stupid personalised number plate

ben@work

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Jul 17, 2001, 9:37:35 PM7/17/01

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Saw this on a black VR commodore.

BLKCAR.

I'm read it as "black car" but the owner probably thinks it reads as something
else.

Another crap one on a black XRsomething AU Falcon:
FULISH (I think that reads "foolish" which is pretty foolish if you
ask me).

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Scott

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Jul 17, 2001, 10:06:08 PM7/17/01

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I saw a black Pulsar SSS with the plate BLK-555 ...

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Derek Pattison

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:09:00 AM7/18/01

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> Saw this on a black VR commodore.
>
> BLKCAR.
>

yeh saw that one today, near monash caulfield campus. (im doin 1st yr
engineering there)

it was actually quite dirty and dusty that it was prolly closer to BRNCAR
than BLKCAR :P

Cheers,
Derek

Secoh

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:13:42 AM7/18/01

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Saw a Cordia - FULSIK...
LMAO

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Joey

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:11:24 AM7/18/01

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well what are good number plates then?

and if you would get personlised number plates, what would you get?

personally i have no idea what i'd get if i could, but my friends all have
diff opinions on whats good and whats not ....

j

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B2

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:20:50 AM7/18/01

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in the paper they had a little snippet about a pair of plates:
BAABAA

they were on a black jeep :)

everyone will pay me out about mine: 31EET
(in QLD its $2000 for all letters)
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The Gardners

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:27:04 AM7/18/01

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Well, stupid or not I'd like "Groovy" on the Midget but they've found a nice
home already with a fine looking blonde driving an E55 Merc!

DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!

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El Oso de la Barba Roja

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:27:24 AM7/18/01

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Joey wrote:

> well what are good number plates then?
>
> and if you would get personlised number plates, what would you get?
>
> personally i have no idea what i'd get if i could, but my friends all have
> diff opinions on whats good and whats not ....

The sitch is different in Seppoland. It varies state to state, but the
cost for personalised plates is generally quite low. Here in Michigan, it
runs $25 extra -- that is a one-time fee when you buy the plates. This is
a one-plate (rear-only) state, and for an additional $5.00 you can get an
extra ("front") plate to hang on the wall of your favourite bar or on the
ceiling next to the mirrors above your bed or whatever.

I had a very fast turbo Dodge. It had a regular plate, but if I hadn't
sold it I'd've put "ADODGIO" on it.

My '91 ex-police Caprice was UH BEAR, and the new owner put PULLOVR on it.
My '92 Chrysler is EH BEAR.

DS

Ronnie

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:51:54 AM7/18/01

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I saw a new Statesman with 'ATOYOT' I didnt get it until i saw it in the
rear vision mirror, I still didnt get it then because it was on a Holden
Statesman....go figure.

Ronnie

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The Gardners

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Jul 18, 2001, 1:12:21 AM7/18/01

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Wasn't driven by Greg Norman was it?

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Kelly

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Jul 18, 2001, 1:24:22 AM7/18/01

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Here's one for you, I was at a secluded restaurant a few years ago and who
should pop up but Michael Chamberlain, I was quite suprised by his number
plate "FORENSIC"
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M@W8

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Jul 18, 2001, 1:34:29 AM7/18/01

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"ben@work" <b...@unico.com.au> wrote in message
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> Saw this on a black VR commodore.
>
> BLKCAR.
>
> I'm read it as "black car" but the owner probably thinks it reads as
something
> else.
>
> Another crap one on a black XRsomething AU Falcon:
> FULISH (I think that reads "foolish" which is pretty foolish if you
> ask me).

There's a blue VT S getting around Croydon with MRDUDE
And a friend of mine has a Black Jaguar XJ6 with BLKJAG
Oh, and I recently saw an Excel with SHWETA (yes there was a girl driving)

Wazza

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:18:55 AM7/18/01

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LMAO!!!

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Harry

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:29:27 AM7/18/01

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good plates ive seen

HILINE on a bmw hiline(obviously)
YLD 142 on an mx5
more recently ZMZ 00M on a yellow SP mazda
YALABY
funniest one... 2SSSHY on a SSS pulsar
just off the top of my head those ones were

harry

Steve Magee

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Jul 18, 2001, 3:17:50 AM7/18/01

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One that made me smile was "4DSSUK". It was on a HSV car, of course.

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:34:29 +1000, "M@W8" <matt@i_dont_want_spam.com>
wrote:

Tim Schier

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Jul 18, 2001, 4:10:45 AM7/18/01

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"ben@work" wrote:

> Saw this on a black VR commodore.
>
> BLKCAR.
>
> I'm read it as "black car" but the owner probably thinks it reads as something
> else.
>
> Another crap one on a black XRsomething AU Falcon:
> FULISH (I think that reads "foolish" which is pretty foolish if you
> ask me).

Then there's the guy who had 3MTA3 for a coupla years before the Dept Transport
realised what it read in the rear vision mirror and took it off him.

Tim

Tommy in Oz

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Jul 18, 2001, 4:57:06 AM7/18/01

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I saw this one a few months ago -

BIN-010

It didn't click at first, it took me a few seconds to get it.

George B

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Jul 18, 2001, 4:53:53 AM7/18/01

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b-in lo?
as in being low?
wtf is it?

Tommy in Oz wrote in message ...

Hyena

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Jul 18, 2001, 4:54:49 AM7/18/01

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bin as in binary ?

Must have been the worlds biggest nerd to have those plates though!

personally I think all those plates like 2NVME and so on are pretty ghey.
Reflects the typical mentality of the drivers I suppose.

Damn, some bastard has already got [HYENA] :-)

The Red Krawler

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Jul 18, 2001, 5:30:48 AM7/18/01

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> b-in lo?
> as in being low?

You really are a stupid ricer arent you george?

Tommy in Oz

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Jul 18, 2001, 5:55:51 AM7/18/01

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> bin as in binary ?

Yep, BIN=binary, 010=2

> Must have been the worlds biggest nerd to have those plates though!

Yep!

> personally I think all those plates like 2NVME and so on are pretty ghey.
> Reflects the typical mentality of the drivers I suppose.

How about 2HOT4U? You like that one?

TOm.

Hyena

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Jul 18, 2001, 6:21:46 AM7/18/01

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> > personally I think all those plates like 2NVME and so on are pretty
ghey.
> > Reflects the typical mentality of the drivers I suppose.
>
> How about 2HOT4U? You like that one?

LEB.04U, LEB.69U, SICKM8. 4MYEGO, take ur slow arse VT and ur wounded ego
and piss off home :-)

I saw a dude in an nice EH holden the other day with teh plate EHH.OON. I'll
pay that one :-)

Waughy

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Jul 18, 2001, 7:30:38 AM7/18/01

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I've seen the likes of:
MR4CYL
1XL2NV
MRSWFT
and the list of shit goes on, all 4 cyl riced up, too much money spent on
them, blah blah blah

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Stan Marsh

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Jul 18, 2001, 7:38:53 AM7/18/01

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Theres a NSW or VIC old 'rolla with that plate too!
Pete

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Secoh

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:00:41 AM7/18/01

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Here in Oz, it costs $350 a year to have a full personalised plate (NSW
anyway)

Secoh

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Zenith

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:09:58 AM7/18/01

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I've always liked 6UL-DV8

:)

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Secoh

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Seen FCC00L on a shmik FC holden in Newie
And there used to be a HZ Kingswood getting around the beaches with the
plates NOTTHE, for those that remember Ted Bullpitt....

Theres MRBEAN and MRSBEAN both on Minis too...

Kieren

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> in the paper they had a little snippet about a pair of plates:
> BAABAA
>
> they were on a black jeep :)
>
> everyone will pay me out about mine: 31EET
> (in QLD its $2000 for all letters)
> --

WTF does that mean????

Wazza

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:52:40 AM7/18/01

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I was gonna get that one!!! Only bloody went last year sometime :(

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Wazza

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:58:21 AM7/18/01

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Theres a poofy yellow ford crapi (or is that capri) in campbelltown with the
plates ATOY42 (2 seater obviously), uh, you NEVER see anyone but him in the
car :D:D:D

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BoganMan

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:33:20 AM7/18/01

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> everyone will pay me out about mine: 31EET
> (in QLD its $2000 for all letters)

is that on some black sporty-lookin thing? i saw you, or something similar, at
the lights at broadwater mcdonalds several months ago.

BoganMan

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:38:27 AM7/18/01

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stock or sleeper commodore in my town with G0-0000

Wazza

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:54:47 AM7/18/01

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should really be 31337 but he wasnt smart enough :)
If im right it means elite in net speak, friggin geeks :)

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Heath Young

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Jul 18, 2001, 6:50:49 PM7/18/01

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Seen it around newcastle sometimes on my way to work - bluegum road towards the
university...

Cheers
Heath Young
The University Of Newcastle

Heath Young

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Jul 18, 2001, 6:52:44 PM7/18/01

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Why would you envy an excel?

B2

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:16:53 PM7/18/01

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yer its a dark green MR2, looks black tho, esp at night

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B2

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Jul 18, 2001, 8:17:43 PM7/18/01

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on the plates the 1 looks like an l cause it doesnt have the bits hangin off
the top and bottom, but even after reading leet, most people cant work their
way around to turning the 3 around to an E, unless they are a net geek :)

I shoulda got 31ITE(or ELI73), but it ends up looking like 3IITE. I wanted
to get some sort of MR2 type plate, but they are all pretty much gone. The
NSW ppl have it lucky that they can have all letters for a low price.

I'm gunna get rid of it soon as I can find a good replacement.

ben@work

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:22:09 PM7/18/01

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Joey wrote:
>
> well what are good number plates then?
>
> and if you would get personlised number plates, what would you get?

If I had a BMW I might like a BMW number plate, so I have nothing against
number plates that refer to the model of the car or the make of the car, but
just the colour seems a bit pointless.

I'm not a fan of clever acronyms.

M@W8

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:24:43 PM7/18/01

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One of the best plates I've seen was on a blue HQ Ute...

HQLDEN

M@W8

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:26:04 PM7/18/01

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No it means.
Step 1) buy the Excel
Step 2) Envy everything else

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> Why would you envy an excel?
>
> Waughy wrote:
>
> > I've seen the likes of:

> > 1XL2NV

gtvolv

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> I've seen the likes of:
> MR4CYL
> 1XL2NV

I don't think there is 1XL2NV in existence!!

BoganMan

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> If I had a BMW I might like a BMW number plate

i have a friend called Phil, born in 1981, with a BMW

BMW-81P

2Young

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Jul 19, 2001, 2:02:41 AM7/19/01

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Saw one today , HSV00N , someone tell me what that means. Oh yeah it was on
a commondore.

"ben@work" <b...@unico.com.au> wrote in message
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> Saw this on a black VR commodore.
>
> BLKCAR.
>
> I'm read it as "black car" but the owner probably thinks it reads as
something
> else.
>
> Another crap one on a black XRsomething AU Falcon:
> FULISH (I think that reads "foolish" which is pretty foolish if you
> ask me).
>

Neil Fisher

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:37:35 +1000, "ben@work" <b...@unico.com.au>,
after considering some belly-button fluf, wrote:

One around the corner from work...

HIDOOD

On an NX (I think). Female driver (blond, actually!)

Neil

>Saw this on a black VR commodore.
>
>BLKCAR.
>
>I'm read it as "black car" but the owner probably thinks it reads as something
>else.
>
>Another crap one on a black XRsomething AU Falcon:
>FULISH (I think that reads "foolish" which is pretty foolish if you
>ask me).
>
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>## 2000 Astra CD auto & 1990 Nissan Pulsar GL manual
>##
>## ICQ: 107385484

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:37:35 +1000, "ben@work" <b...@unico.com.au>,
after considering some belly-button fluf, wrote:

About 10 years ago I seen a yellow Rolls Royce Conv. with
UPU-002.

Bob

Wazza

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> on the plates the 1 looks like an l cause it doesnt have the bits hangin
off
> the top and bottom, but even after reading leet, most people cant work
their
> way around to turning the 3 around to an E, unless they are a net geek :)
>
> I shoulda got 31ITE(or ELI73), but it ends up looking like 3IITE. I wanted
> to get some sort of MR2 type plate, but they are all pretty much gone. The
> NSW ppl have it lucky that they can have all letters for a low price.

WHAT???? In NSW its somewhere around $300 a year for all letters, i think
in vic or tassie it is you pay a 1 off thing but it sure as hell aint nsw!

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Wazza

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Jul 19, 2001, 3:02:57 AM7/19/01

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At a guess it would probably mean HSV Hoon, but i bet it wasnt even on a hsv
:)

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Roger Smith

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Jul 19, 2001, 3:22:35 AM7/19/01

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SINGAL

for a sexy chick driving it'd be great

Rodge

sc

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Jul 19, 2001, 5:26:36 AM7/19/01

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There are some mercs near me with number plates GURAQT and GURAQT2

Took me ages to work it out...... Gee You Are A Cutie

Lisa Godden

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Saw
4TEEZN on a laser tx3 today
I'm not sure who he thinks he's teasing..
-Lise.

B2

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Jul 19, 2001, 5:59:00 AM7/19/01

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well at least the initial cost is only $300 then if u dont want it the next
year, you dont pay. the other advantage is that theres more chance that
'good' ones will come back on the market.

In QLD its over $2000 (one off) no ifs, no buts for all letters, so most ppl
cant afford $2k+ for plates so you have to get imaginative with
letters'n'numbers.

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building progress by weight." - Bill Gates.

> > NSW ppl have it lucky that they can have all letters for a low price.

Tim Schier

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Saw one at a servo this very afternoon. Young chickie in a new MX 5 with GOGIRL

Tim

BoganMan

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Jul 19, 2001, 7:16:56 AM7/19/01

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one of my high school teachers had UFO-### (cant remember the numbers) on a
little pointy-nose british sports car that did look like a UFO

BoganMan

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Jul 19, 2001, 9:38:27 AM7/19/01

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this just appeared on alt.autos.bmw

"KOF3 51P" on '76 Midget for Ł2,000. Anyone interested?

its meant to be "coffee sip"

Stan Marsh

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Jul 19, 2001, 9:39:54 AM7/19/01

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MOFO on a VL commodore . . .
Pete

Wazza

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Jul 19, 2001, 11:29:57 AM7/19/01

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Sh!t $2000 is a bit OTT, but most of the good plates in NSW are snapped up
and sold on and on, people try for the good ones and then charge bloody
heaps.
EG the plate "8" sold for around $500,000 recently i heard!!!

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George B

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Jul 19, 2001, 11:38:52 AM7/19/01

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he used to have the number plate AROUSE...thats worse!
i was with my mate in his jeep once and we were going to start paying him
out until
my mate looked down and saw a pistol on his lap...
we thought we'd keep our traps shut :)

Wazza wrote in message <3b55...@occy.pnc.com.au>...
>Theres a poofy yellow ford crapi (or is that capri) in campbelltown with
the
>plates ATOY42 (2 seater obviously), uh, you NEVER see anyone but him in the
>car :D:D:D
>

George B

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Jul 19, 2001, 11:41:09 AM7/19/01

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a mate suggested i get the plate 4TEASN
i dont get the point of it tho :)

Lisa Godden wrote in message <3B56B112...@ihug.com.au>...

George B

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Jul 19, 2001, 11:42:31 AM7/19/01

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in nsw its on a green wrx

Stan Marsh > wrote in message
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>Theres a NSW or VIC old 'rolla with that plate too!
>Pete
>

George B

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Jul 19, 2001, 11:43:21 AM7/19/01

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its $371 now according to the bastard at the rta yesterday

Secoh wrote in message
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>Here in Oz, it costs $350 a year to have a full personalised plate (NSW
>anyway)
>
>Secoh

The Red Krawler

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Jul 20, 2001, 3:02:48 AM7/20/01

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> its $371 now according to the bastard at the rta yesterday

Damn, gonna have to save up a bit more before we get "FULSIK" eh?

Secoh

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Jul 20, 2001, 4:47:46 AM7/20/01

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Not last week it wasnt, it was on a white cordia at beecroft, riced to the
max...

Secoh

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Stan Marsh

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Jul 20, 2001, 10:53:32 AM7/20/01

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I live on the border of NSW/Vic and I'm a little hazy, but it was a slim vic
plate.
Pete

Wight

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How about NVMYXL, some wankers got that on their plate around here.

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