[mojoworking]

It's always been illegal to alter the digits (ie make an "S" look like a "5" etc), or to place coloured screws so they change one letter to another. Or even to space the digits so they read differently.

The cops turn a blind eye to it most of the time, but if they really want to nick you for something, they will use the numberplates as an excuse to pull you over.

[Cbr Dave]

My mate has the reg S66 YER on his motorbike, he has placed the 2 bolts on in a way that it now reads SEE YER, it gets a good reaction from most people but there are a few who cant accept other people might have different tastes to them and ridicule it.

I personnally think they can look great but there are some that struggle to achieve the word the owner wants and then I think why bother, and my mate who owns SEE YER cant stop rubbing his hands, he gets regular offers that are 10 times more than what he paid for it!

[Norbo]

Personally I think 'personalised' plates are totally naff. They do give me a laugh sometimes though trying to work out exactly what the odd combination of letters and numbers are supposed to say. Particularly naff are the ones on BMWs, for example, that say N123 BMW, etc. Or Audi A4s that say A4 XYZ, etc. Oh yes, and itallic fonts, etc, - what is the point?

Can't knock it though, if you are shrewd/lucky enough to get a good one that you can sell on and make a big profit.

It is now an MOT failure I believe if your car has number plates that don't comply with the standard size/layout/font, so even if the police turn a blind eye, most MOT testers won't (in theory).

I quite like my bog standard plate actually - makes me quite unique round where I live. I must be one of the few people without a 'personalised' one!

[Cbr Dave]

Originally posted by Norbo

It is now an MOT failure I believe if your car has number plates that don't comply with the standard size/layout/font, so even if the police turn a blind eye, most MOT testers won't (in theory).

It doesnt take long to swop the plate over to a legal version of it, why let a once a year event stop anyone from having one, most plod wouldnt care if the plate is doctored, its the drivers who have no insurance that bother me, like the Tw*t who drove in to the back of me 3 weeks ago and now the cost of repair is coming off my insurance, I loose my no claims and have a higher premium next year thanks to his lack of responsibility, he even denies doing it??!! Anyway thats a bit OFF TOPIC.

Each to their own I say and that includes opinions.

[Ginner]

Originally posted by Sidla
Just to inform you, most "personalised" number plates are now illegal.

If by 'personalised' you mean the format (font, spacing etc) of the characters that make up the reg don't comply with the DVLA's rules, then, yes, the plate is illegal and can be withdrawn from whomever holds it (even though you pay for a private plate you never 'own' it. The DVLA do, and reserve the right to withdraw it from you).

However if by 'personalised' you mean when, for example, someone picks L 4 TMS, cos their name is Tony Michael Smith (or whatever), then that isn't illegal, providing the characters meet DVLA's rules, and the plate has been made up by

This link will tell ya all you need to know (or correct what you think you know!)..
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regm...quirements.htm

[Fletch]

ive been introduce to the consecutive number plate game and i now love them!!

if i ever get the money my plate will

FL3TCH

[dinp]

My good friend got a personalised plate for his 18th birthday. He had an M-reg Fiesta at the time, not a souped up one, just a regular 1.1LX. The reg was M99 followed by the first three letters of his name.

Two cars later and he still has the same plate. He's not big-headed, a **** or anything. The present was a surprise, one he can hold on to for as long as he owns cars.

I don't think i'd go for one myself personally, but i'm not about to tar all those who do with the same brush.

Boy racers in their souped up prat wagons are *****; a personalised plate can enhance the twatness.

I don't agree with the bolts or italics either.

But as for legitimate personalised plates on general and luxury cars, what is the problem? I think envy is part of it.

[Fletch]

very true Dinp

20yr old riding around in souped up fiestas with a new front that every time your foot goes anywhere near the brake the front scrapes the ground, and think you cant i dentify what type of car it used to be because they hacve taken the name badge of the front and back. they are *****! oo and they have unneccesaryly loud exhausts that you can here a mile away, and because of that they need a huge speaker system that fills up the boot.

so the car in the end only has one function, to get one person from a to b with no luggage or front end!

and im a 15 yr old (i can say that now) teenager who is supposed to love that sort of thing!

[Belladonna]

I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with personalised number plates and although there are a minority of people who simply get them to show off and display their wealth don't this minority of people apply to most things - say football for instance? there are always a group of people who spoil things and overshadow the decent people involved in the matter. I genuinely think most people simply get personal number plates for their own personal reasons.
Everybody likes to personalise their possesions and display their individuality a little, why have a number plate that is the same as everyone else's when you can have one that is a little different and holds personal significance to you?
My number plate relates to a song by my favourite band and I wouldn't change it for the world as I feel it adds a little of my personality to my car.

[SaxonLeigh]

Originally posted by alchresearch
There is a simple equation, I challenge anyone to disprove it:

small car = large loud stereo = small brained little boy

.... and usually wearing a cap.

Originally posted by huwj
What an angry lot you are!!! What's the problem here?? Are you as offended by the colour of peoples' cars and the options pack they choose or is it just number plates that get your backs up???? There's nothing offensive or illegal about personalised plates!!!!

I don't like illegal plates, and by that I mean ones that have been mis-spaced, screws added, letters modified and text added. On the other hand, if I spent £100k on a Ferrari, why would I want a large yellow plaque with YR99 XMF on the back when I could have something like A1 or F360?????

I don't see what all the fuss is about, I bet most people on here who have bought a new car will have personalised it in some way. Even if it was just by adding a few options like alloy wheels. Metallic paint doesn't make the car operate any better and making a car 'sparkle' could be termed naff but people don't slag off matallic paint. You may not like them, but a personalised reg is just another option!!!

Originally posted by Escafeld1889
I can't see what's wrong with personalised number plates. maybe, just maybe the purpose of the number plate is to individualise what is after all a mass produced product .. (car).

What about people who paint their houses or plant exotic shrubs in their front gardens. Judging by some of the replies in this thread these people are just being tw@ts for having the gall to publicly express their individuality.

How about the users of this forum. Do you not use wallpaper and screensavers to personalise and individualise your PC's? You do .. well what a tw@t you are!!

I suppose all of you who denigrate those with personalised number plates would also rip into those people who choose to wear designer labels. What a bunch of tw@ts eh. Fancy flaunting their wealth in such a vulgar manner!!

Here here, that is so right!

Originally posted by Abdul
At least you have a half-decent car - not a rude boy Honda CRX with bazooka exhaust, blacked out windows and thumpin' bass speakers pumpin' put da house music / bhangra / Cliff Richard

A naff numberplate on a naff car driven by a naff burberrywearing pimply young idiot only serves to push said vehicle to the extreme edge of naffness. Any more naff, and it'd fall over

And who are they trying to impress? moi?

NAFF, NAFF, NAFF

1 mr Abdul…modding cars is not about impressing anyone…its about individuality & the love of cars. You will not find any one modded car that is the same. Get yourself to max power at the NEC and ask some modded car owners why they mod…I think you’ll be quite surprised by the response.


How nasty & judgemental you lot are! Quite a few of you have really offended me with your comments, I know there are a minority of car modders that are pr*ts, speed & street race, but that really is a minority. There are a lot of car modders in this country that are very safe drivers….and also you all seem to be saying BOY in his modded car….just for the record there are as many women that mod their cars as there are men me being one of em. I ‘try’ and drive to the highway code (no-ones perfect & we all make mistakes) yet your all judging. How would any of you like to be judged on what car you drive/clothes you wear/what colour you hair is/what country you come from etc? you would certainly kick off wouldn’t you…well please don’t do it to us car modders. Oh also I wear a burberry cap, love to wear designer clothes so does that make me an even worse driver.

Anyway back to topic….i don’t see the problem with personal number plates, it makes my sisters life a lot easier any way. At the company I work at, all the company cars have personal number plates which is easier for my sisters (my boss) when the company decides to sell the cars & buys new ones.

[xenawarrior]

I choose to drive a car with a personalised plate. It means that no-one know the age of the car I drive, it doesn't mean that I'm wealthy, it cost £85. It means I don't have to remember a different reg everytime I change the car or get insurance.

I choose to display my name on my number plate, rather than have a tattoo, wear designer clothes or medallions or sovereign rings.

Other people have all of the above, it's a matter of choice.

Fortunately we are lucky enough to live in a country where we have freedom of choice, most of the time.
As long as we don't harm others whats the problem?

Really people there are lots of things that need attention surely griping on about personalised plates is not one of them.

[t020]

Originally posted by SaxonLeigh
At the company I work at, all the company cars have personal number plates which is easier for my sisters (my boss) when the company decides to sell the cars & buys new ones.

How is it easier? DVLA forms for transfers, transfer fees, etc. How is that easier?

[xenawarrior]

Because chucky if you talk nice to the man at the garage and flutter one's eyelashes he'll do all the transfer paperwork for you. Believe me I've had this plate on five cars since I bought it.
Xena

[SaxonLeigh]

Originally posted by t020
How is it easier? DVLA forms for transfers, transfer fees, etc. How is that easier?

no she dosent have to do any of that, trasfer forms etc, she just phones the DVLA & tells em that we're buying new cars & the personalised number plates are to be transferred over. she gives the number plates of the new cars & the DVLA sort it from there. simple, no hassle, no stress number plate transfer.

[fuzbuz]

My Grandad has an S-Type jag with a personalised plate with the family companys initials on it but it isnt a tacky cheesy one it looks executive!!!!!

[t020]

Originally posted by SaxonLeigh
no she dosent have to do any of that, trasfer forms etc, she just phones the DVLA & tells em that we're buying new cars & the personalised number plates are to be transferred over. she gives the number plates of the new cars & the DVLA sort it from there. simple, no hassle, no stress number plate transfer.

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More hassle than just accepting the registrations that come with the cars in the first place. To claim its "easier" to have to phone the DVLA and go through all the details than just accepting the plates that come with the cars is just a lie.

[SaxonLeigh]

Originally posted by t020
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More hassle than just accepting the registrations that come with the cars in the first place. To claim its "easier" to have to phone the DVLA and go through all the details than just accepting the plates that come with the cars is just a lie.

its not no because with the standard number plate she has to register it with the fuel card company all over again, sort out the insurance with all the new registrations, thats just far too much hassle. its easier to just tell the DVLA that we've bought 60 new cars & the 60 private plates we have are to be transfered when they recieve the log books...simple. also every person in the company has their own company private registration (its only the numbers that change) but it makes it easier to tell who out of the office when someone phones. i look out of the window & i can see that A13 *** is out of the car park then Mr Burns is out of the office & i can deal with the call more quickley.

[dinp]

Originally posted by t020
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More hassle than just accepting the registrations that come with the cars in the first place. To claim its "easier" to have to phone the DVLA and go through all the details than just accepting the plates that come with the cars is just a lie.

I'd hardly call a single phone call inconvenient - in some cases the garage may do this for you anyway so itd just as easy as buying a regular car.

[HxTim]

There's a Chrysler Crossfire that parks right outsdie the Revoltion under West One (literally right outside the door, surely it's not legal..) that has the number plate:

"J H H III" with "James Harvey Hackworth The Third" underneath.

How ridiculous.