Cars

[DOC]

What colour are you getting?

Solid Teal or some black, white and silver trim as well?

[Booney]

Back to what it was, dark blue.

[DOC]

With a bit of white would look good.

[Booney]

It was at it's best in the 60's so not a bad call.

[tipper]

should be back on the road in time for the good weather. good work

[Booney]

SA rego plate 8 first registered in 1906 has sold for $2.3m at auction.

The record was $593k for plate 1 in 2020; 1 has transfer restrictions on it.

Plates 3, 6 & 9 last sold in 1985 for $11k, $6.5k & $7k resp.

55 sold y’day for $625k & 873 for $165k.

28 plates sold y’day for $4m.

[Armchair expert]

cost of living crisis...

[Booney]

Paying $2.3m for anything excludes you from cost of living concerns.

[wenchbarwer]

Isn't 8 considered lucky in some Asian cultures? Might explain why it went for so much

[Spargo]

Isn't 8 considered lucky in some Asian cultures? Might explain why it went for so much

Yep, something about its pronunciation sounding similar to “fortune” IIRC

[dedja]

My Dad had a 1952 Morris Oxford, which was the car I learnt to drive in, with an 8088 number plate.

Not quite $2.3M, but perhaps a tidy sum if we kept it.

[Booney]

Numeric number plates are not transferrable.

[dedja]

Go on, ruin a good story …

[Booney]

Paint on. Can't wait now!