Frank,
What you are not mentioning to the American Audience where a personal plate
is $20, is that COM 1C cost that git $75,000 to buy.
Mark
Frank Elson wrote:
> Now here's a really good one.
> Sometimes, by accident, words are thrown up on Brit reg plates. COM 1C,
> f'rinstance is owned by a famous comedian in this country.
> The DVLC (who issue these plates) realised a few years ago that the pages
> and pages of reg plates for sale in newspapers were making a lot of money.
> (It's a complicated procedure to transfer a reg plate from another vehicle
> but it can be done).
> So the DVLC started to sell interesting reg plates. The record used to be
> (may be beaten by now) ANG 1E which some prat bought for his
> girlfriend/wife.
> HOWEVER, and this bit I really like, there are legal requirements to the
> letters on plates and you can be fined for not keeping to them.
> Hence, if the blokes who bought COM 1C and ANG 1E from the effing
> government remember, have plates made up without the spaces COM1C and ANG1E
> the self-same government can have them nicked and fine them.
> Double standards anyone?
>
> not that this stops anyone from doing it of course, most people who can
> afford these plates can afford a fine every month or two!
>
> Best Cheers
>
> Reverend Frank
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