cherished numbers

[kennatt]

For anyone looking to buy personalised number,a bit of info, A friend of mine was looking at buying a Number for his sons 18th. and found one on one of the many sites that are selling numbers. For £650. Just before buying he decided to check with the DVLA site to see if they had a similar number for sale.. He found the same number for £320 So it looks like these companies advertise numbers they know are available from the dvla ,stick a lump on top and if they get a buyer,simple obtain the number from dvla and sell it on. Worth checking dvla first.

[moggiethouable]

I occasionally play squash with a guy who set up floggin private plates some years ago, hes a millionaire now.
My twopenneth worth would be, fools are easily parted from their money, private plates are proof positive.

[lambrettalad]

I bought one from DVLA for £250 and i've been offered cash from more than one private buyer of over £1000(Not from some over inflated valuation company ,who said £1,750) (as if ).So this fool is very happy

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

My Uncle told me that decades ago whilst on holiday they stopped at some service station, and there was a family, clearly gentry, in a proper-job Rolls with running boards and everything, the registration of which was ABC 123. Now that it is pretty cool and impressive.

When I see someone driving about in an aging Benz or Beemer, or a yummy mummy in a big bling wagon donning their 'cherished' numbers, all sorts of unmentionable words run through my mind.

It was on Jeremy Vine a while ago, he could only find about 2 people who could enthuse about personal plates, the rest were all against.

[lambrettalad]

on Mr Vines show so it must right then
His show can be a bigger joker than his brother

[les]

Anyone know if the original number to a vehicle can be recovered, assuming it has not found its way onto something else?

[Dean]

I'd contact MMOC head office, I'm pretty certain it can be done.

[les]

Thanks for reply but the question was general and not involving a minor, although the vehicle in question has a plate from a minor, I wanted the vehicles original back instead.

[Dean]

I think it's a V765 you need.


http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/forms/~/medi ... /V765.ashx


It may be better to go to your local DVLA office with the photo's etc.

[les]

Thanks again but after reading section A it seems I can't use that form. However I will contact them with my request.

[kennatt]

http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/ go here put the no in and if they have it you can buy it.

[les]

Thanks for that, will give it a go!

[Matt]

You can do it, but I think you may have to speak to someone.

One of the veteran cars which I have a very tenious link tried to do it, and it would have been sucessful other than the "original" registration had been transferred to another vehicle

In the End they ended up with a registration on Y184 instead of the original Y182 as it was the closest avaliable. (they just painted a 4 on a bit of metal and stuck it on top of the numberplate temporary style!)

[moggiethouable]

I bought one from DVLA for £250 and i've been offered cash from more than one private buyer of over £1000(Not from some over inflated valuation company ,who said £1,750) (as if ).So this fool is very happy

Thats my point though,if people sold them they would be an investment (potentially) but once theyre on a vehicle they are only ever sold to buy another more expensive one,the status attached means people dont want to appear in dire straits, what would the neighbours say and all that, so they dont part company with them for fear of appearing skint.
So people may be offered more for them, but they dont sell em, so if you dont make on it as an investment, why buy it in the first place?
Its the reasoning that baffles me, like Ozzy Osbourne said, "if you wanna be original, dont get an effin tattoo" or private number plate
My millionaire mates also a very happy man, not the brightest button on the tunic, but it appears he knows how to make money.

[MarkyB]

I had TVC 36 for a while on a Wolesley land crab, cheap as chips from an auction and not a bad motor, it got sold on or scrapped with the rest of the car I think.

[lambrettalad]

I bought it in the first place because I can

And I have not sold it because I can

There are people out there who are very baffled by people who buy old morris minors and spend lots of pounds keeping them on the road ,buying tools ,working in cold damp conditions etc. And possibly losing money in both the short and long run

So they don't buy one or spend time and effort bemoaning people who do

[les]

Lots of folk like to be on show, so to speak, and a number plate can be a reflection off this. Maybe I should be careful though because I run a vehicle with a number plate from the first minor I owned, in fact it has followed me about through many vehicles but in my defence I didn't pay for it and it doesn't spell some 'clever' word or attempt to spell my name!!
I saw a 911 about five years or more ago, it's plate was---(B1 GME) spaced out to read----you've guessed it 'Big Me'---I was nearly sick on the spot.

[moggiethouable]

Thats all very fair, though my ignorance still remains intact, In addition to all this of course I have to consider the poor car designer.
He/She comes up with a glorious design that his/her contemporaries would kill for and then has to make space for and fit flamin great lumps of ugly plastic front and rear.
The technology must exist where an electonic widget can be fitted out of sight that transmits a code identifying the vehicle, wether by passing police cars or roadside scanners atop lamposts or some such.
In one fell swoop cars get prettier and number plates become redundant.
I reckon anonymity would become de-riguer instantly and designers would be unshackled.
Of course without that, we could all change our names by deed poll for just 50 quid, that way we could match the plates exactly to our initials.
In future, call me Deloris Claypole Mucklewhite please.

[lambrettalad]

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[les]

Forgot to mention, haven't got the tattoo!