How much for number 6?
Although to admit my geekiness, I did check to see if I could get KAR120C as a vanity plate. Someone else already had it.
Posted on 02/04/2008 9:43:39 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- You expect a motorist to shell out a little extra cash for a vanity license plate.
Number 5 fetched $6.75 million, now the UAE is likely to set another record.
But nowhere is the craze for a unique plate more intense than in the United Arab Emirates, the oil-rich Persian Gulf nation that holds the world record for the six most expensive plates.
Here, it's all about how low you can go -- with people battling it out at auctions to win the chance to show off license plates with the lowest digit.
The numbers "5" and "7" have already been snapped up, sold for 25 million dirhams ($6.75 million) and 11 million dirhams ($2.97 million) respectively.
Next week, the country will put up for auction the mother of all vanity plates: the number "1." It is expected to immediately set a new record for the most expensive plate in the world.
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A fool and his money ...
-5
1.5
How about “L” for loser, the lot of them.
How much for number 6?
Although to admit my geekiness, I did check to see if I could get KAR120C as a vanity plate. Someone else already had it.
How bout “squre root of -2”
New Cadillac convertibles were being traded in once the ash trays were filled...
Crude oil must have some mysterious effect on the brain cells of the people on top of the formation.
Well, people are poor for a reason, especially in societies with the facilities to allow prosperity.
Stupidity + money does not negate the stupidity.
The money will run out, and the stupidity will regain prominence.
Delaware’s that way too I believe. The Gov is 1, the Lt.Gov is 2. The “civilian” with the lowest numbered plate, maybe it’s 5 or 6, used to be an old lady who turned down big money every once in a while to transfer it.
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/DCP01/80123073/1058/DCP
Ah there we go, “#6 to be auctioned for $1M”
1.00001
Is that in reference to show “The Prisoner” license plate on the Lotus?
They been doin’ the same thing with license plates with “8”s on them in Hong Kong;
They auction them off and the proceeds go to charity.
Auctioning off a few vanity license plates that are in high demand makes sense to me. If someone is willing to pay that much for them, then that is what they are worth.
Marvin Davis used to have Colorado licence plate AA-1Friend Aaron Spelling loosely based the "Carrington" characters of his hit TV
series Dynasty on the Davises, even filming an episode at their Colorado home.
I had just watched the series on DVD and thought it would be fun to have the same plate number. The Ohio BMV wouldn't let me have it.
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