SLR 1

Are vanity plates cool?  They always attract attention, and I enjoy a good “NTAJEEP” plate on a Defender (see previous posts), but they can be a little tacky.  At what point does a custom plate change from funny, clever, and interesting to overwrought?  This SLR 1 plate is clearly too much of a look-at-me plate.  The car would look better with just a standard issue DMV plate.  I like the low key aspect of pretending you don’t care.  Like driving an Continental GT with road dirt splashed around the fenders.

Some people would hate that, but it clearly demonstrates the owner appreciates the car for its ability to drive, not its show-off quotient. The SLR 1 plate is so obviously tacky that I lose a little respect for the owner.  Look at the Top Gear Bentley above.  The plate is standard issue blandness. Badass.