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Irish Number Plates Spy !

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

New advanced technology is to be rolled out across Northern Ireland that tracks irish number plates. The system is a network of cameras that automatically reads the number plate. The £13 million cost to implement the system is being justified in a bid to track smugglers and terrorists as they move throughout the province.

While the rest of the United Kingdom feels the pinch of the new governments spending clampdown, addition funding has been made available for automatically reading irish number plates. The Secretary of State had to request the additional revenue from the treasury who warned that in future funds might not be available for such requests.

The Police believe this will be a helpful tool in the fight against those who try use violence to bring down the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Of course automatic number plates recognition is common place in the UK mainland. It’s a subject can stir emotions there are those who believe the use of this type of technology is an invasion of privacy. Whatever your own view point the fact is irish number plates will also be subject to ANPR, Big Brother is watching !!

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What Do Irish Number Plates Look Like?

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Unless you live in Northern Ireland you may not be aware of what Irish number plates look like. They are different to ordinary UK ones, because the pattern they use is very different.

The DVA (Driver and Vehicle Agency) formerly the DVLNI (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland) is responsible for issuing all Irish number plates. One of the main differences between Irish number plates and those from the UK is that Irish ones are not identifiable by a date. They will still have numbers included in the plate, but they will not reference any particular year.

It is quite easy to tell if you spot some Irish number plates. They will always begin or end with a sequence of two or three letters. There could be anything from one to four numbers. In addition to this you will spot the letters I & Z in an Irish registration. They are allowed on these plates whereas you won’t see them on the dateless UK plates.

The good news is that you don’t have to drive an Irish car in Ireland to have Irish number plates on your car. Provided they are transferred properly they can be used on any car in the UK. In fact a lot of UK drivers like Irish number plates because of the fact they have no year on them. People cannot therefore tell whether the car you are driving is a year old or much older than that.

You can also get Irish plates which can be personalised in nature, so you see there are lots of benefits to having them.

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Buying Cherished Number Plates at Auction

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Following the recent DVLA auction of the cherished number plate “1 OOO” for a whopping £80,000 blasting its £8,000 reserve out of the water, the ‘O’ series looks set to storm the private registration world. The “1 O” plate was the first of the triple O series to be auctioned and with its staggering result, the follow-up auctions of the rest of its OOO family look set to follow soon.

The purchaser of the unique “1 OOO” number plate described his purchase as a valuable investment and believes in the right market it could be worth far more than the £80,000 he found himself coughing up. Other high profit makers included the registrations “1 LFD” and “1 TEO” both costing their buyers a hefty £20,000 each.

The number plate “2 OOO” is set to make its mark at the next auction on Wednesday 24th March 2010 at Manchester United’s football ground, Old Trafford. However, DVLA spokespeople have hinted that the selling of this unique number plate could be shadowed by the elusive sale of the number plate “9 O”. Its fellow family members, “1 O” through to “6 O” have already been sold for considerable amounts.

The potential for private registration numbers to fetch large sums is quite evident here and they can make invaluable investments for many people. However, your very own cherished number plate doesn’t have to cost you a small fortune and can still have exactly the same personal effect as some of the more costly ones. That’s why Platinum Plates offer you the best service in private number plates with a service extending over 10 years from 1998.

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October DVLA Number Plate Auction

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Last week saw the penultimate DVLA number plate auction of the year. The number plate auction was held at Dormy House Hotel, Broadway, Worcestershire. Prior to the auction there was up raw regarding two of the number plates that were entered. The registrations were considered to cause offense to the gay community. As a result the Driver and Vehicle licensing Agency (DVLA) withdrew F4 GOT & D1 KES from the sale.
The two DVLA number plates still appeared in the catalogue for the auction but when the lots came up the auctioneer announced that they are no longer for sale. That said there were nearly 1600 private number plates that were included.
The star of the auction was lot 1068 cherished number plate 5 O, this was the opening lot on Friday, the last day of the sale. The registration number was sold for a staggering £71,000 plus VAT, assignment fees and auctioneers premiums. Proving that even in a less than buoyant economy, DVLA number plates, continue to command premium prices.

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DVLA Auction Countdown

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

There is only a few weeks remaining until the next dvla auction of personalised number plates. The auction is going to take place at the RBS F1 Conference centre in Wantage Oxfordshire. Perspective bidders need to start thinking about how to make their bids, as time to register is running out.

It is not necessary to attend the dvla auction personally to bid for a personalised number plate. There are a variety of ways to submit a bid. The auctioneers can accept telephone bids during the auction subject to available slots. You can also submit a written bid in advance of the dvla auction.

If you can’t attend the auction personally and wish to have a truly independent representation, most personalised number plate dealers offer an auction bidding service. The dealer will represent you and will bid on your behalf. Obviously there is a fee for their DVLA auction bidding service, but when you offset that against travelling time, expenses and possibly having to use your annual leave to attend yourself. The fee is likely to be good value.

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Prefix Personal Number Plates

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

The term prefix when used to describe personal number plates refers to the first alpha character. This Character was originally used as the year identifier for car registration numbers with the first being “A” issued in August 1983. At that time there was just one new registration series issued each year.

The prefix series of car registration numbers are now popular as personal number plates. The prefix personal number plates tend to be more affordable than their dateless registration number forerunners. The availability of unissued prefix number plates is now limited as there are literally hundreds being purchased every day and have been for many years.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA, have recently declared there intention to release some remaining prefix numbers over the next five years. The first of the proposed rollouts is scheduled for October 2010 and will be the extended R prefix range. We will post more information when we have it here.

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DVLA number plates sealed Bid Sale

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The third DVLA number plates sealed bid sale has now concluded and the successful bidders have had the happy news. Although there were several lots unsold, the overall feel of the results is that the popularity of DVLA number plates continues to thrive despite the economic downturn.

The top prices achieved were for lot 995, car registration number YUL 1A, reached £10,110 that was equalled only by Lot 131, 121 CHE £10,110. Other notable lots were 906, UBA 1D sold for £7,000, lot 649, NAG 1K £5200.

The next DVLA number plates sale will be the auction of 1600 car registration numbers which is to be held on the 4th,5th & 6th of August at the RBS Williams Conference Centre, Wantage, Oxfordshire

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What will happen to Private Number Plates CR 7 ?

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

This weeks record breaking transfer deal that sees Cristiano Ronaldo move from Old Trafford to El Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. What will Cristiano do with his much loved CR 7 private number plate. There were lots of rumours about the young Portuguese player buying the quality DVLA number plate from a Troon businessman last year and it is believed Ronaldo paid well into 6 figures for his car registration number.

I wonder will he sell the private number plate, or will he put it on a dvla number plate retention certificate in case he ever returns to blighty? At least we won’t see him at Villa Park this season when Machester United visit!

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Private Number Plate 3 O Sells at DVLA Auction

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Today Friday June 5th lot 1049 went on sale at Wychwood Park, Crewe, Cheshire the reserve price of £8000 was dwarfed by the considerable interest in this private number plate. The auctioneer started the bidding with a book bid of 16,500 the bidding started in £500 blocks but quickly increased to £1000 increments. At the £21,000 mark the auctioneer’s book was out and bid for this prestigious private number plate was in the room where the bidding slowed down a little before a rally between a phone bidder and bidders in the DVLA Auction hall.

In the space of just over 5 minutes lot 1049 had been sold for a whopping £51,000. The successful bidder for this Private Number Plate was in the DVLA Auction hall and had the buyer number of 7374. This is the highest priced number sold the auction so far; however 7 T is still to come later today.

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Cheshire DVLA Number Plate Auction

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

On day two of the current dvla number plate auction at Wychwood Park, Crewe, Cheshire the bidding started with lot 545 that was cherished registration number 79 H the lucky bidder snapped it up for £7,500 plus associated cost’s well above the £2,900 reserve price.

The car registration numbers that caught our eye on the day were these interesting personalised registration number HAP 11E, which will surley bring it’s new owner some joy !! I wonder if it was member of the dental profession that bought FLO 55S for £4,100. This one is bound to be in the car park at a racecourse soon TOP 71P, a bargain at £1,800. The big ticket items for that day were 1 KRG at £12,600 closely followed by 1 GGL, 1 HRJ, 85 L & 67 M but tomorrow todays prices will be over shadowed when 3 O goes on sale watch this space !