Very much in agreement Simon.

I have certainly found buying direct from the DVLA either direct or at auction a much more reassuring experience.

The two numbers which I didn't buy from DVLA were bought from a numbers agency and whilst in the end they were easy to deal with there is always a nagging doubt as to who you are doing business with and whether they will still be there when the transfer finally comes through. Furthermore they would often appear to use a random number generator to work out the price!

I think the best numbers are those that look nothing to the general public but like Boshly's spell out an unusual name etc.

Regards,

Robert

I must admit I like to play at "number plates" also!

OSU 424 I've had for years and use on my own Morgans. It's an old Renfrewshire registration (where I was born many, many years ago!) with symetrical even numbers..if you know what I mean? Now going on my "new" +8 Moss box.

AR08 RPM on my Aero demo
Y100 MOG on the RPM van
SP08TEE on my wife's 4/4 Sport (now nicknamed Sporty...that's the car, not the wife!!)

Or even a palindromic number!

DVLA have an Auction coming up starting on the 27th January and these two numbers, which may be of interest, are available as well as many others:

MOG 65Y

MOR 124N

Both have a reserve of £300.00 on them, but when I bid for my Morgan number - MOR54N - it went for only a little over the reserve.

Good luck, if you do have a go...

I also went sideways in my thinking to find a good plate.

On my old GTR33 I had N111SKY setup as N111 on the top row and SKY on the bottom but looking at it on an Aero it also works quite well.

Nice Sky. Almost suitable for an open top, how about making the plate something to do with the mood the car gives you.

L15TEN for the exhaust note !
S111TAN (put a fleck of black paint to make UN out of the 111) and you have sun tan, good for an open top but bad for your long term health.

Just a thought in case you wanted to have more fun.

I like these - I have been trying to be more creative (without spending thousands) but I'm a little limited having only A to F as initial letters to play with. (Yes, I know there's 'all' the suffix plates but you can't pick and choose with them.)

Now the orange and white plates have been on the car for a little while I am getting used to them so I'm leaning a little more towards "interesting" than "black-and-silver-and-never-mind-the-number" at the moment.

Could all change again though.

SAT 4N was up for sale for just shy of £100,000.00 if you fancy being in league with you-know-who

I can identify with what Neil says. As several members of the forum have commented, ( Boshers, where are you?) I have a set of initials which are, to say the least, strange. So, I went for letters from my christian name.Being a good Welshman and therefore not being able to resist a bargain, I got two- one for my daily driver( currently on retention) and one for the 4/4- both with consecutive triple numbers 888 and 999 and both with a 'v' prefix. When people ask,'why V?' I direct them to the traditional meaning of a Vee sign

I do have one problem though. A number of people think the '999' meeans I am a retired police officer!

G

I thought I should perhaps provide an update on my decision.

By the end of the poll I was still on the fence - perhaps falling slightly towards the dateless registration number still. But by then I'd also got used to seeing my Mog with her F-reg plate on. I decided then that at present I've got more important things to spend my money on such as a flying jacket and car cover. So for now Molly will retain her original number.

Perhaps I'll buy her a present next year.