Personalised numbers plates - why?

[Driver]

I've never been tempted to have personalised number plates on my car. Plenty of people do, however and it occurs to me to wonder why.

Understand - I don't have any strong feelings either way but I'm interested in what the attraction is. Do you have your name or your footy club on your rego plate?

Here's a poll. Vote Now!

Col the Curious.

[DavidG]

For me - Why waste the money.......

[echnidna]

They oughta be triple the price,
let the twits with too much money pay more & keep costs down for the rest of us

[Lignum]

Best i have seen U21DAY - On a hearse:rolleyes:

Having said that, only wankers have them

[ozwinner]

They oughta be triple the price,
let the twits with too much money pay more & keep costs down for the rest of us

Us twits in Melbourne do Bob, we do.

Al :q

[Waldo]

G'day,

(careful Al's in here and he's got a personalised plate :shh:)

It's those with Toorak Tractors that have the 3 digit number plates that I'd laugh if they got stolen, but that's my twisted view :shrug:

[martrix]

I have custom plates for my SS Impala.....LOFREQ......its too cool for school.:cool:

I don't care what people think either way, nor should anyone else.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=17440

[ozwinner]

I have no problem in having personalised plates, I earn the money, I spend it how I want.
Next youse lot will be telling me what sort of house to buy, "you cant have that sort of house because I cant have one too".

Or you cant drive such and such sort of vehicle because I cant drive one too.

Al :U

[Chesand]

I have one also but I was lucky as it is a standard plate that happened to be coming up in the normal sequence a couple of years ago so I grabbed it.

[ozwinner]

I have custom plates for my SS Impala.....LOFREQ......its too cool for school.:cool:

I don't care what people think either way, nor should anyone else.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=17440


Got ta love them 2 doors that were as big a modern building block. :2tsup:

Al :U

[echnidna]

yep yer durn right Al.

All brickies should hafta live in weatherboard houses :p

[bitingmidge]

My brother discovered a few years ago that it only cost $11.00 to change his name by deed poll, so he saved $300 on his personal plates, by changing his name to:

NKA 734

I guess he'll have to change it again when he changes cars.

P
:D

[Driver]

My brother discovered a few years ago that it only cost $11.00 to change his name by deed poll, so he saved $300 on his personal plates, by changing his name to:

NKA 734

I guess he'll have to change it again when he changes cars.

P
:D

NKA - that wouldn't be short for Nakalaka, would it? :wink:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

When I first reg'd my '45 Harley, some 20 odd years ago, the plates I was given came up POS 45. Never a truer omen has been given. :roll: It's a '45 and, to some poeple's eye, a POS. :shrug: Pity I lost those plates a couple of years ago, when I had to let the rego lapse. :(

But she's my faithful POS and when she's back on the road I will be asking about getting those plates back...

[glock40sw]

Was given mine for my 21st birthday pressy 26 years ago.

Been remade twice.:D

[glock40sw]

When I first reg'd my '45 Harley, some 20 odd years ago, the plates I was given came up POS 45. Never a truer omen has been given. :roll: It's a '45 and, to some poeple's eye, a POS. :shrug: Pity I lost those plates a couple of years ago, when I had to let the rego lapse. :(

But she's my faithful POS and when she's back on the road I will be asking about getting those plates back...


Shoulda just put the plates in storage with the Vic version of the RTA.

[Iain]

I am sometimes mystified by the message, example, a Hyundai Excel with a bleeding spoiler 'RUNVS', well, not really, best I saw was on a Range Rover 'IVXIV'.
Me, well, I've got yellow V plates with an 'orse on one side and my and SWMBO's birth year.
I have yet to see a plate with 'WANKER' but truly several deserve one, I can see the merits, one 'WANKER' gets done on a speed camera, every 'WANKER' gets a fine, social justice at work and the wallopers could then leave the rest of us alone.
It's a bit like the bloody NIssan Patrol with big letters on the side '4 X 4', of course it bloody well is, we all know that, maybe the owner needs some sort of reassurance, or is it so he/she can find it easily.

[Waldo]

I have custom plates for my SS Impala.....LOFREQ......its too cool for school.:cool:

G'day Matrix,

:tongueroll:

[Honorary Bloke]

Don't look now, Martrix, but someone has stolen your hubcaps. :D :wink:

[Cliff Rogers]

NKA - that wouldn't be short for Nakalaka, would it? :wink:
There is a blast from the past. :D

[martrix]

Don't look now, Martrix, but someone has stolen your hubcaps. :D :wink:

well I did have a set of Stainless Steel Moon disc's on it but lost one.:doh: Frickin road works left a huge step in the road level and I went over it a 60kmh. Slam! Immediately pulled over because I thought I popped both front tyres the impact was so bad.:~ As I checked them, I noticed I was missing a hubcap. Looked everywhere up and down the road, down in the gullys...nada.:no: Don't know when it went on vacation, have to get another set so I will have 3 spares.:rolleyes: ...

I don't mind the naked west side look anyway.:cool: :D lol.

[Harry72]

My little Focus has appropriate letters WYF its swmbo's runabout!

Best match up of standard plates was my fathers old AP5... RSS225(roaring slant six 225).

[bitingmidge]

NKA - that wouldn't be short for Nakalaka, would it? :wink:
How is Max?

Still with Helena Rubenstein?

P
:D :D :D

[scooter]

It's a bit like the bloody NIssan Patrol with big letters on the side '4 X 4', of course it bloody well is

One that comes to mind is the rego GOLDXF on, of all things, a gold XF Falcom.

More money than sense.

[Groggy]

A photo I saw once - scruewe.

The car had so many key scratches on it it looked like it had driven through a barbed wire fence.

[Wongo]

There is no better way to tell someone that you have a small penis.

:D :D :D

[Lignum]

A photo I saw once - scruewe.
.

The number 1 sought after plate in NZ:wink:

[Doughboy]

Once saw a Mazda Bravo 4 x 4 with the 4 x 4 along the side and I nearly fell over when I saw the plates were ..... 4 x 4.

I thought to myself whale oil beef hooked no way is it really????

I believe it was owned by an idiot. Prolly still is.

[Gra]

Once saw a Mazda Bravo 4 x 4 with the 4 x 4 along the side and I nearly fell over when I saw the plates were ..... 4 x 4.

I thought to myself whale oil beef hooked no way is it really????

I believe it was owned by an idiot. Prolly still is.


It was probably the two wheel drive model as well:U:U:U

By the way what is wrong with personalised plates, the mistress wears personalised plates, two letter three number

[silentC]

Every car on the road has personalised plates - unique set of letters and numbers for every car - just some eejits pay more for theirs than I do!

Not so many of them around here but I used to get a great laugh up in good old south west Sydney. And then there were the Asian kids in their Hondas done up like rally cars with sponsor stickers and over shoulder harnesses.

Nah, better things to spend the money on. But then for me these days, a car is just a way to get to the hardware shop.

[Wongo]

And then there were the Asian kids in their Hondas done up like rally cars with sponsor stickers and over shoulder harnesses.


And the little soft toys inside the car? :doh:

[silentC]

Yeah that too. Piled up all over the dashboard. What's that all about.

I went past a car once that had a Hindu shrine or something constructed on the dash. Imagine what would happen in an accident? Someone could end up with a plastic Ganesha up the keister.

[Cliff Rogers]

.... Imagine what would happen in an accident?.....
Leans new meaning to the term 'Gone to God'. :D

[Wongo]

Yeah that too. Piled up all over the dashboard. What's that all about.

You mean Hello Kitty, Garfield and Mickey Mouse?

You will never understand Silent. It is a cultural thing.:U

[silentC]

Good thing I didn't do my IQ test in Hurstville then!!

[Wongo]

There was a rich Indonesian kid in my class, let’s call him Suharto. Suharto used to get the latest Honda Civic every 3-6 months. The colour of the car was always black and had a spoiler.

Suharto once offered me a lift but I said no because I preferred to walk home. :kickcan:

[Cliff Rogers]

.... used to get the latest Honda Civic every 3-6 months. ....
Is that how often they come out with a new model?

[Wongo]

OK Dr Pedantic, what I was trying to say was Suharto had a new car all the time.

[sigh] some people.:doh:

[Cliff Rogers]

.... how often they come out with a new model?


.....Suharto had a new car all the time. ...
That often 'ey? :D

[Wongo]

:~ Let go, let go. Bad dog, bad dog. :~

:U

[Big Shed]

OK Dr Pedantic, what I was trying to say was Suharto had a new car all the time.

[sigh] some people.:doh:

The term "hoist by your own petard" comes to mind?:rolleyes:

[MurrayD99]

The number 1 sought after plate in NZ:wink:
http://www.plates.co.nz/plates/temp/3cc3fccd0b2f6ff13a711b6302a8efae.jpg (javascript:design_plate(''))

You want it. Send me $400 and I'll put it in the post mate....:wink: Really....

[Cliff Rogers]

The term "hoist by your own petard" comes to mind?:rolleyes:
Actually, it is “be hoist with your own petard”. :2tsup: :D

[silentC]

There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows,
Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd,
They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way
And marshal me to knavery. Let it work;
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar; and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon: O, 'tis most sweet,
When in one line two crafts directly meet.

[Bleedin Thumb]

There is no better way to tell someone that you have a small penis.

:D :D :D


Sorry a temporary highjack............ that new ad on TV (NSW) about speeders having small penises.
Boy that add offends me ...............not cause I have a small one..... I just like to go fast...:D

Honestly though, that ad would have to of been designed by women surely.......... What about all the bad women drivers out there......What is their excuse?:roll:

[Big Shed]

Actually, it is “be hoist with your own petard”. :2tsup: :D

Don't want to be pedantic, that's what I first put down. Then I did a Google and the consensus seems to be "by" not "with".

But I am always ready to bow to superior knowledge:D

This (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hoist+with+own+petard) makes an interesting comparison

[silentC]

Honestly though, that ad would have to of been designed by women surely
It's 'have', BT, 'have to have been'. Tsk! :rolleyes:


the consensus seems to be "by" not "with"
It was originally coined by Shakespeare in Hamlet as 'with' but people seem to say 'by'.

BTW did you know that petard (a small French bomb - no not a Peugeot) comes from the French for passing wind?

[Big Shed]

Silent, see above link.

[silentC]

You might want to have another go at that....

[Bleedin Thumb]

Well if you're going to split hairs, I'm going to...........

[Big Shed]

You might want to have another go at that....

Sorry, should work now.

[Cliff Rogers]

Don't want to be pedantic, that's what I first put down. Then I did a Google and the consensus seems to be "by" not "with".

But I am always ready to bow to superior knowledge:D

This (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hoist+with+own+petard) makes an interesting comparison

Arh well you see.... I did a cut & paste into word to see what you were on about & it was the Encart UK dictionary that said the term was “be hoist with your own petard”.

If you stick it into a google search, you get heaps of variations & several sites reckon that petar in SC's verse was actually from the old French peter & meant to break wind. :?

You also get a whole different set of results if you search for “be hoist with your own petard” or 'be hoist with your own petard'. :rolleyes:

[silentC]

Petard, or petar is the name for a small mine used to blow up gates and such. The name comes from a Latin word meaning 'to pass wind' (fart). The bomb was only small by bomb standards.

Shakespeare was definitely talking about one of these, because he says "For 'tis the sport to have the enginer, Hoist with his own petar;". An engineer was the guy who set up the bomb. He then goes on to say "But I will delve one yard below their mines, And blow them at the moon:". I think that clinches it.

It is a metaphorical allusion to a person being caught in their own trap, or being undone by the very plan with which they themselves intended to undo someone else. Blown up by your own bomb.

[Cliff Rogers]

Far more interesting that trying to set up a new employee in Quickbooks, that is for sure. :D

[AlexS]

What about all the bad women drivers out there......What is their excuse?:roll:
They're fat?:D

Back to numberplates...
A couple of years ago I met a bloke who had just inherited the NSW plate '1'.
He lived in Qld, and if he didn't live in NSW he would have to have surrendered it. As it just happenned, he had been looking at moving to NSW anyway, when along came a developer and offered him megabucks for his Qld. property.
Talk about some people having all the luck ( although I suspect he made a lot of it himself.)

[craigb]

I saw Tony Robinson in one of his "Worst Jobs in History" shows being a petard carrier.

It certainly looked like a pretty ordinary job to me. He even mentioned that one of the (very many) hazards of the job was being "hoist by ones own" if it went off prematurely due to the inferior wick technology of the time.

It amazes me that any of them ever made it to the gates at all.

[joe greiner]

Back to the number plates again.

I saw one recently (don't remember the actual letters): "P51-ABC" on a Ford Mustang. The format is standard for ordinary plates in Florida, but the "P51" seemed too good to be coincidence. (P51 Mustang was a WW2 fighter plane.)

Another one: A woman biker on a Harley: "HARLOT". The Department of Motor Vehicles has a list of forbidden words, but I guess this one wasn't on the list.

Joe

[Driver]

What's interesting is that we've got a raft of rat's ringers (no surprise there! :rolleyes: ) and a few who hate them. There's also a load of comment about different plates people have seen and a (mildly) interesting diversion on the subject of small French bermbs and farts. :oo:

BUT - the 7 blokes who have personalised plates still haven't said why they've got them.

Col the Continuing Curious

[silentC]

Low self esteem :D

[Wongo]

BUT - the 7 blokes who have personalised plates still haven't said why they've got them.


I know why :D

[Terry B]

What's interesting is that we've got a raft of rat's ringers (no surprise there! :rolleyes: ) and a few who hate them. There's also a load of comment about different plates people have seen and a (mildly) interesting diversion on the subject of small French bermbs and farts. :oo:

BUT - the 7 blokes who have personalised plates still haven't said why they've got them.

Col the Continuing Curious
I have personalised plates- just my initials and numbers. They were given to me as present. At least it makes it easy to remember my number plate when I check in to a motel and they seem to wan't my plate no on the registration.

[silentC]

Jeez mate, if you have trouble remembering your number plate, how do you get on with all those drugs and symptoms and all that doctor stuff? :o

[Ashore]

Our personalized plates cost $15 long time ago and are in shmbo's name "LYN" and we have just transfered them with each car, I did notice however when I was last in a regestry office the cost of some of these new plates where you can pick the colour etc and it was huge and ongoing , you have to pay each year :oo: but if thats what rocks you boat and you can afford it then why not , I mean how many on this forum have bought a tool not because you needed it but because you wanted it and it sits on desplay in the shed and is the first thing you show visitors same thing realy:roll:

[Terry B]

Jeez mate, if you have trouble remembering your number plate, how do you get on with all those drugs and symptoms and all that doctor stuff? :o
There are important thing to remenber and less important things. Stupid numbers fit into the first category. The wifes mobile number also. Anniversaries must be in the second category.:U

[echnidna]

Anniversaries must be in the second category

most definately :2tsup: :2tsup:

[Wongo]

Anniversaries or Birthday? :think:

[jmk89]

Now that's an idea - you should be allowed, if you are a bloke, to get a plate that reads XX 1234 Y, where the XX are the wife's initials, 1234 is your wedding anniversary and Y is a random number or letter just thrown in to make sure there are 34 (O and 0 are too similar, as are I and 1) for each combination (in fact there are 68 because you can do the numbers daydaymonth month and month month day day). What a liberating innovation for blokes.......:D :D :2tsup:

[jmk89]

Anniversaries or Birthday? :think:

Anniversaries only - you never forget the birthday, but anniversaries are tricky IMHO

[Howdya do that]

I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over:doh:

[Dr Jan Itor]

I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over:doh:

I've always thought that the cars with personalised plates seem to stand out more in traffic. Personally, I prefer to remain as inconspicuous as possible.

[echnidna]

well, i always forget my wifes bday (or otherwise i remember for a couple of seconds and then i forget again), and all of those things. it was her bday yesterday and i said i would take her out for tea, then forgot, so i got dim sims for tea.
we are going away for a couple of days, so hopefully that will get me in the good books again, if i behave myself and do the things she wants to do i suppose.:oo: :o :D :D :D

[echnidna]

The previous message is a forgery from swmbo :doh:

[Terry B]

well, i always forget my wifes bday (or otherwise i remember for a couple of seconds and then i forget again), and all of those things. it was her bday yesterday and i said i would take her out for tea, then forgot, so i got dim sims for tea.
we are going away for a couple of days, so hopefully that will get me in the good books again, if i behave myself and do the things she wants to do i suppose.:oo: :o :D :D :D
You better hide the credit cards. Retail therapy is often prescribed for wives whose hubbies have forgotten important events as punishment.

[silentC]

You need a password on your screen saver :wink:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

but if thats what rocks you boat and you can afford it then why not , I mean how many on this forum have bought a tool not because you needed it but because you wanted it and it sits on desplay in the shed and is the first thing you show visitors same thing realy:roll:


I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over:doh:

You're taking 'em off the shed wall and mounting 'em on the vehicle? :oo:

[Chesand]

Like Terry's mine consist of my initials and three zeros. If they had not come up in the normal sequence I would not have bothered.

[RufflyRustic]

My plates should be arriving any day now. HWMNBO ordered them for me before I could say, "um, I'd rather not, now everyone can guess my age" :rolleyes: