Reply With QuoteGeorge Andrew 12 years of age!
Hi guys,
My main business is all to do with lock up garages and I was looking at private plates this evening and came across “GA12AGE”...bit steep at £5k odd but I’d be happy to make an offer I think. I’m just thinking is the 12 commonly used as an R? I saw a plate earlier which was “TU12BOS” and it didn’t look amazing but didn’t look too bad...opinions good or bad welcomed if you can!
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George Andrew 12 years of age!
When you put it on a plate it will be GA12 AGE. I wouldn’t bother, but see no reason to have my business/occupation written badly on my car registration plate.
Yes typical digit play that works to many eyes, but way over the mark on price IMO.
Note the resellers tend to list at triple the owner’s figure, so try a google and you may locate it far cheaper.
Also have you tried searching DVLA for similar unissued?
Last edited by GraniteQuarry; 16th August 2020 at 19:04.
You can see it is meant to be garage, but for £5k, it should be really obvious in my opinion
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That (in my opinion) is not a private plate.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Would never have guessed that '12' = 'R'.
In the absence of US-style vanity plates with full wording that’s pretty much as close as can be got, only beaten by GAR 46E
Some folks are into this, others not!
I have always liked private plates since I collected car numbers as a kid but to be honest that doesent do it for me especially at £5k, sorry.
I agree it’s not the best plate around and certainly not cheap...I’d pay £2k I think seeing as the 10/11/13 etc variants of the same plate are only around £400...at the end of the day I’m only after a bit of fun but am not prepared to pay mega money for it..
Too close to Gadge for me. Expect people to point and laugh if you ever end up in Scotland.
one out of ten for novelty and it's way over priced.
12 is well known as making an R. The number of 12YAN plates I’ve seen for RYAN!
Can be done with a 2 of course. 2ALLY went for silly money to a rally team
GA2AGE would be better, but at 3-4K, I’d be happy with GA12AGE
It's not a good plate and it's overpriced IMHO.
Ateotd, it's what makes you feel happy plate-wise. I've had quite a few pleasing ones over the years including ALF4 on an Alfa, CBR on a 'Blade, BUE11X on a Buell and currently RS..... on my RS. I've always been lucky and bought at really good prices but never from those robbing re-sellers as above. And as someone mentioned it's worth spending some time looking through DVLA lists to find that little gem that everyone missed, as I did with my current one.
Personally I don’t think it looks enough like GARAGE to warrant £5k. Maybe £1k.
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Would be good if it worked w/o having to be in the know!Originally Posted by demonloop
What’s it supposed to say?
For me the price is being charged for that plate is taking the mike! However if you think it's ok, you like, you want it, who are we to tell you otherwise.
No, if it isn’t obvious it doesn’t work and certainly isn’t worth the money
Who is the audience? I know nothing about private plate, but I didn't read that as garage. Is this for a commercial vehicle to drive customer interest, if so it doesn't work, at least for me.
£155.00 at best 5K you want to buy double glazing?
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
I thought it read "GARBAGE"
Unanimous...il give it a miss 👍🏻
That’s what I saw, and definitely not a word you want associated with your business!
Well, unless you have a sideline in refuse collection?!
What was the outcome of the A8 you were going to buy as an inbetweener?
Got held to ransom on part of the £500 deposit, (around £100 for the dealers “time”). Couldn’t be arsed with the guy so took a small loss and moved on. Have had delivery of the A6 allroad now so am enjoying the new car..
Why not buy this from the DVLA for £250?
Does that still 'say' GARAGE?
Why not buy this from the DVLA for £250?
To my eyes 7 is closer to an R than 12 and as a bonus the price is over 20x less.
Last edited by Lammylee; 17th August 2020 at 11:16.
What about the zero, are they just ignored in these plates?
It says GAOL AGE to me.
Although the one I suggested resembles “garage” I’m not sure this one does..
Why not buy this from the DVLA for £250?
I have WE02 MOW on my van, people seem to be able to work it out.
Saw this recently, must be worth a bit to someone!
Vlad would love it lol.Sent from my SM-N960F using TZ-UK mobile appSaw this recently, must be worth a bit to someone!
Maybe look for an old reg like GAR46E. Probably expensive tho.
Edit: just checked and it's on some Vauxhall. Taxed and Tested so it's on the road.
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Last edited by sickie; 17th August 2020 at 13:07.
Yes it's a good plate yes it says GARAGE with a bit of twiddling
NO it's not worth £5000
I have about 5 plates and didn't pay anything like that much
Offer made from a Russian man. Owner rejects offer. Owner hasn’t been seen since. Paperwork transferred to a man called Vladimir.Saw this recently, must be worth a bit to someone!
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About 30 possibly 35 years ago I had a few drinks in a pub with a guy called John Hill who set up and still runs Elite Registration. He came in when the market took off and his advice was never buy a plate that was concocted to read as a word. For every person who likes it, there will be two who think it looks pathetic. The value potential of these is low unless a clueless mug comes along, his words not mine.
Best plates are pre 1963 so are date less. So two or three letters followed by up to four numbers are good and numbers followed by letters are ok but not so good. Chose letters that look familiar, not something with Z in it because hardly anyone has a name beginning with a Z. Strangely enough he reckoned the initials RW were very quick sellers and fetched good prices. The only exception being a witticism such as LUV 2P which is sought after by Publicans.
The best are women's names, PAT, SUE etc followed by numbers, these are at the top.
Agree with Mick P on this one, many of these registration plates look a bit pathetic, especially when the owner messes about with the spacing of numbers and letters. Either buy a proper one at considerable expense or don't bother.
I`m firmly in the 'don't bother' camp thesedays, the idea of having a personalised registration plate is a bit naff! I prefer not to attract attention, it has its advantages.
I can’t stand number plates that have been messed around and spaced out illegally - they don’t look very tidy. I do like some plates that look expensive when they are on a rare car.
Totally agree with the attention comment. People always know where you are with an eye catching number plate.
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Not a huge fan of this private plate format, just too much going on. £5k is an absolute joke too, £1k max for this style of private plate.
I own this one
Pretty self explanatory
and this one
They weren't £5k
I would look at it and think it was a regular plate that happened to resemble garage, or age but I wouldn't think the driver had paid for it.
For a start, that's not a "private" plate. It's an age related plate with the maximum amount of letters and numbers and of extremely low value.
What is a private plate, same as cherished plate? What is the term for a plate (might be new) that appears to make a word?
Wobiiy ?
figly? Figleaf?
They are simply the same thing. Also a point worth noting is that the DVLA actually own the plate and legally they could pull it back any time, but they wouldn't do it in a million years. All you have done is to pay £80 to pay DVLA to transfer the plate and paying the big money to allow the owner of the car displaying the plate to give his consent to move it over to your car.
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