A little bit off the beaten track, but I waited over three years for mine to become available. I decided against going for a car related one, as I never keep my cars for as long as I plan to!
The day S reg private plate's were released by the dvla I was on the phone to buy S11EPS (my surname is Shepherd, have always been known as SHEPS) and with the judicial use of a small fixing bolt cover in between the two ones, I would have my name there for all to see.
Was told by the DVLA that it had been reserved by them for auction, and would not be one of the ?200 specials. My dreams of having the plate were rapidly speeding past my eyes. They couldn't give me the date of when it was to be auctioned, but put me on the mailing list that would inform me of the auctions.
Eventually it came up, and last November I became the owner of a plate I'll keep for good, regardless of what car it goes on. And because it cost ?50 shy of ?2k, I'm glad it took that long to come up - 3 years ago I couldn't have afforded to spend that on a number plate!!!
