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Private Number Plates...

I've got one!
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I like the idea, but I'd rather spend £250 on drugs and hookers
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Meh
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Private plates are for wankers
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I am not a number! I am a free man!
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Re: Private Plates

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The owner of a local groundworks company has P1KEY

No, he doesn't like dags or live in a caravan, his surname is PIKE, though he's known to most as pikey.

Apparently certain groups take a dislike to the plate though he has been offered a load of cash by one.
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Re: Private Plates

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The guy who owns our company has this plate...

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Weirdly though that's not his car, he has it on a different 'GT40'. The one in the pic is a press demo from Superperformance, the firm that build the replicas. His is also a Superperformance car, but not that particular one.
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Re: Private Plates

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I've got 2.

X10 + my 3 initials, and X10 + the missus's 3 initials.

Saved a lot of hassle in remembering reg numbers.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:32 pm I've got 2.

X10 + my 3 initials, and X10 + the missus's 3 initials.

Saved a lot of hassle in remembering reg numbers.
My rents have got Mums Initials, year, Dad's Initials (mum ain't got a middle name).

They've got it on 2 bikes and 2 cars with four different years.
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Both mine came free by chance - the car looks like WHISKY but isn't, the bike ends in VUM... voom voom. Wouldn't have bought one, but I'm happy to keep these.
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Ca DMV has issued just about every variation of BOLLOCKS you could think of.

My ZRX1100 plate is ZRX11 :)
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Prefix style plates A-H with the numbers 25 and 26 go on sale on the official DVLA site tomorrow at 10am.

Got my eye on an A25 plate with my initials on it for £399.

25 is my lucky number :)
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I bought one from DVLA RA63 initials then LDV. Once i got conformation and the code to put it on my bus i was told i was not allowed to use the plate as it made my bus look younger. Lucky i got a 14 day cooling off period. Full refund.
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Re: Private Plates

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What!

They won't let you put £250 plate on your vehicle to make it look 10 years newer, what utter bastards.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:06 pm What!

They won't let you put £250 plate on your vehicle to make it look 10 years newer, what utter bastards.
That could have added several pounds to the value of an LDV van.
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Re: Private Plates

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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 4:06 pm What!

They won't let you put £250 plate on your vehicle to make it look 10 years newer, what utter bastards.
I know. My cunning plan was foiled. They stopped making the Convoy in 2004/5 ish so someone would need to be thick as pig shit to think it was any newer.
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Re: Private Plates

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This is my personal plate and it’s only ever been owned by me as it did not exist before. I had it made then won it at auction as that is how it works. I wanted it for my Evo back in the day and when I got rid of the Evo I’ve had it on every bike since and now that I’m bikeless it’s on my current car.
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Re: Private Plates

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I've got a couple of 4xNumbers + 2xLetters on retention *cough* get in touch if your initals are SF or RW *cough*
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Re: Private Plates

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The one I admired was on a flashy black Porsche... D1CK H....guess who....
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David wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:58 pm The one I admired was on a flashy black Porsche... D1CK H....guess who....
Potter? Just kidding. Hamster.
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David wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:58 pm The one I admired was on a flashy black Porsche... D1CK H....guess who....
Isnt that Richard Hammonds plate?
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Re: Private Plates

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Just cos I have a pic

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Horse wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 9:52 pm Just cos I have a pic

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I find it easier to change my name by deed poll to match my number plate, I'm currently Mark Romeo Xavier
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Re: Private Plates

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:08 pm I find it easier to change my name by deed poll to match my number plate, I'm currently Mark Romeo Xavier
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