Cool numberplates !
The Law!
As of some imminent time
the exact date of which I can’t remember it has become law to show the name of
the dealer you bought them off on the bottom of the number plates. If you buy
them from my dad’s shop you’ll have “THOMPSON’S OF MACCLESFIELD LTD” on the
bottom and if you buy them from Halfords you’ll have – well you get the idea. I
don’t know the situation with exactly how official the “dealer” must be……..
Despite what many people
say, and despite compelling arguments I’ve read stating otherwise, I’m now
totally convinced that it is not possible to have legal stick on numberplates. There
are several reasons, but Keith at Thompson’s has actually shown me the official
documents so I do stand corrected about this.
Personally I don’t think
that it will be a problem – that you won’t get stopped – but nevertheless, it
is something else for plod to moan at so I can’t really see the point, as we
stand, unless some new info comes to light!
Mail Keith for any
specific requirements or information you might need!
He’ll sort you out
whatever you’re after and is very clued up about what you can and can’t legally
do, so I do recommend you speak to him before you buy something and risk a
fine!
Some cool
numberplate idea’s for your Caterham 7:
7 CAT – available for
about £13000 + VAT (!)
It is quite a nice idea to
get yourself a nice personalised numberplate for your 7.
I bought V11 UFO for just £400
including transfer and I love it! It refers, as you may or may not have
noticed, to 7 in roman numerals (VII)!
I am soooooo tempted to
print up a “dodgy” numberplate (see our family business pages for details www.thompsonsltd.co.uk) but I
understand the legal implications of displaying VII UFO instead of V11 UFO! I
don’t want to get “rozzered”!
You could look at the
DVLA’s select registration page at http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/homepage/home.html
and choose yourself a nice number! I think some decent ones would be:
V11 (then your initials)
Or
K7 (as in K series then your initials)
Or
C7 (as in Caterham 7 then your initials)
Or
K18 (as in K series 1.8 then your initials)
Or what about
R500 (then your initials!)
Even
K190 (as in 190bhp for SLR cars?)
This page might be a bit
obvious but I spent ages thinking about numberplates and decided that whilst
I’d love 7CAT or 7SLR or something, I needed something cheaper so instead
searched about for an interesting plate at a realistic price.
Remember that most of
these “brokers” who offer the prefix plates like V11UFO will simply take the
DVLA price and add £150 to it before offering it to you! I’d recommend purchase
only from DVLA unless you find something spectacular you just MUST have. I
noted when I looked that DVLA has virtually no 7 specific A1 or A7 plates,
which I found interesting. Perhaps they’ve sold them all or maybe they have
just sold them to these dealers!