Vanity plates - Did you get one??

[EK993]

When I was in the UK I was always looking for a good and cheap number plate combo that had my initials.. unfortunately good and cheap never really went together...

Now I have the option of getting a vanity plate for $90 over here I really am not sure I want one, or if I do what I should go for... which is strange.

So, question for the Brits who moved over here - did you bother with a vanity plate, if so what did you go for?

[timmybob]

In the UK I did have a plate with my initials on the 'weekend toy' (although I didn't buy the plate myself). As I haven't replaced the toy yet, I haven't bothered over here. Not even sure I'll get vanity plates here if I do get something else...

[jeff m]

I toyed with 911 POOR because of the cost of spare parts etc.
My friend said "that's gonna piff off a lot of people" so I got POR 911 (plate had to be changed anyway)

The age of the car is not obvious from the plate in the US and the need to appear affluent does not generally exist, well apart from a couple of ethnic groups.

Get the plate you want, it's a once only charge and does not up the cost of future registrations (in my State)

[Terminator]

jeff m said:

the need to appear affluent does not generally exist, well apart from a couple of ethnic groups.

Do 'TVR owners who have beards' count as an 'ethnic group' there, Jeff?

[jeff m]

Terminator said:

jeff m said:

the need to appear affluent does not generally exist, well apart from a couple of ethnic groups.

Do 'TVR owners who have beards' count as an 'ethnic group' there, Jeff?

Now you have me wondering whether I had a beard during "Out of the Woodwork" last year

But I think that's a yes.

[GavinPearson]

Guilty.

I started off with a plate with my UK postcode, looks very similar to every other plate around here but means something to me. I still have it on my car.

I wanted to get some interesting plates for the wall so I got one of my son's and wife's names on two other cars we have, those cars have now reverted to normal plates simply to avoid being overtly identifiable as our cars if we offend somebody in a traffic manoevre.

Edited by GavinPearson on Saturday 24th July 20:16

[Matt Harper]

I feel that vanity plates are a bit naff regardless of where in the world they appear.
However, that's just my personal view and if having some witty word or phrase on your license plate makes you feel good, then that's fine too.
This, I do like however (though I suspect it's fake).

[geeman237]

Well I will admit I have two vanity plates on two of my cars. I couldn't resist, they are relatively cheap, you can't do it so freely in the UK and I am a 'car guy'. My Jaguar XJS is fitted with a factory 5 speed manual gearbox, apparently a very rare option on US market cars, so I got "5 SPEED" for it. Only Jaguar enthusiasts might approve. Then on my Daimler SP250 I have "UK HEMI" because its not only US muscle cars that have a hemi. Almost everyone doesn't believe it until I open the bonnet, and then they think its a Chrysler or other US engine. It takes some convincing. When I get my Herald going again I might have the original UK registration as a vanity plate, because I had to give it up when I exported it from the UK.

[IanHen]

I had IANSJAG in new mexico

[LordBretSinclair]

'nuff said.