Filed under: Auction Action, Etc.
Delaware man spends $675k on license plate 6
If we didn't know better, we'd think there was a lack of worthwhile ways to spend money on cars; what with all the apparently obscenely rich motorists out there dropping enormous amounts of money on license plates – the one part of the car that the rest of us take most for granted.
After the British tuner who spent $870k on UK's "F1" plate and the sheik who dropped $14.5 million on the UAE's number 1, Frank Vassallo IV of Wilmington, Delaware, just bought license plate number 6 for $675k at auction, and admittedly was prepared to spend up to a million. His family already owns Delaware plates 9, for which they paid $185k at auction in 1993, and number 27. "It's a family thing," explains Vassallo. "It's a Delaware thing." It's an I've got more money than I know what to do with thing, if you ask us. But hey, it's his money.
[Source: Delaware News Journal via Winding Road]
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Alex 10:32AM (2/21/2008)
Anyone whose name ends in a roman numeral can be suspected of having too much money.
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TwinTurbo3000GT 12:08PM (2/21/2008)
A shame no one lives in delaware to see it...
3seriesisking 12:38PM (2/21/2008)
Haha 3000GT.....good point.......This kind of thing is just getting out of hand.
John R 3:24PM (2/21/2008)
Hey! I live in delaware! No matter. Nobody in DE really cares about the black plates....
...at least all the people I know. Maybe this Vassallo character and his tool bag friends do.
DKB_SATX 10:34AM (2/21/2008)
"Not only am I stupid enough to blow the price of a median-priced house in southern Delaware (2 of them in northern Delaware) on a LICENSE PLATE, I allowed my name to be printed in connection with this idiotic action so that everyone will know I'm a wasteful fool."
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Shakatar 10:41AM (2/21/2008)
Is there a 0 plate up for grabs, and how much would he be willing to pay for it? I think it would be more appropriate for him.
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mk 10:46AM (2/21/2008)
This just in:
Confirmation on the common colloquialism: "A Fool and their money are soon and easily parted."
Moron. It's a damn license plate, fool!
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iSpec 10:46AM (2/21/2008)
When will it end? Living in a country where you can spend your money on anything you want! Vote Democrat to stop the insanity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTz7nojEC80
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ermax18 11:39AM (2/21/2008)
HAHAHA. I just wish we could hand our entire pay check to the gov. They will do a much better job of distributing it then I would. That is why we (some of us) work so hard after all. Right?
Tim 1:30PM (2/21/2008)
Man, you and I think exactly alike. If my doctor prescribes medical marijuana then I should be able to buy it. Ditto an abortion. They have no right telling me how I can and can't spend my hard earned money. Right now the gov't takes our money and spends it invading foreign countries while creating the biggest gov't expansion in decades. If you want your personal freedoms back and a smaller gov't join iSpec and I in voting Democrat.
John R 3:27PM (2/21/2008)
iSpec, you're not really helpin' out Obama's cause saying stuff like that.
papercutninja 10:48AM (2/21/2008)
Delaware sucks. They have to do SOMETHING to keep themselves interested.
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evosky 11:01AM (2/21/2008)
delaware doesn't suck. you're just jealous of the plate.
get over yourself.
Frank 11:38AM (2/21/2008)
I have lived in Delaware and of all the Northeast states it was the best IMO. No sales tax, low income tax. Not everything is perfect but if you have to live in the Northeast that is the place you want to be, not NJ, PA, MD, or NY.
The plates are valued because they can be renewed and don't have to be turned in when a new design comes out. Number 6 dates back to whenever they first started registering motor vehicles. So it's not just the number like the Middle East country, it's more the age of the plate.
Corey W. 10:50AM (2/21/2008)
This is retarded... nuff said!!
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ron 10:54AM (2/21/2008)
The 2 most common elements in the universe - carbon and stupidity!
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Mike F 10:56AM (2/21/2008)
0 in Delaware is reserved for the Governor. I know it's idiotic to spend a lot on a plate but those black and white DE plates are actually ceramic and you can only get them with 5 digits or less (A. they are the original DE plate design B. they are a vanity plate which costs in the neighborhood of $75). I had someone approach me because I have a 5 digit plate and they offered me $150 to switch the plate registration to them.
I declined because my time to go through that hassle was worth more...
for papercut... DE has its pros and cons like everywhere... Tax free shopping (although 2.75% on cars)... Dewey beach...apparently you haven't been there!
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mattydread 11:35AM (2/21/2008)
I didn't know about 0, but 1 is also reserved for the Governor.
Mike F 11:42AM (2/21/2008)
You're correct Matt... There may not be a 0 plate. I was just going by memory from what I learned years ago.
L.Wood 10:58AM (2/21/2008)
I am with ispec about voting Democrat. We need nation license plate reform so it will not be possible to spend this kind of money on one. We need legislation to create legislation dictating what we can and cannot spend our money on based upon our income. Example - family of 4 income is $31,000 gross so no play stations or x-boxes can be purchased by this family until they can raise their gross income up to $61,381. Maybe Barak O'Bama, the Irish lad, will take on this one after he is elected President of these here United States.
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