Is your wife's name '52 JO'???

Thanks for the explanation that was an interesting (and yes, very strange) read.  Unlike a unique color or some other aspect of the corvette you mention, a license plate doesn't garner much attention here in the USA so culturally it doesn't add up.  Personalized plates are so common here no one cares.  Cars that are 2 years old that look new still look new, just like the current model.  No one will know the difference. 

Oh by the way Audis are so much superior to BMWs....

A slightly different angle on this subject is that I have a non-personalised registration on my car but everyone thinks it is!! (I am not ginger - Or call Nigel, which passers by occasionally seem to enjoy commenting on!)

Sportback - looks lovely!  We had one of those on the LifeStyle fleet for a while.  Suspension like a go-kart (we had the S-Line) but looked the part, even for a 1.6 Petrol !

I too would have thought you'd paid for that plate.  In fact, you should advertise it for sale!  "Proud to be Ginger? - Yes, I'm a frickin' Ginge - FG11 NGE'

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Thanks! It's a great little car to be honest :-) Really economical too being a 2.0 low pressure TDI... Mine is a sport and also handles like a go-kart! I'd recommend these to anyone over say an Astra/Focus (same price - the mind boggles).

I kind of like the plate in a strange way but some nutter would probably buy it! 😁

What a market for plates! Gosh!

My favorite personalized plate was a classmate from high school, he drove a Civic Si, the plate read "VVVVTEC" 😁

Me being a huge Honda junkie, I was really jealous!

Years ago I saw either DVL666 or HEL666 I cant remember which but it was on a bright red Jensen CV8 and it was the most evil looking car ever. Fabulous!

A mate of mine has CHR1S looks great especially as he is called Chris😂 Mr Evans I believe offered a nice amount a few years ago for it, or so the story goes.

Jonnie

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Am I missing something?  It is nearly 30,000 pounds just for the plate?  For that price, would it be better to take the car and leave the plate?  ;)

30,000 pounds is indeed a lot of money for a registration plate, it's a lot of money full stop of course😁. In the UK though, these prestigious plates can go to even more stratosferric levels....recently I saw in the newspaper an advertisement for a forthcoming auction of one of THE most prestigious and oldest plates it is possible to get  ~ '1 G'

The plate was pictured sitting on a Rolls~Royce Phantom, and the guideprice for '1 G'........£250,000+ ($380,000+)

I'm not sure if the sale has already passed, but I wouldnt be suprised if it went for even more than this. As with everything, it's worth as much as someone is prepared to pay for it.  😕

There's a big market for numberplates here in Australia too. the number plate with the number '1' on it is worth over a million dollars! Any single or 2 digit plate is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, 3 digit plates are worth $50 - 100 thousand dollars!

Standard number plates are 3 letters and 3 numbers eg ABC-123 my plates are 356-653 🤒 (Beocool would understand!!)