Cars with the model number in the registration plate

[worldofceri]

Spotted A610 ALP the other week on the M1. On one of these, natch...

 

[Tayne]

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[eddyramrod]

The vice-chairman of our classic car club over here still has UK plates on his black X5. Take a guess how they begin... If you get the model name or number on your car over here, it's either coincidence or corruption, as numbers are (supposedly) issued in simple sequence. I did see DAF45, which would have been great on a facelifted Leyland Roadrunner; sadly it was on a crappy old Golf. Don't think I've seen an actual DAF car over here, which means the chances of (1995-ish issued) 33, 44, 55 and 66 turning up on the correct models are pretty damn slim!

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

I can't think of anything more despicable than an ex-pat vice chairman of a classic car club who drives a black BMW X5 with X5 xxx numberplates.

[eddyramrod]

To be fair, he does have a rather nice blue Stag too, which he drives with the top down as much as possible. Which is quite a lot here...

[revolting peasant]

[inconsistant]

Thread resurrection:

 

 

 

...on a 940 Classic in South London. I like it, it's not trying too hard.

[Spiny Norman]

Citroen GB registered their first batch of press cars with N***SAX number plates. I saw one just the other day on the A38.

 

Quite a few of the early BXs had RBX registrations, remember quite a few road test cars with them.

[John F]

I like to think there's an Audi or BMW out there with BE11 END as its number.

[Spiny Norman]

..or anything KN08 related...

 

Found this earlier.

 

[John F]

Yep. or TO55 POT.

[tooSavvy]

OR55 LES......

 

Do fo me.... on any chod.

 

tooSavvy

[Jim Bell]

 

 

V360

[Ghosty]

My dad used to have R4SPD, a 4 speed Tiptronic-thingy Honda Prelude 2.0i.

 

 

 

 

 

And with his current car, 3 years ago:

 

[pshome]

 

now guess my initials...

[londonm]

Saw a red Porsche 911 ages ago, plate was RED 911. Might as well have been COCK.

[Richard]

I like to think there's an Audi or BMW out there with BE11 END as its number.

 

I looked up a load of moderately rude registration numbers a few years ago. Obvious things like KN08HED or BE11END are filtered out but I got quite a few results with things like J4KOF and J1SMS. Without exception they were on Audis, BMWs and entry-level Mercedes.

[Captain Slow]

I saw FAB 1A the other day.

 

Sadly it's not on a Skoda but a '10 BMW 320d.

 

 

I've yet to beat S1MCA on a modern Vauxhall 2 years ago!

[Skizzer]

Guilty secret: Having seen lots of quite lame vanity plates on the usual German motorway warriors (A4xxx, MBZ xxxx, Bxx0XTR, KN08 BMW etc) I put this on my beige Yeti, for amusement value:

 

Skoda Yeti by Skizzer, on Flickr

 

It does raise a laugh sometimes, and the occasional cameraphone, but I suspect I probably just look like what I was supposed to be taking the piss out of.  Opinions welcome either way.

 

[Jim Bergerac]

Similarly, somebody local to me has one of those Fabia Scout things with the plate SC12OUT. I keep wondering if it is a personal plate or just one that was luck of the draw.

[Rusty Pelican]

Theres 1XM on a Citroen XM around here in a stunning dark blue , looks mint but ive never got the camera when its about.

[eifion]

Theres 1XM on a Citroen XM around here in a stunning dark blue , looks mint but ive never got the camera when its about.

Similarly C1TXM used to be on an XM, although the last time I saw it it had been transferred onto a C6.

[robinmasters]

flat4alfa's new XM-in the eBay listing there's a Xantia in the background with the registration XAN71A. 

 

[hennabm]

A mate of mine bought an M535i with the number plate C535 XAS but changed it as the numbers added to 13 and he was superstitious. He changed it to 533 DOU

 

Also have seen an E30 with the plate A320 xxx.

[Lord Sterling]

Seen myself a fair few Rover 600s/800s with 620/623/820/825/827 in thier plates, but these I reckon were coincidental rather than intentional. There are one or two Rover enthusiasts with model numbers intentionally put in, especially if they end with 'ROV'. The best number I've seen, which was probably a private plate was in a picture of a LWB Rover 75 V6 driving past K-gate wearing the plate 'MG52ROV'. Apparently the 75 was used to ferry VIPs in, around the Rover plant.

 

EDIT: I found a pic, but not the one I was talking about:

 

[inconsistant]

 

 

 

 

 

...on a 940 Classic in South London. I like it, it's not trying too hard.

 

I was thinking about this the other day, and reckoned that if I had a V70 with the reg no V70LVO that would probably make me King of this thread, and I could have you all killed if I wanted to, or something.

[worldofceri]

[eddyramrod]

. He changed it to 533 DOU

 

I had 573 DOU many, many years ago (like about 1976).  It was a blue Mini van with the pushbutton starter and an aftermarket rear seat (but no extra windows).

[Hertz]

Not sure what relevance the NYD was but I had this plate on when I first got my Alpine.

 

[mercrocker]

  A teacher at school had HAA 121 on a suitable version of Amazon and I am sure a lot of people know the story of University Motors being issued with the Middlesex tag of MG before the war, hence the large  number of pre-Blitz Abingdon chod with appropriate plates.   I also recall a lot of proper Saabs with 95, 96 and 99 digits.   All this stuff is much more heroic to me than merely buying a plate to put on a car, although I was quite impressed with ALV1S a year or two ago except it was on such a forgettable vehicle I have forgotten what it was...