Personalising number plates?

once saw a freee state one: 69ORGY on a corsa... i think they are vain (as they are meant to be:D)
 
Ive seen a Subaru WRX Sti with I8AM3 GP, witch I though was pretty cool.
Best one I saw was GeePee GP, guess what car it was? A Jeep!

The lamest one Ive seen was a guy in a Hilux that modified his WP plate in such a way that it said something like "ek skree nie WP nie, ek bly 'n bul" cant remember the exact acronyms, but it was pretty lame
 
Go to Durban, and every second car is:
2QUICK ZN
2KWIK ZN
2COOL ZN
2FAST ZN
2SEXY ZN
2FOXY ZN
etc.

FAIL.
 
I'll donate half for the plate: ANCSUX... any takers? ;)
 
My friend bought the plate in freestate few years ago,
cost him only R500
170 NLY FS
 
best 3 I've seen:

CDEVIL - WP - black Mini cooper. Cruella Devil.
PMS 24/7 - WP - also mini cooper

by far the best:

dolphin shape green convertible BMW..

Blonde - WP - number plate stuck on upside down.

all the drivers looked like their reg.
 
My absolute favorite was a woman driver here in Cpt driving a sporty car. I take it she's recently divorced.

SKEIGELD - WP

Hahaha.
 
Batman Necro

Is there any acceptable reason to have a personalised numberplate?

One of the motoring world's most divisive topics catches our eye at the 2017 Concours of Elegance

Is there any acceptable reason to have a personalised numberplate?

I pondered the above question as I walked to the (excellent) Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court last weekend and an assortment of exotic cars drove up the road and into the car park with their look-at-me registrations.

I’ll admit that I wrestled a little with my conscience as I looked on disdainfully - they’ve bought the car, after all, so why can’t they do what they want with it? And if I’m happy to defend a McLaren-buying billionaire for painting his new car fuchsia for exactly that reason, why should I curl a lip at a personalised numberplate?

Yet, almost without exception, I find them an irritating addendum, an exercise in willy-waving while also taking attention from the car itself, which at the rarefied end of the market at least, should always be the centre of attention.

Sometimes they are unfathomable, meaningless to all but their owner, which prompts me to wonder why they bothered buying it in the first place. At other times they are so obvious in their intentions that, to my mind, they offer nothing more than an unendearingly cartoonish air to proceedings, or end up looking like a mobile advert for the car maker.

After more thought, though, I do reckon there are some combinations that can be forgiven. A crassly obvious ‘V12 BULL’ on a Lamborghini Aventador, for instance, just adds another dimension to a car that was designed to appeal to teenage boys anyway. Why not go the whole hog (so long as you’ve ticked the yellow paint and loud exhaust option boxes)?

And, chosen carefully, something subtle on a modern-day Aston Martin works, too. I’m thinking something not too short, not spelling anything out, just a few letters and numbers that don’t give the car’s age away. The firm’s design lead, Marek Reichman, has long been criticised for creating cars that all look the same, but to my mind they are all enduringly beautiful (albeit some are more beautiful than others); sticking a conventional numberplate on one could dampen that enthusiasm a fraction, by ageing the car. Mona Lisa doesn’t age - and nor should an Aston Martin have to.

After a day walking around the Hampton Court gardens, I also concluded that my prejudices only apply to cars that carry modern numberplates, too. Go beyond today’s black on white or yellow plates, and the same rules don’t apply: these are cars that have earned their spurs, and owners who have poured their finances and (I’d hope) soul into cherishing them.

Perhaps I’m wrong, or perhaps there are more shades of black and white than I’ve listed here? As ever, I’m open to your thoughts…

https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/new-cars/there-any-acceptable-reason-have-personalised-numberplate

Plate.jpg
 
Kasyx said:
There are two personalised plates I have seen that I find appealing, and that is simply because they are relevant to my interests:

OMGHAX - ZN
BOFH - GP
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Oh Hai :D
 
Seen a few very clever ones which made me chuckle. When I see 4U2NV on a 10 year old Audi though, then I facepalm hard.
 
okay, here you go:

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