On the subject of personalised number plates anyone considering purchasing them should be aware of the ongoing cost of keeping them. The purchase cost can be relatively cheap £200+, depending what you go for but if they are not registered to a car you pay retention every year, £50 the last time I did it. Then just like I am doing, to move it onto another car costs £80 and I have just paid £40 to get the original plates refitted to our car before they are fitted to our new car.