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#32 03-01-2015 4:03am
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Saw a 151-C silver facelift focus, looked well and a 151-T astra sport hatch in grey

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#33 03-01-2015 5:37pm
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Augeo wrote: »

Drug dealer or pr1ck?

Good old Irish begrudgery alive and well I see :rolleyes:

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#34 03-01-2015 5:43pm
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I like the KE on car reg's. Think it looks well.

Completely OT, but don't like RN or T.

DL looks well too, shame about the stereotype they get.

What on earth do you find aesthetically pleasing about two letters?

Weird.

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#35 03-01-2015 5:45pm
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Saw a 151 MH 86 Nissan Juke driven by an elderly lady on the M50 and then saw another Juke 151 MH 87 with an elderly gentleman behind the wheel further up the M50!

Coincidence?

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#36 03-01-2015 5:51pm
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Saw my first on the road today - a 151D3xx BMW 520 GT in white.

Even as a BMW owner I can't understand how they sell any, awful looking yoke IMO

Seven Worlds will Collide

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#37 03-01-2015 5:55pm
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ION08 wrote:

What on earth do you find aesthetically pleasing about two letters? Weird.

Hold up, I'm not getting a hard on over two letters, I said I prefer the look of certain regs over others. It's a big plate on the front and rear of a vehicle which stands out, some numbers look well on the plate, others not so much. Same goes with the Dub reg's when they used to be on 120000's, the plate looked too cluttered

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#38 03-01-2015 5:56pm
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151-LH Ford Transit. Exciting times indeed.

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#39 03-01-2015 6:07pm
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Hold up, I'm not getting a hard on over two letters, I said I prefer the look of certain regs over others. It's a big plate on the front and rear of a vehicle which stands out, some numbers look well on the plate, others not so much. Same goes with the Dub reg's when they used to be on 120000's, the plate looked too cluttered

I understand that plates don't look good when they're too cluttered or that you might have a preference for a home county or one that isn't associated with bad roads and boy racers but I'm not understanding how 'KE' or 'DL' look well and 'RN' doesn't "look well"??

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#40 03-01-2015 6:12pm
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White 151 Discovery passing through Camolin then a 151 Golf almost getting smashed as a jeep pulling a trailer pulled out in front of it at the roundabout @ Scarawalsh outside Enniscorthy.

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#41 03-01-2015 6:14pm
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ION08 wrote:

I understand that plates don't look good when they're too cluttered or that you might have a preference for a home county or one that isn't associated with bad roads and boy racers but I'm not understanding how 'KE' or 'DL' look well and 'RN' doesn't "look well"??

Are you from Roscommon? :P

It's to do with the combination of letters. Just think the R and the N don't look well. Nevermind me and my pedantic ramblings.

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#42 03-01-2015 6:16pm
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Are you from Roscommon? :P

It's to do with the combination of letters. Just think the R and the N don't look well. Nevermind me and my pedantic ramblings.

No not from Roscommon, I only like "D" on my plates :pac:

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#43 03-01-2015 6:16pm
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Silver 151 Dacia Duster today

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#44 03-01-2015 6:16pm
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Some people have too much money. (in reference to the OP)

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#45 03-01-2015 6:16pm
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ION08 wrote: »

I understand that plates don't look good when they're too cluttered or that you might have a preference for a home county or one that isn't associated with bad roads and boy racers but I'm not understanding how 'KE' or 'DL' look well and 'RN' doesn't "look well"??

I'm the same with KE and DL, think they look well on a number plate. I think it's the open space between the E or the L and the following digit make it easier on the eye as opposed to an N or a W or the like.

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#46 03-01-2015 6:29pm
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Got chauffeured into town in a 151 today. Pity it looked like this :D

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#47 03-01-2015 6:32pm
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Was about to attack you saying it was a 12 reg, but then I realised you were being a smart arse :P

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#48 03-01-2015 7:24pm
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C is the only letter that looks well on a number plate :P

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#49 03-01-2015 8:23pm
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It's all about LM lads. I can spot an LM plate from miles away in Dublin, not too many of us Leitrimers around.

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#50 03-01-2015 8:30pm
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Saw a 151 D Toyota Corolla in red.

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#51 03-01-2015 8:46pm
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ION08 wrote: »

I understand that plates don't look good when they're too cluttered or that you might have a preference for a home county or one that isn't associated with bad roads and boy racers but I'm not understanding how 'KE' or 'DL' look well and 'RN' doesn't "look well"??

I'd agree with him... different plates just look better on cars

D top of the pile, especially on anything "premium" or upper end. Could probably live with CN as well

MH, DL, C, KE .. no chance.

I'd give real money if I could re-reg my current car .. 18 months on and it still bugs me! :P

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#52 03-01-2015 9:30pm
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151 new model Focus. Not sure of the new front grille.....

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#53 03-01-2015 9:40pm
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Skylinehead wrote:

It's all about LM lads. I can spot an LM plate from miles away in Dublin, not too many of us Leitrimers around.

Oh lord that has to be the worst :P Work colleague has an 09 white audi a3 and the LM plate looks all wrong :pac:

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#54 03-01-2015 10:02pm
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Skylinehead wrote: »

It's all about LM lads. I can spot an LM plate from miles away in Dublin, not too many of us Leitrimers around.

and all nice cars too 151 L M3 and 151 L M5

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#55 04-01-2015 12:26am
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RedorDead wrote: »

Good old Irish begrudgery alive and well I see :rolleyes:

Not at all, that was referring to a recent post when someone claimed Range Rovers are driven by pr1cks or drug dealers, I personally think they are fantastic car but got accused of picking a fight when I called the chap up on it

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93518850&postcount=5155

On review it seems he was referring to up to 2012 models

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#56 04-01-2015 12:32am
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_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I'd agree with him... different plates just look better on cars

D top of the pile, especially on anything "premium" or upper end. Could probably live with CN as well

MH, DL, C, KE .. no chance.

I'd give real money if I could re-reg my current car .. 18 months on and it still bugs me! :P

have to say i think MH really suits my car, i think the plate sits great on it.

i agree with the thread to this point though, RN, KE, LH etc. all kind of don't sit well on a lot of cars. i think it's all to do with the format and balance of the overall number/ letter combo.

like 132-RN-2675 looks an awful lot better than say 91-RN-7710, that sounds weird, but yeah. the first format is a lot more balanced on the eye.

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#57 04-01-2015 12:42am
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_Kaiser_ wrote: »

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D top of the pile, especially on anything "premium" or upper end. Could probably live with CN as well

MH, DL, C, KE .. no chance. ..........

CN? You must be from Cavan presumably?
If so you can surely appreciate how people from every other county don't mind having their respective county on their reg plate.

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#58 04-01-2015 12:50am
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Skylinehead wrote: »

It's all about LM lads. I can spot an LM plate from miles away in Dublin, not too many of us Leitrimers around.

Not all of us who drive LM plates are from Leitrim thankfully.

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#59 04-01-2015 10:50am
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Augeo wrote: »

CN? You must be from Cavan presumably?
If so you can surely appreciate how people from every other county don't mind having their respective county on their reg plate.

Betya that Merc in the op doesn't reside in Dublin, but it has a D reg!

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#60 04-01-2015 12:34pm
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Augeo wrote: »

CN? You must be from Cavan presumably?
If so you can surely appreciate how people from every other county don't mind having their respective county on their reg plate.

Nope, from Dublin myself.. but I did live in Cavan for a while and I thought the reg plates just "looked" alright as an alternative to my preferred D

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#61 04-01-2015 12:35pm
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John_Rambo wrote: »

Betya that Merc in the op doesn't reside in Dublin, but it has a D reg!

That's because - like it or not - a D "suits" a premium car better than any other reg.. hence also why some people will pay a bit more for one with it. Stuff like "better roads", "not rallied around backroads" etc is just the justification.

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