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Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:28 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:04 am Spotted the perfect plate for JL (assuming a name change for sproglet-to-be) on the M1 yesterday! JAM3S 5R. Buy the matching JAM3S JR and you'll be set!

Aside from the fact neither plate can exist of course....

Maybe JAM355R

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:28 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:04 am Spotted the perfect plate for JL (assuming a name change for sproglet-to-be) on the M1 yesterday! JAM3S 5R. Buy the matching JAM3S JR and you'll be set!

Aside from the fact neither plate can exist of course....

Maybe JAM355R

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:28 am
Aside from the fact neither plate can exist of course....

Maybe JAM355R

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Clearly not.

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:28 am
Aside from the fact neither plate can exist of course....

Maybe JAM355R

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

I think a lot of non car people don’t. I recently amazed someone when I told them that the reg plate shows the vehicle registration age and location... They thought it was just randomly assigned!

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:21 pm

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Clearly not.

in all seriousness, you must have noticed the prefix/suffix and the current style plate layouts - all with the same order of letters/numbers?

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:17 pm

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:21 pm

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Clearly not.

in all seriousness, you must have noticed the prefix/suffix and the current style plate layouts - all with the same order of letters/numbers?

Not something I keep at the forefront of my mind. But I am aware.

Actually, I'm confused! Was thinking earlier, how is there a "same order", when you can have private plates?

I get the old x123xxx and the newer xx12xxx style, but there are private plates that have fewer symbols.

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:20 pm
I get the old x123xxx and the newer xx12xxx style, but there are private plates that have fewer symbols.

Scroll down a bit for history;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_r ... ed_Kingdom



It might still not make sense afterwards

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:28 am
Aside from the fact neither plate can exist of course....

Maybe JAM355R

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Even Danish children and girls? I know I always try to work out a country's format when abroad but it's not necessarily something you can easily perceive.

mik wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:18 am Just shows how few actual human cops are around these days - would have been pulled within a couple of days when I was a sprogling.

I never cease to be amazed by how many cars are flying around London with a headlight, brake light or tail-light out. Its usually 3 or 4 every journey if you count those just with headlights blown.

Then again, in London unless you're ram-raiding a shop front or murdering someone, the police pay little attention anyway.

I got by without a front plate for about 6 months, only eventually mounted it because I couldn’t be bothered to deal with the ANPR parking which wouldn’t let me in and had an upcoming MOT. Can see why almost anything semi interesting in London doesn’t bother with one.

Jobbo wrote: Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:58 pm

Rich B wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:58 am

DeskJockey wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:55 am

The S didn't look like a 5, but I'll bow to your superior geekness when it comes to number plates.

I thought even children and girls understood the basic format of UK numberplates?

Even Danish children and girls? I know I always try to work out a country's format when abroad but it's not necessarily something you can easily perceive.

I always found it amusing the when the UK changed to the current format, they said that EU rules were the reason for introducing a local identifier for the first 2 letters, just at the moment Spain did away with their 2 letter local identifiers.

T26 PHY on a red mk2 Clio.

AB55EXY on a gt86. Spaced out as AB5 5EXY. I actually contemplated purposefully causing an accident......

F1 CRU not on an F1

Our nearest Morrison’s is in Stamford, if you go midweek when the old people are there you get some nice Old Money plates.

There was a P38 RR once with just 3 digits.

The best ever seen by me wasnin dubai, it was just the number 7

Dave!

All the single digit plates are on cars worth less than a grand. I wonder if they’re just unaware of their value.

K9 POO on a CRV driven by an older lady. What she was trying to say...

Someone likes their facial hair