2011: UK motorist told to surrender "offensive" number plate.

Run_to_da_hills

"A motorist who bought the cheeky number plate 'BO11 LUX' for his new car has been ordered by the DVLA to remove it - even though he bought it from their website".



Pity you couldn't get such plates over here, I would have told the DVLA to fcuk off LOL.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009171/Alan-Clarke-told-surrender-obscene-number-plate-DVLA-sold-him.html

Cookie_Monster

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I would have told the DVLA to fcuk off

+1

what ridiculousness

who the fug

DVLA would charge you for telling them to **** off


By the way it is option 3 then 4 then 5 on the phone menu.

weeder

galwaytt

Tell them to fcuk off is right.

I'd make them buy it back - say.............£ 10k ??

YouTookMyName

He's a bollox for driving an overfinch anyway.

Victor Meldrew

Saw an Audi A5 coupe with "HUSTLER" as his reg. How embarrasing is that.

I think personalized number plates should be encouraged here and in the UK, They say so much about the drivers of the car, thus save you loads of time.

Gophur

weeder wrote: »

Someone needs to brush up on his Photoshopping skills!

getz

galwaytt wrote: »

Tell them to fcuk off is right.

I'd make them buy it back - say.............£ 10k ??

i will sell you mine.....K155 BLL

dgt

weeder

Gophur wrote: »

Someone needs to brush up on his Photoshopping skills!

opinion guy

Victor Meldrew wrote: »

Saw an Audi A5 coupe with "HUSTLER" as his reg. How embarrasing is that.

I think personalized number plates should be encouraged here and in the UK, They say so much about the drivers of the car, thus save you loads of time.

DVLA make something like 87million a year from personalised plates. Too right it should be brought in here to let some hustlers and bo11lux's buy us back out of this debt hole we are in

si_guru

opinion guy wrote: »

DVLA make something like 87million a year from personalised plates. Too right it should be brought in here to let some hustlers and bo11lux's buy us back out of this debt hole we are in

Of course all the plates have to follow the rules.. Hustler will be HU57LER no doubt.. And you never "own" the plate, the DVLA have the right to withdraw it any time if you missuse it.

In March 2007 the DVLA did not issue the usual Edinburgh prefix of SN to avoid offending people.

In Sweden (IIRC) you can have any 7 digit plate... but hardly anybody bothers.

si_guru

OSI wrote: »

As long as it has numbers and letters there are no real restrictions on the registration.

This is my personal favourite.

It still follows the older 1983-2001 rules... but that is a true DVLA "select" plate as the number is under 20.

Cookie_Monster

Dublin Bus spend a fortune matching every bus's reg to it's fleet number.
Though I believe this has stopped in the last year or two.

who the fug

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Dublin Bus spend a fortune matching every bus's reg to it's fleet number.
Though I believe this has stopped in the last year or two.

Could they not have got the Reg number first then make that the fleet number, using the VIM number to start off the data base

Cookie_Monster

who the fug wrote: »

Could they not have got the Reg number first then make that the fleet number, using the VIM number to start off the data base

you'd think, or not match at all.

but classes are numbered sequentially as it makes the most sense so regs were matched to that.

some are direct matches 99-D-198 being RV-198 (say) but others are not 08-D-30090 is EV 90

As I said I'm almost positive they've dropped it due to some report in the paper about it a couple of years ago.

unkel

dgt wrote: »

That's what it's on now! I hadn't seen it in a few years. Thanks for sharing

I remember it being on a Ferrari red Merc convertible driven by a good looking blonde in her early 40s

pburns

Maybe if someone could demonstrate some degree of self-deprecation or Wildean wit in a personalised plate I'd relent but I HATE any mucking about with plates. When I was a car-mad youngster i loved the idea of vanity plates as advertised in British mags and in AmericanTV shows. Then I grew up. That's why I consider them juvenile and tacky.

Even in Ireland. I like 911s and if the numbers came up a 964 or 993 would be near top of the list. But every second 911 in Ireland seems to be some Ross O'Carroll Kelly type ** D 911/**911:mad:.

And don't get me started on German font plates! They started off being not so much tacky (more anal). Then I saw one on a Hyundai SUV thing.

As someone else alluded to though, they really are useful as you can spot a wanker from 100 yards off...

Victor Meldrew

pburns wrote: »

As someone else alluded to though, they really are useful as you can spot a wanker from 100 yards off...

Germanic / Cursive (twirly) plates = Chav
Personalised plate eg XX D [Reference to car make] = Plonker with size issues, wife probably has something on the side..

Saves you time looking at the driver...

ofcork

The guy who owns kahn car tuning in the uk paid 500,000 for a plate i believe.

laois hibby

si_guru wrote: »

In March 2007 the DVLA did not issue the usual Edinburgh prefix of SN to avoid offending people.

Dundee actually.

colm_mcm

Auto Express used to have P45SAT on their passat long-termers,

Mitsubishi use the letters 'GG' in their Colt press cars in the UK which I think is quite clever.

coolbeans

What kind of a bollox would have "bollox" on their car? I find it hard to empathise with the bollox. Take it away from the bollox I say. He's only a bollox and we shouldn't encourage him. The bollox!

si_guru

coolbeans wrote: »

What kind of a bollox would have "bollox" on their car? I find it hard to empathise with the bollox. Take it away from the bollox I say. He's only a bollox and we shouldn't encourage him. The bollox!

I think he is model for Hair dye..?

dnme

As much as I lament the big brother state that the UK is becoming, IMO, people with custom number plates are attention seeking fcukwits.

challengemaster

Japan have the right system tbh, numberplate is linked to a person - when you change cars, you take the plate off and put it onto the new car.

Flesh Gorden

I've seen a few Subaru's over here with clever reg plates, either 571 shaped like STi or 555 which is the one I'd like

and a Boxster with 986 as it's reg, only a few people would get the meaning

Plus the odd Saab with 93 as it's reg


Closest thing you can get to an offensive plate in Ireland is xx-D-80085
or for anyone north of the border a Belfast reg car that starts with 'LEZ'

Racman

Victor Meldrew wrote: »

Saw an Audi A5 coupe with "HUSTLER" as his reg. How embarrasing is that.

That was from 29/06/2011. Co-incidentally, I saw this very car driving along the canal at Rathmines earlier this week. HU57LER. Googled it and found this posting! Must be some Paddy home on holliers again. Tell us what you work at Paddy.

mb1725

ba_barabus

Spotted a new Polo 1.2TDI which included "Poo" on the reg earlier today

endacl

dnme wrote: »

people with custom number plates are attention seeking fcukwits. 4UCKW175

*Ahem*

Surely?

goz83

Whats wrong with personalised plates? Surely it beats 132-D-xxxx

endacl

goz83 wrote: »

Whats wrong with personalised plates? Surely it beats 132-D-xxxx

Nothing wrong with the plates, per se. They still function objectively as plates. The personalization imbues them with a 'subjective' quality though in terms of how they are perceived and experienced by the observer. And lets face it, the plates are there for the benefit of the observer, not the driver. The driver can't ever see them as the 'driver'. Only as the 'owner', and in these terms it is certainly the case that the plates function as part of the owner's sense of self, and of self identification.

Or, to put it more concisely, they look CR4P, and make the owners look like W4NKR5.

goz83

endacl wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the plates, per se. They still function objectively as plates. The personalization imbues them with a 'subjective' quality though in terms of how they are perceived and experienced by the observer. And lets face it, the plates are there for the benefit of the observer, not the driver. The driver can't ever see them as the 'driver'. Only as the 'owner', and in these terms it is certainly the case that the plates function as part of the owner's sense of self, and of self identification.

Or, to put it more concisely, they look CR4P, and make the owners look like W4NKR5.

And that's so very different from someone who waits for a new plate?

I would have to disagree that the benefit is for the observer though, depending on what the plate was supposed to convey of course. The benefit (imo) is for the driver knowing that people are getting some laughs from the plate, or simply identifying with the driver via the plate. Personally, I would like to have a "vanity" plate and I think they are a great idea and would generate a few quid for the coffers with the owners actually getting something for their money, unlike some of the charges we are being forced to pay.

If people actually listened and took notice of opinions like the ones above, we would all be driving very boring, bog standard, non-personalised cars. So, if you have anything other than a pine tree air freshener hanging from your rear view mirror, you must be a T0553R.

Couple of plates I might consider for laughs, but you might not understand them 4LL:

M1 FT0 my fto
1M4 PR1Q im a prik
UP4 S3X up 4 sex
H1R3D 455 hired ass
B1T3 M3 bite me
Y0U 5UCK you suck
1MA R1D3 will let u guess

Of course it would all depend on the number/letter combos and restrictions.

DuckSlice

dgt wrote: »

number plate deosnt exist, thats just one they made up for the show that car seems to be at.

dvla usually list the ones that arent allowed each year or six months because they are rude. BI63ALS will not be allowed unfortunately

mb1725

etxp wrote: »

number plate deosnt exist, thats just one they made up for the show that car seems to be at.

dvla usually list the ones that arent allowed each year or six months because they are rude. BI63ALS will not be allowed unfortunately

Cartell says PEN 15 is on a 2004 Mercedes.

DuckSlice

mb1725 wrote: »

Cartell says PEN 15 is on a 2004 Mercedes.

Mycarcheck-uk says it does not exist. So one of us is right.

Edit- done a bit of searching and apparently you can buy it of regtransfers now for just 75k

colm_mcm

mb1725 wrote: »

Cartell says PEN 15 is on a 2004 Mercedes.

That's not coming up for me

Sam Russell

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's not coming up for me

You should get some:

V14GRA

mb1725

http://mywheels.ie/car-history-check/free-car-check-results/?VRN=pen15

DuckSlice

mb1725 wrote: »

http://mywheels.ie/car-history-check/free-car-check-results/?VRN=pen15

Seems to be just the Irish sites tht have it listed, tried a couple of uk ones which suggests it isn't on any car at the moment.

Edit- it also has no record of it on the DVLA website, so it ain't on a Mercedes. I wonder how accurate cartell and mywheels are when it comes to uk cars.

porsche959

Racman wrote: »

That was from 29/06/2011. Co-incidentally, I saw this very car driving along the canal at Rathmines earlier this week. HU57LER. Googled it and found this posting! Must be some Paddy home on holliers again. Tell us what you work at Paddy.

Database administrator. That or a chartered accountant.

serious3

PEN 15 belongs to Steve Parrish, one time gp motorcycling racer and now commentator for MotoGP on the BBC, last time i saw it (parents have a house near his) it was on a red merc Sl convertable

mb1725

OSI wrote: »

We had an early 90's Ford Escort, in Dark Brown that had POO in the reg.

Paddy@CIRL

A guy I know in the UK has W99NKR on a bright green Audi RS4 Avant and L99SR on his pink S4 Avant.

Blazer

To be honest from the comments on this forum regarding personalized plates, german plates, window tinting and car mods I'm assuming about 90% of those posters all drive a beige toyota avensis .
God forbid anyone stray from their perceived norm..

hi5

serious3 wrote: »

PEN 15 belongs to Steve Parrish, one time gp motorcycling racer and now commentator for MotoGP on the BBC, last time i saw it (parents have a house near his) it was on a red merc Sl convertable

He also owns 6OCK

milltown

etxp wrote: »

number plate deosnt exist, thats just one they made up for the show that car seems to be at.

dvla usually list the ones that arent allowed each year or six months because they are rude. BI63ALS will not be allowed unfortunately

What's offensive about Bibeals?

rovoagho

Blazer wrote: »

I'm assuming about 90% of those posters all drive a beige toyota avensis

Silver, because resale beats emotions.