It is a real problem Simon, 13 years ago our ' 95 Defender was stolen , we had bought it 6 moths old and put our private plate on it, one year and one day later ( the legal length of time because the car was never recovered) we transferred the plate onto the replacement '98 Defender we had been runing for 9 months. Within the week a Police T5 folowed me for several miles then stopped me as the plate was still showing as stolen,, but luckily in the car I had the plate transfer documents and a copy of the letter from the insurance company stating that they had no interest in retaining the plate, plus the plate B4*** is our surname and I had my license with me.

If you are ever unlucky enough to have a car stolen on a private plate ensure that you insurance company gives you such a letter without it they have the right to the plate if they want, DVLA do not issue any documentation when to cover a "stolen" private blate 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

There's a car over in Bolton, I forget exactly what it is, Bentley perhaps seems to come to mind with the reg: 1 WON

the story is the guy is, of course, a lottery winner but to be fair I do not know him to verify this.

There's also a footballer who lives a couple of miles away with the plates "boss" and "bossy" (his and the wifes!) lol, found that one quite amusing. 2007 '57' Freelander 2 XS Sumatra Black TD4 Automatic - Standard (for now!)

I'm a wee bit of a cherished number nerd. Fully paid up member of the National Registration Numbers Club.

http://www.registrationnumbersclub.org.uk/

My first name is SAM and my initials are SAM. I have SAM 343 on my Freelander, SAM 323 on my MGF and a local registration CSU 942 on my Triumph Bonneville, which would normally sport an "R" reg.

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2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

Dave wrote:

Now I know your reg I'll clone them and start speeding through speed cameras

 2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

More years ago than I care to remember I saw 4 COF.

Saw this one today MRS 666. I wonder if it has a special meaning to the male driver or if it refers to his wife.

J

Edited for typo

Nicest one I’ve ever seen was many many years ago on an old sports car, ORG 45M

A few years back saw P1KEY on a Bentley Continental. Just checked on govt site and its now on an Aston Martin DB11. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

Had this on the FL2……

 Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

I've seen NON1X on a range rover with a lady driver many years ago.
On a sports car, can't remember what make T1 VOM...read it in your rear-view mirror and it's MOV1T
Plumbers van in London LO02 LOO
I remember a national paper giving something like WON 1T as a prize or did i dream that?
My wife's car her three initials (bought her a range rover for one birthday and the number plate for the next) and i have my two and her three on mine, means nothing to anybody else but we like them. Common sense isn't very common.
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2007 Land Rover Freelander2 I6 hse Auto

Drove behind a lady in a fairly new Audi recently LE51 GAL Interesting.... 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

This our plate as we have three retired greyhounds obviously the reason for RAN, we also have F190 RAN on our Volvo V70, I know we are total idiots ha ha

with regard to the original post, freelander 2 reg F2 HSE . . . . .just looked it up, the MOT page differs to the other DVLA page . . . why ???

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