Registrations

[james2210]

One of my Grandad's friends was filling up his Rolls Royce at a petrol station in London many years ago, when a fellow Rolls driver pulled up behind him. He'd been following my Grandad's friend purely because he wanted to buy the registration plate from his car. According to my Grandad, after a bit of negotiating, his friend agreed to let him have the plate, but only if it stayed on the car ie.swap Rollers as my Grandad's friend preferred the colour of this other chaps Roller . The bloke agreed and they basically did a straight swap a few days later. My Grandad's friend did quite well out of the deal because his new Roller had less miles and was a better spec than his!

Just goes to show the lengths some people go to in persuit of vanity!

[tony_hetherington]

a mate of mine owns two plates (only one is on a car)

he owns P1 GFO and P1 GFU

so.....they spell......

P1G F O

and

P1G F U

he he - they do make me chuckle!! He bought them as an investment, and they're worth quite a bit now apparently. He's NEVER been stopped for them, though he does only have it on a new shape rover 200 (nothing special).

[NigeSt]

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll :)

Meanwhile, here's a link to DVLA auction 'hammer prices' for LEX registrations.

Cheers,

Nige