Posts tagged with: number plates
Number Plates for Sale
Here at Speedy Reg we have loads of great number plates for sale, but other than the huge choice, why else would you opt to buy your plates from Speedy Reg when there are other companies that offer similar services? Well there are plenty of reasons. Our prices are competitive and we also have a massive array of plates for under £100, as well as plenty of top-end highly desirable plates too of course. Regardless of whether you're buying one of our bargain cheap plates, or a plate costing t
READ MORE →Matching your number plate to your car
We love the idea of a co-ordinated car / personalised number plate combo and so we've come up with some suggestions for you to tie in your car's make or model with a personalised plate. If you're a BMW owner, you've got plenty of brilliant choices, you could have 71 BMW, F6 BMW or BMW 200L. TVR owners also have some super plates to choose from. Some of our favourites are 4 TVR, F2 TVR and F3 TVR. If you drive a Lamborghini you could have 10 LAM, 111 LAM or LAM 30X. Rover drivers can ha
READ MORE →Looking for something different to invest in?
If you're looking for an investment that's also a lot of fun, you really can't go wrong with personalised license plates. They may not be the first thing you think about when you're looking for an investment, but they are definitely worth considering. Personalised plates retain their value well and often increase in value too. Any short plate will be desirable, as will those that clearly represent a desirable word or a common name. You might get lucky and pick up a cheap plate that become
READ MORE →Irish plates might be cheaper than you think
If you've always wanted a personalised number plates but thought it would be too expensive then think again. What you may not know is that you can pick up an Irish number plate for a very low price and it is completely legal to display these plates on any UK vehicle. The process for obtaining an Irish number plate is no more complicated than that for any other plate so you needn't worry about it taking too long or requiring a lot of extra paperwork. You can search for cheap Irish plates
READ MORE →Perfect personalised car number plates
We've been out on the street asking you what you'd love to have on your personalised car number plate if money were no object. Karen Holdsworth said she'd love to have her name on her number plate. Everyone calls her Kaz and she thinks this would make a great plate. We agree and let her know that with a visit to Speedy Reg she could pick up AF03 KAZ for under £200! Tom Grantley said he'd also like his name on a plate, but he'd love a really short plate as he thinks they look the cooles
READ MORE →Be careful when buying your car insurance
Be careful when buying your car insurance over the phone A friend of mine was recently pulled over by the police and told that she was driving without insurance. That was impossible, her car was fully insured, she'd bought the policy herself and she had the documents to prove it. However when she looked at her documents more closely it transpired that the car number plate was wrong. Instead of an N there was an M. An easy mistake to make when giving your details over the phone. As it was deem
READ MORE →Florida banned plates
Florida banned plates - any rhyme or reason? As in the UK any number plate deemed to be in any way offensive in Florida is banned, but a recent list of plates banned and those permitted doesn't seem to show much consistency. BE NAKED was banned but N8KED was allowed. 2BZ2PEE was not allowed, but PB4WEGO was approved. You could have DEAD MAN but not BAD MTHR, and the rather comical options of PMS MOM, 1 OLDFRT, 2HOT4TV and IPASGAS were all disallowed but JUICY 69, FLNG POO, FAT BUTT and XRA
READ MORE →UK car number plates – a potted history
We're so used to number plates on our cars we tend to take them for granted other than when we're looking for a cool personalised number plates. They've been a legal requirement for all vehicles since the passing of the Motor Car Act 1903 which came into effect on New Years Day 1904. With an increase in vehicles on the road around that time, accidents and incidents became more common and a system to identify vehicles was needed, and so the license plate was born and has been in existence eve
READ MORE →Ray Reardon's number plate sold on eBay
Snooker legend Ray Reardon owned the highly desirable 1 PRO number plate for over 30 years and it recently came up for auction on eBay fetching bids of over £60,000. It's not hard to see why it has had so much interest, it's a great plate for any professional and being a short plate, it has that extra appeal. As well as being a fantastic plate in its own right, of course it has an interesting heritage too. Any snooker fan would be proud to display this plate on their own vehicle, as Ray Rear
READ MORE →Dateless Irish plates are big business
Did you know you can have a Northern Ireland plate on your vehicle regardless of whether or not you live in Ireland? Well you can, regardless of the age of your vehicle. These Irish plates are very popular as unlike those issued by the DVLA in Swansea, they don't give away the date of issue and so they're often bought by people who want to disguise the age of their car. Most of the plates are shorter in length than those we're used to in the UK too so they truly have that personalised plate
READ MORE →The UK's Most Expensive Registration Plates
For some people a car registration plate means nothing more than a few numbers and letters that you occasionally need for filling forms out with regards to your car. But for others, it is a sign of status or wealth or a way of personalising your car or motorcycle. UK’s Most Expensive Back in September of last year, Britain's most expensive registration plate, 'X1', was put up for sale with a staggering £1 million asking price. This incredible price tag sits at 43 times the value of the
READ MORE →DVLA Auction top sellers
The DVLA recently auctioned off over 1500 desirable number plates raising a total of £2603800 with an average sale price of £1735-87. The plate that went for the highest price was 18 O. It's no surprise that this went for a whopping £50,000, short plates like this are always highly sought after. Other short plates that sold for high values were 92 M which fetched £12,500, 97 N which went for £10,400 and 99 E which raised £10,100. HU11 CTY also went for a high price of £36,000. A fan of Hu
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