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The Registration Numbers Club has gained quite a lot of publicity in the national press recently and as a result has gained some new members and received dozens of phone calls and website hits requesting information.

The Independent featured us under the heading of ‘Is it your lucky number?’ on 22 March in its motoring section. The article, written by freelance writer Ruby Speechley, discussed the whole investment potential of cherished plates and raised the question of whether the DVLA is running out of ‘good’ plates to market, it having now combined both its Classic and Custom sales into a single auction.

Saturday 2 April saw The Daily Telegraph motoring section feature an article from BBC 2's Top Gear co-presenter, James May, who appeared to hate the whole world of cherished number plates. He slated people for paying out for a plate that nobody else could really figure out and suggested that it might even be cheaper to change your name to match your numberplate rather than the other way round!

Not surprisingly the RNC were not too pleased about this article (if it had been dated 1 April we might not have been too bothered) and complained to the newspaper, as did several of the number plate dealers.

On 30 April the Telegraph responded, publishing another story from Ruby Speechley, claiming that people secretly drift into a day dream about driving a sports car with a splendid plate when something exotic passes them on the motorway. The article was headed ‘P1 ATE 3 NVY?’ and claimed that people who said they disliked cherished number plates really were quite envious deep down.

Ruby says that the British have always loved their cars and one of the most desirable finishing touches has to be a personalised registration. She says that these days your can spend anything from just a few hundred to half a million pounds, so that really they are no longer just available to the rich and famous.

The Registration Numbers Club, is the only UK based club catering for enthusiasts of personalised vehicle registration numbers. Joining us costs very little and the benefits could be substantial. We were originally founded in 1977 and currently produce a quarterly newsletter, RNC News, which is the original independent club publication and is available free to subscribing members.

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