Help pick a personalised plate

[rooha]

Hi,

I've been thinking about getting a personalised plate for a while. Just because...

I drive a a 53 plate and my initial are RK so RK53 BMW is available. But it seems like a bit of a daft plate reg, even if i do like it a bit.

Most people call me Roo (what the call me behind my back is another story) and back in the day my nickname in the pub was Minimus, which has stuck with some old friends and stems from randomly looking like a less physically impressive version of russell crowe when Gladiator came out. And by 'looking like' I mean I had cropped hair and a beard.

Do you have an idea for a not stupidly expensive plate i should look to buy ?

 

[Marlon]

It difficult giving advice as personalised plates are . . . .well personal
RK53 BMW seems a great plate I'm guessing though its £600 from DVLA? It that your upper limit?

DVLA:


24 reads Z4 ?

 

[rooha]

It difficult giving advice as personalised plates are . . . .well - personal
RK53 BMW seems a great plate I'm guessing though its £600 from DVLA? It that your upper limit?

DVLA:
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yup - I like personalised plates but at a certain point you look at them and go "what a tw*t". and that seems to have a direct correlation with the price

 

[srhutch]

Get a prefix style at least. The problem with the current style is unless it clearly spells something out to most people it will just be a numberplate.

"JR14 FEB "is what a girl has at work but if you saw it would look just like a normal plate.
"RA10 HOL" is another a colleague has, but again to most it's just a normal plate.

I've just bought "L77 BCH" cheap as chips from the DVLA and obvious on a newish car that its personalised.

 

[Marlon]

Get a prefix style at least. The problem with the current style is unless it clearly spells something out to most people it will just be a numberplate.

"JR14 FEB "is what a girl has at work but if you saw it would look just like a normal plate.
"RA10 HOL" is another a colleague has, but again to most it's just a normal plate.

I've just bought "L77 BCH" cheap as chips from the DVLA and obvious on a newish car that its personalised.

Is L77 BCH meaningful to you - is it saying something?

 

[firebobby]

Get a prefix style at least. The problem with the current style is unless it clearly spells something out to most people it will just be a numberplate.

"JR14 FEB "is what a girl has at work but if you saw it would look just like a normal plate.
"RA10 HOL" is another a colleague has, but again to most it's just a normal plate.

I've just bought "L77 BCH" cheap as chips from the DVLA and obvious on a newish car that its personalised.

Is L77 BCH meaningful to you - is it saying something?

Got to spend his moderator wages on something Collin :wink:

 

[Marlon]

I'm tempted by this DVLA one

 

[GAZA62]

I would look at a 5 digit plate with your initials that way you can transfer from car to car when you change brands and will not cost a fortune bought direct from DVLA website.

I looked into 4/5 digit plates elsewhere but take out my middle initial and you get GB they do not come cheap I enquired about GB 666 around 16 years ago offers started at 8K

 

[RickRob]

I was tempted by the one on the middle below, but slightly over my budget:

 

[Yorkie Z]

Don't get a plate with BMW on it, you just look like a cock

 

[Huzee666]

This one is available on regtransfers.co.uk, really good company to deal with.

 

[DaveZ4richardson]

I have had my plate for nearly 20 years, had it on retention for a couple of years until I bought the Zed in April, I do love how it looks on the car, since its been to work a few times a few of the lads at work have been looking for private plates for there cars (Audi TT Quatro,
Focus RS, BMW M4 and Mercedes AMG C Class)

 

[Mr Tidy]

I'd want to avoid any plates with make or model connections - I've lost count of the number of "X5 ***" plates I've seen on competitors models like Range Rovers, ML Mercs, Porsche Cayenne, etc.

It looks a bit pathetic IMO. :roll:

I doubt I'll ever buy one - it's no good having an "I" as your first initial!

Yours looks good though Dave.

 

[srhutch]

Get a prefix style at least. The problem with the current style is unless it clearly spells something out to most people it will just be a numberplate.

"JR14 FEB "is what a girl has at work but if you saw it would look just like a normal plate.
"RA10 HOL" is another a colleague has, but again to most it's just a normal plate.

I've just bought "L77 BCH" cheap as chips from the DVLA and obvious on a newish car that its personalised.

Is L77 BCH meaningful to you - is it saying something?

To most it won’t mean anything, it’s one of my daughters initials and the rest means something, but it’s obvious to all it’s a private plate unless it’s on a 1994 car :lol:

 

[groovy_hippy]

There are quite a few RO02 plates on DVLAs site for £250.. ROO too slow (RO02 SLO) , RO02 YOO ?

I quite like funny plates - mine’s JE55 WHO - my name, Jess, and a pun on ‘guess who’!

 

[Crazy Harry]

I've got a private plate on my Zed - problem is its not mine it was just on the car when I got it :thumbsdown:

To be honest I've thought about changing it - I've found a year related plate with my initials, the correct year and a Z but for £500 (plate plus transfer fees) I don't know if I can be bothered. Particularly as if I ever sold the car I would leave it on because of the Z connections.

However if anyone has the initials CPD and wants a plate with all the 4's I might be easily temped to pass it on - you have no idea how hard it is to explain (more like make people understand) that an obviously private plate means nothing to me. Good news is I can't see it when I'm

 

[bluespit]

I have a private plate on my Z, prefix two digits and my initials. £250 from DVLA, hides the age, looks OK and cheap as chips.

Not a great fan of private plates but I'll probably keep it and transfer it on to what ever I have next

 

[buzyg]

I'm tempted by this DVLA one

MR 04 LON

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Need to get your self an MR first Collin. ,