Interesting number plates spotted.
Interesting number plates spotted.
Not on Zeds, but cool anyway!
Last week I saw a very sexy E46 ///M3 in Phoenix Yellow. The plate was:
PH04 NYX Too cool for words.
This morning I saw a Range Rover (or maybe a Land Rover...who cares anyway?) with the plate:
S54
Now THAT plate, I want!
A.
Last week I saw a very sexy E46 ///M3 in Phoenix Yellow. The plate was:
PH04 NYX Too cool for words.
This morning I saw a Range Rover (or maybe a Land Rover...who cares anyway?) with the plate:
S54
Now THAT plate, I want!
A.
Well, not really, coz I've already got a nice personal plate, (related to me, not the car) but seeing 'S54' this morning really got me going on the hunt again!JAY wrote:You looking for a plate then Alfie???
I think the letter 'Z' on DVLA is only for recent registered cars, 2001 on.JAY wrote:.....FOR SALE on DVLA....
The ones you suggest are EXCELLENT, but no good for me coz mine's originally a 'Y' plate and you're not allowed to make your car appear younger than it is.
Shame, coz those plates are very similar to what I've been looking for...!
Thanks! You've had a preview.JAY wrote:P.S. love your new wheels
I'm currently trying to sort out a web host so I can post the pictures on there first, and then link that to Zroadster.
A.
Alfie.............. try http://imageshack.us/index.php
Personal regs
For anybody who might be interested (yawn, yawn), my plates are as follows:
I have 100 GRA on my 1999 2.8 Z3 (my name being Graham). This plate dates from 1958, was issued by Derbyshire County Council, and has been in my possession since 1975 - since when it's been on around eight BMWs.
My other plate, which is one of the oldest numbers in existence, is G 181, and is currently on a 2004 Land Rover Freelander. This was the 181st number to be issued by Glasgow City Council, in the first couple of months of 1904. The fact that it is 'G' (for Graham) is largely coincidental - I had the chance to buy it, and I just liked the rarity value of a single letter registration which just happened to be G, although it could have been anything else.
Yes, I know I'm being conceited, but I just love it when I fill in my details when registering at a hotel and the receptionist says "we do need your full registration number, please sir," expecting me to give three letters after the G181! "No, that's it - G 181," I reply.
I have to say (and I differ from some fellow members of the Registration Numbers Club here) that I am totally against car registration letters/numbers being mis-spaced or manipulated to look like something else. They give us all a bad name, and apart from that they look naff! With these new number plate recognition cameras coming in, I reckon the police will soon be clamping down a lot harder.
I have 100 GRA on my 1999 2.8 Z3 (my name being Graham). This plate dates from 1958, was issued by Derbyshire County Council, and has been in my possession since 1975 - since when it's been on around eight BMWs.
My other plate, which is one of the oldest numbers in existence, is G 181, and is currently on a 2004 Land Rover Freelander. This was the 181st number to be issued by Glasgow City Council, in the first couple of months of 1904. The fact that it is 'G' (for Graham) is largely coincidental - I had the chance to buy it, and I just liked the rarity value of a single letter registration which just happened to be G, although it could have been anything else.
Yes, I know I'm being conceited, but I just love it when I fill in my details when registering at a hotel and the receptionist says "we do need your full registration number, please sir," expecting me to give three letters after the G181! "No, that's it - G 181," I reply.
I have to say (and I differ from some fellow members of the Registration Numbers Club here) that I am totally against car registration letters/numbers being mis-spaced or manipulated to look like something else. They give us all a bad name, and apart from that they look naff! With these new number plate recognition cameras coming in, I reckon the police will soon be clamping down a lot harder.
I have to say (and I differ from some fellow members of the Registration Numbers Club here) that I am totally against car registration letters/numbers being mis-spaced or manipulated to look like something else. They give us all a bad name, and apart from that they look naff!
100GRA
Just your opinion i suppose, but quite a sweeping narrow minded statement.
My plate actually spells my nickname, your plates mean nothing to anyboby except you.
Gazza.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Personal regs
Garythefish:
Good luck to you. All I'm saying is that the police are soon going to get very keen on mis-spaced numbers.
Your nickname's Gaz (or Gazza), mine's Gra (pronounced Gray) - so why doesn't my number mean anything to anybody but me, when yours does?
Don't get too serious about all this - it's only light hearted banter (I hope!).
Good luck to you. All I'm saying is that the police are soon going to get very keen on mis-spaced numbers.
Your nickname's Gaz (or Gazza), mine's Gra (pronounced Gray) - so why doesn't my number mean anything to anybody but me, when yours does?
Don't get too serious about all this - it's only light hearted banter (I hope!).
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Re: Personal regs
Is the Registration Numbers Club still running. I used to belong to it 15 or so years ago, and go to a few of the rallys/shows, got quite a few photos from the events100GRA wrote:I have to say (and I differ from some fellow members of the Registration Numbers Club here)
Number Plates
We are very lucky here in Kiwi land. Great roads, great cars, great people, great number plates -- Heaven!!! Got to have some upsides to being so far away from all those lovely bolt on goodies you Zders have.
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Don't drink and drive home -
Take the Zd and fly home -
Take the Zd and fly home -
Registration Numbers Club
Geoff H (and anybody else who might be interested):
Yes, the Registration Numbers Club is still going strong. I was one of the very first members, in 1975 or 1976, and like you I thought it had folded but I saw a feature on car numbers in the Daily Telegraph last year which mentioned the RNC, so I contacted them.
I'm now restored to membership after a gap of around 25 years! I don't think their admin was all it might have been for quite a few years, because my address never changed and I'm sure I didn't intentionally stop being a member.
Anyway, their website address (where you can download an application form) is www.registrationnumbersclub.org.uk
100 GRA (& G 181)
Yes, the Registration Numbers Club is still going strong. I was one of the very first members, in 1975 or 1976, and like you I thought it had folded but I saw a feature on car numbers in the Daily Telegraph last year which mentioned the RNC, so I contacted them.
I'm now restored to membership after a gap of around 25 years! I don't think their admin was all it might have been for quite a few years, because my address never changed and I'm sure I didn't intentionally stop being a member.
Anyway, their website address (where you can download an application form) is www.registrationnumbersclub.org.uk
100 GRA (& G 181)
Yep, Garyw. The plate cannot be longer than 6 digits and must be socially acceptable (no obvious smut) although some are very cleverly disguised.
Some plates are worth thousands others just for fun. The company that runs the plates sometimes hold auctions and of course there are always plates for sale in the auto mags and local papers. When changing the car you can switch the plate to your new car or sometimes sell it with the car to get more for the car. We also have picture plates and euro plates (made the same size as yours) to suit european cars. These cost a bit more though. Thanx for your interest. GR8M8S
Some plates are worth thousands others just for fun. The company that runs the plates sometimes hold auctions and of course there are always plates for sale in the auto mags and local papers. When changing the car you can switch the plate to your new car or sometimes sell it with the car to get more for the car. We also have picture plates and euro plates (made the same size as yours) to suit european cars. These cost a bit more though. Thanx for your interest. GR8M8S
Don't drink and drive home -
Take the Zd and fly home -
Take the Zd and fly home -
Personal Regs
Garythefish:
Hi, Gary. Looking at your number again, I've just had a thought. Why don't you flog the Z and buy a sporty Merc? Then you could pretend your number reads: GAZZA SL
Like I said before, don't take this too seriously. I'm as much a number plate nerd as anybody, it's just that I believe that a good number doesn't need playing around with. I'd be happy just to go along with GAZ 2451.
Hi, Gary. Looking at your number again, I've just had a thought. Why don't you flog the Z and buy a sporty Merc? Then you could pretend your number reads: GAZZA SL
Like I said before, don't take this too seriously. I'm as much a number plate nerd as anybody, it's just that I believe that a good number doesn't need playing around with. I'd be happy just to go along with GAZ 2451.
100GRA
You Bitch!
I wasn't taking it too seriously which is why i didn't respond to your last post.
I do have a sporty Merc SL500, but don't want to change the 04 plate at the moment.
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You Bitch!
I wasn't taking it too seriously which is why i didn't respond to your last post.
I do have a sporty Merc SL500, but don't want to change the 04 plate at the moment.
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Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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hmmm...dunno. Might need this explained to me!Sweetpea wrote:dont you think this plate says someting
Again, I love the Impala colour, Sweetpea. Very nice.
I don't see the appeal of personalised number plates. Great if you happen to just pick up one coincidentally when buying your car.
Baz, your BMW plate is cool
BMW Z3, the only way to build a true roadster
- The most powerful letter in the world.
- The most powerful letter in the world.
Cloz wrote:There is something that will never change is my love for Z3
smartypants wrote:Conor?
With an M??
The World's gone mad
smartypants wrote:The Z3 rear is a great thing to behold
100GRA,
you wern't taking me seriously were you? I don't have a Merc, i was just pulling your leg!. Good idea though if i did buy one ( in my dreams).
Gazza.
you wern't taking me seriously were you? I don't have a Merc, i was just pulling your leg!. Good idea though if i did buy one ( in my dreams).
Gazza.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
personalised plates are so popular here in NZ. Some are weird and you can nearly drive into the back of them trying to work them out. I saw a little red mazda sports car with REDQT on it recently which was cute.
Of course all us Z owners really just need the same plate.. PURFECT or maybe for mine GODESS
If we ever have a race then I will grab one from another vehicle I own
F!RST
Of course all us Z owners really just need the same plate.. PURFECT or maybe for mine GODESS
If we ever have a race then I will grab one from another vehicle I own
F!RST
Spotted on a E30 conv DI BOSS ( DI8 OSS )
Spotted on Jag XJ8 BOSS MAN ( BO55 MAN )
Gazza.
Spotted on Jag XJ8 BOSS MAN ( BO55 MAN )
Gazza.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
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Very cool. E30 conv too. Very nice.garythefish wrote:Spotted on a E30 conv DI BOSS ( DI8 OSS )
BMW Z3, the only way to build a true roadster
- The most powerful letter in the world.
- The most powerful letter in the world.
Cloz wrote:There is something that will never change is my love for Z3
smartypants wrote:Conor?
With an M??
The World's gone mad
smartypants wrote:The Z3 rear is a great thing to behold
bwigham, have you been to London recently or have i seen a ringer?
Gazza.
Gazza.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
bwigham wrote:Thanks m8,
Will probably sell it separately when I change the car.
Don't know if it would be worth that much, but the guy who owned the
car before me paid £1250..
What number are we talking about here?
Gazza.
Gazza
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you"
Z3 S54 M roadster , BMW Z1, BMW M3 CSL, Z4M Coupe
Useless reg. number info : The owner (Trimite Ltd) of 1 MB also owns 1T which was spotted in a earlier post, also owns 1 CAR & MB 2. not to be confused with Max Bygraves old number MB 1 (in photo)ogII wrote:Saw 1 MB on an SLK the other morning - Possibly the coolest plate for a Benz?
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Having just returned from NZ where I saw lots of cool number plates, some like the UK cleverly doctored to make a name, some obviously a business name I wonder why we have the obsession to make our number plates so complicated. What is the big fascination in having the plate show the age of the car, and where it is from? In Hong Kong they make do with 2 letters and anything between 2 and 4 numbers, and that's it. No age identifier or anything like that. Why do ours have to be so complex
We all have a photographic memory, just some don't take the lens cap off!
2 digit plates are called dateless plates they are becoming rarer and rarer they were the first plates.. I believe the first uk plate was A1
F1 went on sale last year god knows what its worth, look on www.regtransfers.co.uk there are some for hundreds or thousands
F1 went on sale last year god knows what its worth, look on www.regtransfers.co.uk there are some for hundreds or thousands
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I"ve seen some great ones over the years:
"SPL1F" on a burgundy Volvo 960 Estate being driven down the A1 by a pair of oldies.
"H1" on a ancient white Toyota Carina being driven by an old woman - used to see it around Godalming a lot.
"UN1" on a Vauxhall Nova 2dr saloon in Dundee.
"1 KNO" on a Jag E-Type on the Strand.
And possibly my favourite, proving Europeans can have a sense of humour:
"I VANT 1" on an Austrian-registered Rolls Silver Cloud on Pall Mall.
I've actually asked the DVLA several times to issue to me a unissued M-suffix plate which would spell my surname but they have not responded at all
"SPL1F" on a burgundy Volvo 960 Estate being driven down the A1 by a pair of oldies.
"H1" on a ancient white Toyota Carina being driven by an old woman - used to see it around Godalming a lot.
"UN1" on a Vauxhall Nova 2dr saloon in Dundee.
"1 KNO" on a Jag E-Type on the Strand.
And possibly my favourite, proving Europeans can have a sense of humour:
"I VANT 1" on an Austrian-registered Rolls Silver Cloud on Pall Mall.
I've actually asked the DVLA several times to issue to me a unissued M-suffix plate which would spell my surname but they have not responded at all
Currently: bereft of Z1
Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1
Previously: 1991 Ur-grun Z1 and 1991 Traum-schwartz Z1
I have had exactly the same conversation with DVLA.RacingTeatray wrote:I've actually asked the DVLA several times to issue to me a unissued M-suffix plate which would spell my surname but they have not responded at all
They told me that the unissued plates I was interested in would be offered in one of their auctions at some point in the future.
They also told me that they cannot tell me exactly when my plate would be auctioned.
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Nice, is that real or just for the show??Bryn wrote:"exactly what it says on the tin"
I think mine fits well also
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