The grumpy thread

[gordonbennet]

arsey cow?...

[Cavcraft]

I made the mistake of giving someone on Gumtree my number but specifically said 'don't ring me, send a text'

I have missed numerous calls one after the other, non-stop. Obviously this knob witheld their number just to help matters. Anyhow the last attempt to contact me resulted me shouting 'IF I DIDNT ANSWER THE FIRST TIME ITS UNLIKELY I'LL ANSWER THE 15TH. FUCK OFF'

 

Obvs answering the phone to tell them I wasn't going to answer the phone was perfectly logical.

[Junkman]

arsey cow?...

 

What???

You could drop me with the numberplate AR51 COW and nothing else on a deserted island and until the end of my days I wouldn't have figured out to read arsey cow from it.

Even after I was told now, I have difficulties. It all seems a bit dragged in by the head and shoulders to me.

[cort16]

You see a lot of plates with AYR and M77 around here. M77 being the road you drive to get to AYR. Pointless.

[HH-R]

Some clown has given BT (or BT have taken it down wrong) my landline number as a contact when they're getting a new line set up. Naturally there are problems so BT keep ringing, leaving voicemails and fugging texting every five minutes asking for Mr so and so and I keep telling them it's the wrong number. Mr so and so is obviously irritated about the lack of communication so I think they're ringing doubly to stop him from moaning about them not ringing.

 

I should just throw the thing in the canal, I get about two legitimate calls on it a year. Everything else is misdialed or just spam.

[xtriple]

Love plates me. Had loads, some costing lots (and sold for more   ) and some cheapies to kill age of a car or bike. I had: FLY1T which made me some coin, 9 KAH likewise, PGW 12 which I sold to an ex boss of mine.

 

I do like them, I dislike intensely the ones that are bastardised with bolts and mis-spaced to make a word of sorts. Although... I did put T31PLE on my Triumph Speed Triple which with a bit of squishing up and a long thin plate (as opposed to the correct type on two lines!) looked like 'TRIPLE' and I liked it. Gave that one to a chap in the Triumph club I used to frequent.

 

I'm not sure why but I really don't like the age of my car showing. Even when we used to buy brand new cars, they would be registered on PPs and only get a 'proper' plate when the car was sold.

 

Still thinking about getting one for the Brooklands - R3BBR?

[dave21478]

....

Oh, and I may be summonsed in court for no insurance.

 

Lawyer up, immediately. Find one who knows motoring law and get him to look at the situation.

 

Many years ago I did stupid things I wont post here and got caught red handed. I tried to be the court room hero and represent myself and made a right cunt of it. The judge told me to get the hell out and get proper representation and postponed the case. I trudged over the road from the courthouse to where a load of solicitors had offices and started knocking on doors. The second one charged me about 75 quid iirc, and over the following appearances wriggled me out of most of the charges, and reckoned I would have walked away with nothing but a bollocking if I had gone to him straight off the bat rather than submitting certain papers myself which made things worse.

 

I got fined pretty harshly for the stuff He couldnt help me with, but he saved me from a bigger fine and 6 points for no insurance, which would have been a killer on my premiums as a young guy.

[Stanky]

As I have an uncommon, 3 letter first name I could get a prefix style plate from the DVLA website for about £300, or probably cheaper elsewhere and then everyone would know its me. I sort of like the idea that I could, but haven't yet done it. I think if I won some money I might buy one actually.

 

I did see MAP1E (maple?) advertised in a car mag for fifty grand which I thought was ridiculous, my surname is 6 letters so I could also have a suffix style plate that was letter-letter-letter number-number-number-letter, though I suspect that as my surname is quite common it would cost a shitload to buy if it ever came up.

 

The G68 GUY plate is probably worth (as in someone will actually pay this much for it) £500+. A girl I used to work with got a diesel clio (after her diesel 307 blew up) and it had a similar 2-digit plate which she sold for £600 to a dealer, who obviously had room for profit when selling it on. Seemed a load of hassle, but if you buy a french diesel then I imagine £600 of contingency fund for the inevitable problems isn't to be sniffed at.

[Andrew353w]

I will admit to buying ONE customised numberplate in my life; S 300 FUN, which lived on my Skoda Fun and was sold with it when I sold it. I DID once see A 406 NCR (The North Circular Road is numbered as the A406) which has remained with me as the greatest numberplate to have ever, all the more apposite as I saw it ON the North Circular Road! As this was on the early 1980's it's possible that this was just the numberplate allocated to the car and had no significance to the owner at all (but I digress....)

 

Cyanide Steve (bachelor of this parish) has H15 FSO on "his FSO" which I like, 'coz it's a flash numberplate on a NOT flashy car-sort of reverse logic! 

[skattrd]

I nearly bought a plate for the Umm, 'cos "UMM" plates are cheap, but I bottled it as I thought it was a bit naff ... I still might get one though.

[dollywobbler]

I know plenty of people who name their cars based on the random selection of letters in the plate.

 

I've done this a fair bit in the past. I don't seem interested in naming cars these days though. Elly the 2CV is Elly the 2CV, all the others are just what model they are. Elly isn't named after her number plate either.

[BavarianRetro]

I'm not really into plates, but this sums it up perfectly.

 

If you have to alter the spacing, place the screwcaps in a weird place or provide any kind of explanation whatsoever your personal plate is rubbish and ideally should be stored inside a great big bin. Happy to help.

My 635 came with a crap NI plate on it. I looked around for something interesting to put on it. I saw, "A 635 ONE" advertised by a dealer for £1500.

 

I offered £300 and a week or two later was told that they'd been in touch with the owner and the least he'd accept was £1200 plus fees.

 

Ta, but no ta.

 

Six months later a chap phones with a 635 for sale. We chat, he sends photos, and after a couple of calls, we agree a price, then he says,

 

"But I want the number off it."

"No bother. I'm not into numbers. What is it, out of interest?"

"A635 ONE."

"Interesting. What do you want for it?"

"Is an extra £200 too dear?"

"Deal."

 

Obviously he'd never heard from any dealer - and said he hadn't even advertised it, but said that the guy he bought the car from three years ago had said that he'd been told by a dealer that it was worth £1500.

 

I bought a Golf at InterCity in about '87/8 that was registered OSU5Y.

 

I sold the number to Elite for four times what I paid for the car.

 

I had a Stag that was registered TNS1R from new. It was parked in Renfrew and I came back to find a guy parked behind, waiting for me, in a white VX2300 estate registered VNS1R.

Did I want the car for £150? Go on then. I kept the pair for a few years and put VNS on a few things, but didn't want to split the original plate from the Stag when I sold it, so it went with the Stag. And the guy who bought it sold the plate weeks later.

[MrDuke]

What???

You could drop me with the numberplate AR51 COW and nothing else on a deserted island and until the end of my days I wouldn't

figure out to read arsey cow from it.

Even after I was told now, I have difficulties. It all seems a bit dragged in by the head and shoulders to me.

 

Yeah, I know how you feel. You could drop me on a desert island with a long and exhaustive list of all the many and varied things that you hate about modern life and nothing else, and until the end of my days I wouldn't figure out the importance of NINETEENEIGHTYFUCKINGSIX.

[beko1987]

I love my personalised numberplate. It's totally unique (I hope).

 

Amy's got a unique plate on her car too...

[Des]

Yeah, I know how you feel. You could drop me on a desert island with a long and exhaustive list of all the many and varied things that you hate about modern life and nothing else, and until the end of my days I wouldn't figure out the importance of NINETEENEIGHTYFUCKINGSIX.

Why my good man, that was the year in which everything went to cock.

[dugong]

Parents wanted to buy me a personalised number plate for my 21st birthday.

 

I laughed and told them not to bother.

 

Apparently the plate on my Amazon is worth 'loads'. Couldn't care less.

[Bren]

To be honest I have been looking for a personal plate.

 

As I have bought an audi my suspicions about me being a first magnitude wanker are being realised

 

I may as well go the whole hog. I'll be buying ikea furniture next and joining pure gym.

[LC Torana]

Last year of Rover SD1, the last* "real" Rover?  Maybe that's it.

 

*it is an in-joke amongst Rover tragics that every single Rover, from the Family Ten right through to the 75-V8, has a reason to be regarded as the "last real Rover".   You can imagine the jokes and pub arguments.  In the case of the SD1, it's the last pre-Rhonda Rover, and the last to be built at Solihull.

P6B - last before the Triumph merger

P6 - last before the BL takeover, and last with a Rover engine

P5B - last really upmarket Rover

P5 - last with a proper Rover IoE engine

P4 - last with a chassis and freewheel

P3 - last with traditional Rover styling

P2 - last car built at Helen St

etc.

[STUNO]

Interesting discussion, I last saw PEN 15 on a Rolls Cloud/ Bentley in the 70's. A lot here have their own plates, ours have only 6 letters to play with, but there is often a bit of humour with them. I remember seeing a Porsche with   TO55ER  attached for instance. No, I do not want one. But if I had a bit of spare cash ...???

[Lord Sterling]

So, due to ongoing Lady_Sterling saga, looks like Mercedes repairage won't be happening.

 

Fucking great.

 

Oh yeah, I've never had an "interesting" plate. E50 UKJ On the White Sterling is about as near as I've got.

 

I do like personalised plates and I'm not afraid to say it. I liked Woody's plate (L?SWW) it looks smart. I saw a like 52YTT or summat for just a £1k, yeah it doesn't mean anything and it's a bit "vanity" but if I had the money (which I never do, and never will) I probably would.

[Junkman]

I had: FLY1T which made me some coin, 9 KAH likewise, PGW 12 which I sold to an ex boss of mine.

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Still thinking about getting one for the Brooklands - R3BBR?

 

What would these mean in PL8 SPK?

[Richard]

Is DU54 CHICKEN available? I'm not a fan of vanity plates but I'd make an exception for that.

[philibusmo]

Rather than spend loads on a number plate that looks vaguely like my name I take the much easier step of changing my name to something vaguely like my numberplate every time I buy a new car.

[Tetleysmooth]

Oh bollocks.

Went out to move the car this morning.

The key was hard to insert into the drivers door.

Freezing cold, frost etc.

Tried some WD and 3 in 1, got the key in, but it's not turning.

It wasn't frozen, just a fubar barrel.

Anyone got a barrel and key for a phase 1 V70?

 

Central locking will open the car, but not lock it.

Shit.

[Cavcraft]

Why on earth would anyone want a road number as part of their private plate? It just takes sadness to a whole new level. The other ting about private plates is that I think you probably need to be some sort of ROAD CONAN if you drive like a twat, because your plate is going to help people recognise or find you if you cut them up or whatever.

[dave21478]

 

https://xkcd.com/1105/

[The Moog]

Must remember not to help people with cars. Brothers merc breaks, just needs a new strut and few bits.  I offer him a free car to get around in which is rejected (doesnt fit his image).  So instead he goes and splashes £2k on a 4x4 Audi 1.9 which has been remapped and is on 90k. 

 

All from a guy back living with his mum because he has no cash and lost his job.  Apparently a £2k car will be much more reliable*. This from a man who was moaning at the £300 parking fine he had last week because he hadnt paid it because he had no money. 

Also it is ex ambulance car so he was telling me it doesnt need tax. That is going to end well! 

[fordperv]

I realised a few years back some people just can't be helped.

[Slartibartfast]

 

https://xkcd.com/81/

[Lacquer Peel]

You see a lot of plates with AYR and M77 around here. M77 being the road you drive to get to AYR. Pointless.

 

Aye, lots of 'A9 xxx' plates in and around Inverness.

 

The vanity plates that really make me despair are make/model based ones, especially on humdrum cars. I've seen "CL10 TCE" on a newish Clio, "T16 UAN" on a VW Tiguan, "L200 xxx", "X6 xxx", "A6 xxx" "A4 xxx" and so on on those cars.

 

 

BLEAK.