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Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
Car registration plates games
Are you looking for a way to keep the kids occupied on your next long car journey?
We've come up with some unique car registration plates games to wind down those hours of boredom and to get your children interested in number plates.
They have fun; you get peace and quiet!
Number Plates
Number Plates... What is the appeal?
Many of us are quite clear about why car
registrations can be a source of great interest - after all, that's
why we started the Number Plates Club! However, if
you mention the subject to the uninitiated you can get
a surprising range of responses. Even the people who
think personal registrations are pretty cool don't necessarily
see how that can go a step further and develop into a
near fascination of number plates.
The title of Ruby Speechley's book, Fanatical About Number Plates, is no overstatement of the degree of enthusiasm experienced by some. Noel Woodall, another great authority, even went so far as to coin a new word, "autonumerology", specifically to describe the study of number plates! We are delighted that both Ruby and Noel, two of the country's leading experts, are contributors to Numberplates.com.
So, why do many perfectly normal people become interested in the plastic or metal plates that sit at either end of a motor vehicle? In some cases it's a collecting bug that bites. Certainly we have heard from members who initially owned private number plates, but who then decided to upgrade as finances allowed, or who went on to purchase matching or complementary number plates for other cars.
Then there's the "train-spotting" approach. The television comedian Richard Herring gives an example of this. On his website he describes a game or pastime called "Consecutive Number Plate Spotting", which has very strict and specific rules. Due to the number of different number plate systems that have been used in the UK over the years, there are many variations on this theme, with differing rules and objectives.
Then we have the overlapping areas of historic and scientific interest. There are many people who like to study and chronicle the various number plates systems imposed upon us by our transport bureaucracy. They like to document why a certain system was used and how well it worked. They may also find that they become interested in the specific stories of certain historically significant number plates: the legendary A 1 registration, for example.
On the other hand, of course, there are plenty of people who just like to see a striking or amusing registration number: one that gives a bit of character to an otherwise unremarkable vehicle.
Why not email us, or visit the forums, and tell us what you think is the appeal of car number plates?