From: John on

"baggy1963" <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 5 May, 19:13, "Mike G" <miktool...(a)miktoolman.plus.com> wrote:
> "Mr. Benn" <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>
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> > "Tim Downie" <timdownie2...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >> Mr. Benn wrote:
> >>> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to
> >>> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing
> >>> something.
>
> >> Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised
> >> number
> >> plates? Envy?
>
> >> Tim
>
> > I do not object to them. They don't affect me. I'm trying to understand
> > the psychology of the people who choose to have them.
>
> Or keep them.
> My son has one in the form of ABC 123. Came on an MG Metro he bought over
> 20
> years ago. The car was a fair price even without it's number plate. He
> chose
> to keep the plate when he sold it a year or so later. AIUI it's now worth
> well over �1000. If times get hard he can always sell it.
> Mike.

S4 FTY on a 4x4 driving on a Motorway with only "sidelights" on is a
contradiction

I don't see the point of one which "echoes" the Make or Model of the car.
(X5, 911, etc)


From: Adrian on
"John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> I don't see the point of one which "echoes" the Make or Model of the
> car. (X5, 911, etc)

Even funnier, though, is when they retain the plate after changing the
car - there's a Merc ML around here with an X5 plate...

Saddest one I've seen is P5XCO, with a spurious fixing stud turning the X
into a Y.
From: Mike Barnes on
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com>:
>"John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>were saying:
>
>> I don't see the point of one which "echoes" the Make or Model of the
>> car. (X5, 911, etc)
>
>Even funnier, though, is when they retain the plate after changing the
>car - there's a Merc ML around here with an X5 plate...
>
>Saddest one I've seen is P5XCO, with a spurious fixing stud turning the X
>into a Y.

Such plates normally make me think "saddo" but one that actually made me
smile was R333 LAX.

--
Mike Barnes
From: Now in San Diego on
On May 4, 8:23 am, "Mr. Benn" <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Why do people waste money on these things?  These plates do nothing to
> enhance the appearance of a vehicle.  Or do they?  Maybe I'm missing
> something.
>
> They seem to be more popular on SUVs/4x4s.  I carried out a very
> unscientific survey the other day to make the journey slightly less boring.
> Around 1 in 5 of the 4x4s/SUVs that passed me coming in the opposite
> direction were carrying personalised plates.  I haven't carried out a
> similar unscientific study on cars in general yet.  There appeared to as
> many expensive vehicles like Range Rovers using the plates as cheaper
> models.
>
> I can understand the desire by some to hide the age of an older vehicle but
> most of the cars I saw were fairly new models, probably less than 3 years
> old.

I like the idea.
As a free-lance writer I've been able to do several artucles over the
years and spent five minutes on it during a speech!
In other nations, it's not as easyor in some places all you need is to
pay a small charge.
I got one for free that waS THE SAME AS THE FAMILY CAR, BUT WITH ONE
MORE CHAARACTER. tHIS WAS DONE BY FINDING OUT FROM WHICH OFFICE IT
QWOULD BE ISSUED AND GOING DOWN THERE AND TALKING VERY NICELY TO THE
LADY TO JUMP THE QUEUE