Jason & Penny's Roadshow

Jason Dawe and Penny Mallory have been presenting The Used Car Roadshow on its travels throughout the UK during the summer. They have been meeting buyers and sellers alike, offering tips and advice and revealing just how to get more car for your money. The show is being broadcast on Sky’s Men and Motors channel and is scheduled to continue right up until just before Christmas 2005.

As a representative of Regtransfers, I was invited along to Ripley Castle near Harrogate on 7 August 2005 as a contributor to this episode of the show when the issue of number plates would be raised. As an invited ‘expert’ I was duly quizzed about the value of a selection of interesting number plates displayed on some of the cars exhibiting on the day. It went well I was told but at the time of writing I hadn’t seen my handywork.

Once filming had finished I was able to talk to both Jason and Penny and explain what Regtransfers is all about. It transpires that my knowledge and enthusiasm for number plates must have worked as shortly afterwards both presenters were after buying their very own personal registrations. Jason purchased: D4 WEJ and JA55 UND for use now and on a new car in future. He also bought D8 UTH for his wife Ruth Dawe.

We met up once again on Sunday, 4 September 2005 on Trax Day at Silverstone race track. When they broke for a brief lunch break I asked Jason what prompted him to by these particular number plates.

“I always admired nice plates and had seen some crackers over the years,” Jason enthuses. “After being shown the Regtransfers magazine at Harrogate I went straight to your website and searched around for hours and was amazed by some of the great plates and prices. A friend of mine, Malcolm Earp, bought a great plate, E4 RPM for his Mercedes. I thought it looked so good I decided to find one for myself and even more so for my wife. Her registration had the letters RTA (Road Traffic Accident) on it, which we didn’t like for obvious reasons and so it had to change.

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