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

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!

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!

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

...and pretentious!.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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!

Ps it cost £250 bargain!!

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

I don't have a problem with them at all - my son has one, which was a birthday present from his partner. If that's what people want to spend their money on, why not? It's their choice. I did have a 'dream' number plate in mind - it was my full first name and second name initial, and I did actually once see it on a car, a top-of-the-range Range Rover. I confess I was slightly envious.

I have vanity plates on my cars as do lots of others, it’s common enough, they are both cheapies, others have plates valued at £100k+.

It’s no different to wearing jewelry, designer clothes or tattoos, we do it because it makes us feel good.

We run really old cars - almost vintage in a marque no longer manufactured. We have a personalised nunber plate, because DH thinks the marque is more iportanat than how old it is.

It is not a highly distingtive one, just a letter and numbe that are irrelevant and DH's initials.

dogsmother can’t think that mine is an investment, sadly it’s not a very interesting one.
If it was I’d be happy to have one. Mine just costs me money.

My husband had one which apart from a pair of brass cufflinks was the only thing his dad left him. In my husband's will it was left to out children. Neither wanted it on their cars so I sold it to a site that gave me cash sum which was less than what it was valued at but had no fees to pay and money in my account in 3 days and each child had £6,000.

Yes and no.
We’ve all got them, I’ve had mine 30+ years, then DH bought them for himself and the DDs about 20 years ago. Just initials and easily moved from one vehicle to another, although we don’t change them very often.
However, after DH died, I did just sell his vehicle with the plate.

As said upthread - our money, our choice.

We do, a matching pair, it’s a thing here. They are as has been alluded to above, an investment. So why not.

I have had one for about twenty years. It is my initials, month and year of birth. It was an indulgence, but it is my money to do what I like with.

It was my yellow car, which got me spotted more than my reg. I was supposed to be recuperating from a serious OP and decided to sneak out, when DH was golfing.
When he got home, he asked where I had gone at 10a.m. He and his golfing partner watched me from the golf course, coming out of the drive.

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