A recent survey has shown that private number plates are increasingly being given as gifts for every occasion. Interestingly most men are more likely than women to give a car number plate as a gift, perhaps because men have a bigger interest in cars than women do. Christmas is the most popular occasion for giving car number plates, which confounds researchers, as men tend not to plan ahead when it comes to gift-giving, shopping for Christmas gifts is usually a last minute affair for men.
Transferring a number plate can take up to three weeks, so it is a gift that needs to be planned for well in advance. The DVLA has issued over 30 million number plates over the past few decades, and it is very likely that you will be able to find a plate that offers a degree of personalisation, without being too expensive. Mother’s day is one of the easier occasions for which you can find personalised plates, because the suffix ‘MUM’ is readily available. It is a common plate and is usually not too expensive to purchase.
Having a unique plate with a meaningful connation is a great reminder of the relationship that exists between the giver and the recipient, since personalised number plates are gifts that ‘keep on giving’. Ownership of the plate can be transferred from one car to the next, so ‘MUM’ will always be remembered, assuming she enjoys driving her car, of course.
