Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Reg Plate for sale in UK

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hmmm..  I wonder if "F. Obama" is taken?  In honor of his brother - Frank?
;-)

Off to the DMV!!

LarryT

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From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:46 AM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Reg Plate for sale in UK

> F NADER eh?
> Um, why that must be in memory of his uncle?
> Frank Nader?
> Wazzat you say?
> Its not?
> BUWHAHaahahahahahahahhh
> (cough cough)
> Onward
> DOUG
> [man - that's a good one heh heh]
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Boyd" <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 6:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Reg Plate for sale in UK
>
>
> > A college student at the school across the street from me snuck one past
> > the
> > Virginia DMV. He drives a Corvair and has the license tag: "F NADER."
> >
> > Outstanding. That's one of my most favorite ever!  :-)
> >
> > -Matt
> > 85 euro 308 (with tag "NO FIERO")
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Doug,
> > > By now you've seen the answers to your question about selling vanity
> > > plates.
> > > A couple of comments: doesn't it seem bizarre that people will pay 
> > > approx
> > > $600,000 for a license plate?   Also, you wrote <<great looking vintage
> > > E-Type Jaguars with a big tag screwed to top of their bonnet nose>>
> > > Gotta disagree with that - while beauty is in the eye of the beholder,
> > > this
> > > beholder thinks it spoils the great lines of a E type.  I like the rear
> > > plates but the front plates on any car spoil the looks IMHO.
> > >
> > > I do like the oval plates used in some European countries -  but only on
> > > the
> > > rear.   I'd like to see front plate requirements dropped - I wonder how
> > > many
> > > times the front plate is actually used to identify a car/driver?  Of
> > > course,
> > > cameras might like them. '-(
> > >
> > > Now, maybe I'll go down to the DMV and browse the open letters
> > > available -
> > > and see if they'll take a few thousand USD for a "good one".  I always
> > > like
> > > to find ways I can give my government even *more* of my money so they 
> > > can
> > > continue to take care of me.  They've done such a great job so far.  Of
> > > course, in the US there's lots of individual ideas about what a good
> > > vanity
> > > plate would say.  Some might like "crak ho"  but I wouldn't.   It seems
> > > the
> > > DMV has a lot of control to prevent potentially "offensive"  words from
> > > us.
> > > (PC at work??) Hopefully the ACLU never discovers it!
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > Take care -
> > > LarryT
> > >
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