Great number plates - got any?

[martc]

3 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Was is actually DH 10 OAF spaced wrong?

Good suggestion but I don't think so, see below...

[davocano]

5COT on a Silver Shadow this afternoon. Didn't catch what flag was on the left hand side of the plate tho.

[bunglebus]

That's a very feminine looking Hiab...

 

20200527_122404 by RS, on Flickr

 

...it's Mrs. Grab!

 

20200527_122406 by RS, on Flickr

[jumpingjehovahs]

6 hours ago, martc said:

Not sure if this is the correct place for this question...

Yesterday I saw a black Jeep Cherokee (2014 - 2019 version), RHD, yellow plates at the back white at the front just like normal except the number was (if I remember correctly)  DH100AF. There was no spacing but the numbers and letters where clearly not faffed about with. The chap driving it was of a military bearing but wearing civvies.

Is this an armed forces vehicle? I know recent 'army' numbers are in the format  AB12CD which replaced the traditional 12AB34 but have they extended the digits in the middle to 3? If not what is it?

I've been racking my brains (and google!) about this and it is unusual. The format wouldn't fit any of the UK (inc diplomatic), Isle of Man or Channel Island plates. I have seen a couple of USAF Ford vans with UK style plates (colour, shape, typeface etc.) with obviously American formats, so potentially it was a car from a US base that they'd bought here? 

Otherwise, it's a mystery ? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I have no idea who Mesiba is.

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I have no idea who Mesiba is.

maybe its Me Siba G (ood)

perhaps  @BlankFrank got really excited the Siba dynastart unit was Good he went out and got a personal plate to celebrate?  

[stuboy]

NCIS??

[gm]

I saw RS6 2 HOT on one of those fast audis, of course, it was being driven like a cock  

[Jerzy Woking]

On 5/24/2020 at 8:20 PM, adw1977 said:

Sometimes I think this forum needs a "vomit" reaction button. 

 

[martc]

17 hours ago, jumpingjehovahs said:

I've been racking my brains (and google!) about this and it is unusual. The format wouldn't fit any of the UK (inc diplomatic), Isle of Man or Channel Island plates. I have seen a couple of USAF Ford vans with UK style plates (colour, shape, typeface etc.) with obviously American formats, so potentially it was a car from a US base that they'd bought here? 

Otherwise, it's a mystery ? 

Thanks for your efforts.

I've had a look at various foreign systems and I wonder if my spot was French?

France and Italy have similar reg number systems now. Italy started with AA 111 AA in 1994. And France started with AA....AA in 2009. I think the French just use up all the combinations of AA...AA before moving on to what....? AB or BA next? Will they be on to DH by now (or at least in 2019 as that is the last year of this type of Cherokee)?

In France the front plates are white, the back yellow like ours but of course the style is completely different - incorporating issuing departments emblem/number and the EU country designator. I suppose there are circumstances where a Frenchman might need to get plates made in the UK (my spot was definitely UK style plates); but it was a RHD car...

The mystery continues.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

22 minutes ago, martc said:

....In France the front plates are white, the back yellow like ours but of course the style is completely different - incorporating issuing departments emblem/number and the EU country designator. I suppose there are circumstances where a Frenchman might need to get plates made in the UK (my spot was definitely UK style plates); but it was a RHD car...

The mystery continues.

The French used white front / yellow rear mainly between 1993 and 2007.

The current AA-xxx-AA format since 2009 imposes white plates front and rear.

[martc]

4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The French used white front / yellow rear mainly between 1993 and 2007.

The current AA-xxx-AA format since 2009 imposes white plates front and rear.

Ta, so it's not French then..

[davocano]

Would suit a drug and/or porn enthusiast (photo has been emailed to Michael Gove)

[stuboy]

Even God servants drive a V8

[stuboy]

Style and taste ?

[stuboy]

Not sure if le mans as on corner of sportscar dealer

[Rusty Pelican]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Not sure if le mans as on corner of sportscar dealer

E iz French and iz name is ian 

[stuboy]

O......k...

[bunglebus]

Also saw HA11RY X, not quite sure how to interpret that one  - hairy kiss? Hairy ex?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

There's a really good plate which probably only those involved in scientific and medical research would understand. Wonder if I should invest* in it....

[willswitchengage]

On 6/5/2020 at 6:29 PM, stuboy said:

Not sure if le mans as on corner of sportscar dealer

Sounds like 'LE Ian's' to me where LE is the most basic trim level on a 1992 Astra.

[UltraWomble]

On 6/14/2020 at 10:40 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

There's a really good plate which probably only those involved in scientific and medical research would understand. Wonder if I should invest* in it....

Only if "Invest" means never getting your money back at all for the plate.

I have N999 MCR  (Nurse - 999 - my initials) means fook all to anyone else I would imagine and doubt I would find anyone willing to part with £250 for it that I paid. I expect my lad will "inherit" it at some point

[EmmaJNation]

Not sure if a frog hat is a hat worn by a frog or one made of frog ...

[martc]

[quicksilver]

Today's spot was a VW van registered MA0 5HOE, probably (or not) delivering footwear worn by a deceased Chinese leader.

Someone on a local estate has MR5 8RAN or Mrs Bran on her Range Rover. A cereal offender maybe.

[bunglebus]

Site toilets (got sent to me)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

A popular Israeli seaside resort:

 

[stuboy]

'"The sun always shines on tv'"

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

A couple from today, including the usual Pimlico Plumbers