Mecky   10 #145 Posted September 18, 2014 Why would a celebration cake have a name written on it? Why would someone have cufflinks (remember them?) personalised with initials? Why would a woman make a charm bracelet personal to her alone?  With cars it's sometimes to hide it's age, sometimes to add identity/ownership to an object. It may be to show the world you can afford a plate that cost a lot of money.  All in all harmless personal choice and good luck to them.  They are personal choices, but they're not the reason for making personal choices Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Xt500   10 #146 Posted January 15, 2015 I drive to and from work every day, and often see what are pretty obviously 'personalised' number plates, and I often think to myself, what's the point? Most I see are pretty tentative anyway, and need a pretty large leap of imagination to see what it's supposed to be. A lot are pretty much unfathomable, from a strangers point of view.  Is it vanity? One upmanship? Superiority? I don't really 'get it'. But then again, there's a lot of things I don't 'get'   What car do you drive pete? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PeteMorris   10 #147 Posted January 15, 2015 What car do you drive pete?  An old one.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Xt500 Â Â 10 #148 Posted January 15, 2015 An old one.... Â spit it out then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ab6262   202 #149 Posted January 15, 2015 Then I'd pull up next to you with my regular number plates and a smug face.  i have a private plate and also a smug face, i paid just over£70 each for 3 plates back in the 90,s when dvla started releasing plates , all of them now are valued in excess of 20k, not a bad investment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Xt500 Â Â 10 #150 Posted January 15, 2015 If Pete had bought some he might not have to drive an old car lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bigfat_rich   10 #151 Posted January 15, 2015 I have a personalized number plate (G R 8 1. - means great one) it says I have a personalized number plate and you don't  So get stuffed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
slugger   10 #152 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) i have a private plate and also a smug face, i paid just over£70 each for 3 plates back in the 90,s when dvla started releasing plates , all of them now are valued in excess of 20k, not a bad investment.[/quote Number plates,are a man made requirement to identify a particular vehicle and its registered keeper and should be kept that way.  Scarcity/Rarity commands a high price.  Personal plates are just a means of creating business for the entrepreneurial guru's (including governments), based on using people wanting Identity, and/ or to show status, using a man made product, but hey each to their own and depth of blatant vanity.  Gold for example, another status symbol and about as useful as a personal number plate, apart from investment purposes, but it commands high prices because it is one of the most scarce minerals on the planet and will always do so. Can this number plate thing go on forever, before they run out of new (personalised) registration numbers, or change the format of plates so they are fit for the true purpose originally intended ? Edited January 15, 2015 by slugger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hisbuff   10 #153 Posted January 15, 2015 I simply love my car and bought it a present Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ab6262   202 #154 Posted January 15, 2015 i have a private plate and also a smug face, i paid just over£70 each for 3 plates back in the 90,s when dvla started releasing plates , all of them now are valued in excess of 20k, not a bad investment.[/quote Number plates,are a man made requirement to identify a particular vehicle and its registered keeper and should be kept that way.  Scarcity/Rarity commands a high price.  Personal plates are just a means of creating business for the entrepreneurial guru's (including governments), based on using people wanting Identity, and/ or to show status, using a man made product, but hey each to their own and depth of blatant vanity.  Gold for example, another status symbol and about as useful as a personal number plate, apart from investment purposes, but it commands high prices because it is one of the most scarce minerals on the planet and will always do so. Can this number plate thing go on forever, before they run out of new (personalised) registration numbers, or change the format of plates so they are fit for the true purpose originally intended ?  yes its great isnt it:love: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
slugger   10 #155 Posted January 15, 2015  yes its great isnt it:love:  What's great ? Please elaborate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rockonvynil   10 #156 Posted January 15, 2015 I drive to and from work every day, and often see what are pretty obviously 'personalised' number plates, and I often think to myself, what's the point? Most I see are pretty tentative anyway, and need a pretty large leap of imagination to see what it's supposed to be. A lot are pretty much unfathomable, from a strangers point of view.  Is it vanity? One upmanship? Superiority? I don't really 'get it'. But then again, there's a lot of things I don't 'get'  bit like being a moderator then:hihi: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...