 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  01-21-2007, 08:42 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |  number plates (vrm)
Soo should i get a private plate? Dunno how ur plates work in the states but here u can easily identify the age of a car by its plates..I wanna get a private plate as iv done on my E46 (its my surname backwards) and seen a few i like but the only thing holding me back is the fact that my car is the last (newest) version..which is kinda stupid but i almost like the fact that people can see that..I know its a real dumb thing but anyone else got any views???  |  |  | | 01-21-2007, 08:48 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 382 |
what year is it anyway?
i think private plates are stupid and a waste of money... i seen some in the autotrader going for more than a 1000 pounds which is absolutely ridiculous....
over here the reg. look like 99 D 1234 (99 being the year D being the county of registration i.e Dublin and the number is the reg. no.) so everyone can tell what year the car is and where it was bought.... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 08:52 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |
Well i can get my 1st name on a plate substituting just the letter i for a 1...it'll cost £110,000 from dvla..think i'll give one that a miss!! The cars a late 2000 | | | | | 01-21-2007, 08:56 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 382 |
110,000 your joking....
you could buy all the ti in dorchester for that and have loads left..... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:03 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |
Damn straight!! Plus iv only ever seen a total of like 3 here in the last year!! Still nice to dream A! Irish plates are pretty cheap to pick up off the dvla site an if ya lucky enough to find ya initials..trouble is its getting more popular now so the prices are creaping up..My other one was a tad off £400..and iv seen the same plate but the opp way round which is kinda cool... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:10 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,224 |
I believe the 110,000 is approx $200. Keep in mind the usage of a comma versus a decimal point here in the US. | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:13 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 382 |
Quote: Originally Posted by oakley  Damn straight!! Plus iv only ever seen a total of like 3 here in the last year!! Still nice to dream A! Irish plates are pretty cheap to pick up off the dvla site an if ya lucky enough to find ya initials..trouble is its getting more popular now so the prices are creaping up..My other one was a tad off £400..and iv seen the same plate but the opp way round which is kinda cool... | im in the republic/southern ireland... all we can change is the reg. no. if no one else has it.... and that requires re registering the car which is 25% of market value which on my car at the mo. is like 2500euro..... i think its pointess anyway although i wanted 99-D-318 on my reg when i imported it but someone already had it.... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:18 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |
hummmm no try two hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and twenty three US dollars..approx!! ($217,123..thought it easier to spell it too!!)
As for the point spose it depends if u can find one that means something to u or the car..my 1st E30 m3 evo the plate read as "hotstuff"..i loved it!! Plus cost of course! It aint too bad in the uk and if i had an older model i wouldnt think twice about changing the plates over... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:23 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,224 |
Quote: Originally Posted by oakley hummmm no try two hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and twenty three pounds..approx!! ($217,123..thought it easier to spell it too!!) | Oh. . . wow. . . why are private plates so expensive? | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:24 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 382 |
because there are idiots that pay the high prices.... | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:27 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |
If ya got the money to afford that u really aint gonna care about the cost or think its expensive..all depends on ya view (and amount) of cash i spose!! | | | | | 01-21-2007, 09:31 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,224 |
lol. . . i suppose. . . but I think I'm always going to pinch little bit of money I can get. | | | | | 01-21-2007, 10:02 PM | #13 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Middlesbrough UK Posts: 34 |
I just got a new plate from www.nationalnumber.co.uk, My name is Anthony Dye so i went for K14 DYE. Looks alittle like A Dye from a distance. It cost me 311 quid inc vat and transfers, they also do finance on all private plates aswell. | | | | | 01-21-2007, 10:38 PM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dorchester Posts: 700 |
sweet lookin motor mate very tidy | | | | | 01-21-2007, 11:26 PM | #15 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Whitstable, England Posts: 41 |
When i bought mine it had a private plate the seller wanted to keep, omg what a pain in the arss, had to get the car inspected by the dvla took ages to sort out, imho there more hassle than its worth. plus if you sell the car and your new car is older than the plate your stuck with a numbere plate you cant use :-( __________________  Live life and live it sideways unless you've got a 318 with ASC then just tun it of wohooo  | | | | | |
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