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Personalised number plates are a little tame these days, but I was tickled to find myself driving behind this car recently:



For anyone concerned about road safety, the picture was taken by my son from the back seat. Considering he'd never used the camera before and only had around 5 seconds before the Jag sped off into the distance, I was quite pleased!


Colin

Like it

I saw one on a BMW convertable that was

KI55 MEE

I raised a smile

Herbie, good job you drove off before Colin's lad got you in shot. You'll have to avoid Bristol next time you go to visit Jopsy.

Good one Peter
roflmao

peter wrote:Herbie, good job you drove off before Colin's lad got you in shot.

Even more scary, if you zoom in on the original photo, you can see a fair bit of the driver's face in his wing mirror.

Actually, it seems to fit in with his plates (as with dogs, owners looks/personality like their car????)


Colin

I remember seeing in Grangemouth K5ERA. In Drymen, Stirlingshire, a chap had UPU1 and UPU2. Billy Connolly lived in the village at that time and was talking to a friend of mine when UPU2 passed. Apparently he'd made the chap an enormous offer for the number/s but had been turned down.

Aren't these people pathetic spending thousands just to show off! I suppose the licensing folk make a packet out of it, otherwise they wouldn't allow it.

I recently saw a fancy Mercedes (ugly, if you ask me) with R4CER and many moons ago (about 35 years!) when these fancy numbers were very uncommon, I saw ERN1E, presumably Ernie Wise's who was then a big shot.

Monika wrote:Aren't these people pathetic spending thousands just to show off!

Interestingly, if you Goggle "Mr Sick B", you'll see it was offered on eBay some time ago. I couldn't see how much it went for though,


Colin

theres any annoying dog owner in the next village with pugs
hers is pug1!
sad old muppet
i always wanted to get my dad one as he used to work in the motor trade but they are so pricey
ps-herby never came i waited n waited

There's a guy in Rugby with one of those mobility scooters with a number plate on the back saying "OLD FART".

Love it Chantal

Mine would be 'GRUMPY 1'

Compo

So sorry Jopsy, maybe one day.

i'd have jopsy, as most ppl know me by that name now
i'd get dh one with his company name on-well i would if i had copious amounts of cash to spare!

If I'm honest I think they're just stupid and the American term of "Vanity Plate" is probably bang on. (Sorry Jo).

Dear Chantal, your are only jealous because there isn't a plate with FAM OUS 1 on it, for yourself.