle Roger with J 10LLY & R10 GER on a couple of cars

I suppose a misspelt number plate isn't as bad, or as permanent as this, :P :

Good ones are fine, and can be funny, bad ones look like someones trying too hard.

Veronese, what were you doing when you took this picture of the young man looking coquettishly back at you over his naked shoulder. Is there a slight wince in his expression? :shock:

tlw1

Ballysmate wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

can't comment too much on this thread as I did own S40 TUS spaced to look like lotus - in my defence is was dirt cheap! :oops:

Fav is the wife's uncle Roger with J 10LLY & R10 GER on a couple of cars

I suppose a misspelt number plate isn't as bad, or as permanent as this, :P :

Good ones are fine, and can be funny, bad ones look like someones trying too hard.

Veronese, what were you doing when you took this picture of the young man looking coquettishly back at you over his naked shoulder. Is there a slight wince in his expression? :shock:

Don't Jude his lifestyle choice

capt_slog

There's a couple around my locale who have the numbers plates....
LO4DED and another variation that spells the same thing.

Their cars are the epitome of bad taste; extras for the sake of putting them on, revolving hubcaps etc.

Am I supposed to be impressed or what? The only message that comes across is that two chavs have won the lottery.

ballysmate

Can't understand why people splash money on these chav emblems and then skimp on maintenance.

veronese68

matthew h wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Veronese, what were you doing when you took this picture of the young man looking coquettishly back at you over his naked shoulder. Is there a slight wince in his expression? :shock:

Don't Jude his lifestyle choice

Yeah, wot he said.

andi1363

find they have a use. Warns of probable poor driving skills especially if accompanied with blue LED bulbs and small penis warning flags!

rolf_f

Giraffoto wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

. . . as soon as you start ignoring letters or numbers in the middle then it instantly becomes a crap plate. . .

This is indeed the point. I'd add, as soon as it leaves the slightest room for ambiguity, it's a cr@p plate.
Some good examples:
Jimmy Tarbuck had COM1C on his car.
Paul Daniels had MAG1C on his.
Both showbiz people who had an image to keep up, and number plates that can't really be misread.

Some bad examples:
Just about anything else

Here is one which is flawed by the dubious use of '4' but probably the best personalised plate I have ever seen as it was actually on an honourable vehicle which fitted it perfectly (which I therefore don't need to name!). This presumably means that the plate could never be silly expensive as even £400 would probably make it more expensive than anything you'd want to fit it to.

V154VAN

VTech

Should of read C154VAN

Ive never had a red van though, I reckon that would look good.

rolf_f

VTech wrote:

should have read C154VAN

Ive never had a red van though, I reckon that would look good.

Nope - I don't get that at all! You'll have to explain that one to me!

VTech

Rolf F wrote:

VTech wrote:

should have read C154VAN

Ive never had a red van though, I reckon that would look good.

Nope - I don't get that at all! You'll have to explain that one to me!

The vehicle is a C15 Champ Citroen Van, in colour Red.

The Reg would have been better as C154VAN as it was that the vehicle was.

rolf_f

I get you now. Though surely you'd want C15VAN for that.

And of course, probably 99% of anyone who cares sees them as Visa Vans rather than C15s.I'd never heard of that designation! And 'VisaVan" is a lot more poetic than C15Van.

scott_b

matthew h wrote:

Fav is the wife's uncle Roger with J 10LLY & R10 GER on a couple of cars

Does he live / work in doncaster. Sure I've seen them and also r9ger or similar knocking about.

Stevo_666

I wonder if anyone has X321 ARO ?

rolf_f

Stevo 666 wrote:

I wonder if anyone has X321 ARO ?

Most people have had that at some point.

ozzzyosborn206

one bonus of not having to have letters on your reg plate in guernsey is not having these around. People do spend quite alot of money on reg plates that only have 1,2, 3 or 4 digits though