Luke Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Someone's got to be interested in this surely. Up for auction at the DVLA on the 17th of May.
Guest Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 It's the DVLA fees that make the plates less of a bargain, at £1200 this plate would actually cost you £1635.20, if you had to bid maybe £1800 you'd end up paying £2412.80. Here's a link to the DVLA fees http://www.dvlaauction.co.uk/index.php/live-auction/what-will-it-cost/
Luke Posted March 17, 2017 Author Posted March 17, 2017 I've bought number plates from the auctions before, and as long as you calculate the total fee before hand there's some great deals to be had compared to the standardized prices on the DVLA and other number plate websites. I would imagine that this particular plate will go for quite a bit more that the guide price if there's a couple of people interested. But what's 2-3k when you've got a car worth 70
Red Square Images Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 As an owner of a couple of plates currently and having only ever having 2 cars without private plates on em, I build it into the cost of the car. Would I spend 4k on wheels? Yes. Would I have a prefer a private plate? Yes. Does it "match" the car? yes. Done. I would never buy one with my name on it however. 1
Founder Popular Post Beanoir™ Posted March 20, 2017 Founder Popular Post Posted March 20, 2017 51 minutes ago, Red Square Images said: As an owner of a couple of plates currently and having only ever having 2 cars without private plates on em, I build it into the cost of the car. Would I spend 4k on wheels? Yes. Would I have a prefer a private plate? Yes. Does it "match" the car? yes. Done. I would never buy one with my name on it however. Neither would I with a name like yours ? 2
Luke Posted March 21, 2017 Author Posted March 21, 2017 10 hours ago, Red Square Images said: As an owner of a couple of plates currently and having only ever having 2 cars without private plates on em, I build it into the cost of the car. Would I spend 4k on wheels? Yes. Would I have a prefer a private plate? Yes. Does it "match" the car? yes. Done. I would never buy one with my name on it however. I did the same on my previous car, got a private plate that "matched" the car. But when I came to sell the car, none of the dealer's saw value in the plate, so I had to take it off to sell separately, which was an annoying 6 month process. In the end I only lost about £200 on the plate (which was worth about £800), but I think from now on I'm just going to buy one that relates to me and transfer it between cars.
DKR_77 Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 Plates that try and spell something or wrong character spacing look 5H1T 1
Red Square Images Posted March 24, 2017 Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) ooops or should I say OO0P5 Edited March 24, 2017 by Red Square Images 1
Founder Beanoir™ Posted March 24, 2017 Founder Posted March 24, 2017 I tried to get a plate with my initials once for my Fiesta, DVLA apparently won't sell me C11NTC 1
Luke Posted March 25, 2017 Author Posted March 25, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 08:00, DKR_77 said: Plates that try and spell something or wrong character spacing look 5H1T That's personal opinion. I personally don't like incorrectly spaced plates either. But I do like personalised plates that relate to the owner or the vehicle.
Luke Posted March 25, 2017 Author Posted March 25, 2017 17 hours ago, Red Square Images said: ooops or should I say OO0P5 Beautiful image, I'm sure I've been in that lay-by, I'm guessing Snowdonia? 1
DKR_77 Posted March 25, 2017 Posted March 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Luke said: That's personal opinion. I personally don't like incorrectly spaced plates either. But I do like personalised plates that relate to the owner or the vehicle. Naturally. For instance...using beanoir's amusing example CIINT C - would look crap although maybe does relate to the owner as you say C11 NTC - is perfectly legal and if the owners initials is pretty nice
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