cntlaw

Just won the auction for this number plate paid US$3300

amdeutsch

Now what are you going to do when you trade up to a 63?

MBE55AMG

Damn, boy! You must've wanted that plate badly... congrats, nonetheless.

NY C32

$3300 for a vanity plate?

Whatever works for you

Blake P

Man...either you're crazy or just have more money than you know what to do with.

LaZyC230K

in hong kong, a lot of ppls bit license plate. Some mean luck or something, but i'll like the plate more if it is "mbz 55". Cooler like that. Congrat

derrick_lui

i would only pay 3300 USD for MB8888
:p

sorry im chinese

cntlaw

It is pretty crazy. :p

For your information, we do not have the opened personalized number plate implemented yet. So, the transport department will only issue number in the straight sequence since must be 50+ years ago.
1-9999
AA1-MBnnnn (current prefix is MB )

People are allowed to 'apply' for his desired number (thosw not yet allocated)starting with a small fee HK$1000. If the picked number is available, it will go to the auction starting with a value HK$1000. So, it means , even the number is picked by you, you still need to bid in the opened auction. These can go up over HK$20000+. Non special numbers are transferrable, so people can make profit from buy and sell.

The "Special Numbers" do not start in value of $1000. It starts with a value
decided at the time of the auction opened. The one I picked is following into "Special Numbers". e.g. MB55, MB555, MB5555, MB5500, MB5050 are special numbers; whereas MB155, MB955 are not special numbers.
Special numbers are not allowed to transfer to other parties, so it must be used by the buyer.

Believe or not, yesterday, the number 3230 with no prefix, was with a starting value HK$200,000. And, it was sold. Pronounced in Chinese , '3230' sounds like 'business come easy' !

'MB55' starting value was only HK$9000; and I fought with a crazy guy for that and I would let go at $26000 ; and surprise he backout at HK$26000.
So I had to buy it (fuccccccck) :p

Anyway, it will being luck
Will show you photo 2 weeks later.
thanks

cnt

cntlaw

Don't laugh man ! I thought about that already.
This number will first carry with me to a Mini ,which is something
I want after C55.

Childish///AMG

Can't wait to see the pics, and "Congrats"

cntlaw

thanks despite the pain of that price....
the reward is the number plate will be pretty unique in town as there still so many E/SL/CL 55's here!
And, what I discovered, MB55 was the first and the only MB prefix number that had been included in last weekend's auction. ( I did write a letter to request it only ~6 weeks back ). This number was being called out at almost the last session of the auction (over 100+ numbers); that makes me believe that, other MB prefix numbers did not get included in this auction because of priority matter (the current registration number issuance is prefixed MB , so very new). Most likely, there will be lots of MB prefix numbers in next auction as you know better than me how many MB cars in HK want a MB prefix lucky number. I really see I had the honor of being the first one to win a MB prefix number in an auction - that is 'luck' already. Aren't we all AMG owners want to win one way or another ? That also makes me believe, I had had a few competitiors or otherwise, I would not get it for this price as all the rich 55 owners could be after it! The money is nothing to some of them, as a CLS55 is priced US210K+ , or a SL55 is US270K here.

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Since it is not transferrable. I will consider to release it back to the auction pool if anyone is willing to pay me HK$52000 in cash. :p
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rockgt302

Well if I ever move to hong kong I will buy it from you. That wont be happening so I will let it go to the next in line.

derrick_lui

CNTLAW

did you hire one of those people to do the auctions for you?
because I heard if you hire those guys, they have connections and ur final bid will be lower ...

you will need to pay those guys..but you end up saving moree

cntlaw

You reminded me , I am no expert , and I did notice many 'professionals' there ; most of them are picking cheap transferrable number plates. Some of them were biding the special numbers for others. You are right, they must be hired to do it. At the time, my competitor ( hope he was readin this and wish will accept my apologises ) was actually shooting his price jumping from 20000 to 25000 as his last call. And I hesitated and was going to give up ; so I just made a casual call to 26000 - and was lucky that he did not know that was my also my 'last call' . And, I was surprised he had passed.
Anyway, the opening price was 9000/11000 something, so it was not a 'cheap deal' and you know it could be worse.
cnt

Juke-box

hehe...HK is known for their crazy liscence place stuff..

but i don't know what is more worth it, b/c i always see high end cars with AA and ##. is it worth more to have less numbers in the plate?

my dad got lucky 20 years ago and got 2 plates with ** 1008. many people asked him if he wanted to sell but he said no

derrick_lui

my family's cars all have 638 or 836 in them =)
chinese style.
the oldest one is from my grandfather AN 638!!

cntlaw

1008 is a very lucky number . If the prefix matches someone's Chinese two-characters initials; then someone could pay 3-50000 for it.
Usually , less numbers worth more, single digit (with prefix of course) can start at HK$300K already. And, you know better than me, single digit without prefix are for Taipans only as these costs over million dollars. Normally, the money is for charity.

See below how many MB's in next auction:-
http://www.td.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/...3/20051002.pdf

cntlaw

AN638 I guess will be HK$3-50000 in auction these days

Juke-box

cntlaw,

quick question, i recently bought a car in Hk, and my dad took one of his plates and the number is EN 689. Does this mean anything special? b/c i know 6 and 8 is good, but what about 9?

btw, what do you do for a living in hk? u have very nice cars. i just got back in Sept 1st from hk...too much rain...

BenzoAMGpower

id get one that says U R 167 (yut look chut)... yes im chinese too

cntlaw

'you diccck'?
By the time they release prefix UR, I will either be 70 of age or in heaven driving my C99 already

cntlaw

EN can be someone's initials
689 means all the way enough rich and make fortune
veyr nice number , that would bid 1-15000+
I am just a crazy salary taker usedup some of my pension for a poor man's AMG! :p
cnt

Juke-box

you get pension in hk??? enough to buy a Mercedes from Zung Fu and their crazy tax? haha..you must be high on the government ladder la...lucky you. pension in hk is rare.

hehe..and thanks for telling me what my liscence plate means.

Stiggs

WWTTFF??

How do numbers represent words?

Juke-box

not really sure about the ins and outs of how it works, but from what i know, numbers 'sound' like words in chinese. therefore, superstitious people love numbers like 6,8 but hate 4(sounds like death).