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Postby SIKBUZ » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:51 pm

What do you think of personalised plates?

Love them? Dont Care? Loath them?
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Postby Lith » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:25 pm

I don't mind some. [DOCILE] when it was a road car was one of my favourites I ever saw, and my plate I (obviously) don't mind. Personally I'm not a fan of the "xxx ON P", "SIK...", "PHAT", "...ETA" type ones.
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Postby Snoozin » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:37 pm

Yeah, I plan on getting [CUTE R] for the ITR, true story.

Meh they're alright if they're cheap or free. Wouldn't pay the asking price for a new one though 8O
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Postby Mr.Phreak » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:51 pm

:lol: Nice Poll

And I'm yet to run out of things to spend money on that I need a Vanity plate
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Postby Lith » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:38 pm

Having your luvely mates buy your plate ftw :D
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Postby SIKBUZ » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:53 pm

Mr.Phreak wrote::lol: Nice Poll

And I'm yet to run out of things to spend money on that I need a Vanity plate


:lol: I did add a poll but there was some kind of syntax error/bug?

Never mind - discussion is good :)
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:34 pm

bogus ones like 4ATEU are lame.

dumbass ones like REDCRX (no shit sherlock) are lame.

funny / random ones are cool, but way overpriced. SLOGSR and DOCILE are two that spring to mind as good plates.

anything making reference to skids, drift, lowness, rotarys etc needs to DIE IN A FIRE.
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Postby Bling » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:41 pm

saw:

caution
DRIFT5
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today, i guess its marginal as it was on a S14 and not a civic, but the 5 ruins it.
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Postby Cahuna » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:16 pm

Personally I prefer plates which are either cryptic but clever or proper words - I hate ones with 4 instead of A, 1 instead of I etc.

Also, having had personalised plates on my daily-driver for the last 7 years I would not have a personalised plate on my road car again. They draw too much attention and random people say "oi, I saw you at such and such". And it makes you more of a repeat target for road-ragers. When I sell my roadie the plates are going onto the rally car, not my new road car.
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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:53 pm

WTF RU
looking at

Best one I've seen
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Postby SIKBUZ » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:12 am

Cahuna wrote:Personally I prefer plates which are either cryptic but clever or proper words - I hate ones with 4 instead of A, 1 instead of I etc.

Also, having had personalised plates on my daily-driver for the last 7 years I would not have a personalised plate on my road car again. They draw too much attention and random people say "oi, I saw you at such and such". And it makes you more of a repeat target for road-ragers. When I sell my roadie the plates are going onto the rally car, not my new road car.


Totally agree - harder for people to remember your plate when it's normal as well..

I do wish they'd bring back the old black plates tho.

Best plate i've seen was on a porsche - AVAVOM - when you see it come up behind you it looks wicked in your rearview :twisted:
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Postby scope » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:49 pm

what about the plate U16YET driving around on a 30 here in chch? :lol:
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Postby MrOizo » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:19 pm

SIKBUZ wrote:
Cahuna wrote:Personally I prefer plates which are either cryptic but clever or proper words - I hate ones with 4 instead of A, 1 instead of I etc.

Also, having had personalised plates on my daily-driver for the last 7 years I would not have a personalised plate on my road car again. They draw too much attention and random people say "oi, I saw you at such and such". And it makes you more of a repeat target for road-ragers. When I sell my roadie the plates are going onto the rally car, not my new road car.


Totally agree - harder for people to remember your plate when it's normal as well..

I do wish they'd bring back the old black plates tho.

Best plate i've seen was on a porsche - AVAVOM - when you see it come up behind you it looks wicked in your rearview :twisted:


I seen the same kinda one. Was AVOVOM (you didnt make a typo did you?:P) but this one was on a hiace van... might have been a courier.. spotted it down the southern north island some where :o
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Postby SIKBUZ » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:19 am

MrOizo wrote:
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Cahuna wrote:Personally I prefer plates which are either cryptic but clever or proper words - I hate ones with 4 instead of A, 1 instead of I etc.

Also, having had personalised plates on my daily-driver for the last 7 years I would not have a personalised plate on my road car again. They draw too much attention and random people say "oi, I saw you at such and such". And it makes you more of a repeat target for road-ragers. When I sell my roadie the plates are going onto the rally car, not my new road car.


Totally agree - harder for people to remember your plate when it's normal as well..

I do wish they'd bring back the old black plates tho.

Best plate i've seen was on a porsche - AVAVOM - when you see it come up behind you it looks wicked in your rearview :twisted:


I seen the same kinda one. Was AVOVOM (you didnt make a typo did you?:P) but this one was on a hiace van... might have been a courier.. spotted it down the southern north island some where :o


Whoops.. i did too..

Was up here near Levin on a porsche..
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Postby Adamal » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:26 am

You sure it wasn't TI3VOM That you saw on the Porsche? Cause that was on one.

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Postby rollaholic » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:48 pm

regular customer of ours has W9D969
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Postby B1NZ » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:09 pm

Theres a yellow altezza down here with the plate some of you may appreciate: OMGWTF
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Postby Snoozin » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:32 am

That's sweet. Some dude in Palmy has HAKXOR or something similar.
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Postby SIKBUZ » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:02 pm

Snoozin wrote:That's sweet. Some dude in Palmy has HAKXOR or something similar.


Yup. I know him.. His fiancee got it for him and it means Hacker in hacker language apparently..
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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:18 pm

scope wrote:what about the plate U16YET driving around on a 30 here in chch? :lol:


that is awesome, dad has 1 PCP 1, had to have the ones on either side of his initials though because it's angel dust
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