Private Plates

[shieldy2k7]

There seems to be a fair few people on here with private plates (from the uk) for there Civ's, but never see any about on the roads, just boring people with the **57 *** ect ect - What is reasonable to pay for a private plate?

[FWH]

I think you will find it depends a lot on what it says.

[-=Stella Artois=-]

Mines easy :P

[R-2]

I just wanted something very simple with my initials and found one about 3 years ago for £400. But you can pick them up for less (~ £200 - £250) if you have more letters/numbers

I don't like the new style plates as i think they look too cluttered. The simpler the better IMO

[shieldy2k7]

Originally Posted by -=Stella Artois=-

Mines easy :P

:P nice back end, i love the CT-R - wanted to get mine kitted to look like that i will get mine up soon as i find out how to change the ratio's ect

Nice plate btw - i was tight and only payed £250

[allan40alt]

Depends on how old the plate is, or whether it has some other set-up like a name (without 'doctoring' the digits).

I was offered £5K for mine by a dealer (that's what they said I could get - but they may have sold it for more).

Have a look at this website for more of an idea:

Regtransfers.co.uk ::: Your Search Results


PS: Sorry, that link only takes you to their general page. I did enter 1 ALT as a search and it came up with £30K.

PPS: Remember; if you do not space the letters and numbers correctly then you could face being pulled off the road as your vehicle is not 'road legal' and in the event of an accident you may be held responsible, even if it wasn't your fault, and you could find your insurance is void.

[shieldy2k7]

Originally Posted by allan40alt

Depends on how old the plate is, or whether it has some other set-up like a name (without 'doctoring' the digits).

I was offered £5K for mine by a dealer (that's what they said I could get - but they may have sold it for more).

Have a look at this website for more of an idea:

Regtransfers.co.uk ::: Your Search Results


PS: Sorry, that link only takes you to their general page. I did enter 1 ALT as a search and it came up with £30K.

PPS: Remember; if you do not space the letters and numbers correctly then you could face being pulled off the road as your vehicle is not 'road legal' and in the event of an accident you may be held responsible, even if it wasn't your fault, and you could find your insurance is void.

Yep i researched all that, plus when i got mine, the dealer sorted my plates. so they where all legal, and i think that "-=Stella Artois=-" needs a space bettween the 4 and the R

[Unknownsoldier]

My plate was 250 quid: P4FET Seemed rather nice and easy, plus I'm tight too and didn't want to pay loads, like some I've seen VI 4 GRA went for 40K+, the one I really want 'P5YCO' is about 90k+ IIRC Maybe when my numbers come up (for the back of my Black DB9 ).

Tom

[Vet_2010]

With mine being a N. Ireland registered car I was very limited in choice, it costs a fortune to have an English plate transferred over and takes quite a while, plus N. Ireland private plates cost quite a bit more than the equivalent mainland plates, the upside is they are alot rarer over here! I was quite surprised when I first came to Uni in Glasgow and saw that an awful lot of cars have private plates here!
In the end I managed to get a nice short N. Ireland plate at an auction, IKZ 87 with 87 being the year I was born

[shieldy2k7]

Originally Posted by Vet_2010

With mine being a N. Ireland registered car I was very limited in choice, it costs a fortune to have an English plate transferred over and takes quite a while, plus N. Ireland private plates cost quite a bit more than the equivalent mainland plates, the upside is they are alot rarer over here! I was quite surprised when I first came to Uni in Glasgow and saw that an awful lot of cars have private plates here!
In the end I managed to get a nice short N. Ireland plate at an auction, IKZ 87 with 87 being the year I was born

How does the N.ireland plates work? i have seen a few such as "AZK 8457" ect ect (dontk now if that is correct but its along those lines,)

is there a part that represents the "year" (A) part for the area (ZK) and random numbers?

[Vet_2010]

Originally Posted by shieldy2k7

How does the N.ireland plates work? i have seen a few such as "AZK 8457" ect ect (dontk now if that is correct but its along those lines,)

is there a part that represents the "year" (A) part for the area (ZK) and random numbers?

All N. Ireland plates are in effect dateless.
For example the orignal plate on my car was MEZ 1127. The 'EZ' denotes Belfast as the place of registration. The 'M' sort of indicates age as they go alphabetically from A and up (e.g. AEZ, BEZ, CEZ...), but continually cycle and quite a few letters are released each year so it won't be long before they are back at 'M' again. The numbers from what I gather are pretty much random.
It used to be you could be lucky and get a short plate when you registered your car but DVLNI caught on that they could make alot of money from reserving these and selling them off
I've probably confused you, if you want to know more this wiki article is quite good,
Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cheers!

[shieldy2k7]

All i know is that mine is now got a "1990/1991" plate on it, - your civ looks nice with the image pack, i wanted that for my milano red but think it was a bit too much

[alastair b]

Bought mine three years ago from the DVLA for £500.

[shieldy2k7]

Originally Posted by alastair b

Bought mine three years ago from the DVLA for £500.

hoping mine will go up in value been contemplating buying a few cheap ones that make names up as an long term investment, :P

i want the type R body kit / image pack a load of them on here have them ...

[Kremmen]

I've never been a fan of private plates.

If you accidentally upset someone on the road it's quite often an easy number to remember for a future encounter.

[Dimplyred]

Originally Posted by Kremmen

I've never been a fan of private plates.

If you accidentally upset someone on the road it's quite often an easy number to remember for a future encounter.

I really like my private plates.

That is one downside though Kremmen, another is, it's one more thing to consider when you swap your car. Transferring number plates can sometimes be a right pain.

[Unknownsoldier]

Originally Posted by Kremmen

I've never been a fan of private plates.

If you accidentally upset someone on the road it's quite often an easy number to remember for a future encounter.

But it also lets other cars know which one they were wipped by

Tom

[AubreyS]

I used to have A5 AUB but I got bored with it.

[shieldy2k7]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

But it also lets other cars know which one they were wipped by

Tom

Correct - also takes away the pain of picking a **08 *** plate

[bonzo]

Originally Posted by Dimplyred

I really like my private plates.

Transferring number plates can sometimes be a right pain.

I assigned a private plate to my car that I was holding on a retention certificate last week ,,,,posted the application on monday morning, received the transfer back on wednesday the same week,,,,how's that for service.