Private /Personalised Number Plates

[mutley]

As spotted in the For Sale section, but I didn't want to hijack that thread. What are peoples feeling on private plates and the cost of them? I know that different numbers mean more to some than others and the prices vary on what people are willing to pay.

As my car already came with a "NSX" number plate (A18 NSX) I din't feel the need to go and buy another one...........until I got rid of my trusty BMW 5 Series and bought my Range Rover Sport. When I bought that car, it too had a personalised plate but the previous owner wanted to keep it, therefore it was put back to it's original DVLA plate. A few months went by, and I hade a look through websites looking at private plates, but with little idea of what I wanted or how much I wanted to spend. Nothing rerally jumped out at me and then I had a lightbulb moment and thought I'd search numbers similar to what I have on my NSX, so I settled for A18 RRS.

To my annnoyance, there were loads that ended in RRS, but I wanted the one that matched my NSX plate by begining with A18. I ended up paying a grand all in (transfer costs etc) but had I gone for something like G24 RRS I could have got it for about £200.

Cheers

Jim

[goldtop]

I've had a few - all left on cars that I've bought. NSX plates are cheap as chips, so that's one reason.

I wouldn't pay for one though. The other two cars have age-related plates.

[manisandher]

I've never been into private plates in the past, but went ahead and bought '11 NSX' for my LBB a couple of years ago. On the car it looks like 'll NSX' and I have to say I think it finishes the car off nicely (and wasn't a stupid amount of money IMO). I have absolutely no intention of selling my LBB, but if I were to, I'd definitely hang on to the plate... just in case the new NSX really is something special and I decide I just have to have one...

Mani.

[simonprelude]

It depends what they say and mean, plus you've got to look at the market.

There were 999 NSX plates available to be issued each year. Of course 1-9 will be worth slightly more than the others. But as "*"999NSX is probably 'worth' the basic personalised plate price then even "*"1NSX should only fetch about £1k at most.

If it means something to you then pay what you want, just don't expect to get it back when you sell it.

I've bought 1, had 1 given and also bought a car with 1.

I still have 1 of them, the others went with the cars at no extra price as they weren't personal to me.

Without trying to offend the poster of the V6 plate.......I think it fits my explanation well.
Unless you're an alien spotter who drives a V6 or UFO are your initials then I can't see it being worth much more than any basic V6"***" or "*"6UFO plate combined, so between £200 and £1000.

A friends grandfather had "***"1 so he was purposely named "***" so he'd get the plate.

I do quite like V6NSX, S1NSX and NSX1 though.

[Senninha]

I was fortunate that S2 was on my NSX from new and has Senninha alignment too ... Very handy ... It would stay with car if ever sold

ufo has left our orbit ....

[Papalazarou]

My last NSX had a personalised plate and I was more than happy to see it go. My current car doesn't and I'm glad. The more I think about them, the more rediculous I think they are. I can't think of a single good reason for having one. IMO they're heavily pretentious, expensive, of no aesthetic benefit and in most cases tenuous. I've inherited two NSX plates over the years and found them an embarrassment.

[Series11NSX]

I used to be into Cherished No Plates, and bought one for my NSX - S11 NSX, which was great for the 2nd gen....but sold my car without it on. Now left with an unused plate.

[TheSebringOne]

Buy another NSX to put it back on