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Private Number Plates Popular at the Golf Club

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

You would be amazed at just how popular private number plates are among golfers. It’s the same across the country from St Andrews to Wentworth. Only the other day I was at my club an there was an array of private number plates in the car park.

It’s true to say there were the dateless historical number plates on display as well as a few car registration numbers relating to names. The golf number plates I thought were particularly impressive were ones containing PUT, TEE or 6 OLF. It’s not the first time I have seen golf related private number plates, I have noticed them around for a number of years. I think the best one I have ever seen was a couple of years ago T33 OFF “Tee Off”.

There are plenty of shrewd people that play golf and no doubt they have identified the real investment opportunity private number plates can offer. In the current economical climate, really good investment opportunities are hard to find.

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1500 DVLA Number Plates For Auction

Monday, July 12th, 2010

There will be an auction next month of dvla number plates to be held at the Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon in Warwickshire. Set in around 65 acres of countryside, the centre is one of Warkwickshire’s premier venues, situated next to the Heritage Motor Museum that boasts the worlds finest collection of historic British cars. The three day event will see some 1500 private number plates offered for sale. The DVLA auction is one of six held throughout the year.

The DVLA auction consists of car registration numbers that have previously been unissued. Registrations cannot be purchased prior to the auction. If any registration number fails to meet it’s reserve price then it will remain unsold. In addition to the hammer price there are other associated costs including VAT, auctioneers buyer premium and department of transport fee. These all equate to approximately twenty five percent extra.

Out of all the dvla number plates the star of the show might well be lot 1024 car registration number 8 O. In recent auctions the other “O” series numbers have generated significant attention and substantial prices culminating with 1 O reaching £170,000 plus additional fees in January 2009. 8 O is the only remaining unissued single digit dvla number plate.

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Number Plates Recognition Tougher Rules

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Home Secretary Theresa May has warned that the rules surrounding automatic number plates recognition are to be made more stringent. A move welcomed by campaigners who have argued for restrictions regarding the 4000 strong network of automatic number plates recognition cameras were long overdue.

The ANPR network logs in excess of 10 million vehicles car registration numbers every day. The cameras photograph the front of the vehicle and captures not only the DVLA number plates but also images of the driver and possibly passengers. The images are stored in a database containing 7.6 billion images.

The government are to consider limiting access to the database and will decide how long records should be stored for, currently records are held for two years.

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Advertising on Number Plates

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

The cash strapped state of California is considering a plan to generate revenue from advertising on number plates, or as they say in America ‘License plates’. The proposal would allow rotational digital adverts to be displayed in the position of the number plate. Motorists would be able to select messages to broadcast from advertisers that have payed the state, with incentives going to the motorists.

The state senate have a £12.8 bn. budget deficit and are not surprisingly thinking outside of the box in ways to generate revenue. It is understood they are considering a bill to permit research into the advertising on number plates scheme. A California company has been developing the technology that would digitally display scrolling advertising content across a number plate when a vehicle was stopped at a traffic lights or in a traffic jam. When the vehicle was in transit the display would show the car registration numbers only.

Who knows if these type of number plates will ever see the light of day in California or elsewhere. I would be surprised to see such displays on dvla number plates anytime soon! Over recent years the DVLA have imposed strict rules over what can and can’t be displayed on DVLA number plates. In the United Kingdom, number plates can’t even have the web address of the supplier in place of their name .

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The Process Of Buying DVLA Number Plates

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Would you know what to do if you wanted to get brand new number plates for your car? Not just new plates, but new registration plates – perhaps even personalised DVLA number plates.

The best way to make this happen is to go straight to the internet and find a site that is dedicated to dvla number plates. You will be amazed at how quickly you can find out whether you can buy a specific plate for your car. Just enter the information into the boxes and click on the search button. This will start a search and if the plate you searched for is still available you will find this out on the next screen.

If the plate is not available they will tell you about all the similar DVLA number plates they do still have available to buy. If you look closely you will see a price next to each one, along with a buy now button if you want to go ahead and buy something similar instead.

It can certainly save you time to buy DVLA number plates in this way online. If you find something suitable you can purchase it quickly and get all the relevant information along with it as well.

As you can see, it really couldn’t be easier to search for your ideal number plate. Why not personalise your car and enjoy the novelty of it being relevant to you in some way? There are DVLA number plates available for everyone, no matter whether they have your nickname, initials or any other legend on them.