definatly a more of a pain in the ass than anything. i dont know what the rates are in the uk, but im pritty sure when i got my 1st car, which i bought off my cousin, he wanted to keep his personalised plate, (and i wanted to get rid of it, it was really, really crap) and it only cost me $15 for it.
but what else is really cheeky, and something you need to keep tabs on is, how far does your petrol take you normally? and how many times are you filling up. some people now, are screwing a whole in the bottom of your gas tank in your car, taking all your petrol, and putting a cork in the bottom. then you go, oh, i need petrol, and fill up your tank, park your car in their driveway and then the cheeky pricks take out the cork and take your petrol agian. and again. and here you are thinking that petrol is so expencive and that $50 takes you only what $20 would, where actually they steal $20 of it.[/b]