For those of you after a 14 plate, the prices are now up on the DVLA site but you can't buy until 6th December.

Ah, so it is 3 months as I thought. With my age related memory it good to know it does retain some things

If you are getting a vRS plate why don't you get  OO 63 VRS or OO 14 VRS

 

I almost got a few years ago OO 07 BRW ..then I saw this one B4RRY it was £1,000, week later saw it price at £2,500

GT1 4RRR is only £399 if anyone with a pirate fetish wants to buy a new Golf

Just had a thought.

It would be worth remembering that If the car is written off by your insurance company, and you accept the settlement, they become the

legal owners of the vehicle and as such the legal owners of your personal plate.

Some will let you keep it but some will insist it stays on the car.

 

That's why if it's going to be writen off you send off the docs to remove the plate.

You DON'T send the V5 wth the personalised reg on it to the insurance company.

I ordered a vRS TDi hatch yesterday and have been told to expect the car with a '14 plate. I seem to have developed a recent obsession with personalised plates, and was thinking of buying something cheap.

What are people's experiences on here? Is it a tragic waste of money?

Am thinking of a plate specific to the car e.g. P22 VRS - would it add to resale value of the car?

If you've got the money spare and you like that sort of thing then go for it.   It's a total waste of money though IMO and I've never seen the point of them.  I don't understand the mindset of spending a few hundred quid upwards for some letters and numbers that are quite often only loosley related to the vehicle, your name or some other random theme. 

 

Quite often the characters have to be spaced or altered in a contrived manner in order to 'spell' out to the world the message the owner is trying to convey.  Honestly it's cheaper to buy a bumper sticker that says 'more money than sense' or 'i'm a c@ck'.

 

Contrived names are one thing but stuff saying your car model is even worse, what's the point of a plate that says 'VRS'?  Skoda have seen fit to adorn the back or your VRS with a VRS badge thats says VRS.

 

Anyone with a mis-spaced or mis-represented plate should receive a fine equal to twice the value of the plate every time they are stopped.

You could of course just change your name to your registration plate number. It will only cost you £40 and you get a new nickname to boot! My plate is GY60WRL but my friends dally me Wurly...

A tip: Your car already has a VRS badge on it that people can see. Why not buy a plate that has your initials on it which is actually personal to you and one that you an put on to another car in the future!!

Why draw attention to yourself when surely a personalised NP will only increase the likelihood of some idiot keying the car? If you really want attention, just walk about with your willy hanging out .

 

edit: For anyone who's willy isn't big enough:-

av14ted / av14tor - for pilots

br14nss - for Brian (substitute s's for any initials)

de14yed - for cab drivers
op14tes / op14ted - drug dealers must have
re14pse - alcoholics anomalous
re14xes - for those who enjoy driving

Edited 11 November, 201312 yr by Orville

Just had a thought.

It would be worth remembering that If the car is written off by your insurance company, and you accept the settlement, they become the

legal owners of the vehicle and as such the legal owners of your personal plate.

Some will let you keep it but some will insist it stays on the car.

VW finance have a similar clause.

£50 to transfer on, £50 to transfer off PLUS admin fee, and once transferred onto the car, the plate ownership transfers to VWFS and forms part of the car/"goods" according to current agreements.

I've got a personalised serial number on our new dishwasher.

It's the new status symbol around Essex apparently, as everyone has their own plates on their cars.

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VW finance have a similar clause.

£50 to transfer on, £50 to transfer off PLUS admin fee, and once transferred onto the car, the plate ownership transfers to VWFS and forms part of the car/"goods" according to current agreements.

 

They do?

That's cheeky

Its a problem I have. I was told last week when I ordered a Vrs Tsi to expect it late Jan/ early Feb. I was thinking of a "cheap" Vrs plate also. But would like it to have the correct year numbers as it would stay with the car when changing it.so am waiting to see what the build week will be with it being close to the change over as I have been told I must take it when it arrives to keep the same value of my part ex.

They do?

That's cheeky

Yup. I thought it took the mick as well. Especially about them getting ownership until the finance is cleared.

If I get 5 min I'll take a picture of the section.

Just to clarify, is altering the spacing in any way illegal?  Would the dealer amend the format at all?

 

There's a few VR53.... numberplates which take my fancy, but would like a space between VR5 3 XXX. 

 

I appreciate it's a waste of money and a bit daft, but the car is a treat for me and one I'm likely to keep for some time.  I am a bit of a poser, but would like to keep it legal - a bright green vRS with an illegal number plate will likely attract the attention of the Fuzz....

Just to clarify, is altering the spacing in any way illegal?  Would the dealer amend the format at all?

 

There's a few VR53.... numberplates which take my fancy, but would like a space between VR5 3 XXX. 

 

I appreciate it's a waste of money and a bit daft, but the car is a treat for me and one I'm likely to keep for some time.  I am a bit of a poser, but would like to keep it legal - a bright green vRS with an illegal number plate will likely attract the attention of the Fuzz....

 

Yes it is although my understanding is the Police can stop you and fine you for the non compliant plate but can't force you to change it. 

Altering the spacing is illegal.

 

There should be a standard sized gap (which is specified exactly in the relevant legislation) between the four letters in VR53, then the same gap between the last letters XXX and double the gap between the 3 and the X.

A dealer will be unlikely to do you a non-standard plate as they can't risk having their licence to make plates removed, but you can always get a replacement set of "show plates" made up after.

If the only thing wrong with your car is that the plate says VR5 3XXX instead of VR53 XXX you are unlikely to have any issues, but it won't be legal.

Yes it is although my understanding is the Police can stop you and fine you for the non compliant plate but can't force you to change it. 

 

You understand incorrectly. If the police want to they could issue you with a VDRS form that requires you to get it sorted, and if they report you to the DVLA for an incorrectly spaced plate on multiple occasions then you can lose the personalised number and will be issued an age-related one.

It doesn't sound like it is worth the hassle... does VR53 XXX work without the spacing I wonder.  Torn between that and an pre-2001 style plate, although £250-400 direct from DVLA is a lot to pay for a bit of vanity.

Thanks for the quick replies.  Doesn't sound like it is worth the hassle...

 

I am, however, now the proud owner of VR53WOW.

This reminds me. AR53NAL is probably the best number plate I have seen. It was parked outside Highbury Stadium on the day West Ham beat the Gooners 3-2 at Highbury. What a great day that was. Apparently WE57HAM exists (and is of course 100x better than AR53NAL) but I have not seen that one yet.

New 14 plates released for purchase at 08.30 on 4/12/13

THATS TOMORROW!

Remember a news item many years ago on cherished plates and a chap was featured with an Escort III or IV (I forget) which had been allocated by the DVLA on first registration with CLA55Y. Probably worth some now if it still exists.

 

 

TP

New 14 plates released for purchase at 08.30 on 4/12/13

THATS TOMORROW!

If my initials were RSE, I'd be out of luck then - did I read somewhere that they won't be issuing some combinations?

 

 

 

Think about it...

If my initials were RSE, I'd be out of luck then - did I read somewhere that they won't be issuing some combinations?

 

 

 

Think about it...

 

They try to avoid releasing rude or offensive ones and sometimes fail to do so.

If my initials were RSE, I'd be out of luck then - did I read somewhere that they won't be issuing some combinations?

 

Think about it...

 

There's no end of ???14LEX number plates that I could get

 

They don't like students though - no NUS plates are available.