Motoring Discussion > One more comment and I am buying a prat plate	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: RattleandSmoke	Replies: 85

New Sun 9 May 10 19:32   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

My new car has a dodgy registration number it spells a sexual act and then sex. I don't want to say exactly what the reg plate it is but it is must only be barely legal. What would you do with such an emberassing plate? I will probably keep it and drive witha viel so nobody can see me but something has got me thinking, is an original number plate transferable? I might be worth some money to a certain type of prat. Reply to this message | Report message       2

New Sun 9 May 10 19:37   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - R.P.

I'm sorry Rattle - see small print of T&Cs Item 31A sub-paragraph c - you must disclose details to a Mod by e-mail ! :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:38   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - BiggerBadderDave

BJ69? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:39   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

I don't want to spell out the plate on a public forum but the car is brand new and from Birmingham so it is not hard to work it out. You are on the right track though, but we are not in the 60's yet! The first half is bad enough but the second half is even worse. If it was on a Mini or some other flash car it may not be so bad, but it is on a Fiat Panda which makes it even worse. Last edited by: RattleandSmoke on Sun 9 May 10 at 19:40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:40   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - bathtub tom

It's probably worth more than the car. Try Greek street (is it still there?). Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:42   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

Edit the car has is under a PCP so I don't think the finance company would let me sell the plate. But if I can live with it and it is transferable it may be worth something. I reckon it may be worth around £1k but I can't see many people being vain enough to want it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:36   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - henry k

>>.... But if I can live with it and it is transferable it may be worth something. >> I reckon it may be worth around £1k >> but I can't see many people being vain enough to want it. >> Stop guessing and phone a few of the number plate selling companies. When I scrapped my Sierra I saved the reg and called the companies. Some said "Not interested" but one major one would either sell it on commision or buy it from me. I sold it to them. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:44   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Skoda

lol i'd look into selling the sha*g** wagon for a profit Rattle, that's got to be worth something to someone! Mine spells GAY when viewed in a rearview mirror :-( Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:48   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Stuu

>>Mine spells GAY when viewed in a rearview mirror :-(<< Atleast people can see you coming ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:54   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - bathtub tom

I thought that was why, erm, people of an itinerant nature (OK mods?) had crystal balls. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 19:58   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

I am just hoping it is just my silly young(ish) friends and that once I get it nobody will notice :). I just find it quite mausing as I never have any luck with cars, and now I have got worst possible plate I could imagine. I just hope I do get the car tomorrow and the dealer dosn't mess me about. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:17   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - bathtub tom

It could be worse, I only had this hire car for a week: tinyurl.com/29t99v7 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:18   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - MD

We need to know. Might be able to help young 'un. MD Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:19   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - MD

AND the dealer should have told you of the Reg No. prior etc. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:21   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

Prior to what? I havn't got the car yet, but he told the reg number as soon as it was registered. I do wonder if it is some sort of Brummy joke to get back at a manc though! Does the person registering the car or is it just what ever the next sequence is from that local DVLA office? Last edited by: RattleandSmoke on Sun 9 May 10 at 20:22 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:24   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - MD

When we bought the Colt we were offered a list to choose from. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:27   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

I wonder if FIAT do things differently? I suspect it may be a bit of a joke on the dealers behalf though :( Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:27   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - -

When the hilux was registered we were offered the choice of about a dozen plates, none of any humour...pity swmbo would have enjoyed that. Unless it's particularly Julian Clary type of term it could be quite an ice breaker with the young maidens Rattie, enjoy it for the laugh factor. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 20:31   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

Well it is more likely to appeal to the Julian Clary type and I am currently trying to jokingly flog it to my gay cousin (hope he sees the funny side) but the reg works which every way err you know what I mean :). I can't work out if my parents know what it means or not eithere way I used the police alphabet when I told it them! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 21:04   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - VxFan

Wonder how many people who bought cars in Northampton are driving round in 08 registered cars with the first two letters being KN? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 21:11   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

I think that would be even worse than mine! BO08 would be another one too, not sure if the BO is combin ation is allowed though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:47   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - John H

>> BO08 would be another one too, not sure if the BO is combin ation is >> allowed though. >> most of the rude BO10 combinations have been sold. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 21:12   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Lygonos

Remember back around 1997 P-reg, pretty much every 2nd Volvo had the last 3 letters "FUD" in their numberplates. Snigger. **EDIT** - Just checked a couple on ASKMID - P236FUD and P237FUD (randomly chosen by me) both Volvos. Better not check any more lest the Data Protection chaps come knocking :-) Last edited by: Lygonos on Sun 9 May 10 at 21:15 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 21:17   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - R.P.

There's a couple of P~~~FUDs aroun here as well, blue Volvos. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 21:28   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Avant

UD was Oxfordshire. Maybe Thames Valley Police had a fleet of Volvos in those days (1996). It's not BF is it Rattle? When the letters were first allocated, someone was too polite to issue BF, OO and WC, but they relented in the early 1960s when the letters were running out. I think BF went to Staffordshire and OO and WC to Essex. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:08   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Runfer D'Hills

Don't think I understand. What's a BF or an OO ? Last edited by: Humph D'bout on Sun 9 May 10 at 22:13 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:22   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - R.P.

Humph - If you really need to ask..........! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:25   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - J500ANT

IIRC you can get another normal number from DVLA for £25. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:25   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Runfer D'Hills

I do though, I must have led a sheltered life. I may well have experienced one or both or neither without knowing it of course. Just have to remain a mystery it would seem. Probably for the best. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:38   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Bagpuss

You're not alone Humph. I guess I'm getting old, or just lived outside the UK too long. I even tried Google. For OO I got Object Oriented programming. For BF I got a Messerschmitt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:39   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Runfer D'Hills

Come to think of it, I had a car which had a plate ending BBF. Would that have caused a snigger behind the bike sheds then ? Just curious... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 22:45   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - John H

>> Come to think of it, I had a car which had a plate ending BBF. >> Would that have caused a snigger behind the bike sheds then ? Just curious... >> Just as BBD is to bigbaddave, bbf is to the TV cook Cradock. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 23:13   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Harleyman

I always fancied a Ford Cortina which sported the registration OBO110X! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 9 May 10 23:59   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - VxFan

The last 3 letters of my Mk2 Cavalier were VWE. I thought I had a smutty mind, but I haven't yet worked out what Rattle's number plate means. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 07:01   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - L'escargot

Wear your new badge plate with pride. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 07:29   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Herr Sandwichmann

I wouldn't worry too much Rattle. You'll get a few comments to start with but the plate will become a term of endearment. Just enjoy the new car! If you really can't live with it, do as has been suggested and find out how much it's worth. You never know, you might be offered a few K and then you can buy another motor... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 08:12   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Cliff Pope

I thought they pruned out combinations like that and didn't issue them? Or is the DVLA vetting team composed of vicars and maiden aunts? Last edited by: Cliff Pope on Mon 10 May 10 at 08:13 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 08:54   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - WillDeBeest

OBO 110X is now on a black (pardon the superfluous adjective) Range Rover Sport that I see from time to time on the M40. There are lots of BO plates in my part of the Midlands, and a BF in our garage. As far as I know, it's never raised a hint of a snigger, or even been noticed at all. As for impressing the young ladies with Rattle's plate, if Mrs dB is typical, they won't even notice it's there. Sorry. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 09:15   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Runfer D'Hills

www.regtransfers.co.uk/main/secureordering/orderregmark.asp?web=1&searchtype=evpage2&searchpage=easyview®no=Y500%20RAT&plateid=0®price=440&index=1&st= Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 09:28   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Fenlander

>>>One more comment and I am buying a prat plate. It rather seems they've issued you a prat plate and you need a non-dating one :-) Perhaps it is a wind up by the dealer... maybe they've been reading this forum?? Remember Ling said she'd never lease you a car after she'd seen your posts. I can't imagine what it reads... we will have to be told eventually. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 10:30   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Old Sock

I think you do need to 'get real' R&S. Do you really think the dealer gives a monkey's where you're from? If the plate is so amazingly titillating, do you think the dealer would just give it away instead of profiting from it on the transfer market? Last edited by: Old Sock on Mon 10 May 10 at 10:32 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 09:23   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - L'escargot

"One more comment and I am buying a prat plate." If the cap fits ............ ! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 09:05   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - R.P.

Rattie, Why don't you (for 80 quid) transfer the plate over from the Fiesta onto the Fiat - may not be a "special" plate but it'll disguise the Brumie joke thing. Last edited by: Pugugly on Mon 10 May 10 at 10:21 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 10:48   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

Because it is my dads car :) It is going to be kept on the road until at least the MOT expires. As for the joke if I was a manc car dealer in a silly mood and I was selling a car to a brummy I may be inclined to do a bit of a joke. You see I haven't even met the sales person in person. I am picking up from a local dealer this afternoon. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 20:09   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - R.P.

The Fiesta will be allocated an age related plate and can stay on the road. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 10:51   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - idle_chatterer

IIRC Leicestershire used to issue "AY" prefixes, there were definitely GAY xxxN registrations running around, I think that due to the increased usage of the term to describe sexuality rather than being happy that they didn't issue the prefix again after what would have been 1974 or 5. As to the reg on the Fiat - wear it with pride, it'll be a talking point ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 13:31   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Ted

BUM wasn't issued...or GOD, with the old style numbers. Things may have changed now. I recall the Yorkshirr Police, many years ago, refusing a batch of Pandas 'cos they were all MUG***?....They were all re-plated. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 13:59   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Runfer D'Hills

Just as an aside, I was beginning to wonder what exactly anyone would do in reaction to a "funny" or odd reg number ? Rush up to you at the next set of lights, leap out of their car, knock on your window to get your attention and shout "you know your number plate almost spells a rude body part or has the initial letters of two rude words in it, pfnarr pfnarr ! " ??? Or maybe not eh ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 14:16   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - FotheringtonTomas

I don't understand what Rattle's number plate might spell. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 14:22   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - L'escargot

I think he's just attention-seeking and it's time we called his bluff. RattleandSmoke, if you won't tell us what the plate says, how can you expect us to believe you? Last edited by: L'escargot on Mon 10 May 10 at 14:26 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 16:26   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - bathtub tom

>>I think he's just attention-seeking and it's time we called his bluff. Isn't he picking it up today? He'll be far too worried about a stray speck of dust scratching the paint. :>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 16:29   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - CGNorwich

Any suggestions for Rattle's next crisis? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:12   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - FotheringtonTomas

He's going to bash it into something. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:21   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Armel Coussine

>> He's going to bash it into something. Pay no attention Rattolandroll, don't buy bad karma from this man... Bashing it into something is a risk we all run and many of us have done it. But others lead charmed lives (even people who do a few miles from time to time)... :o} And by the way, why does BJ10*** denote a sexual act? Surely it isn't I who have led a sheltered life? I am baffled nevertheless. Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Mon 10 May 10 at 17:23 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:26   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - RattleandSmoke

Of course that is my biggest worry, but I have fully comp, GAP etc and I shall be trying very careful. I won't take any risks like driving while tired etc. B = BLOW and you can guess what the J stands for. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:28   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Armel Coussine

Ah, oh, right... never seen it referred to by its initials, the people I associate with generally calling a spade a spade as they do... Dumb of me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:41   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - FotheringtonTomas

So BJ10 makes people think of a "blow job"? Crumbs, they must have vivid and possibly over-developed imaginations. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 21:19   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Tooslow

Yup, I'm with you FT. Have you noticed how some people seem to think that their number plate means... (and then you get a long explanation of what it means)? Hmm, only if you squint and take your brain out though. JH Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 10:14   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Pat

Well FT, I'm with you on this one and I thought I was a woman of the world with my lorry driving background. It's bugged me for the last 2 days and re-reading the thread from the top Rattle also says it spells SEX. I really can't work out what BJ SEX is, am I missing something here? Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 10:18   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Focusless

>> I really can't work out what BJ SEX is, am I missing something here? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ (it's not Bubble Jet) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 10:22   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Pat

Well, I thought the word SEX wasn't allowed on number plates so it can't be that. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 10:20   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - VxFan

>> I really can't work out what BJ SEX is, am I missing something here? Well it'll be a 10 plate, and someone else previously posted what the BJ acronym stands for. Lets try and put it into layman's terms. A sexual act performed for a period of time (10 secs in this particular case) Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 13 May 10 at 10:20 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 11:27   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - FotheringtonTomas

>> A sexual act performed for a period of time (10 secs in this particular case) I still don't understand. If it needs this much explanation, it's probably not worth the effort. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 12:33   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Pat

((blushing)) If I've read that right I can see that some embarrassment could be caused by the supposed lack of staying power! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 14:23   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - FotheringtonTomas

You'd first have to associate "BJ" with that action. Then it would be difficult to sort out the other letters - they're not "SEX", so it must be some other convoluted string. ICNBA, really. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 14:25   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Mapmaker

I quite like G2POT which sits on a small hairdresser-type motor around where I work. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:25   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Ted

Caramel....I think it's like ' blow football ' but not ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 17:27   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - borasport

I occasionally see POC 5 Y on a yellow Audi - what's that all about ? - is says 'POXY' to me :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 19:49   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Avant

I think Rattle is saying his number-plate sucks.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 19:59   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - ....

Rattle are you going to change your alias to the Bear ? When I was growing up there was an American TV series BJ and the Bear about a trucker and a chimpanzee, travelling across the US. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 21:29   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - VxFan

Thank you gmac. I can't get the annoying tune from that series out of my head now. (so I'll share it with the rest of you - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AsqKQptTdQ ) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 21:39   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - -

Thanks for sharing that, now you can have one that haunts me from my childhood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvbqPUMoKg and this gemwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ig3GcDBjQN4&feature=related Last edited by: gordonbennet on Mon 10 May 10 at 21:40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 22:48   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - bathtub tom

If i get this in my head, it takes days to get rid of it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNcx59q05_I&feature=PlayList&p=1CC6C57C165BE17A&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=41 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 22:59   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Zero

Ok you all asked for it www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mehbMnHWac&feature=related Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 23:24   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Ted

No, you asked for it first ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KwbcEUrxKM www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxYC350nqRM Ted Last edited by: silence of the cams on Mon 10 May 10 at 23:28 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 23:42   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Ted

....and this one really stays in yer brain ! Bit of thread creep here, I discern. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0 Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 10 May 10 23:32   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Armel Coussine

I tried yours Zero. I can tell you that that didn't work at all well with the Vodaphone dongle. I wasn't very surprised, but started to worry about the amount of stuff being downloaded. There's a 3 gigabyte or thereabouts limit for the monthly line rent. The thing is for text only really, like this for example. Must stick to text in future and leave silly pix and minstrel carp for broadband. Actually wire is better than wireless too, one of those blue jobs with special plugs, Ethernet I think. That works best. But all this internet stuff is a bit iffy compared to steam engines and even the better class of carburettor innit? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 07:04   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - L'escargot

>> .......... Vodaphone dongle. Don't mention dongle in this thread. RattleandSmoke will be saying it has sexual connotations! ;-) Last edited by: L'escargot on Tue 11 May 10 at 07:05 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 00:31   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - VxFan

>> Ok you all asked for it I actually like that one. And Sally Field was quite a looker in her day. Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 11 May 10 at 00:32 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 00:36   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Lygonos

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUeVAkzEas Do I win a cookie ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 04:43   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Pat

Happy days:) Z! What a pleasant way to wake up. Pat Last edited by: pda on Tue 11 May 10 at 04:44 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 08:57   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - ....

>> Ok you all asked for it >> >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mehbMnHWac&feature=related >> Unfortunately, or should that be fortunately ? "This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment. It is no longer available in your country." Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 09:12   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Zero

what country are you in? Its ok in my country. I just tried it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 10:43   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - ....

Germany. Sony and BMG are one company and BMG (being a German co.) don't like people not paying. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 11 May 10 08:54   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - ....

>>Thank you gmac. I can't get the annoying tune from that series out of my head now. >>(so I'll share it with the rest of you - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AsqKQptTdQ ) I was kind enough not to post the link :) Has the tune stopped ringing around your head yet ? Last edited by: gmac on Tue 11 May 10 at 08:54 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 13 May 10 12:01   One more comment and I am buying a prat plate - Victorbox

One young lady around here thought her nice yellow new beetle looked cool with a combination of S L U T in the registration! Reply to this message | Report message