Number Plate

[drisser]

I foresaw having a nice car at some point a couple of years ago and bought DR11SCO so i wont have to worry about that (my surname is Driscoll and was always called Drisco at school !)

Are you sure its not because you like to boogie ? 

The demo that I drove in York was YY13 HMO which the salesman thought was hilarious. Apparently one of the admin girls who was leaving selected it especially for the manager who would be taking the GTI home each day, so that it sounded like "homo" 

Actually my nickname was disco drisco !

[domrees]

There is VW63GTD available on the DVLA site for all you GTD owners out there

[Bill_the_Bear]

There is VW63GTD available on the DVLA site for all you GTD owners out there

Its just a shame you can't get "I" as a character! haha

[dubber36]

I may get a cheap private plate with my initials when the 63 period runs out.

My brother has various personalised plates - one of them cost £28,000 

Why keep wait until the 63 period runs out. Id it so that everyone knows you've got a new car? 

To many £28,000 may seem like an obscene amount of money to spend, but it is a very good investment. Better than money in the bank. Some might say better than in property too.

There is VW63GTD available on the DVLA site for all you GTD owners out there

But what would you do with it when you sell the car? I think that number plates should be personal to you, not the car.

[CraigW]

That link goes to standard plates for which the DVLA charge £400-800.  They aren't "private" like you're thinking.  If you saw one you'd have no idea it was special. I suppose the difference is the dealer has a few numbers but the DVLA can give you anything.

Technically any plate that you have ownership rights to is a private plate even though it may just look like any other standard plate

[dubber36]

There is VW63GTD available on the DVLA site for all you GTD owners out there

Its just a shame you can't get "I" as a character! haha

I'm sure there was a lad on here called Ian that had GT11 ANS

I wonder how much GT16 OLF will be when that comes round?

[JoeGTI]

Are pressed plates road legal? They do look a lot better but can't be arsed with the hassle of getting a fine/points

As long as the colour, reflectivity, font and spacing complies, yes, as far as I am aware they are legal.

Edit:  Just had a browse around at some - to me they look a bit tacky.  Think I'll stick to regular plates just pressed on.

It's funny what one market sees as tacky and others think the opposite. Here in Ireland, lots of dealers fit those plastic / acrylic plates with dealer names printed on, and they are the last word in tacky IMO! Look at all the press releases / official catalogue photos of the GTI - all pressed metal plates (German).

Some dealers here do fit "proper" pressed metal ones though but still adorn them with their own advertising. The law regarding legal fonts / spacing is very fast and loose here though, every dealer seems to interpret it a bit differently. The coppers don't care so long as you really aren't taking the pi$$ with silly italics or german fonts, and even then you'd be unfortunate to get stopped.

First thing I did with my GTI, I whipped off the crappy plastic dealer fitted ones and I fitted pressed metal ones. They look so clean and crisp in comparison.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Your pure white GTI looks sooooo cool, I just had to say it again.

I want mine.

VW!  Y U NO BUILD FASTER?

[JoeGTI]

Your pure white GTI looks sooooo cool, I just had to say it again.

I want mine.

VW!  Y U NO BUILD FASTER?

 
I met up with some friends last night, 2 of them have Candy White MK6's. It was amazing to see the difference between candy and pure. My car looked a lot whiter and crisper, Daz white    The candy looked creamy in comparison.

[Gryzor]

There is VW63GTD available on the DVLA site for all you GTD owners out there

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