| If you have ever decided to treat yourself to a | | | | as he probably doesn't know what M1 is supposed |
| privatised registration plate you will know that | | | | to mean. |
| once you get beyond the incomprehensible | | | | Afzal Kahn, a Bradford entrepreneur broke |
| variations on barely significant digits, things get | | | | McCoomb's record by spending 440,000 on his 'F1' |
| pricey! But for some money simply isn't a factor | | | | plate which he suitably placed on his Mercedes |
| so just exactly how much are they willing to | | | | SLR McLaren, designed by the actual F1 McLaren |
| spend on a piece of plastic on the bumper of their | | | | team. Considering the fortunes involved in Formula |
| supercars. | | | | one racing, Kahn believes he was jammy to only |
| A great way to assert your importance when on | | | | pay that much as he believes it could have gone |
| the road would be to buy the worlds most | | | | for much more. |
| arrogant number plate, 'VIP 1' was first used on | | | | The most expensive number plate ever sold was |
| Pope John Paul II's popemobile. It is now | | | | outside of Britain in the wealthy Arab state of |
| unsurprisingly owned by Russian billionaire Roman | | | | Abu Dhabi. Billionaire Saeed Abdul Ghaffer Khouri |
| Abramovich who reportedly paid 285,000 for the | | | | broke the world record when he paid nearly 8m |
| privilege of being recognised as 'the number one | | | | for a prized '1' number plate. In Abu Dhabi's car |
| VIP'. | | | | culture, single digit number plates are the most |
| BT Cellnet paid Liverpool's Mike McCoomb over | | | | prized and obviously number one is the most |
| 40m for his mobile phone store in 2000. A | | | | sought after. Khouri has not made it clear which |
| business deal which allowed him to do things like | | | | car he will be adorning with the number plate but |
| spend 330,000 on the number plate 'M1' for his six | | | | it is certain that whatever he puts it on; the |
| year old son. Unfortunately he won't be able to | | | | number plate will be worth many times more. |
| drive for nine more years but it doesn't matter | | | | |