What's with the Brits and Porsches?
10-02-2005, 05:14 PM
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British number plates
The other aspect is the rarity; as Dave says, you can't just make them up...but this means that is has to have been registered.
In the old days, plates were issued with each town having unique letters..so RM (my initials) was apparently some obscure scottish town with few cars. Thus 911 RM was probably the 911th car registered there...as you can imagine, there's a finite number of 911 xx plates...as each town would have only issued one plate with the number 911. More recently, the system has changed from
A123ABC to AB05ABC
The previous A123ABC would have just one number (I own, for exaample M3 MUG which used to be on my M3). The new system is not able to be shortened, so has less value. Shorter plates are more valuable.
it all boils down to supply and demand.
The other aspect is the rarity; as Dave says, you can't just make them up...but this means that is has to have been registered.
In the old days, plates were issued with each town having unique letters..so RM (my initials) was apparently some obscure scottish town with few cars. Thus 911 RM was probably the 911th car registered there...as you can imagine, there's a finite number of 911 xx plates...as each town would have only issued one plate with the number 911. More recently, the system has changed from
A123ABC to AB05ABC
The previous A123ABC would have just one number (I own, for exaample M3 MUG which used to be on my M3). The new system is not able to be shortened, so has less value. Shorter plates are more valuable.
it all boils down to supply and demand.
10-02-2005, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dhicks
only to meet a tractor taking up 2/3 the road and dropping great clods of mud behind it..... ....
10-03-2005, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by robmug
...wouldn't 997 be CMXCVII
That would depend on whether you were attempting to show "997" (in which case you would be correct) or "9" "9" "7" - in which case HE was correct.
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10-03-2005, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by robmug
...wouldn't 997 be CMXCVII
Hahaha - I can imagine the scrunched, puzzled faces of the soccor moms in the SUV's behind you with that plate...
10-03-2005, 05:01 PM
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I suppose a lot of people would get in a II and VIII either way!!!
I'll get me coat..................................................