Ari Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Just looking at some of the number plates prices in the classifieds in Autocar. Surely no one pays this kind of money? Some of the numbers are tenuous in what they are trying to represent in the extreme! BL03 BEY - offers over £2,000! Why? Cos it's supposed to read "Blobbey". Well no it doesn't, and who wants that anyway (apart from Noel Edmunds perhaps!?) SO03 ENS - offers over £2,000! Apparently it reads 500 Benz! Err, nope.... How about BDS 5? Well, quite a nice plate if your initials are BDS I guess, but it's up for £30,000!!! cos it looks a little bit like "Boss". Presumably if you squint a bit. And it's dark. And you're stood a long way back. Facing the other way.... Or FA03 CUP. Well, bit of a nice novelty plate for a football fan I guess. But £4,000!!!??? They're having a giraffe surely.......??? Or my fave... SLR1. Great plate for your new Mercedes SLR for sure. Please form an orderly queue and start your bidding at £195,000!! Wonder if he'll take an offer...... I can't believe they even get a phone call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moff S3 Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 BDS 5 is on a ming blue Audi A3 1.8SE parked in my car park! 30k!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 When i was at colllege a few years back a guy on my course was from manchester, any plate up there that had M(any numbers)UFC sold for a fortune to Man U fans????? why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Now if you look in the site on DVLA for the forth coming auctions plates are quite reasonable. DVLA Auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobK Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Now if you look in the site on DVLA for the forth coming auctions plates are quite reasonable. DVLA Auction [/ QUOTE ] You have to wonder who'd want some of those registrations. Would you drive around with "HAM573R" on your car? 555 ROB would be cool if I had an Impreza though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLoach Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 1. K1 NGS Sold Dec '93 for £231,000 2. 1 A Sold Dec '89 for £200,000 3. S1 NGH Sold Oct '98 for £108,000 4. 1 RR Sold Dec '94 for £106,000 5. 1 S Sold Dec '90 for £100,000 6. G1 LLY Sold Mar '90 for £87,500 7. 1 MK Sold Oct '02 for £83,500 8. P1 LOT Sold Sep '96 for £82,500 9. 1 DM Sold Dec '94 for £82,000 10. COL 1N Sold Jun '99 for £76,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Yeah agree, mad money but at least you can see why someone would want them in the first place. Its stuff like "SO03 ENS" for over £2K that gets me, why would you even want it full stop, let alone pay £2K for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 Numbers plates has become a commodity to buy and sell, ANY plate with ANY combination has a value, DVLA are onto a never ending goldmine. It's sad sods at the bottom end of the market that pay £000's for something like CAZ 1463 or T236 JKT that keeps the market bouyant, why - coz, the first plate belongs to some tart called Carol or Karen and the second belongs to someone with the initials JKT - doh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisg Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 My Grandad use to say " A fool and his money are soon parted" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrhodes Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 if anybody wants to make me an offer for W18eth then go for it. Got it with the current car. supposed to say beth. personally i think it should go up north and then it can be. wait for it. Wy eye Beth..... i'm bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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