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

It’s not something I’ve ever craved, so no, I don’t have one.
Nothing against them - it’s personal choice.

Lots of them around here. One of my favourites when the DDs were at school was B310 VED, which read as BELOVED. (I know it’s illegal to mis-space)
I always hoped that was true of the driver.

Floradora9

There used to be a little pink car in Dundee which had the number plate M2 PNK . In Dundee they would say M instead of I am so it was very apt.

That appeals to me!

There used to be a little pink car in Dundee which had the number plate M2 PNK . In Dundee they would say M instead of I am so it was very apt.

I couldn’t have one using my initials as they spell a rather rude word!

Having always been 'sniffy' about personalised plates, feeling that they were pretentious, I was surprised to receive a gift from my DC, who saw a registration so apt that they couldn't resist it. Initial, birthday and half of surname - how could I not love it? Pretentious? Moi?

Yes - I have one, which almost spells my first name , not exactly, but almost ……

I’m not surprised at the personalised plates, but am that people can’t remember their number plate when required.

My DH (police force in many places) always said we would never have personalosed plates as makes you or the vehicle too easy to recognise and we never did. Think he was paranoid that if you upset someone, were accused wrongly of a mishap your car/you, were easy to spot. Think he may have had a good point, even more so nowadays.

M0nica

They have the advantage that people cannot judge you on the basis of how old your car is.

Unless you happen to be able to judge the age of a car by looking at the model...

They have the advantage that people cannot judge you on the basis of how old your car is.

I’ve never had a personalised plate, nor have I ever known anyone who had one. Reading this thread gives the impression they are quite common so I am surprised.

I haven’t got one and have no feelings for them either way. I don’t think they hide a cars age though as a petrolhead would know. Or these days perhaps it’s an electric head 😂

My 95 year old dad sold his car last month and we have put his plate on retention. It was actually my mother’s personal plate and it was transferred to his car when she died two years ago.
Dad is very keen for me to put it on my car but I’m resisting… I’d never consider buying one so hoping to keep it on retention for the foreseeable future.

I was going to say that I’ve never really wanted one but then remembered that I would love to have the one that was my childhood car. Both AC have them. Why shouldn’t people have one if they want to!

My ex bought me one with K155 and my initails now gone

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.

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

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 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.

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 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 ........!!

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 !!!

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