Have you got a personalised number plate and do you wish you hadn’t?

Mine was a cheapie too, it just happened to be the perfect combination of letters and numbers.
It certainly wasn't anything to do with vanity, I had completed a second degree, resulting in a promotion and a large pay rise. and treated myself to it, after years of studying.
In saying that, no-one should have to justify having one.
As David said, it is no different to buying hewellery, designer clothes, or having beauty treatments etc.

When I bought my new car a few months ago( not an indulgence), there was a new car sittng in the dealership), exactly the same make and colour as mine,) with an almost identical number plate, only one digit was different. I thought it was my new car and they had made a mistake with the reg.
Co-incidences like that appeal to me.

My neighbour's husband bought her a reg. SEX1. one Christmas. I think it is embarrassing, to say the least and I would not have not appreciated a reg. like that.

True, they can cost a lot but mine was £600 and a year later someone spotted it parked at the airport and left a note on my windscreen. The upshot was he offered to pay the cost of my little car £10000 simply to get the plate 😱

I cheated with mine in that I put a Z at the end rather than the S - that plate went to auction and I heard it went for around £11000 so was out of my price bracket!

I brought my husband one for his birthday but I don't personally have one. Funny when booking into hotels car parks ect I always know his reg but never can remember mine perhaps time I had one too.

My husband did have one, I made him suggested he get rid of it, I don't like anything that draws attention in a "look at me " way. To be fair, his partner bought it for him some time ago when he passed a significant birthday, the number plate comprised of that age and his initials. He did eventually sell it, I I'm glad to say. There seemed to be quite a faff involved in the transfer when he changed cars if I remember rightly. Wild horses wouldn't induce me to get one it's probably a personal prejudice but I find them a bit vulgar ostentatious, but each to their own.

No.
I would NOT want one.
Different if it's personalised to the vehicle
An ex boyfriend bought a fancy new bike once (new model) and got to choose one. It was basically the bikes make and model number.

I treated myself to mine when I retired and love it. Nobody can tell how old my car is so don’t judge me. It is easy to remember and I will never get rid of it as so many people like it as much as I do!!!

Ps it cost £250 bargain!!

I've had one for 20+ years. Got it because I could not remember my reg. no. and whenever I went to a meeting in a different building had to sign in and put car reg down. Rather than remembering it, I took the easy route and bought one. I've now got the time to memorise it and never go anywhere I need to record my car reg!

Urmstongran

I think they are known as ‘vanity plates’ in the US. Each to their own really.

Yes, quite. I'm afraid I've always considered them rather 'common'. On the other hand I had to laugh at the late John Entwistle's number plate: PEN 15.

Paperbackwriter

Urmstongran

I think they are known as ‘vanity plates’ in the US. Each to their own really.

Yes, quite. I'm afraid I've always considered them rather 'common'. On the other hand I had to laugh at the late John Entwistle's number plate: PEN 15.

How snobbish!

In the past few days on GN, it has been implied that I am vain, paranoid and common.
Is there no hope for me? 🤣

I wouldn’t want one as I think they are a little pretentious, but each to their own

...and pretentious!.

I think I need to go and take a hard look at myself. 😪

Have none of you who find it difficult to remember your car reg thought of taking a photo on your phone?

Yes I have one, I got it when I bought my first NEW car for the very first time. It was a cheapie as it just has my initials as the first 3 letters.

We also have another one that was on a car we were given some years ago, but it is still in the name of my daughter who died and we are unsure how to get it moved at the moment. It has a name on it, (not my daughters) so may be worth quite a bit. We'll put it on my daughters car or swap it for one that is more personal to her.

As I now have a Motability car, I always swap it over as don't want everyone knowing it is new - by the way, they are NOT free!

Nah, Miss Marydoll, that’s for the “judgy” ones to do!

Each smile my plate has put on my Dad’s face is worth every sneer on here!

Both DH and I have personalised number plates, our initials and a number, kind of like Ewing 1 and Ewing 2. Pretentious and vain maybe but don’t care

My late husband liked the idea..had 2 or 3 on his lifetime. I never wanted one. In fact slightly embarrassed at idea when in his car!! Pretentious as my father would say [ and often did].
I suppose if you drive an old car ( not talking vintage, of course), then it's a way of hiding car's age !!!

I love seeing obviously personalised plates! They quite often make me smile, or wonder who is driving. WHO 1 and HI I'M KT are memorable, but perhaps no longer with us! As a cat-person, I chuckled at M13 OWY which drove past me recently! (It helps to be slightly dyslexic!) But I couldn't be bothered to have one myself, though DH's initials were parked at the top of a nearby street for years. I did wonder about making an offer ........!!

An ex brother-in-law, a fast driver, had one, but sold it as he kept getting pulled up by the police who recognised it. 😂

I’ve had one for years, it was the model of the car I had then. Basic cost from DVLA so not expensive then.
Easy to remember, it’s been on every car since.
Keep the number plates from the new car and put them on retention for when you sell the car and put your personalised plates on the new one.

Pants 😍
It never ceases to amaze me how some posters on GN are so presumptuous and judgemental.
Of course it may be that they think that they are perfect and and have the right to do so. 😉

I’ve had mine for years, I love it and will always keep it!

Marydoll

In the past few days on GN, it has been implied that I am vain, paranoid and common.
Is there no hope for me? 🤣

None at all, obviously - according to some on here!
For the record, I don't think you're any of the above...

I had one bought for me as a family birthday present, simply because they didn't know what else to buy a woman who is perceived to have everything at 70. Still can't remember the number though, so a waste of money.