[Daytona Q]

Hi,

As some of you may have read, I'm getting a new Q5 S-Line Plus on September 1st - so it'll be a 66-plate. I'm thinking of putting a 'personalised' plate on it but it needs to retain the 66 configuration eg. **66 ***

I could do with some ideas that may be Audi or Q5 related. Can't do anything referring to my name which is Ian as you can't have the letter 'I'. Neither can you have a 'Q'. On my other car which I've sold to the missus I did AU61 *** which read (if you were drunk or stupid) 'AUDI' *** - and kept the 61 year prefix which the car is. This doesn't work with a 66 plate tho!!

Apologies to those that think it's a naff idea!!

Any topics, thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.....

 

[Sj1000]

ID66IOT
(With some substitute for the non allowed 'I's)

 

[Daytona Q]

Hardly an idiot if I'm driving a £40k car.

So.....any sensible suggestions?

 

[SteveMcB]

I think you may get a few 'unsuitable' suggestions

I'll start with PI66 TKE but I'm sure I'll come up with a better one

 

[SQ-Raphster]

P166 0FF
1D6610T
P16 61TE
D166ERS
E66 HEAD
E66 FART
ROUTE66
BE66END

 

[SteveMcB]

E66 FRT ? Like it!

How about

WH66 KEY - my personal favourite

RU66 LER - no coment!
JE66 TER - wee bit top gun.
DO66 ERS

CA66 TOF - fishing/boating
LE66 TER - too geographically precise maybe

There's actually loads, DVLA will want about £500 - 600 for any personalised plate with 66 in it though, even just initials, the ones that make semi obvious words will probably be even more.

I got my first PP on the SQ5, bizarrely purely to hide the fact that it's a 16. £250 to make it look like an 07, combination of our initials, cheapest I could get.

I can't post up some of the others that spring to my warped mind!

 

[SteveMak]

What is meant by "66 plate"? I live in Ontario, Canada, so I'm unfamiliar with those terms.

 

[Daytona Q]

Sorry my simple request has caused so much offence.

Can someone delete this thread please?

 

[Daytona Q]

But thanks SteveMcB - some sensible ideas there.

(I'm just after something I can put on the car that will be different to the random letters that the dealer will try and allocate.)

 

[jonnyspin]

BO66 OFF - bogg off
GA6 6OOD - comedian?
MA66STY - king?
GY66LES -giggles
GO66LES - swimmer?
BOGGLES - the mind....

I have a plate that the PO put on the car. It's 'only' a <letter><number><letter><letter><letter> but, actually, I think it hides that the car is less than a year old and that's weirdly a possitive thing.

 

[MrH]

What is meant by "66 plate"? I live in Ontario, Canada, so I'm unfamiliar with those terms.

Our "standard" registration plates have a year identifier so, for example, a car first registered from 1 Mar 16 will be in the format "XX16 XXX" and from 1 Sep 16 it will be "XX66 XXX"......................

 

[SteveMak]

Our "standard" registration plates have a year identifier so, for example, a car first registered from 1 Mar 16 will be in the format "XX16 XXX" and from 1 Sep 16 it will be "XX66 XXX"

I assume you meant "1 September 1966 will be XX66 XXX". If so, then that makes sense to me. Thanks

 

[Rubyslad]

UK registrations have new identifiers every six months issued in March and September. To differentiate between the 2 issues for a given year the earlier issues (March) are identified by the year e.g. XX16 XXX and the latter issue for cars registered between 1st September 2016 and Feb 28 2017 are the year plus 50. Hence the next issue from 1st Sept 2016 will be XX66 XXX.

Yes, just to add confusion a car bought after 1 Jan 17 will still be issued with a 66 identifier!

 

[MrH]

UK registrations have new identifiers every six months issued in March and September. To differentiate between the 2 issues for a given year the earlier issues (March) are identified by the year e.g. XX16 XXX and the latter issue for cars registered between 1st September 2016 and Feb 28 2017 are the year plus 50. Hence the next issue from 1st Sept 2016 will be XX66 XXX.

Yes, just to add confusion a car bought after 1 Jan 17 will still be issued with a 66 identifier!

Thanks for making that clearer than my half-hearted attempt

 

[Daytona Q]

I'm looking forward to my randomly generated number plate by the DVLA computer. As the general consensus is that it's stupid to do anything otherwise.....

 

[jetbeam]

Hardly an idiot if I'm driving a £40k car.

Just ask your dealer to send you a list of the registrations they have in their pool shortly before they register your car. Which will be anytime just after it is unloaded from the ship as it arrives in the uk. There will probably be one or two that you quite like.

Only an idiot would think that owning a £40k car precludes them from being an idiot !

I know plenty of idiots with more expensive cars than that - come to think of it I can be an idiot sometimes and my current car cost over double that.

 

[Daytona Q]

Jetbeam - now you are actually talking some sense there. And thanks for the very sensible suggestion with the dealer pool of registrations etc. I will follow up with that.

Regarding the reason I made the comment about 'not being an idiot' (owning a £40k car) was driven by the fact I was genuinely shocked about the reactions to what I thought was a perfectly reasonable question about putting a decent plate onto my car. I mean is it that wrong to want a reg not randomly selected by a computer? Something that stands out? I mean the very concept of the Q5 (within reason?) is selected by its owner - us. The car, colour, trim, wheels - so why should the number plate be so different to any of those pre-selected features.

I don't look at someone with a personal plate and think what a d*** look at him - unless it's something totally naff with letters chopped and fudged about to turn it into something they clearly couldn't afford. All i am after/was after was some genuine ideas from enthusiasts who may have shared some inspiration.

 

[Sj1000]

It was only meant as a joke (hence the stuff about substituting the 'I's)
Just not a very good one

Didn't mean to offend

 

[Ransman]

On long motorway journeys I have sometimes kept myself amused by counting the personal registrations (sad I know!). I reckon about 15% of car owners have taken the plunge.

 

[Daytona Q]

SJ1000 - you are forgiven!! I walked into it really didn't I......

I had an idea yesterday - I am well known for being tight/argumentative....always try and get something cheaper than advertised etc etc so I thought of:

HA66 LER - HAGGLER

But guess what - the clever ****s at the DVLA have removed anything that remotely spells a word for "future auction" - translates to future rip off of public.

I should have known really! They is well klever at the DVLA......