Private plates!!!

[woody67]

Is it me or do Audi dealers give away private reg plates with every Audi TT sold? I'm sure 99% of TT owners have personal plates! Do you think there is some subterranean Audi club in our midst?
PS - the strangest plate I ever saw (late 80s when "computerized" square number thingies were all the rage) was E333 EEE - imagine what that looked like?

Woody :shock:

 

[nickson71]

I personally don't see the point of private plates ........waste of money

If I ever get in a position to have money availible for a private plate (i.e. can't think of anything else to spend it on) I think I'd rather give the money to charity

Ian

 

[Anonymous]

I agree a complete waste of money and I do not understand why anyone would want them

I have a very fast Audi sports car (not the TT and with standard number plate) and receive an Audi mag each month. In this mag, there are always ads for plates such as TT xxx

Usually, these are for sale at £600 (3 LN planes!) to £1200 (1 festool saw blade)

 

[lurker]

I see you don't just restrict your gloats to planes then, Tone :roll:

 

[Paul Chapman]

I used to lived in Walton-on-Thames and there was a bloke there who drove around in a Rolls Royce with the number plate PEN 1S. Quite appropriate really, because that was most people's opinion of him :lol:

I think one of the blokes who started it all off was the Tory MP, Sir Gerald Nabaro. He had about 8 cars and all the numbers from NAB 1 to NAB 8.

All a bit daft really.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Smudger]

PEN 15 used to belong to Fiona Richmond. Remember her?

 

[mailee]

He, he, he.....do I.

 

[tiler99]

I agree a complete waste of money and I do not understand why anyone would want them......If you have the money then why not?

I have a very fast Audi sports car (not the TT and with standard number plate) and receive an Audi mag each month. In this mag, there are always ads for plates such as TT xxx

Usually, these are for sale at £600 (3 LN planes! Which will wear out,chip and rust) to £1200 (1 festool saw bladeAgain which will wear)

No i dont have one but as long as its a decent plate then it will hold its value. Each to their own

 

[Chris Knight]

I think we need Jacob's view on this :wink:

 

[wizer]

I own a personal numberplate, it was given (along with a car that I never drove!) to me on my 18th birthday and has my name plus 18. It's not on my car and i'll never sell it (yes, it is a proper documented registration, not just a plate). I agree that it is a case of 'each to their own'.

 

[Adam]

I agree a complete waste of money and I do not understand why anyone would want them

I have a very fast Audi sports car (not the TT and with standard number plate) and receive an Audi mag each month. In this mag, there are always ads for plates such as TT xxx

I'm not sure that argument follows. They are surely no more of a waste of money that an expensive "very fast" audi sports car? By the time you add depreciation, the premium "tyres" that are needed, servicing, insurance - £600 for a number plate is a drop in the ocean. Heaven forbid if you bought it new just imagine how much VAT you have written off as well? I don't follow that line of argument at all. In fact come to think of it those numbers you mention - at £600 its probably cheaper than a set of 4 tyres?

Perhaps I'm biased. My mum has a 4 digit number plate on her car. Its the same number plate that came on her first (second hand) car 40 years ago. Shes transferred it ever since. Its a bit like a family heirloom, although out of the blue she announced she was going to sell it recently. There was no "prestige" associated with its life - its been on "normal" cars - Renault 4, Austin Allegro, Mini Metro etc etc.

Adam

 

[andys wood shed]

And most Honda S2000 owners have S200 O initials :wink: :lol:

 

[woody67]

Speaking of which; HOW and WHY do people get away with doing this? I've seen S2 OATS when it's obviously S20 ATS etc, etc. I thought number plate production was far more stringent now, even to the extent that you have to produce passport, DNA, blood etc??
Also it REALLY peeves me when the coloured screw cap amazingly produces a new letter - best one I've seen :wink: was a strategically placed cap on A16 ALLY that belonged to a lady called.............. ?? answers please to A) what was her name and B) where was the single coloured cap placed???

 

[wizer]

why does it annoy you so much?

 

[woody67]

Mainly due to it's illegality Wizer - a guy once crashed into our house and proceded to rip a small length of insulation tape off the P prefix off his car incase the boys in blue thought he had an R reg car and thus a whole year younger. I believe it's just wrong when legislation states numbers should be evenly spaced and legible and so easy to read and subsequently report if God forbid, they are involved in an accident or even worse a hit and run. Popping on a new screw cap(s) can drastically alter a reg plate.

Hope this helps.

 

[tiler99]

But if the police spent their time stopping everyone with edited and small number plates etc, we would have the whole "why dont you go and catch some real criminals" all over again.

 

[Smudger]

 

[RogerS]

And most Honda S2000 owners have S200 O initials :wink: :lol:

We don't

Sad souls. Is it because they can't remember their name? Or because they lack self-esteem? Or because they are under-endowed significantly in the male organ stakes? I put them in the same category as Porsche Cayenne owners.

 

[Anonymous]

And most Honda S2000 owners have S200 O initials :wink: :lol:

We don't

Sad souls. Is it because they can't remember their name? Or because they lack self-esteem? Or because they are under-endowed significantly in the male organ stakes? I put them in the same category as Porsche Cayenne owners.

Ooh I say, someone on the forum has got to have a Porche Cayenne will they come clean or keep quiet.

 

[Anonymous]

I see you don't just restrict your gloats to planes then, Tone :roll:

I don't call owning a Festool saw blade a gloat :wink: