[Rbrown]

Even though my son is only 6, I was wondering people's views on buying him a cherished plate and sticking it on retention for 10 years. It now only seems to cost £85 to retain for 10 years.

I'm not sure it will go up in value, but in 11 years time, number plates with his initials may not exist. The potential risk is that some law comes into play that cherished plates are not allowed .....or he never passes his test!

From previous threads, I know there are mixed views on personalised plates.....

[philiper1]

If you like it and want him to have it, buy it

He can put it on his flying car

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You have totally went about this the wrong way.

Find a decent cheap plate, then when son daughter born, register them with name on number plate.

Job sorted.

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

Friends and family where shocked I actually managed to get one that matched exactly..... Little did they know

[isleaiw]

Originally Posted by Rbrown

Even though my son is only 6, I was wondering people's views on buying him a cherished plate and sticking it on retention for 10 years. It now only seems to cost £85 to retain for 10 years.

I'm not sure it will go up in value, but in 11 years time, number plates with his initials may not exist. The potential risk is that some law comes into play that cherished plates are not allowed .....or he never passes his test!

From previous threads, I know there are mixed views on personalised plates.....

I bought for both my kids - not that young though. One at 18 (which went on the car she shared with her Mum) and one when youngest was 17 and didnt have a car - which went on mine (which is OK as everyone called him by his surname so its an approximation of that - which is mine of course!). Six years later he still doesnt have a car and as he works in central London unlikely to for a while. Not an investment but still something special and youngest still refers to his number plate even though he has never driven the car with it on.

[PaulT_M5]

Originally Posted by Brigand

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

My app doesn't show the appreciate button, so just had to reply, fantastic.

[JustChris]

Wow I thought I was forward thinking. I diff my cap to you RBrown!

Go for it I say, prices only going 1 way!

[JustChris]

Originally Posted by Brigand

You have totally went about this the wrong way.

Find a decent cheap plate, then when son daughter born, register them with name on number plate.

Job sorted.

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

Friends and family where shocked I actually managed to get one that matched exactly..... Little did they know

Oddly as I was reading a post below....I read this bottom to top and was trying to work out what that plate meant

[Mark1966]

Originally Posted by Brigand

You have totally went about this the wrong way.

Find a decent cheap plate, then when son daughter born, register them with name on number plate.

Job sorted.

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

Friends and family where shocked I actually managed to get one that matched exactly..... Little did they know

Briliant, post of the week imo

OP what happens if your 6 year old gets to 17 and really dislikes private plates, a lot of people find them somewhat pathetic. I would put some money away on a regular basis and let him choose what to spend it on but ETTO

If I had given my boy a private plate for his 17th birthday he would have kicked me in the nuts and called me a cunt

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Originally Posted by Lobb

Both myself and Mrs Lobb have "private" plates. I have to confess we bought our son one for his 17th birthday.

I really hope the suffix is 'ON'

The perfect match to LOBB

[PaulT_M5]

I don't get why people call them private plates. The only way they're private is if you don't put them on the car. If they're on display, anyone on the road can see them which hardly makes them private

It's the same with posting those "private" pictures of your Mrs on the internet. Once posted, they're no longer private

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by Mark1966

Briliant, post of the week imo

OP what happens if your 6 year old gets to 17 and really dislikes private plates, a lot of people find them somewhat pathetic. I would put some money away on a regular basis and let him choose what to spend it on but ETTO

If I had given my boy a private plate for his 17th birthday he would have kicked me in the nuts and called me a cunt

Fair point! It could be a huge waste of money. However, if he didn't want it, I could trade in current Mrs Brown for newer model - she just has to have save initials as my boy!

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by Brigand

You have totally went about this the wrong way.

Find a decent cheap plate, then when son daughter born, register them with name on number plate.

Job sorted.

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

Friends and family where shocked I actually managed to get one that matched exactly..... Little did they know

Brilliant!

[NorthEastX5]

ETTO but I wouldn't bother. In ten years time plates might not be needed. Look what happened to tax discs.

Thinking back to when I got a car at 17. Not sure I'd have put a private plate on my rusty escort 1.1 "popular". Now if you missed a bit of the story out and along with private plate you are buying him new shiney swanky car fair enough

[ajfoggy]

The plate on my car is for my 5 year old when he is old enough, bought it when he was 1.

I have my eyes on one for my 11 month old son but cannot afford to get it at the moment, just hope it stays around.

If it's one with name, initials and DOB then get it if you can, you might not find it again.

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A few of my mates have 'foreign' names, I put it down as cheating, one of them his number plate has AMM which is apparently his name or bit of it.

I know a few people that bought Squadron number plates.

[saltyamigo]

I bought one for my girl as soon as the reg was available, it's the second closest to her name, her "exact" name came up on auction last year but was well out of my league at over £20K. I just bought it as I'm pretty sure it would have sold quickly if I hadn't bought it. OK buying an initials plate for a boy but I wouldn't pay much for an initials plate for a girl as it won't be any use to her once she's married. Neither my wife or I have ever had a private plate and if she doesn't want it I'm fairly confident I will be able to sell it on for at least what I paid for it.

[Ice Man]

Originally Posted by ajfoggy

If it's one with name, initials and DOB then get it if you can, you might not find it again.

don't forget to include mothers maiden name place of birth and pin number.....

[ajfoggy]

Originally Posted by Ice Man

don't forget to include mothers maiden name place of birth and pin number.....

I'm not sure how anyone would or could do anything with a number that might or might not be a DOB and initials?

[335dJa]

Both my daughters already have matching reg plates, they are 11 and 13 now, had one plate since 2010 and got the other in 2014. Getting the second was quite stressful as I wanted it to match the first.
Great news on the new retention pricing, that was a pleasant surprise when it came through.

[goodbyalfa]

Originally Posted by Brigand

You have totally went about this the wrong way.

Find a decent cheap plate, then when son daughter born, register them with name on number plate.

Job sorted.

My daughter OBD653B was imensely happy when I suprised her with her cherished plate.

Friends and family where shocked I actually managed to get one that matched exactly..... Little did they know

A Lee Evans classic for sure...

[JustChris]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-football.html

[Nobby Clark]

Originally Posted by MCarChris

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-football.html

These d1ck5 should have the plate taken off them and the car impounded. Then the rules regarding number plates should be explained to them in morse code with the use of a cattle prod.