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Re: personalised plates [Re: DaveG] #936240
17/11/2009 23:28
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my scooby came with the plate M500WRX...i gues that might be worth something to someone with a 500hp wrx scoob..??...might try and sell it too release some funds for the inevitable maintenance the car will surely need...or just keep it to help the equally inevitable resale haha

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936310
18/11/2009 02:31
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My plate is G6 UPE.

Not the best, but hell of a lot cheaper than C6 UPE laugh

Re: personalised plates [Re: Theresa] #936317
18/11/2009 03:10
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just change your name by Deed Poll to the reg on your car.. sorted wink

Re: personalised plates [Re: JKD] #936549
18/11/2009 13:11
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Originally Posted By: JKD
what does the 'H' stand for?


The 'H' doesn't stand for anything, it's just the oldest prefix style plate I could find at the cheapest price. obviously the rest "20 VTP" stands for 20 valve turbo plus! I'm hoping when I get the plates made up at Halfords I can slightly space the 20VTP further out from the H!

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936590
18/11/2009 13:47
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i would imagine they wont get involved in changing the spacing.Not many places will anymore.

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936605
18/11/2009 13:58
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Originally Posted By: mikeyg
i would imagine they wont get involved in changing the spacing.Not many places will anymore.


yeah, probably right.. it's a lot more stricter than it used to be.

still, to an untrained eye it's clearly a personal plate and to a trained eye .. it's the 20v turbo plus model .. can't go wrong, winner!

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936618
18/11/2009 14:10
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I've got R77 HOT on my Coupe, not by choice and private plates are not really my thing but I got the car with it.

I'm thinking of selling it if anybody is interested in the plate drop me a PM.

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936656
18/11/2009 15:04
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Originally Posted By: mikeyg
i would imagine they wont get involved in changing the spacing.Not many places will anymore.


They won't. Plus you have to take the veh reg doc in to prove you own it. However there are sellers on Ebay which offer show plates which can have spacing altered. For when you're not on the public highway of course!

Disclaimer: DVLA do not allow plates to be modified to appear to read as something else. This despite the fact that those plates which can be are more expensive rolleyes


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Re: personalised plates [Re: Roadking] #936659
18/11/2009 15:07
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I believe it's now illegal to make 'show plates', too... can't recall where I saw it, though.


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Re: personalised plates [Re: barnacle] #936742
18/11/2009 16:40
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Originally Posted By: barnacle
I believe it's now illegal to make 'show plates', too... can't recall where I saw it, though.


Ooops. Behind the curve again! Though that would explain why the plate maker at the NEC on sat wouldn't make up plates without proof of ownership!

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Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #936897
18/11/2009 19:40
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Originally Posted By: duncan78
Originally Posted By: JKD
what does the 'H' stand for?


The 'H' doesn't stand for anything, it's just the oldest prefix style plate I could find at the cheapest price. obviously the rest "20 VTP" stands for 20 valve turbo plus! I'm hoping when I get the plates made up at Halfords I can slightly space the 20VTP further out from the H!



I suppose it could stand for Hampshire, so your plate could mean ''Hampshire's 20 valve turbo plus.'' cool

Re: personalised plates [Re: JKD] #950350
12/12/2009 21:54
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Here is the coop with her christmas present on ...

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Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950353
12/12/2009 22:03
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lovely - and what a beautiful car love

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950362
12/12/2009 22:13
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Yes, looks very nice cool

Re: personalised plates [Re: Theresa] #950363
12/12/2009 22:14
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agreed, should be proud, you have a very nice looking coupe there, and I like the plate as well thumb

Re: personalised plates [Re: samsite999] #950364
12/12/2009 22:21
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I have just bought another 20v na,the last one was on a p so could`nt put my plates on but this one is a t99 vis model so T24 HEV is getting added cool

Heather

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Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950373
12/12/2009 22:32
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I was loving the car a little too much on the way home after that photo was taken. Got pulled by the traffic cops whilst on the motorway but was let off with a warning (I've only had her 3 months as well, not good).

My girlfriends name is Heather too! .. she wants a personal plate with Hev in. I keep telling her she'll have to buy her own car to do that as she's not allowed to drive mine smile

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950396
12/12/2009 23:10
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Id Say now the coops are getting on a bit its great thing to do and why not they still look so damn good.

Best plate ive ever seen was on a Ferrari G1rls cool


thumb to all you private platers

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Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950398
12/12/2009 23:32
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Originally Posted By: duncan78


My girlfriends name is Heather too! .. she wants a personal plate with Hev in. I keep telling her she'll have to buy her own car to do that as she's not allowed to drive mine smile


Too right! I would`nt let her put T24 HEV on my W plate + lol


Plus/LE33

Re: personalised plates [Re: flyingcustard] #950953
14/12/2009 08:05
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Looking very nice, Duncan. Great pics.

Love the anonymity that personalised plates give.

Those shut lines on the car are frikkin tops. Not having seen the car the car for a bit, I'd forgotten how good it looks.

Look after her for me please, there's a good lad..

Cheers, Hedge

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #950963
14/12/2009 09:10
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Originally Posted By: Hedge

Love the anonymity that personalised plates give.


Isn't that rather a contradiction in terms?

Personally I've never seen the point of them, and consider the majority of cases with forced characters and incorrect spacing, well, silly.

If it were possible - per the states - to get a single word of seven or eight letters, then I might see the sense of it, but otherwise? Why bother?


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Re: personalised plates [Re: barnacle] #951249
14/12/2009 18:44
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A great way to hide the cars age. An ever decepting way to add to the coupe's great dating looks.

Just one way to look at it.

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #951276
14/12/2009 19:56
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Well, yes, except I suspect the majority of people seeing a non-age related plate immediately thing 'what's he hiding?'

Me, I stick with the one it came with!


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Re: personalised plates [Re: barnacle] #951286
14/12/2009 20:21
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I want to put "B12 GRR" on my 750i because F376 TJH is just rubbish... but I have better things to spend my £400 on at the moment.

Are plate makers allowed to make them shorter if you have less characters in them?

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Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #951289
14/12/2009 20:23
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...........because F376 TJH ...........




Ooooh! Thanks for that! Now, how many tickets can we print in thirty minutes? laugh


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Re: personalised plates [Re: stan] #951293
14/12/2009 20:26
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Well, as long as you know the exact times and dates that I cant prove the car was parked in a military establishment.... tongue

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #951314
14/12/2009 20:48
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Originally Posted By: MattW
Well, as long as you know the exact times and dates that I cant prove the car was parked in a military establishment.... tongue


I'm confused. A military establishment? Cosford? Surely that's RAF? tongue

Looking forward to St Athan?


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Re: personalised plates [Re: Roadking] #951403
14/12/2009 23:21
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Yes, I forgot you guys dont like long words.

I should have used the term "base". tongue

And no, I'm not looking forward to St Athan if we have to go there, but I'm looking forward to living next door to Lincoln for the next 18 months, quality night out. love

Re: personalised plates [Re: ] #951417
14/12/2009 23:43
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Coningsby?


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Re: personalised plates [Re: PeteP] #951423
15/12/2009 00:02
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Closer than that, Waddington.

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