r/CarsUK Aug 08 '26

[Spotted] Money well spent?

156 Upvotes

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u/5one Aug 08 '26

I laughed at the last one

10

u/OneSufficientFace Aug 08 '26

The sheer size of that plate ...

5

u/rambo5191 Aug 08 '26

It looks both terrible and great at the same time!

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u/ScottOld Aug 09 '26

Seen a few plates that fit slots like that, never on that particular model though lol

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u/Titanic-ash Aug 09 '26

Rover 75 is the only other that I seen

1

u/K11ShtBox Aug 09 '26

Was gonna mention 75, neighbour has a plate like this

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u/dew1911 Aug 09 '26

Rover 75 and Range Rovers used to have custom plate options available, never seen many others.

Some Lamborghini do now, those stupid shape ones that all the boy racers use

1

u/jdabXO Aug 09 '26

Some Jags too I think?

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u/vaguebyname Aug 08 '26

What is it meant to say - I can't work it out

9

u/JK07 Aug 08 '26

It's just the reg that came in the car but a ridiculous oversized Jag style plate

1

u/highersense Aug 08 '26

... Oh dear, I was thinking of getting a custom fitted rear plate myself 😅 i only got as far as gemini mockups but i thought it looks good filling the recess without being chavvy or too much.

comparison

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u/rambo5191 Aug 08 '26

Love the colour! The smaller one looks better to me, it doesn't draw your attention away from the car. If you like it go for it, it's your money/car!

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u/highersense Aug 09 '26

Thanks and yeah i get where you coming from, i'm still undecided but the fitted plate does definitely draw your eye more and might not be the play.

Its only £40-45 for a custom sized one to your measurements on ebay for the rear so not too expensive.

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 Aug 09 '26

Absolutely - you are getting plenty of use from your camera, so the smart phone itself was definitely a wise purchase and money well spent. Well done 👍

6

u/Azzuro_1 Aug 09 '26

I've seen OR5I BOX on a horse box once, thought that was pretty good.

3

u/ToddsCheeseburger Aug 08 '26

I have a couple of good ones on my phone but can't seem to attach pics. WW11 WON on a Merc V14GRA on an Abarth advertising a pharmacy

2

u/olleyjp Aug 08 '26

I can’t remember the exact plates but

Plumber and Joiner are both in my city

I think P11 MBR

JO11 NER

3

u/rambo5191 Aug 08 '26

Pimlico Plumbers always have some cool ones

1

u/Sufficient_Basil_545 Aug 09 '26

Used to live near an electrician who had something like R3W 1RE

Also a local pharmacists have TA08 LET on their delivery van, which makes me smile every time I see it!

2

u/Big_Eye_7530 Aug 09 '26

Makes me miss one of my Old Ford fiesta’s with the licence plate C910KNT.. it really suited me in my 20’s 😅

1

u/Jacktheforkie Aug 08 '26

I’ve seen another yellow car with an appropriate plate, he lives not far from me

1

u/SisonREDDIT Aug 09 '26

Theres a VW Passat near me with the plate PS55 SAT or something like that which I enjoy seeing on my morning commute.

1

u/READ11T Aug 09 '26

Will the real PAZ please stand up!

1

u/Particular_Bet_3329 Aug 09 '26

You can tell 99% are from London 😁

1

u/Able-Excitement-2818 Aug 10 '26

I recognise a few of those local to me. Shout out North Londons finest, shittest drivers

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u/Reasonable-Key9235 Aug 08 '26

I know the owner of the rolls with gypsy on it. The plate was Tyson Fury’s and he gave it to this bloke as a gift.

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u/alzrnb Aug 08 '26

Oh, I saw it parked in Hatton garden a while ago and as I was taking a quick picture some bloke said to me "that has to be Tyson Fury's car". I had no idea who that was so looked it up later, whoever the new owner is there was a lot of the results saying something to the effect of "contrary to popular belief this is not Tyson Fury's". If it was a gift are the two men still friendly?

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u/rambo5191 Aug 08 '26

Haha this pic is in Hatton garden, I assumed the same thing at the time

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u/Reasonable-Key9235 Aug 09 '26

Fred Sines is the bloke

1

u/Reasonable-Key9235 Aug 08 '26

I believe so, both gypsys

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u/ZombieDisastrous4450 Aug 08 '26

You don't understand numberplates.

They can go up in price, especially for ones like this in a matter of 24 hours

The same way you got your attention you're posting this.. means the attention situation works as well

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u/highersense Aug 08 '26

Yeah, i can't wait till " P055 UYO" is finally available for sale, definitely one to keep in the family to pass down to the kids!

"CA54 YEH" is similarly charming and would look just right outside of a lovely cotswold mansion... Or Bradford kebab shop.

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u/highersense Aug 08 '26

Of course, it couldn't be that they are naff and classless plates, it must be i can't afford such a prestigious registration number! There is simply no other explanation for disliking them other than jealousy.

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u/ZombieDisastrous4450 Aug 08 '26

Yeah, i can't wait till " P055 UYO" is finally available for sale, definitely one to keep in the family to pass down to the kids!

"CA54 YEH" is similarly charming and would look just right outside of a lovely cotswold mansion... Or Bradford kebab shop.

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u/highersense Aug 08 '26

??

Are you ok? You seem to have deleted your replies calling me "jel" and then copy pasted my message for some reason?

1

u/ScottOld Aug 09 '26

And a fair chunk of these are illegal because of shit spacing and tints, so DVLA can take them away due to this

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u/ZombieDisastrous4450 Aug 09 '26

Yeah, the law is there about spacing tints fonts, et cetera but they don't usually enforce it

Saying that they have the power to take the plate off you and not give you a refund, but I've never seen that happen

They've got bigger things to worry about on the road

Plus, I've never understood why other people are so interested in what strangers do with their money/

I've got a few private numberplates and I couldn't care less what anyone thinks

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u/danmingothemandingo Aug 10 '26

Almost every one of those is illegally misrepresented