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« on: 12 December 2007, 10:48:08 »
On the way home from work last night I saw a pre-face lift Omega. The thing I noticed straight was its registration E228 JLR! Mmm ? An E reg Omega? But if you put it into Autotrader/DVLA the number does match the car. :-? It just seemed to be a very ordinary number to pay out a cherished transfer for. :-/
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« Reply #1 on: 12 December 2007, 11:09:19 »
Well maybe if your initials JLR & you were born on 22nd August or live at number 228  :-/
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« Reply #2 on: 12 December 2007, 11:14:03 »
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Well maybe if your initials JLR & you were born on 22nd August or live at number 228  :-/

Indeed... I know of a  few people who have ordinary-looking private plates, because they represent the initials of the owner's name or of the children names etc.

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« Reply #3 on: 12 December 2007, 11:18:02 »
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Well maybe if your initials JLR & you were born on 22nd August or live at number 228  :-/

Indeed... I know of a  few people who have ordinary-looking private plates, because they represent the initials of the owner's name or of the children names etc.


Also, I knew someone who had an old Astra with the registration AB 12 (these are not the real characters obviously), and the story behind it was that her grandfather was a wealthy businessman who ordered a new Bentley in the 1930', the car was delivered with that plate, AB being his initilas, and 12 being the number of the building that his business was operating from. Apparenty the dealer had to regsiter the car in Scotland or somewhere far away to get the two first letters they wanted.





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« Reply #4 on: 12 December 2007, 11:57:11 »
i have seen many cars that have reg numbers on them that are worth far in excess of the car......

i used to have a pair of numbers NKZ2514 and NKZ2515, had them on two cars i was running but then sold them both and so spilt the numbers
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« Reply #5 on: 12 December 2007, 12:24:54 »
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i have seen many cars that have reg numbers on them that are worth far in excess of the car......

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TEN 66 (a local number) used to be on a 400 series Rover.
GEN1E (another local number) used to be on something a bit out of the ordinary - can't remember now - but that was years ago before the price of 'cherished numbers' went through the roof.
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« Reply #6 on: 12 December 2007, 17:12:48 »
i think "ordinary" looking cherished plates look crap to be honest

i like mine looking like a private plate
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« Reply #7 on: 12 December 2007, 17:20:57 »
Saw a new shaped Astra going to fetch the kids from school last three letters "OOF" :y even got a photo with my phone ;)
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« Reply #8 on: 12 December 2007, 17:34:33 »
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Saw a new shaped Astra going to fetch the kids from school last three letters "OOF" :y even got a photo with my phone ;)


You've been hanging around schools again haven't you?

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« Reply #9 on: 12 December 2007, 17:46:58 »
And just to go off on a tangent!

We had a registration local to us  BED 690K....   He had a bussiness locally...  

Now what do you think his bussiness was?

Brothel or Bed Shop ?

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« Reply #10 on: 12 December 2007, 20:59:43 »
As some of you know i have a private reg on my omega, it means nothing to me, eg the letters or numbers, it came of an Austin Gipsy i used to own and when i sold it i transferd the number to my then car a rover sterling and have kept it ever since and is now worth three times more than the miggy  :o
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« Reply #11 on: 12 December 2007, 21:05:04 »
I like mine  :y

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« Reply #12 on: 12 December 2007, 22:10:55 »
in need of a wash that Omega of yours mate ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 12 December 2007, 22:22:13 »
The number on my CDX is the number 1 followed by three letters, these being my nans initials.

My grandparents bought it in 1972 for £350 incl the Vanden Plas Princess R it was on ( i have the advert and the old stamped road tax 'booklet'), they gave it to me for my 21st birthday.

Its been valued at well over £10k so is worth considerably more than the car its on!!

The plate on my MV6 is a "C" reg, with the last 3 letters VEG, this was because the guy i bought the car off was a Mr Griffiths, means nothing to me, but cant be bothered to pay the £80 to get the 'proper' one back
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« Reply #14 on: 12 December 2007, 22:29:57 »
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i think "ordinary" looking cherished plates look crap to be honest

i like mine looking like a private plate

 Please can you tell me what a private plate looks like, because they are all "ordinary" looking number plates, but on a different note, there was one in Oxford a long time ago which was "915 HOT" and the driver moved the letters around to read "9 IS HOT" and yes it was on a 911
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