Sorry if this upsets anyone but I've always felt private plates look totally naff. They never spell exactly what you want them to. Some are better than others but most are cringeworthy.

Only my opinion of course.

Since I moved to Thailand and got a car I was asked what I wanted my number plate to be. Picked my year of birth and that's exactly what I got. Not something close, or using letters to mean numbers or vice versa but spot on.