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The numbers that you see above are not the winning numbers of Magnum 4-D. Instead, these are the car numbers plates that most Chinese would regret to have them placed in front or at the rear of their new cars.

A discerning lady runner (who is accurate in making good judgement) is upgrading to a bigger car and she has decided to buy a new Honda CRV. Well, this is really exciting news. Honda CRV is retailed at around RM 150,000; which means the buyer is having a strong financial balance sheet which is not affected by the wave of recent global financial tsunami.
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I think it is a good idea to choose a good car registration number to go with the “keng chow” vehicle. For Chinese, we usually ask the car salesman to avoid number 4 (that sounds like ‘die’ in Cantonese) when registering the new vehicle with Road Transport Department.

We do not welcome 4 but 5 has the negative connotation. When two numbers are together, it can give funny meaning.

Let me share with the readers (if you are not aware) the meaning of the numbers (due to the similarity of sound that resembles other meaning) and the numbers to avoid.
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8888 - Fatt, Fatt, Fatt, Fatt - maximum prosperity

53 – Cannot live
54 – Cannot die
56 – Don’t want to work anymore or quit job
57 – Cannot come out
58 – Cannot prosper
67, 69 – Male genital organ (p****)
97 – Playing with men's p****

So the worst things that could have happened are the following combinations:

5354 – like rojak
5358 – Well, this combination is not fung sui for doing business
6797 or 1197 – every day play p****
9394 – Play here play there (playboy's car number plate)

But if you are a macho or Rambo type, you may want to chose 5456 – Cannot die and do not want to work. Coupled with a battered vehicle, the invincible force in your car number plate would send cold sweat to other drivers.
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Another number which is too pressurized (that depend on individual) to own is x007 – James Bond's number. We have to live it up to the name when driving the car around. Best effect to harmonize with the number is to drive vehicles with dents all over. So from 6 November 2008 onwards where the movie "Quantum of Solace" will be shown in major cinemas in Kuala Lumpur, driving this car number has its special feeling. With this number plate, make sure you do not carry big bamboo branches jutting out of the car. The other drivers may think that it is the bazooka gun, similar to the billboard showing Daniel Craig – James Bond – raising his gun.
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7 months ago: Emirati Saed Abdul Ghaffar al-Khouri (R) poses with the most expensive car number-plate after he won it in an auction in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi on February 16, 2008. Al-Khouri won the plate after bidding 52.2 milion dirhmas (14.2 million dollars) to become the most expensive single-digit car registration plate in the world.

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Let me share with you the system here for getting the preferred car number in Kuala Lumpur. This is useful if you are thinking of buying new cars.

1. Ask the salesman to avoid certain number:
The car owner needs to pay about RM 100 to the salesman who will then pay the runner. So the runner decides the number for you.

2. Car owner choose the number:
The car owner can go a Road Transport Department (RTD) and identify the current sequence (for that 1,000 number). Copy a few of the numbers of your choice and then ask the salesman to register the number in your order of preference.

Let say current series is 2xxx and you chose 2368, 2668, 2888, etc. Then you have to pay RM 210 to RTD. However, if you chose other series (eg. 3, 6, 7, 8, 9xxx), then you have to pay RM 310. If the current series is 4xxx, you definitely have to choose series 6, 7, 8 or 9.

3. Tender a number:
Inform your salesman that you want to tender number. For that one number, you have to pay a minimum of RM 310. Hot number may cost more. Payable only when you are successful.
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WMW 8001 - How I got this number:
I like WMW because it is symmetrical or looks like a wave of letters... a bit artistic lah ... :-) When it was WMM, I then planned for WMW (a few months of planning). For method (2) and (3) above, there are of the same price. So I told the salesman that I want to tender 8001 (Just like the Chinese, I like to be Fatt... but not getting fat; and I was penguin runner 01 at that time). If I am not successful, I will then use Method (2) - to go to RTD to identify the numbers of my choice. So when the tender results were out, I got it and I did not have to make a special trip to RTD.

Do not take chances
Assuming most car owners choose most of the good numbers, which means for those uninitiated or ‘chin chai’ car owners, the chance of getting lousy, left-over numbers are high. Imagine after paying RM 100,000 to take delivery of your new car only to know that the number plate portrays other negative or funny messages.

Related Reading

More detailed write-up of booking the car registration number of your choice: click here.

Road Transport Department (JPJ) website: click here

Initial letters of each state: click here

Price of Penis and Orgasm: click here

Written by KC
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