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trigger Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Hey ref that Maestro, What's going on with the door mirrors?.

 

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If your name was Terry Norman Miller and it was coming up for your 65th birthday then it would make the ideal birthday present hence why it would be worth money to the right person.

 

So the reg was "valued" at 2800UKP because of the "demand" inherent in people with the initials TNM (what, all 7 of them?) and who were born in 1946 (ooops, none of the 7 were...)? :lol: Who is smoking what kind of ganjaweed over there?

 

UK reg numbers fetch money if they're either aren't age related and/or the fewer charicters the better

 

I keep being told the reg on my Amazon's 'worth a few quid' by people. Or perhaps it's utter bollocks.

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UK reg numbers fetch money if they're either aren't age related and/or the fewer charicters the better

 

Why are non-age-related plates or plates with few characters (the one here has 5 characters) in demand?

 

2800.00UKP is a fair bunch of dough for "TNM 46". I mean, WTF? I'd put that up for sale immediately, and slap dash any old damned plate on the geezer Ford. Who cares what the reg says? You could always make up a set of magnetic "show plates" to preserve "all the history" during static car displays. Then peel 'em off and drive home on the real ones.

 

2800.00UKP, I'd have that in my pocket if "TNM 46" is SO in demand. :lol:

 

Norm, a lot of the time the worth of private registrations is talked up to the sky by bullshitters. As with all speculation a plate is only worth as much as someone is prepared to pay for it. The plate on the Amazon - KYO 5D - was noticed by so many people when I first bought my Volvo that I actually looked into getting it valued. The cost of the work on the car was looking pretty steep so I decided to see what I could get for it. I stopped trying \ caring when no one wanted to buy such a sought after and valuable commodity. Even the company that told me it was worth £1000 wasn't interested in having it. I didn't see the point of personal registrations then and I still don't now.

 

What's also worth remembering is that a car has to have an MOT before a plate can be transferred off, hence you sometimes get 'plate rape' cases where a car with a valuable plate is restored up to the MOT borderline, gets a years ticket and an age related plate, and then some of the money from the registration goes on to fund further repairs. Or the car just gets fucked off and is left to rot again, which is what occurs in 90% of cases like this, particularly if the car isn't desirable outside club circles.

 

Pete-M wanted to get a Rover P4 back on the road using this method as he had a buyer for the pre suffix plate it wore. He got royally slated on here for wanting to do it, which confused me a bit because lots of restoration case Aunties end up on the oval in situations like this.

CreepingJesus Rank: Renault 16

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^Or to recycle a relic of a joke: "I'm not going to bother buying a fancy plate for my car, that costs thousands. No, tomorrow, I'm going out to change my name to T 906 SSX". Tish-boom.

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There is a great deal of difference between the value of a plate and the ability to realise that value.

 

Magazines here carry full-page ads of plates for sale - hundreds of registrations. But unless the right buyer turns up, they just sit there unsold.

 

Meanwhile cars like that litttle Ford are overpriced as a result. I own a plate-raped Mk2 Jag that would have cost a lot more with its original plate - more than I could afford.

 

Like it or not, the registration plate is part of classic car culture here.

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-FORD-FIESTA-ST-WHITE-/140543547516

 

MAGNACOR KV85 IGNITION LEADS,CROME COOLANT AND POWER STEERING COVERS,CARBON FIBRE ROCKER COVER, CARBON FIBRE BATTERY COVER, COLOUR CODED WIRING COVERS (RED).

 

:roll: This guy obviously loves his car almost too much and has chosen to lash loads of no doubt expensive but utterly pointless accessories at it. 'Mobil 1 oil changed every 3000 miles' FFS why put mobil 1 in if you're going to renew it after 3k? Total waste of money.

Mash Rank: Renault 16

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Hrrumph, "plate rape". How dramatic. Sounds like something people say when they are frustrated by other issues in their lives, like small penii or titii or whatever. For normal people, the 2800.00UKP trumps what a bunch of self-appointed exspurt twats on a forum blab on about. Screw-em, Pete, and do what you want. Your plate, your car. Most importantly, your wallet! :D

 

Whilst I agree that you can do whatever you want with your own property, in many cases I disagree with transferral of numbers from the history point of view. I know a lot of people don't give a damn but I'll illustrate the case with my grandad's old Daimler which disappeared for 30 years and then turned up unexpectedly not far from where I live. Luckily it still wore it's original number at that time and I was able to recognise it and be reunited with it briefly which was great. I couldn't buy the car cheaply enough to restore because the dealer wanted too much with the number. Take the number off and the it misses the point so it's not worth me having the car :roll: . Now the car's probably lost it's number. Will I be able to find it again or recognise at a show and fill in the history for the next owner? No will I fuck.

 

Anyway, this isn't the appropriate thread for this kind of grumbling but that's the point in a nutshell.

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-FORD-FIESTA-ST-WHITE-/140543547516

 

MAGNACOR KV85 IGNITION LEADS,CROME COOLANT AND POWER STEERING COVERS,CARBON FIBRE ROCKER COVER, CARBON FIBRE BATTERY COVER, COLOUR CODED WIRING COVERS (RED).

 

:roll: This guy obviously loves his car almost too much and has chosen to lash loads of no doubt expensive but utterly pointless accessories at it. 'Mobil 1 oil changed every 3000 miles' FFS why put mobil 1 in if you're going to renew it after 3k? Total waste of money.

 

 

Remarkable! This really does take pointlessness to a new level... duh.gif

 

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garethj Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Take this lovely Reliant

 

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And add the mechanicals from this rusty old Capo

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And make sure your life insurance is paid up, secure in the knowledge than when you die they'll be able to recover the body in a tupperware sandwich box.

alf892 Rank: Renault 16

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-FORD-FIESTA-ST-WHITE-/140543547516

 

MAGNACOR KV85 IGNITION LEADS,CROME COOLANT AND POWER STEERING COVERS,CARBON FIBRE ROCKER COVER, CARBON FIBRE BATTERY COVER, COLOUR CODED WIRING COVERS (RED).

 

:roll: This guy obviously loves his car almost too much and has chosen to lash loads of no doubt expensive but utterly pointless accessories at it. 'Mobil 1 oil changed every 3000 miles' FFS why put mobil 1 in if you're going to renew it after 3k? Total waste of money.

 

 

Remarkable! This really does take pointlessness to a new level... duh.gif

 

PorkulusCashDownToilet.jpg

 

but surely that private plate adds a certain something??

Rhythm Thief Rank: Austin Maxi

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2008-FORD-FIESTA-ST-WHITE-/140543547516

 

MAGNACOR KV85 IGNITION LEADS,CROME COOLANT AND POWER STEERING COVERS,CARBON FIBRE ROCKER COVER, CARBON FIBRE BATTERY COVER, COLOUR CODED WIRING COVERS (RED).

 

:roll: This guy obviously loves his car almost too much and has chosen to lash loads of no doubt expensive but utterly pointless accessories at it. 'Mobil 1 oil changed every 3000 miles' FFS why put mobil 1 in if you're going to renew it after 3k? Total waste of money.

 

 

but surely that private plate adds a certain something??

 

"Oh, gno, gno, gno, I'm a gnob"

 

(with apologies to Flanders & Swann)

ProgRocker Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Wow! :shock:

 

Fiat Croma CHT

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Much prefer the look of the post facelift models myself but still... 8)

 

Edit: fix link :oops:

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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That Croma is well tempting, but sadly I've been told that it isn't a household priority to assemble all versions of the Type 4 platform. Shame.

 

Fiat 127 is gorgeous! Apparently, an Italian car is ill matched to the climate here (even though it's been gorgeously sunny for weeks!) and therefore isn't a household priority...

Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I'm calling pisstake on the Mondeo, nobody is that thick.

 

I really, really hope it's a pisstake anyway.

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Yeah, and I bet that rear wheelarch was fine before it crossed the border...

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that 216 is lush. bet that rekord (Carlton ?) is rotten though :(

worldofceri Rank: Renault 16

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You've got to be pretty committed to keep a car, tax it, insurance it, polish it, service it, maintain it for nearly 25 years but hardly ever use it. That Rover has barely covered 1000 miles a year; even my old Mum manages to rack up nearly 2000 a year and she only goes to Sainsbury's and back a couple of times a week.

 

All these mega-low mileage cars puzzle me.

Negative Creep Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Shirley that can't do the car much good to be sat around and only used for short journeys?

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

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You've got to be pretty committed to keep a car, tax it, insurance it, polish it, service it, maintain it for nearly 25 years but hardly ever use it. That Rover has barely covered 1000 miles a year; even my old Mum manages to rack up nearly 2000 a year and she only goes to Sainsbury's and back a couple of times a week.

 

All these mega-low mileage cars puzzle me.

 

One of mine did 82 miles last year. Its not the daily driver and work, parenthood and stupidly large diy projects mean no play time.

Will try and crack 100 this year.

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