Bobbie Bobster Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 If you want to know more about the economic theory of utility, the wiki page isn't the worst place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Well it's not as bad as it was but there was a right little cottage industry going on between certain parties at one time. It's a bit harder now with that tariff. Number plates should be on vehicles. If they are not then they should be available to anyone. Rather than people putting them on retention to make a turn on them. It's not all about making a turn on them, in my mother's case as with many others she was hoping time and money permitting to have it restored and returned to the road one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Well it's not as bad as it was but there was a right little cottage industry going on between certain parties at one time. It's a bit harder now with that tariff. Number plates should be on vehicles. If they are not then they should be available to anyone. Rather than people putting them on retention to make a turn on them. It's not all about making a turn on them, in my mother's case as with many others she was hoping time and money permitting to have it restored and returned to the road one day. A car has to go back through Manx test if it hasn't been taxed for 2 years so there can be no real justification for swiping the number before then as you still own the car and have a log book in your name with that number on and potentially you could tax it and use it at anytime before it needs to be re-tested. I'd say after that it gets a bit messy in terms of do you still own the number. It's a con here as Rhumsaa says though because in the UK you can apply to get the number back or to get an age appropriate number for a car that's maybe been restored and been off the road for a while whereas here you have to buy it (or a similar age appropriate number) back off IOMG for whatever ridiculous price they have put on it in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Charging for number plates is all "part of the government savings" (?) perhaps . It's desirable( for some folk ) to keep the original registration with the vehicle , and as a previous poster has pointed out a 'new number plate would not fit on a vintage/veteran vehicle. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Charging for number plates is all "part of the government savings" (?) perhaps . It's desirable( for some folk ) to keep the original registration with the vehicle , and as a previous poster has pointed out a 'new number plate would not fit on a vintage/veteran vehicle. Just saying Agree - as Burt says above who would want to go to the cost of restoring a classic bike and then have to spend another few grand buying the original number back off those cheeky twats or riding it round with a brand new number on it (which looks draft) as that's all you can afford. You don't have to do that in the UK. There should be a way in genune cases to allow people to reclaim them. Especially if like Rhumsaa you still own the car. It isn't all about money either as hardly any of those numbers for sale by IOMG online are actually getting sold as the prices on them are just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 In view of the claims that I could 'lose' the number plates on my vintage motorcycles it's probably just as well that they are all insured and taxed even though some of them barely 'turn a wheel' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Quote Anyone who pays more than the basic fee for a number plate is a fucking idiot. How fucking sad do you have to be to cherish a fucking numberplate? Grow up you fucking weirdos. Why such angst or is it "humorous"? It's what people want to spend their money on. I find it sad that someone spends a tenner on a packet of something they then set fire to at a detriment to their health but I don't come on here and assassinate their character for so doing. Some of us spent a whole £50 to put an old reg on an old vehicle whilst having a standard issue on the daily driver. That's not the same as spending £10 grand is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Just change your name by deed poll to MAN 765 N. Far cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I was feeling a bit cross that day. Sorry. But my point still stands, how can you cherish your number plate unless you are really sad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I wouldn't have choosen the word cherish. It does sound a bit weird to cherish a number. However I do very much cherish the bike it's on. Some might say that's a bit weird too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 1 hour ago, ballaughbiker said: I wouldn't have choosen the word cherish. It does sound a bit weird to cherish a number. However I do very much cherish the bike it's on. Some might say that's a bit weird too. Not if it's a fine example of "british iron" ( well if like me the bike was the one you lusted after when you were a "spotty yoof" but were too "potless" to buy..... lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 1 hour ago, ballaughbiker said: I wouldn't have choosen the word cherish. I wouldn't have chosen the word choosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I wouldn't make any typos your posts from now on after that me owd dove Quote Not if it's a fine example of "british iron" Sorry paswt it was born in Bologna nearly 40 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, ballaughbiker said: Sorry paswt it was born in Bologna nearly 40 years ago. A Malaguti Fifty? Cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Nope, not a Mondial either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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