hi
i'm looking into buying a private reg amd wonder what people thought of these two. (bearing in mind my names alan kennedy and my nickname is keno)
A14 NKV - i know the v doesnt mean anything to me
or
K5 NOS
what do you think?? waste of money or will look good??
cheers
alan
How much you hopin to pay s:?: :?: s:?:
both are £250 thats including registration and vat
Why not go for an MR2 plate...
If your after an 02 year you can register "MR02 ???"
Always thought something obscure is better... the ones you gave are ok if people know who you are, but most won't... and the reg plate doesn't help. Something dead simple like T1 A?K, which is obviously your initials (easy guess), or something even more prominent, like 3000 U, or similar.
see your point but people who dont know who you still wont know what private reg like T1 AJK means and also the people that do know you wont know what the private reg means either.
thought i may aswell have something that some people will recognise.
then again might just stick with my normal number plate and spend the £250 on something else.
I was tempted by X 60MER as C8MER was sold after I spent too long wondering about it.
I'd have to have a screw through the centre of the 6 to make it resemble a C and I won't feel comfortable doing that.
Quote from: "keninski"see your point but people who dont know who you still wont know what private reg like T1 AJK means and also the people that do know you wont know what the private reg means either.
If they're halfway intelligent, they'll spot it's a private plate, quickly realise that you're not making any words out of the other couple of letters, and guess the initials are yours. Job done.
yeah suppose so but still dont like that style of private reg.
would prefer to make my name up or something like that.
there is one available that i like. its A1ANS
unfortunately its a bit out of my price range.........its £64,450 s:o :o s:o
I did see "MR 21" available the other week... was some silly price like £50000 or something... but you got to admit... would look the nuts as "MR2 1" on your '2! s:D :D s:D
Quote from: "keninski"then again might just stick with my normal number plate and spend the £250 on something else.
I'd go with that idea... but then I'm not much of a fan of private plates!
Not so bad if they say what they're meant to say, but I don't like the ones where you have squash 2 characters to make 1, or pretend that a 3 is an E etc.
Alternatively, there's always the old joke about changing your name by deed poll to match your reg!
Or there's the naff option of choosing a forum name to match your number plate s:wink: :wink: s:wink: xx51 ZUD s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
I'm not really a fan of private plates - don't really see the point but I did p*ss myself when I saw W1FEY on a Fiesta with a woman driving.
J
MR02 WOW is available for £799!
A girl in Chelmsford has a yellow one with MR02 HOT (also was £799)
Quote from: "cstevens"MR02 WOW is available for £799!
LOL, i looked at getting that one! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Personally I'd either spend the £250 making the car faster, or making the plates disappear altogether every time I went past a Gatso...
Alan
Try here
m http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/search/newsea ... &x=19&y=21 (http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/search/newsearch.php?searched=yes&search1=&search2=&search3=C&search4=O&search5=M&agedigits=53&x=19&y=21) m
I bought RPH 1X from a dealer years ago. They wanted £950 plus the £80 transfer fee. Got it for £500!!!
Regards
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My favoured one was MR02 SMT
I cant really get one for my name as i dont have a middle name - unless i get "N1 KRS" or something like that.
I will have to wait until the year 2015 and then get "KR15 CLK" s:D :D s:D
That link only gave all the latest "stupid" type numbers. There are 467 prefix-style numbers also.
Happy hunting ( most dealers quote a price, but are not the original dealer. They will buy from another dealer and put their mark-up on it. The trick when buying from these firms is to try and find who the first dealer is and screw them for the best deal - no sale, no commission!)
s:D :D s:D
Quote from: "krisclarkuk"I cant really get one for my name as i dont have a middle name
Invent a middle name. Far more interesting.
kris
If you check out the dealer adverts in AutoTrader I think you will find two letter reg nos tend to be old ones and VERY expensive.
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Quote from: "Roger H"kris
If you check out the dealer adverts in AutoTrader I think you will find two letter reg nos tend to be old ones and VERY expensive.
s:D :D s:D
Exactly... think I'll just plan to buy a new car in 2015! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
if u have a j-spec u can have A1 MRS or XX MRS
I have B8 DSU
D being my first m#name and SU being my surname
and i make the B looks like an 8 there for i have 88 D.SU
8 being a lucky number in chinese
Some can be an investment, bought mine a few years ago (61ANS) really cringing when i paid for it, but now it's worth 4 times as much,not that i'd ever sell it. s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
I love my plate and despite only having the surname because of marriage I will not change it even though I lack the husband part of the equation. I thought of changing it, but thought sod it because of the transfer fee. I wanted L125CAR, which would of have a fixing screw between the 2 and the 5 with a slight scratch coming down from it which looked just like an apostrophie (?) but it has never been issued by DVLA...boo ...I begged but they would not relent! I suppose some people think that these plates are sad but I do like the fact that mine spells LIZ if you squint at it! Get the plate, I know that the only people who know what year my car might be are those with '2's, and as I have not seen another for the past month or so I am not that worried!
Anycase I have to look my best and like a posh bird with a nice car with the personalised index ( I know I am deluding myself!) so I keep smiling at men in Mercedes at the traffic lights hoping to pull..nothing yet though!
By the way Kris your index spells KNOB, thats priceless in itself!! Great plate.
Liz,
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you normally burn them off before they have a chance to talk :-) :-) :-)
Besides your aiming to low.
Ferrari at least.
I must admit, I was also looking at the weekend when I saw in Saturdays Express, in the REGTRANSFERS ad, they had CHR15J, alas, when I looked it up the price is £21345... Still I might save up for MR02 BLU that's only £799... s:!: :!: s:!:
Quote from: "Liz"By the way Kris your index spells KNOB, thats priceless in itself!! Great plate.
LOL! every plate ive had people seem to remember.... my first car was J329 PTM which everyone thought it said PMT! s:roll: :roll: s:roll: My second car was R69 so everyone remembered 69! s:roll: :roll: s:roll: s:roll: :roll: s:roll: and now this one spells knob! s:roll: :roll: s:roll: s:roll: :roll: s:roll: s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Alan - Just a thought:
You could take a look on E-bay for a plate. There's an awful lot of cr*p on there but you may well strike lucky and some go for next to nothing.
You wont be surprised to learn that I've got R2MUL on my '2' (my initial and the first 3 letters of my surname - and I've only got R2 because R1 wasnt available!!)
I got the plate a looong time before I got the MR2 but sometimes I see people looking quizically and thinking that it's some sort of obscure reference to the car..... s:? :? s:?
Good luck with the plate search. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Quote from: "markiii"Liz,
Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you normally burn them off before they have a chance to talk :-) :-) :-)
Besides your aiming to low.
Ferrari at least.
I wish, in Southend no chance of that s:roll: :roll: s:roll: if I wanted a little lad in a Vauxhall Nova or a Citroen Saxo I would be laughing! I want a man in a mans car!
Quote from: "krisclarkuk"I did see "MR 21" available the other week... was some silly price like £50000 or something
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When I bought my first MR2 some 5 years ago a "MR-2" reg was available here for 5000FIM (roughly 800 euros). When I got the Roadster, the price had gone up to 1000 euros. And I thought that's a crazy price for a plate s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
I got a letter through the post a couple of years back offering me T1 MJC.
(Tim John Carter).. unfortunately I didn't have the £2.5k spare at the time!
I'm actually annoyed I missed out on CAR73R at auction about 6 months ago.. I had the couple of grand spare too, but just couldn't justify spending it on a number plate in time!! Wish I had now, it'll never come up again.
The best bargain I had though was to buy one for my ex-girlfriend (she wasn't ex at the time, obviously!)
SHe was called Merryn, and I got M33RYN from the DVLA for £250! Waste of money now I think about it though.... s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
I'm suprised nobody has spotted this one is available yet:
(http://www.peter-laborne.co.uk/mr5.jpg)
And only £35,000 s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
Yesterday I saw a nice Jag XK8 with the reg G6 GRR s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
I have W2 PJL (W=year, 2=what the car is, PJL=my initials)
Two places to have a look are at the DVLA auctions:
Custom plates:
m http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/custom/listings.php (http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/custom/listings.php) m
MRS 45H (MRS ASH) will be around £350
Classic plates:
m http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/classic/listings.php (http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/classic/listings.php) m
Surely if you were going to buy 'MR2 1', it'd be a waste to stick it on a mk3? s:D :D s:D I wonder if 'MR2 3' is available........
One car I did see in the carpark at work, identical to mine, but had the reg 'MR02 BOY'. People thought it was mine - the shame!!!
Also been seen in the area by my boss, the registration 'PI5 SED'. Just asking for trouble, if you ask me.
Quote from: "radar monkey"Surely if you were going to buy 'MR2 1', it'd be a waste to stick it on a mk3? s:D :D s:D I wonder if 'MR2 3' is available........
How about ZZW 30 s8) 8) s8)
after much debate i bought a private reg last nite.
Its K5 NOS (kenos)
i like it and thought at £250 i may aswell get it and if in the future i dont like it i can always sell it and more than likely get my money back.
Cheers for everyones views
Alan
Quote from: "radar monkey"Surely if you were going to buy 'MR2 1', it'd be a waste to stick it on a mk3? s:D :D s:D I wonder if 'MR2 3' is available........
One car I did see in the carpark at work, identical to mine, but had the reg 'MR02 BOY'. People thought it was mine - the shame!!!
Also been seen in the area by my boss, the registration 'PI5 SED'. Just asking for trouble, if you ask me.
I would have thought P15 SED would be on the DVLA blacklist and couldn't have slipped through?!
I always fancied P155 OFF, but strangely it was never issued...! s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
Tim
I was going to get MY03 MRZ £800 though.
Hi Alan,
Try going to
m http://www.regtransfers.co.uk (http://www.regtransfers.co.uk) m
I found MR02 ALA for £799
My advise keep it simple and to the point.
What about MR02 A?K, use your initials.
Best of luck
I've never seen the point of getting ones that go with the car, unless you are going to keep the car for a very long time!
I'd much rather get one with my name/initials on or something equally long standing eg football team etc.
Quote from: "Chris"I've never seen the point of getting ones that go with the car, unless you are going to keep the car for a very long time!
I'd much rather get one with my name/initials on or something equally long standing eg football team etc.
yeah, I agree too, I've often seen S2000s for sale with the S200 O.. plate, etc.. no good unless you intend on getting a back to back string of the same car I suppose..?!
As I can't get my initials anymore, I've really been thinking of something dateless recently.. like the plates on the ford adverts, something like 101 VUU - quite unusual, and usually around £800.
I was tempted with IUI 73 (my YOB), but mainly because it was nice and narrow in the new font and looked good!
Tim
A point no-one has brought up yet is that the personalised plates set the car off very nicely.
My plate is J3LBE, it makes the car instantly recognisable. My mates have nicknamed my car JELBE!!
If you want to have a play about with your registration try this place:
http://www.gtgrafix.com
(click on vehical accessorises... registrations plates...the plate builder)
I'll be ordering some carbon numberplates when my present ones deteriorate! s:) :) s:)
(If my spelling is bad sorry, but it's getting late! s:oops: :oops: s:oops: )
Quote from: "LeeUK"http://www.gtgrafix.com
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Great site!
Anyone have the exact sizes of UK plates..? And do they have holes in them...and if they do, what's their exact place.
Getting some nasty ideas! s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
I believe the company can make the plates in any size. The holes are not pre-drilled, you have to do that bit yourself! Although i do recommend sticking the plates on using adhesive pads, it looks neater as you don't use the screws or those screw caps! s8) 8) s8) Also water cannot seep in through the drill holes so your plates will never go manky!
It's the company i HAD to use, yes they'll make any plate any size and any lettering, had a square jap size plate made for mine.Just gave them the size i wanted and a couple of days later they dropped through the door. s8) 8) s8)
No holes pre drilled UK size is 520mm x 110mm
Quote from: "Tem"Quote from: "LeeUK"http://www.gtgrafix.com
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Great site!
Top site indeed!! I might get meself a set of mr2 plates - for show use of course! s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
Quote from: "c_a_r_t_e_r"I would have thought P15 SED would be on the DVLA blacklist and couldn't have slipped through?!
I wouold have thought so too, but my boss testifies otherwise. Perhaps it was something else with the cunning (and probably illegal) use of black screw caps.
Here is my previous car, which I had to sell when we moved to Germany.
I was working in an IT dept at the time.
(http://www.my-cars.de/images/MVC00001.JPG)
Quote from: "Chris"I've never seen the point of getting ones that go with the car, unless you are going to keep the car for a very long time!
I've got MR02<my initials> , from the DVLA, which works two ways. It goes with my 2 just perfect but if ever comes the day the plate walks to another brand s:shock: :shock: s:shock: it'll then read Mister 02 <my initials> which also works and isn't model specific...
Quote from: "c_a_r_t_e_r"I would have thought P15 SED would be on the DVLA blacklist and couldn't have slipped through?!
There is a great one I sometimes see in Cambridge - PEN15. IIRC it belongs to Steve Parish.
There is also a SAAB in the area with the plate 5AAB and a Harley with H4RLY
A Porsche with TOY5 and another with VFA 5T (which has been altered to say V FA5T)
One of my mates has a Noble M12 GTO with the reg plate M12 GTO!!!! s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
And as I said, a Jag with G6 GRR (GGGRRR)
One funny one I always saw was when I used to travel home from Cambridge along the A14. There would always be miles of traffic backed up and he has the plate A14 JAM s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
IMHO private plates finish a car s:D :D s:D . Whether they are words, cars, names or simply initials.
Quote from: "victor"Here is my previous car, which I had to sell when we moved to Germany.
I was working in an IT dept at the time.
(http://www.my-cars.de/images/MVC00001.JPG)
victor, this is sweet. K6 was rubbish but sweet number plate nevertheless. I wonder how could one have the Opteron 64bit CPU on a number plate...
O64 BIT???
Some favourite ones I've seen near me:
FU510N (fusion) on a Jag
B15HOP (bishop) on an Audi
H1 7EXY (hi sexy) on a Merc
A1 ACE on another Merc (about 20years ago!)
Quote from: "Peter Laborne"One of my mates has a Noble M12 GTO with the reg plate M12 GTO!!!! s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
That must've cost a pretty packet!!! That's some rich mates you have there!
Quote from: "Chris"That must've cost a pretty packet!!! That's some rich mates you have there!
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T'was where I used to work. Every day was like a car show. TVR's Lotus', Mercs, Porkers.
Some very nice cars, and some you rarely get to see. Like the Noble or a Porsche Carrera 911 GT3.
And I got to see them every day!!!! s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
went to surry this weekend and on a red clio V6 it had the number plate
T07SER
LOL
and he did look like one to s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
A self-effacing chap I knew a couple of years ago had a red Alfa with the registration: L8SER
Quality.
My initials are GRA......... so I couldn't believe my luck when the dealer presented a list on 10 registrations and one was ?? 03 GVA.
I must have missed out on GRA by a few days, but those few days helped to screw more money out of the dealer.
It's great to have no trade-in and just walk out of the showroom if you don't like the price. I just waited on the dealer calling me in a couple of days. Boot on the other foot.
Puggman
Im thinking about a personalised plate for my Veilside. My name is Tom Kay so I was thinking of "T7OMK"
What you think?
Quote from: "puggman"My initials are GRA......... so I couldn't believe my luck when the dealer presented a list on 10 registrations and one was ?? 03 GVA.
Why use your dealer? Why not do it yourself???
m http://www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk/home ... string=gra (http://www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk/home/en/Search/p/globalnew?string=gra) m
Quote from: "Peter Laborne"Quote from: "puggman"My initials are GRA......... so I couldn't believe my luck when the dealer presented a list on 10 registrations and one was ?? 03 GVA.
Why use your dealer? Why not do it yourself???
m http://www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk/home ... string=gra (http://www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk/home/en/Search/p/globalnew?string=gra) m
Im guessing it was at new registration... some dealers show you a list of registrations to pick from... i was simply told mine.
Quote from: "krisclarkuk"Im guessing it was at new registration... some dealers show you a list of registrations to pick from... i was simply told mine.
As soon as I put down the deposit on my 2 I went to the DVLA and picked a plate. My 2 was registered with that reg plate.
After spending soooo much on the car, two hundred and fifty quid on a plate wasn't exactly too much s8) 8) s8)
I have S11VRY (Silvery)
i now own the yellow o2 with MR02 HOT number plate great car and great plate for the car.
Quote from: "cstevens"MR02 WOW is available for £799!
A girl in Chelmsford has a yellow one with MR02 HOT (also was £799)
s:D :D s:D