Custom plate, will I look a knob?

Brad Morgan · May 3, 2019

Alright folks,

I'm gonna start this off by saying that I don't consider myself to be an arrogant knob

.

All's it is, I've been looking at personalised plates lately, my missus suggested it because she got one last year from https://www.netplates.co.uk and she loves it (but she also loves The Notebook...).

Anyways, come 03/02/2020, it'll be a decade since I got Rover, my beloved Discovery

so the missus says she will buy me this plate https://www.netplates.co.uk/dvla-plates/buy/f3-rov

I'd normally tell her to sling it (in a nice way if poss

) but in all honesty a part of me loves the idea. I'm so sentimental with most things, but Rover's been there through so many up's and down's I pretty much consider her a family member.

The difficulty comes from when I've had a look online and seen that the general consensus seems to be that you're considered a knob if you drive with a plate that's related to the car model... Which is so bloody annoying, to me, I will know it stands for Rover, the name I gave her. Yes, obviously I named her that because shes a landy, but nobody else will know that...

Imagine you're driving down the street and see a copper coloured discovery 4 with F3 ROV as the reg... What would your thoughts be? Would you even think anything of it?

Once I give her my answer, she's looking to buy it ASAP while it's still available, so any help at all is much needed! I'm hoping to give her a straight answer by Monday... Perhaps that's achievable, perhaps not

.

Cheers all.

1988smithy · May 3, 2019

It's your landy, do what you want! I ain't really got an opinion on people with personalised plates. Plenty of arseholes out there with standard ones

Henry_b · May 3, 2019

Never seen the point in them TBF..

My P38 had a PP on it H19OAK doesn't really do anything tbf..

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Deffo agree @1988smithy

DanClarke · May 3, 2019

I think they are pretentious tosh, but YMMV.
Its your money, do whatever you want.
I promise if I see you out driving I won't mutter "To$$er" under my breath. Honest!

marjon · May 3, 2019

I have often thought about it but could never find the right 1.

Not sure how that’s personalized to a D3? More for a freelander

Wouldn’t you prefer some nice shiny tools in the garage for that money

probably get more use out of them too.

J

saxavordian · May 3, 2019

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Brad Morgan · May 3, 2019

marjon said:
I have often thought about it but could never find the right 1.

Not sure how that’s personalized to a D3? More for a freelander

Wouldn’t you prefer some nice shiny tools in the garage for that money probably get more use out of them too.

J

It's the "ROV" part that would seem specific to the car. The F3 part is cool because I've owned her since Feb 3 2010 - it's her birthday

.

Really appreciating all the comments, thanks all so far!! I think I'm starting to get an idea what my decision will be

.

marjon · May 3, 2019

saxavordian said:
M452 BTR W4 NKR COC 4U AR53 NAL

Nothing wrong with the last one

Sure somebody here would go for the third one

J

TheQ · May 3, 2019

gymmaniac · May 3, 2019

I though the cosworth I saw with "RACE U" was pretty cool. you'd have to find something appropriate.

Hicap phill · May 3, 2019

Spotted while out rallying.

Some plates are worth it

Flossie · May 3, 2019

How many ovens you got?

Si Click · May 3, 2019

Mine came with a personalised plate K2 ***. Nothing LR related and it has never bothered me at all.
Your truck, your choice.

norseman · May 4, 2019

Bearing in mind that I'm an old fart here's my take on the subject.
The only vehicle owners that I look upon as total knobs are the one's that try (with varying degrees of success) to alter standard 'plates to give the impression that (they) have a personalised number. Not only are the results illegal but what the owner is actually telling me is that they would like a PP but can't afford it. I'd love PP myself but only if I could afford the real thing ie my initials plus a low number, not one relating to the car itself.

jamesmartin · May 4, 2019

Brad Morgan said:
Alright folks,

I'm gonna start this off by saying that I don't consider myself to be an arrogant knob .

All's it is, I've been looking at personalised plates lately, my missus suggested it because she got one last year from https://www.netplates.co.uk and she loves it (but she also loves The Notebook...).

Anyways, come 03/02/2020, it'll be a decade since I got Rover, my beloved Discovery so the missus says she will buy me this plate https://www.netplates.co.uk/dvla-plates/buy/f3-rov

I'd normally tell her to sling it (in a nice way if poss) but in all honesty a part of me loves the idea. I'm so sentimental with most things, but Rover's been there through so many up's and down's I pretty much consider her a family member.

The difficulty comes from when I've had a look online and seen that the general consensus seems to be that you're considered a knob if you drive with a plate that's related to the car model... Which is so bloody annoying, to me, I will know it stands for Rover, the name I gave her. Yes, obviously I named her that because shes a landy, but nobody else will know that...

Imagine you're driving down the street and see a copper coloured discovery 4 with F3 ROV as the reg... What would your thoughts be? Would you even think anything of it?

Once I give her my answer, she's looking to buy it ASAP while it's still available, so any help at all is much needed! I'm hoping to give her a straight answer by Monday... Perhaps that's achievable, perhaps not.

Cheers all.

get a handle on reality and do something interesting ,i can see the point of a roof tent, big wheels,more power etc etc but a number plate ?

Al2O3 · May 4, 2019

It's a brave question. Yes, you'd look like a knob.

Colthebrummie · May 4, 2019

I see a lot of rangies and discos with private plates that seem meaningless, I thought it was to hide the age of the car. Whatever the reason for justifying a PP basically, most will see the owner as arrogant. A friend of mine was a big Stoke City football fan and he had a private plate that was something to do with the club. The Directors saw it and got in touch with the local paper who ran a short story on it. Less than a week later his car was badly vandalised.

Col

Al2O3 · May 4, 2019

Flossie said:
How many ovens you got?

What a memory, Flossie. I read your post last night and it made me laugh because it rang a bell, but couldn't place it. Was thinking it was off something on tv, but it was on LZ wasn't it. Did someone say they had 5 or 6 ovens

Colthebrummie · May 4, 2019

Al2O3 said:
What a memory, Flossie. I read your post last night and it made me laugh because it rang a bell, but couldn't place it. Was thinking it was off something on tv, but it was on LZ wasn't it. Did someone say they had 5 or 6 ovens

Yes, If I remember rightly, he also liked posting pictures of his feet. He was eventually banned for being to weird

Col

Al2O3 · May 4, 2019

Colthebrummie said:
Yes, If I remember rightly, he also liked posting pictures of his feet. He was eventually banned for being to weird

Col

Are you pulling my tassle, Col?

Was he honestly banned?

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