{"id":1586,"date":"2012-04-03T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T08:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:48:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:48:56","slug":"whats-in-a-number-13-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/whats-in-a-number-13-6m\/","title":{"rendered":"What's in a Number – $13.6m??"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time when ‘personalised plates’ meant two letters, usually your initials, followed by three or four numbers-usually your birthdate…and they were free!<\/p>\n

How things change. Next there was a small registration fee, but the plate was yours for life, then a wider range of letters and numbers could be specified and then there were annual fees.<\/p>\n

Now there is a huge range of choices which vary from state to state…and a huge range of fees charged by each State Roads Authority.<\/p>\n

The best deals seem to come out of the smaller states, where in Tasmania and South Australia, for example, a once only fee can secure a wide choice of personalised plates. In the bigger states, however, they are optimising their income with an ever widening range of choices and an even wider range of pricing.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, there is the ‘second hand’ and ‘precious plates’ market. The highest prices ever reached for an Australian plate reputably runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars for number ‘888’ (unconfirmed reports also say the NSW plate no ‘6’ has also sold for a price approaching $1m), but that pales into insignificance when compared to the World record price.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0This plate sold three years ago in Abu Dhabi to a local businessman for an unbelievable $13.6m!<\/p>\n

Now let’s return to earth and see what’s around us.<\/p>\n

Our next door neighbour for a number of years carried the rather strange number plate PUMP FE on her Nissan. She managed the local gym. Weird, meaningless? Well, not really, when we finally worked out that “fe’ is the chemical symbol for iron.<\/p>\n

Even more obscure was a local Toyota Corolla with the number plate, TIH5HO ,which puzzled us for ages. Until one day we saw the car- and the plate, in our rear view mirror. Then it dawned on us. The State Roads Authorities won’t permit offensive or rude plates, so it wasn’t long before they woke up and withdrew consent for this clever number. We notice, however, that some states will still permit this configuration to be purchased, which is a surprise (if you can’t work out why, have a look at the mirror image).<\/p>\n

These are just two of the clever plates on the road, others include RU NXT (on a hearse), or RUNVS (on a Porsche). The last one we saw simply said \u00a0‘SORRY’.\u00a0 As it happened the car was in front of us in a traffic jam. Well, it wasn’t their fault, so what were they sorry for??<\/p>\n

There are, of course, many more clever and funny number plates around. If you’ve seen one that is clever, or funny, let us know. Also what do you think about personalised plates?\u00a0For sure they make money for the Government, but do they\u00a0just satisfy an ego crave, or\u00a0do they serve another role?\u00a0 We want to hear from you so leave a reply below.<\/p>\n

Footnote:- If you are interested in personalised plates here is the link for your state:-<\/p>\n

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WA<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NT<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACT<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TAS<\/a><\/p>\n

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