Pics of apt, rare, funny number plates taken in Ireland if possible

Fey! · 13-09-2006 10:46pm

There's a 4wd in Galway with the reg 05-MO-515, but with no gaps or hyphens; it reads "OSMOSIS" - I think it belongs to a water company.

Very clever!

bigtimecharlie · 13-09-2006 11:05pm

**-C-70 on a Volvo C70 coupe.

An old top gear ( 30 min) did a feature on number plates where Paul Daniel's had MAG 1C and someone got PEN 1S! K1 NGS was the highest price plate then.

Our man in Havana · 13-09-2006 11:14pm

I hear TOS 5A is on a BMW 5 series.

Wishbone Ash · 13-09-2006 11:16pm

Bond-007 wrote:

I hear TOS 5A is on a BMW 5 series.

Or even T05 SER

overdriver · 13-09-2006 11:19pm

A friend of mine loved the Peugot 406, and would buy a new one every year, and the plate XX-KE-406 to go with it.

irish1967 · 13-09-2006 11:20pm

bigtimecharlie wrote:

**-C-70 on a Volvo C70 coupe.

An old top gear ( 30 min) did a feature on number plates where Paul Daniel's had MAG 1C and someone got PEN 1S! K1 NGS was the highest price plate then.

I actually saw the PEN 1S plate on a blue Merc in Mayfair in London in 1988... Guess it may have been owned by a guy called Richard...:D

Guy:Incognito · 13-09-2006 11:28pm

Blitzkrieger wrote:

Previous record was 200k for A5TON. At some point it becomes obscene.

The point is already a very distant memory to these people.

irish1967 · 14-09-2006 12:56am

Searching through a UK reg company i hooked you guys up with some plates and the prices they are on offer for

Wishbone = W15 HXX £4595 or W15 HEY £3995
SteKelly = YKE 11Y £8995 or AKE 111Y £7995
Bond 007 = OO 7 Price witheld or OO 743 £4490
BIGTIMECHARLIE = CHA 213S £9995 or B16 BTC £1345
FEY! = 1 FEY £8995 or V6 FEY £750
KBANNON = BAN 110N £12495 or 8 ANS £9794
blue850 = BLU 3Y £5490 or WH05 BLU £4490
robaMerc = M33 RCY £4995
MUPPET = MUP 8T £1595 or A11 MUP £1090
jayok = HE55 JAY £1950

heres a few others that might appeal to the irish market
BO55 DUB £1950
E1 GAA £1099
S77 OUT £5995
E1 RTE £1099
B4 RTE £6990
P4 DYE £1395
X1 RAN £11795

Our man in Havana · 14-09-2006 1:07am

Serious money to be made from them.

irish1967 · 14-09-2006 1:20am

Bond-007 wrote:

Serious money to be made from them.

Yeah during that search I saw that BIG 1 is on the market again for £160,000

Kersh · 14-09-2006 1:11pm

A customer here owns that red s2000 with 52000 looking like s2000.
Uncle had a 7 series, 00-d-7, and 02-d-2007, and 05-d-7007.
Cousin had 911, 00-d-29911, and 02-d-911, and Sl55 04-d-66666.

Blue850 · 14-09-2006 1:29pm

ZV 666 is on a sinister looking Merc Fintail

Peter C · 14-09-2006 4:23pm

Sizzler wrote:

I know someone with a 911, O6 D 911.

Seen that one a few weeks back, Carrera 4S cabrio in Portumna on Aug bank holiday weekend, lovely looking!

Fey! wrote:

There's a 4wd in Galway with the reg 05-MO-515, but with no gaps or hyphens; it reads "OSMOSIS" - I think it belongs to a water company.

Very clever!

Seen that one as well, a Rexton I believe

03-C-110 Clio, very nice reg!

05-G 112 H2

Kersh · 14-09-2006 5:26pm

A hummer - 05-d-112 - H2

Do-more · 14-09-2006 6:41pm

Mr Moran (I presume) taking advantage of a strategically placed screw head!

And this guy must like his beer! N11 BUD

Both seen in Mullingar today.

Wishbone Ash · 14-09-2006 10:12pm

Check out the shape of the plate (not the reg) on this Rover 75. Talk about making an awful looking car (IMO) worse. :eek:

qz · 14-09-2006 10:20pm

03-D-55 on an SL 55

G Luxel · 17-09-2006 1:55am

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Check out the shape of the plate (not the reg) on this Rover 75. Talk about making an awful looking car (IMO) worse. :eek:

In the I960s and I970s there was a Rover 3 litre/3.5 litre or P5 which had a very large number plate space and the vast majority of the UK market cars had this exact shape of number plate. So when the 75 arrived in I999, it too featured this large number plate area, hence why there are many 75s fitted with this style of plate.

G Luxel · 17-09-2006 2:18am

This plate would definitely qualify as completely Irish and illegal.

Our man in Havana · 17-09-2006 2:33am

G Luxel wrote:

This plate would definitely qualify as completely Irish and illegal.

Anything to beat the speed cameras.

Silvera · 17-09-2006 2:38am

Old Irish reg 'VIP 1' sold for c.£300,000 recently to Roman Abramovich.

Isle Of Man plate I photographed when I visited the island last year. Mr Mannion I presume ?

And in some countries they pay to advertise the year of their cars

2005 Mustang GT

Do-more · 17-09-2006 9:14am

If Mitsubishi ever get up to Version 119 on the Lancer this could be valuable!:D

ninty9er · 17-09-2006 3:05pm

Friend's dad Has 05-*-350 on his S350

His mom's getting a clk so I presume 07-*-200 will appear on the driveway soon enough

Vikings · 17-09-2006 5:46pm

G Luxel wrote:

In the I960s and I970s there was a Rover 3 litre/3.5 litre or P5 which had a very large number plate space and the vast majority of the UK market cars had this exact shape of number plate. So when the 75 arrived in I999, it too featured this large number plate area, hence why there are many 75s fitted with this style of plate.

Check out this beauty..

Rover 75 as found in athlone...no number plate but the horridness is something else!

Max_Damage · 17-09-2006 7:48pm

I just saw a Land Rover Discovery in Dun Laoighre today with Kuwait plates (with the Arabic font and all). Handy for the speed cameras!

irish1967 · 18-09-2006 9:27am

IncredibleBulk wrote:

Check out this beauty..

Rover 75 as found in athlone...no number plate but the horridness is something else!

I see this is parked in a disabled parking bay... Its obvious the owner is BLIND...

Do-more · 19-09-2006 7:38am

This guy was very hopefully! 1. on the result of the match & 2. that he wasn't going to meet a traffic cop! (Regular no. plate was in back window but not fully visable)

Sorry Photo not great 06-MO-SAM

smash · 19-09-2006 8:26am

The "H" was angled like an X...

Victor · 20-09-2006 9:57am

Neighbour had 00-D-100000.

IncredibleBulk wrote:

Rover 75 as found in athlone...no number plate but the horridness is something else!

Is that the shipping plastic still on?

irish1967 wrote:

I see this is parked in a disabled parking bay... Its obvious the owner is BLIND...

Actually there looks like there is a blue badge.

Puff Puff Pass · 20-09-2006 10:27am

my brother has a 2001 Pug 306 with reg plates

01 - RN - 306, looks sweet

G Luxel · 26-09-2006 10:31pm

Heres this plate again, yellow background, Isle of Man font.

no longer valid as the cops didnt like it.

I wonder if the number MIN I is registered here. It would be an old plate but
appropriate for a Mini.

There is an old Datsun advertisement taken in Dublin in I980 featuring the
entire range for that year and one of the cars, a 280 ZX, features the said
number plate......

Wishbone Ash · 26-09-2006 11:33pm

Victor wrote:

Neighbour had 00-D-100000.

That is on a maroon coloured Hyundai Santa Fe. Your neighbour must have sold it as I've seen it outside the church in Lusk a couple of times. Didn't have a camera phone then.

Victor · 27-09-2006 2:00am

Wishbone Ash wrote:

That is on a maroon coloured Hyundai Santa Fe. Your neighbour must have sold it as I've seen it outside the church in Lusk a couple of times. Didn't have a camera phone then.

Thats interesting, becuase I thought it was white or silver in colour. It was a car dealer who had it originally.

BreadBoard · 27-09-2006 2:47am

Here is a great pic I took a few months back of a Jap imported Honda Civic with a standard Irish plate on the back. Something just doesn't look right !

Access · 27-09-2006 10:27am

What makes me laugh is the few RWD Toyota twin cams that are around Meath/Cork with '91 plates.....

If I am not mistaken, didnt Toyota stop producing them in '88/'89?

bop1977 · 27-09-2006 11:07am

there is a skoda RS with the reg 03-XX-125 and the 125 is shaped like RS

Silvera · 27-09-2006 12:31pm

Wishbone Ash wrote:

That is on a maroon coloured Hyundai Santa Fe. Your neighbour must have sold it as I've seen it outside the church in Lusk a couple of times. Didn't have a camera phone then.

That was actually the first car in Dublin with a 9-digit reg.

I have the newspaper cutting from 2000, when the jeep was registered by ? Motors.

Silvera · 27-09-2006 12:35pm

Do-more wrote:

This guy was very hopefully! 1. on the result of the match & 2. that he wasn't going to meet a traffic cop! (Regular no. plate was in back window but not fully visable)

Sorry Photo not great 06-MO-SAM

If I were a Traffic Cop I would definetly pull him over!
The 06-MO-SAM plate should have been in the rear window - not his normal reg?!!

Mac 3 · 30-09-2006 11:32am

If I recall correctly, MIN 1 was on a mini up to a few years ago. When I was in school, someone used to get picked up in a black MK 1 Golf GTI that had the old Limerick city reg (TI) The plate he had was 1 GTI.

I think 2 GTI was on a green MK 1 Golf GTI also. There was also a Dublin registered BMW 635 CSI, with the reg 635 CSI.

drdre · 30-09-2006 10:58pm

Silvera wrote:

If I were a Traffic Cop I would definetly pull him over!
The 06-MO-SAM plate should have been in the rear window - not his normal reg?!!

ah leave him alone.he is only messing.if he had his original in the window.its fine.:D

Wishbone Ash · 30-09-2006 11:01pm

drdre wrote:

ah leave him alone.he is only messing.if he had his original in the window.its fine.:D

They've suffered enough

. Bet he didn't drive back to Mayo with those plates attached!

celica140bhp · 01-10-2006 2:11am

Saw a reg of 06-D4 yesterday...not sure of the car but the owner was obviously proud of his postal address...

Wishbone Ash · 01-10-2006 7:30am

celica140bhp wrote:

Saw a reg of 06-D4 yesterday...not sure of the car but the owner was obviously proud of his postal address...

It looks ok when they have a number 4 only but when people seperate the 4 from the rest of the reg, it looks silly. eg. 06 D4 1234. It was all the rage when the new plates came out first but is probably considered a bit naff nowadays.

HungryJoey · 01-10-2006 6:36pm

Seen that M3 earlier on, But I actually didn't notice the reg' Until I got home and looked at the picture a little closer :rolleyes:

Hj

NiSmO · 01-10-2006 6:56pm

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Sparky · 01-10-2006 9:28pm

Ive seen a 206 as 02-D-206

HungryJoey · 01-10-2006 9:42pm

NiSmO wrote:

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T'was indeed

There are a couple of nice cars you see in castleknock, On a regular basis parked around Torentinos ( how ever you spell it :P ) Or the barbican restaurant.

Are them Reg's even legal Or what ? I have no understanding for them...

Hj

drdre · 01-10-2006 10:42pm

ive seen that m3 , the plate looks funny

Plums · 01-10-2006 11:56pm

I posted these previously in another thread but here goes again

vector · 04-10-2006 1:24am

>I posted these previously in another thread but here goes again

are those phots edited? or is it an island not connected by a bridge with no resident garda?

Pics of apt, rare, funny number plates taken in Ireland if possible

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