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My good lady wife Lady Colonial destroyed our next door neighbour once over his personalised plate. He was one of those people who was always trying to outdo everyone else with the latest gadgets or fashion - ostentatious to the extreme. We were out in front of our home one Saturday when he and his wife (think Harry Enfield’s “considerably richer than you” couple) rolled up in his Mercedes with a personalised number plate (sadly, W@NK8R wasn’t permitted by the DVLA). Him to Lady Colonial: “See my new number plate? See how they’re my initials?” Her, thoroughly unimpressed by it but especially by him, ice hanging off her words: “I see it.” At this point, I’m wise enough to see the warning signs and to just stand back and enjoy the show… Him: “Isn’t that great? I love mine! You should get one too!” Her: “Why?” Him, somewhat flummoxed: “Why?” ”Yes - why?” I could tell she was leading him into a trap, which was great because for once, it wasn’t me. Protip: Only marry a doctor of psychology if you’re smart enough to think before you say something stupid that gets analysed afterwards. Him: “Because they’re great!” ”Why?” ”Well…. for one, because it makes it easier to find your car in a car park.” Oh Lord, here we go… Her, logic mode in full power: “Do you normally park in car parks full of silver Mercedes, making it difficult to easily identify which car is yours?” ”No, but…” ”Or is it that your memory is failing due to your advancing age, and you can’t recall registration numbers but you can remember your own initials?” Ouch! ”Well no of course not, it’s just that…” ”Do others call you by your initials to save time? Do they call you “GRS”? Because if they do, that would make it easier for them to find you on the road.” ”No…” ”Then why do you think I should have one? Because I don’t have any of those issues and if you don’t either, I fail to see the point.” ”Because they’re great!” Her, looking thoughtful: “Hmmm - I see. Fascinating. I must go inside to study this in my books.” She then turned and went into the house, leaving him befuddled and me fighting not to smirk. Him, to me: “What did she mean by that?” Me: “I’m not qualified to answer that question, but if you pay her £90 an hour, she can help you answer it yourself.”

Yep, what's more memorable, should there be an incident K3V AB ? or MW 15 BWC?

And yet DVLA sells personal plates that actively encourage a little spacing adjustment... Is displaying a personal plate vain, or just individual choice, just like choosing the car you drive?

Have a great day @a4gom & @XTR2Turbo

Having worked at a car manufacturing plant for 30yrs inspecting just about everything to do with new cars and what is allowed etc.. The book of regulations is staggering, I mean staggering. Spacing for any letters and characters has ALWAYS been subject to tolerances and never altered. What did alter was lazy police enforcement. Anyone who changes the font has to be pretty vain. If you're moving characters to read a word that STILL doesn't read the proper original word.. Hmmmm

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Thanks

Monthly meet for a natter and a pint, usual venue, The Crown Inn Bridport DT6 4AX from 19.30. Usual informal format, come and go as you please. Arriving in a Westfield isn’t compulsory, all welcome.

Sorry Mark, my mistake! I'll add a passenger on!

Great if you have

I have one somewhere

That's a very fine margin, surprised if standard plates are that accurate.

Hi all , im after windscreen fillet for se narrow body or could i mod a wide body? Thanks in Advance Andy

V8 bonnet Copy ! Red In colour has the very light odd mark but they will polish £250 Collection only

Hi @Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO I originally asked for driver and passenger but note that above it's only me listed. Am I down for 2 people? Mark

I got done and mine was 7mm out, that was by a mobile camera van in Humberside. ive had mine at least 10 yrs and this is the first.

I'll be there

Have a great day @Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO

See you there @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)

It’s our regular meet this Thursday, usual time and place, the Golden Pheasant, Plumley, around 7pm if eating, else around 7.30pm. Lets hope the weather holds and we can start seeing some Westfields again after the long winter!

If the government issued the number plates (stamped into steel) direct to the owner and not the dealer, it would prevent the issue in the first place and stop number plate cloning as well. Many other countries do it successfully but hey, that makes sense so we’d better not do that.

That's what worries me, it's just another tax scheme, taking more cash off the motorist. Equally, the plates which have been changed so much they take the micky should be pulled up. Fine line off course.

My wife has personal plate with legal font type and size but just slightly tweaked spacing. We've had it for 30 years without problem, will be furious if suddenly points and a fine turn up! The dodgy ones around me are travellers with Transits on totally fake plates, but they'll be immune as normal.