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Cheers! :thumbs:

 

And what about Sarnie's "U"? That looks tampered with.... :dry:

 

 

I haven't tampered with the U at all mate.

 

My plate is

 

L14 MUE

 

I just spaced it diferently

 

L14M UE

 

:teeth:

 

Cool. Just thought the U looked dodgy in your pic.

 

Ah I can see what you mean now. There is a black bolt cap stuck on the U. Thats because I had one under the 4 to make it look more like an A and needed another one to make it look like I had two bolts in the plate :wacko:

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Bought my BO05 TEF and jiggered the spacing for BO0 5TEF as my name is Stef ! cheap enough at £700 all in from DVLA.

 

Saw a TVR Cerbera with almost identical BO05T EM - Nice !

 

my fave was on an old beemer in our village KNO88Y (KNOBBY)

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Cheers mate, yeh dad works really hard so he treats me my brother and sister now and again, He picked it up from Project Khan 2 months ago. My mum picked hers up from there too last january. They do awesome cars. Really nice inside too its Brabus tuned, Brabus body kit, 6litre monster :thumbs: But mums is quicker lol, shes a speed freak

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

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Be careful mate, they can mean more.

 

My Nan left me just £250 that she'd saved for me when she died. I bought the plate to remember her. :)

 

And 90% of people at work said the Zed looked better when I'd transferred it from my old car, for what it's worth.

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Cheers mate, yeh dad works really hard so he treats me my brother and sister now and again, He picked it up from Project Khan 2 months ago. My mum picked hers up from there too last january. They do awesome cars. Really nice inside too its Brabus tuned, Brabus body kit, 6litre monster :thumbs: But mums is quicker lol, shes a speed freak

 

This months TG mag has a good write up as it does whistle stop tours of the German tuners. Worth a read!

 

Sounds like the family spends it's money well!! :D

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

:thumbdown:

 

Be careful mate, they can mean more.

 

My Nan left me just £250 that she'd saved for me when she died. I bought the plate to remember her. :)

 

And 90% of people at work said the Zed looked better when I'd transferred it from my old car, for what it's worth.

 

Very good point H5 :thumbs: plus really nice thing you done there too.

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IMO Nothing wrong with private plates for whatever reason. If I buy prada shoes over clarks its a personal preference. We all make similar choices whether its on private plates or on the colour to paint our walls. It s a personal not a sad issue. And if we work hard why not spend in such delights. Its what makes us individuals which is what we strive for in a competative society either to get noticed or in H5 case sentimental.

 

And individuality is important in a postmodenistic world. its what makes you...you

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Mine is C18 ENG, had it for about 6yrs.

 

And what is it supposed to say? :blush:

 

Initially it's meant 2 b my surmane 'CHENG' but coinicidentally it also stands for 'combat 18, england' not something i'm proud of, oh well.

 

Only found out by many strangers telling me as i get out the car, supposedly worth a few bob too.

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Mine is C18 ENG, had it for about 6yrs.

 

And what is it supposed to say? :blush:

 

Initially it's meant 2 b my surmane 'CHENG' but coinicidentally it also stands for 'combat 18, england' not something i'm proud of, oh well.

 

Only found out by many strangers telling me as i get out the car, supposedly worth a few bob too.

 

:scare: Get shot of it mate!!

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

:thumbdown:

 

Be careful mate, they can mean more.

 

My Nan left me just £250 that she'd saved for me when she died. I bought the plate to remember her. :)

 

And 90% of people at work said the Zed looked better when I'd transferred it from my old car, for what it's worth.

 

 

Didn’t consider sentimental reasons. Yep, I can see that’s something I might do in similar circumstances. Sorry about your gran young man

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Mine is D10 VEW (D10VE W), not the best but with a common name like dave, it would cost into the hundreds of thousands to get a decent one! last time i heard of D4VE W being sold it was about 90k iirc!! :scare:

besides only takes a play with the spacing and some creative bolt placement and its all good!

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

:thumbdown:

 

Be careful mate, they can mean more.

 

My Nan left me just £250 that she'd saved for me when she died. I bought the plate to remember her. :)

 

And 90% of people at work said the Zed looked better when I'd transferred it from my old car, for what it's worth.

 

 

Didn’t consider sentimental reasons. Yep, I can see that’s something I might do in similar circumstances. Sorry about your gran young man

:blush:

 

It was years ago mate, so I seriously wasn't playing the guilt card! Just putting across another view. Just happened to be my way of dealing with it, and mixing it with cars! :D

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

:thumbdown:

 

Think "sad" is a bit extreme, you could argue that people who buy bling for under their bonnet are sad too then, these can cost £00 and £000 but know one sees it at all....unless your bonnets fell off or the car is at a show. Just my 2p's worth.

 

A plate you can keep for the rest of your life and it fits on every car. Don't think it's an age thing or a persona thing... just one of life's many choices. A little story, my father in law is a taxi driver and has a taxi related number plate. Punters love it and it sure as hell beats "are you busy tonight then".

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At the risk of being linched heres my take on the topic. When I see private plates I always think one of two things;

1 There to hide the age of the car cos your bothered what the neighbours think

2 There to bolster the owner’s perception that it makes the car and hence the driver look cool, ie your sad person

 

However the real sad thing is, in quite a lot of cases, the letters/numbers only mean something to the owner. To the rest of the world there just a set of letters and numbers. A guy in the street has ----TOM. Well I guess his names TOM then, big deal??

Ok, you could argue its fun, but when these things cost £00 and quite often £000 it all seems such a waste to me. If it enhanced the look or performance then I would agree.

:thumbdown:

 

 

 

:yawn: I take it you dont have a plate then Dicky :teeth:

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