BO55 Number plates

[Caddyshack]

Stick Legs said:

My chav plates for your consideration.






My initials, not my educational status.

Funny thing is when I owned this,



the plate it came with was P-ETF and a few people thought I had bought it because it read ‘Pete’.

So you can’t win.

Very nice plates. They look great IMO.

[Gordon Hill]

Some very ordinary, mundane people have a very inflated opinion of themselves not shared by anyone else and can't live a single day without drawing attention to themselves.

[Caddyshack]

Gordon Hill said:

Some very ordinary, mundane people have a very inflated opinion of themselves not shared by anyone else and can't live a single day without drawing attention to themselves.

That could be said about a lot of motorists, be it flash cars, sporty exhausts etc. I am not sure it is an inflated opinion per se but if it is surely that should be applauded as nobody should go through life with a low opinion of themselves or low self esteem.

It also doesn’t make them bad people or to be sneered at, it just makes them different to the quieter type who prefers to by anonymous…the world would be a much friendlier place if we just accepted that we are often very different to other people with different traits….the average Accountant or Actuary is a very different person to the average Game show host.

[SteBrown91]

My folks neighbours kid had the numberplate B055 XXX on his first car (XXX being his name which I won’t post). It was only when I assume he got a bking from the police and he had to change the plates that it was actually DO55 XXX with a strategically placed screw cover!

Must have been well done as it did not look obvious at all!

[evil.edna]

SteBrown91 said:

My folks neighbours kid had the numberplate B055 XXX on his first car (XXX being his name which I won’t post). It was only when I assume he got a bking from the police and he had to change the plates that it was actually DO55 XXX with a strategically placed screw cover!

Must have been well done as it did not look obvious at all!

Now, if it has been DO55 ERX..... I might almost find it amusing.

[rallye101]

I spotted a gold plated RR svr earlier with BO55, will try and grab a pic tomorrow...they looked proper BOSS

[evil.edna]

Caddyshack said:

Gordon Hill said:

Some very ordinary, mundane people have a very inflated opinion of themselves not shared by anyone else and can't live a single day without drawing attention to themselves.

That could be said about a lot of motorists, be it flash cars, sporty exhausts etc. I am not sure it is an inflated opinion per se but if it is surely that should be applauded as nobody should go through life with a low opinion of themselves or low self esteem.

It also doesn’t make them bad people or to be sneered at, it just makes them different to the quieter type who prefers to by anonymous…the world would be a much friendlier place if we just accepted that we are often very different to other people with different traits….the average Accountant or Actuary is a very different person to the average Game show host.

Yes, all very well if the egoistic type just kept themselves to themselves but they don't - the current Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet are prime examples.

The quiet, capable and competent people who actually keep things going through adversities are never seen or heard.....and they probably don't have BO55 number plates.

[CRA1G]

I remember local to me i would regularly see "S1 MON" (closed up) on various Ferraris then one day I couldn't believe the actual plate spaced correctly was "S1 MCN" Presume he'd been pulled...

[GiantCardboardPlato]

Caddyshack said:

That could be said about a lot of motorists, be it flash cars, sporty exhausts etc. I am not sure it is an inflated opinion per se but if it is surely that should be applauded as nobody should go through life with a low opinion of themselves or low self esteem.

It also doesn’t make them bad people or to be sneered at, it just makes them different to the quieter type who prefers to by anonymous…the world would be a much friendlier place if we just accepted that we are often very different to other people with different traits….the average Accountant or Actuary is a very different person to the average Game show host.

I dont think its true that - as the poster you were responding to - people’s car or numberplate choice reflects their views about their own importance or worth . I dont think you can draw conclusions about what people think of themselves from their car or numberplate choice, that assumption just reveals the assumers predilection with thinking about the image they themselves project. I have a sporty car that some people might consider flash. It looks pretty coo from 5m away. But it’s cold and rattly and i chose it because i like driving it, not because of how it looks.

[GiantCardboardPlato]

I once saw CL10 OMG on a 172 Clio and i thought it was ace.

For my own reasons i really want 31P NMR

Edited by GiantCardboardPlato on Sunday 5th February 18:09

[mikeswagon]

GiantCardboardPlato said:

I once saw CL10 OMG on a 172 Clio and i thought it was ace.

For my own reasons i really want 31P NMR

Edited by GiantCardboardPlato on Sunday 5th February 18:09

172 Clio would too old for a CL10 plate, plenty 200s running around with them, fancy one myself if I keep the car this year.

Used to be CL 10 in Aberdeen on a Williams Clio, not sure if it's still locked away somewhere.

[carlove]

GiantCardboardPlato said:

I once saw CL10 OMG on a 172 Clio and i thought it was ace.

For my own reasons i really want 31P NMR

Edited by GiantCardboardPlato on Sunday 5th February 18:09

There's a Polo GTI locally with PO10 CYA. Always makes me smile.

[Hol]

Hammer67 said:

Saw a blue M2 with M25 TFU "adjusted" to M2 STFU being driven exactly how you'd imagine it would be.

I’d love to be able to remotely turn off the traction control and see the guy driving like a cock have a brown trouser moment.

[carlo996]

Gordon Hill said:

Some very ordinary, mundane people have a very inflated opinion of themselves not shared by anyone else and can't live a single day without drawing attention to themselves.

Some very insecure curmudgeons are easily triggered by other peoples choices

[Hol]

CRA1G said:

I remember local to me i would regularly see "S1 MON" (closed up) on various Ferraris then one day I couldn't believe the actual plate spaced correctly was "S1 MCN" Presume he'd been pulled...

The legend is that his name was actual Simcm, but nobody thought that was very special, so he changed it by DeedPol to Simon and added the bolt.


To think he could have saved an absolute fortune by marrying someone called Sharon and buying one of those 1980’s sunstrips with the names in.

[Hol]

GiantCardboardPlato said:

and i chose it because i like driving it, not because of how it looks.

That’s how I choose all my cars and always have.

[David87]

I know of two BO55 plates locally - one is a driveway resurfacing type on a Navara and the other on a Range Rover who own a money laundering nail shop.

[Ari]

Caddyshack said:

Ari said:

Louis Balfour said:

Ari said:

carlo996 said:

Ari said:

You could just explain...

Explain why someone has chosen to spend their own money on something they want? It would appear obvious?

No, explain what EV11 MUM is supposed to mean.

It's 'clever' apparently, but clearly I am not.

Have a think Ar1

Okay, let's change the ones to an i then, as per your example.

evii mum?

Nope, still not getting it. The only thing I can possibly get from it is a really crappy attempt at evil mum.

Not sure it's particularly 'clever' though, not to mention a rather odd thing to want on your numberplate.

Did you struggle when people showed you a calculator upside down to spell out BOOBLESS? (55378008).

Maybe people that hate plates like this actually hate the fact that they struggle to get them but I think that’s unlikely, I think it annoys for another reason but I cannot fathom why.

Starting to think no one knows what EV11 MUM is supposed to say but everyone is too embarrassed to admit it.

[Ari]

Caddyshack said:

Stick Legs said:

My chav plates for your consideration.






My initials, not my educational status.

Funny thing is when I owned this,



the plate it came with was P-ETF and a few people thought I had bought it because it read ‘Pete’.

So you can’t win.

Very nice plates. They look great IMO.

Agreed. Not doctored, not trying and failing to spell out cryptic words, they're just normal personal number plates.

This is a genuinely odd thread!

[simundo777]

The icing on the cake is a B055 plate but with the "4D" lettering and then the cherry "some really tragic text written underneath to explain to onlookers what they are the boss off)