Bonus Episode: We discuss new registrations, personal number plates, novelty fonts and more!

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[00:00:48] Which would be a first? Yeah, indeed, yeah, that's probably a market and put it on TikTok, I'm sure you do very well

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[00:01:03] What we've got today, we've got a bit of a bonus episode, some outtake stuff, obviously when we record episodes with people

[00:01:10] We often do a wrap up with sometimes get caught up with the tangent and stuff like that don't we?

[00:01:14] Yeah, so we've got some stuff all about some new registrations and number plates and the like

[00:01:20] Indeed, yeah, it's a bit of a dying art, isn't it I think?

[00:01:24] Like the whole number plate business, but back in the day it was very much a quite a momentous occasion

[00:01:30] Wasn't it if you were sort of into cars? Yeah, I think so I think yeah there was there was a bit more reason for it

[00:01:36] It was once a year, we kind of go into

[00:01:39] It's now a little bit more frequent, I guess now it's more the case isn't it that there's car owners that we'll get a new one every time

[00:01:47] An update is released a bit like updating your phone isn't it really nice, I'll stop date the software

[00:01:52] Yeah, yeah, if you've had that many then I guess you've become a little bit blas-8 to it

[00:01:57] If you are getting a new one every three years or not then the registrations are nearly as recognizable

[00:02:03] Beacakes are like to weather or not it's the new style

[00:02:05] That's a bit of a good point actually, because the letter you spit the front in our sort of era

[00:02:12] Yeah, there's a bit more notes suppose, isn't it?

[00:02:14] Because it's better than the middle as a number of these days

[00:02:17] It's kind of you don't really look for it as much, really, you're suppose

[00:02:20] Yeah, you've got to be Alan Churring, isn't it? You have to be able to read a number of late kind of crack one of those that

[00:02:27] Yeah, is it kind of a 50 or 60 or 70 that clearly when they set out to do this they didn't think it through

[00:02:33] Oh yeah, 50s would be good halfway through the year whatever 50

[00:02:37] You've already shot yourself in the foot, you've run out of half the numbers

[00:02:40] A small meeting room with our friends in Swansea, I'd imagine

[00:02:44] Oh yeah, that's right. It has got the sort of fear of an idea that was written down the back of a beer, isn't it?

[00:02:49] Friday lunch or something like that

[00:02:51] You can imagine, can't you DVF DVLA kind of when was it they changed the way?

[00:02:57] 2001 something like that that was obviously sort of the follow on from the millennium bug

[00:03:02] Where everyone was kind of worried that the world was going to end in the year 2000

[00:03:06] Yeah, DVLA probably had a bit of a thought that they were getting a little bit closer to the end of the alphabet

[00:03:11] Some of them all you ever thought about a zedred, and I'm not now done this anymore. We've got this boys

[00:03:16] How about I'll have 51

[00:03:21] Yeah, no it's

[00:03:26] Actually what's even crazier and I don't know why we still do it. Why did they do two registrations a year? What's the point?

[00:03:33] Yeah, but I think there was there was possibly that whole kind of austerity thing where we were trying to push

[00:03:38] Production and get people responsible money and all the rest of it, but there is not absolutely no need to have two registrations a year

[00:03:46] So actually all you're doing is using up your possible combinations of letters twice as fast

[00:03:52] Of surprise it won't just go to lack of a barcode or a QR code gun that be easy for the camera

[00:04:00] So it's a quick exact. I guess so yeah, I suppose if you had a yeah, and you'd be cure code on your

[00:04:07] That's supposed to be regular Bobby on the beat traffic pop

[00:04:11] Yeah, look out for a white BMW. It's coming your way. It's registration is

[00:04:17] Short

[00:04:18] I think by go yeah, it comes off as a toffee crisp

[00:04:23] Then yeah, keep an eye out for this is now at door 10

[00:04:27] Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, it's not going to work is it?

[00:04:30] I'm not sure can we have a check on this

[00:04:33] It's a good idea in principle for them. Yeah, from a data point of view you know, I might you could get kind of an infinite amount of data pretty much on the thought on that space

[00:04:43] If the camera's just maybe it's the kind of thing though, dirt gets involved on the light it could then sort of

[00:04:51] Terrible idea isn't it? Yeah, all of a sudden your feet becomes a Ferrari would just a couple dead flies a fit partner was doing 90 and a 30

[00:05:03] Yeah, yeah, needs a bit more thought that one doesn't necessarily the number plate revamp

[00:05:07] Yeah, they would also make it tricky when you come to paper parking and things like that

[00:05:11] You don't have to like a nectar card or something when you just scan it because that's your car registration

[00:05:16] You know clue what your what your vehicle license is because you know may as well be written in Arabic

[00:05:22] I think all the sort of car nuts as well would scream about this idea

[00:05:28] Well, you know fashion numbers and nature. Yeah, effectively you can end up with a 40 QR code

[00:05:35] That's someone just built Lego on the front of me again

[00:05:38] The deep-low plate

[00:05:41] Costs a fortune Lego isn't it?

[00:05:43] You wouldn't have that stolen still get a bit like I don't know any of the old stolen number plates

[00:05:48] Oh, you're gonna say stolen Lego. No, I don't operate those fields. Probably a good business to be there

[00:05:53] I don't know where the people do it. Yeah, still I guess for a yeah, making fuel robbing bags

[00:06:00] I guess people do it car theft or that sort of thing

[00:06:04] Yeah, I guess I think it does still go and I still see I've got this app where it's like local residents

[00:06:09] And it's still one of the things that crops up over and out again. No, we've had our number plates stolen a far car

[00:06:15] We're not getting a back how you want so go. I remember when we were working in the most recent superstar someone came in

[00:06:22] I'm sure it was in there. They had their windscreen stolen really and they've got a I think it was a pain

[00:06:28] Yeah, I think it got on top of the range being able something like that

[00:06:33] Yeah, overnight someone had robbed their windscreen it was like one of these sort of tinted eated all the rest of them

[00:06:40] That does bring a bell actually know you say that I was meant to sort of go back to that era

[00:06:45] It's been used to sort of construct a number plates didn't we on the heart's desk

[00:06:49] You just get people coming in looking to get a new number plate made up but we'd have no documentation whatsoever

[00:06:55] Just have it written down a piece of paper and think that would be and they get really shirty with us

[00:07:00] It's sort of so an I need your log book and some I do yeah, but I've got the car outside what more pretty one

[00:07:06] I seem to recall that coming in like that was a big sort of legislation

[00:07:09] They needed to have a driving license. You needed to have all your documents. I'll be right. Yeah, maybe it was before that. It wasn't a treat back up back back at

[00:07:17] Right down and you're kind of knocking it up

[00:07:21] And there was quite a backlash wasn't there people just finding that in convenience

[00:07:25] I think to this day you shouldn't but I'm pretty sure you can kind of order something coffee internet without showy or that sort of stuff

[00:07:33] Yeah, it's someone we'll do it for you. Yeah, yeah, for not very much money as well

[00:07:39] I'd imagine indeed. Yeah

[00:07:40] Where'd you stand on personalised number plates? You got a nice if you can isn't it I think

[00:07:49] I don't know. It's never something that I've considered myself. I don't think I think it's I think well

[00:07:54] I probably never really had the finances to sort of justify shutting out on a personalised plate

[00:08:00] You see a lot of businesses doing it now. I don't you. I've noticed yeah true

[00:08:04] Like you know whatever trade is there in you see sort of bands of plates that kind of match up to their business name

[00:08:11] I've always thought a cheap word doing or just to buy a number plate around at one change your name

[00:08:15] And then name your business like yeah R. K. 51

[00:08:22] Rolls off the tongue

[00:08:24] Really easy wouldn't it?

[00:08:26] Yeah, so I think you got you got a few different types of people

[00:08:28] You've got the the people who want the number plate that says their name

[00:08:31] Mm-hmm where yeah, I guess yeah, you've got a three-letter name

[00:08:35] You could have John yeah, and potentially you could you could get that

[00:08:40] Or yeah, or Bob or Les or whatever it could be and then you've got the other people who kind of want it to match their car

[00:08:46] So it's five three five or it's nine eleven. Yeah, he used to get that the joke you ones as well

[00:08:53] I didn't you I seem to remember like ones that kind of spell out a rudeish word or I know that the DVLA

[00:08:59] They take out a number of reges don't know prior to releasing the new stuff because it's deemed

[00:09:04] In appropriate or yeah, I think they've become a little bit more savvy to kind of what you can do with it with the number plate

[00:09:11] And yeah, obviously you still get pulled over for a legal spacing that people do it. Yeah, I saw a great one there

[00:09:17] That actually I fact my wife spot on it funny enough which is unusual because not sort of things she pays attention to but we're on the M25

[00:09:24] When there was a car just sort of went past us somebody while it's very mundane car the number plate was just M25 so

[00:09:33] How apt

[00:09:35] The other thing that makes me laugh is when you see kind of a I don't know 10 year old Mercedes A class and it's got like a three digit number plate

[00:09:42] That's when I've seen I think close to that kind of subject to some in London somewhere

[00:09:47] And there was a very plain looking outie A three and then play it was A three mental. Yeah, what must that be worth?

[00:09:55] An absolute fortune. Yeah, I reckon it's in hundreds of thousands she punch that in actually let me check if that car still links to that white on her for days

[00:10:04] Maybe they just did I yeah as we touched on before just ran into the fire had actually done so can you make his number plate for me all there I'll have that as my rich

[00:10:13] Yeah, I'm just gonna run a few shell stations on the way home with some Jericho A three is now linked to a Volvo V60

[00:10:22] Disappointing isn't it you painted yourself into a corner a little bit with A three mmm. Yeah, that's strange

[00:10:27] But oh well, yeah if they've got the money to do it

[00:10:29] Yeah, it's one of those ones which has sort of passed down through the family

[00:10:33] I think famously on the subjects of personal plates as a plumbing firm isn't there pim and a kyplamas

[00:10:39] That she've heard of them. Yeah, that's what they've got kind of bog and low and all the rest of them. Yeah, yeah

[00:10:49] I suppose we get it on a bit out there, but yeah every single plate was sort of plumbing related which is unbelievable

[00:10:57] Yes, yes, yes, both if they bought them long enough ago then it's worth it and yeah, maybe the owner just sat on one of the

[00:11:04] Reggie plate such years ago and just had a part of money and thought I'll just buy them all up now

[00:11:09] Yeah, well, they were not a lot of money. Yeah, so three or four years ago

[00:11:13] Must have been I bought a personalised number plate. So I was driving back from who driving back from the West country, I think and

[00:11:21] Yeah, family in the car and you kind of in your own little world if you like and us a car that kind of came up in front of us and

[00:11:27] I thought I wonder whether you can get that and I basically bought our five five TGT

[00:11:33] So it basically says R.S. Stook up right okay, and I thought I'll that be fantastic if you have an RS Porsche

[00:11:39] And I run kind of Stook up south Porsche group as well

[00:11:43] That'd be really cool was that potentially there's a bit of resale on there

[00:11:47] So I thought I'll see if I can turn it over and sell it and I've not kind of pushed it and pushed it but I've not sold it now

[00:11:53] It's in the back of my head actually. I think I probably got another six seven years on retention

[00:11:57] I've now got one enough money to the lights out

[00:11:59] It won't it's too new to go on my 944

[00:12:04] Yeah, so I need a 98 or 99 or newer 911

[00:12:08] Okay, and I've just shouted no in the background

[00:12:15] So yeah it needs to be

[00:12:17] Yeah, that's a challenge. That's what the podcast got to do for us got by me in 911 that I can put this number up on

[00:12:22] Yeah, so if you want to buy a set coffee or three or 911 30,000 coffees

[00:12:30] Now, I don't know my personal plates. I guess yeah, it's a strange one

[00:12:34] As I say there's a few different categories of the type of plate you go for and yeah, I just guess personally speaking

[00:12:40] I've never had the urge or need to get one

[00:12:43] But when I was shopping I found this one. I found a few others which could kind of work

[00:12:47] Hmm, yeah, I found my initials in the 94 for example

[00:12:51] Which wasn't a huge amount of money

[00:12:53] Yeah, but I'm sorry do I want to do that?

[00:12:56] I don't see it a problem with what I've got at the moment actually that that was the plate that the cars always had

[00:13:01] Hmm, yeah, this is one for Quince and Wilson isn't it he was a sort of don of personalized plates

[00:13:06] I think back in the day his feature. Yeah, I think if you like what he was doing

[00:13:11] You could imagine him kind of just waxing lyrical about the fact he's bought a 10 year old Jaguar XJ6 from an auction

[00:13:17] And he's put a personal plate on it and now it looks like a new one. Yeah, he's probably bought an Irish number plate as well as

[00:13:24] Yeah, yeah, they're DZ

[00:13:26] Yeah, 6592 or something like that

[00:13:30] Yeah, for 200 pounds I've made it look like the new model. Yeah

[00:13:35] It's the best thing to knit

[00:13:36] As same for Merx as well like I guess the Mster a certain extent the style hardly changed for years and years and years

[00:13:43] Yeah, you could just buy kind of a plate like that and and whack it on or a plate that's evidently old

[00:13:50] Well, like the letters at the end

[00:13:52] Yeah, like when I think of my dad's mark that I think that came out in like early 80s

[00:13:58] Well, like 80 to 81 maybe even it might even have been late 70s

[00:14:03] But it ran all the way up to 91 92

[00:14:06] Exactly the same I'm obviously a few facelift things here

[00:14:09] Yeah, but other than that it was like so if you put a new plate on it you might be able to pull the wheel over someone's

[00:14:14] Yes, yeah, my dad bought

[00:14:16] He bought an S class mark which I think's the big one, isn't it?

[00:14:21] He bought one of those kind of probably what it would it would be an 80 grand car or something new

[00:14:26] He paid about three and a half grand for I think for grand

[00:14:29] And I was using it for weddings and he bought a number plate which said I think it had WED at the end

[00:14:36] Nice, yeah, and yeah that then kind of made it look just it could have been from any sort of era

[00:14:43] A whole lot of car for the money

[00:14:44] Yeah, obviously every time you turn the key on there's a chance the air suspension will start working

[00:14:50] Or was it a princess die mark that star was it a bit?

[00:14:55] It was I think it had the round light so no it was newer than that

[00:14:59] It was probably I don't know 99 2000 okay obviously silver because I think they made them silver

[00:15:08] Yeah, great leather auto

[00:15:10] Yeah, it was a long quite nicely and yeah, a whole lot you could pretty much lie down in the back

[00:15:17] Yeah, I would load a room. It's one of those ones where you could you could strike it lucky

[00:15:21] You could maybe get lucky years motoring for very little or you could not make it home

[00:15:26] Bankrupt yourself twice over

[00:15:30] Yeah before you've made it home

[00:15:34] Do you want to roll the dice?

[00:15:36] Exactly that is

[00:15:38] Always remember as well with personal plates a common one

[00:15:41] I think it must be like a cheapie would always start with F i b

[00:15:45] I thought if it just like locally people used to okay weirdly

[00:15:49] Yeah, this is see that I think

[00:15:50] I think I'm right recall of F i b

[00:15:53] Yeah, I remember the ones with zedzin. Yeah, it will be zed or whatever would just be a lot of the mercues you serve and be there didn't know I think

[00:16:01] Yeah, yeah, yes one you'd go for yeah

[00:16:04] But you remember the plates that used to be like a sort of written in a talic or something like that or written like by hand

[00:16:10] That's right, yeah, but they legal I don't know if they were that

[00:16:14] No, they looked a bit like you'd be dumb. You used to get one mark to Astrus and always like a felt tip type number plate

[00:16:20] Not your 12 year old or not to go on it and just like with or with a brush or yeah, like you say the italics which would there's no way on how you're going to be able to read that

[00:16:28] Sure the speaker is and all that kind of stuff would just oh when they would bring in those out there weren't any where they true true

[00:16:35] You kind of think yeah 90s

[00:16:38] I don't know when the first gatsos went up in the UK would have been a Bobby on the beat with the old hand gun

[00:16:43] Yeah, I guess so yeah, you might get a tug from what a panda car is five year around but that's sort of time I guess some people were less worried

[00:16:52] But since remember locally dark an old Ford Sierra XR4

[00:16:57] I think it was had one of those like a talic number plates. It was white yeah back there. She's not for me

[00:17:04] Well, it'd be that you'd have kind of the italic number plate when you're the paintbrush style and then there'd be a lime green go faster strike

[00:17:11] Yeah, to go in to go round the car probably yeah bright green break drums or something

[00:17:16] Yeah three spoke wheels five O'Dye Dio sticker

[00:17:18] Yeah, you were there weren't you definitely definitely a first boat wheel job as well. Yeah spot on with that one

[00:17:27] So um yeah, okay, yeah, thank you for tuning into that little bonus episode and yeah, thank you very much

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