# $14.3M License Plate: Auction Sets World Record **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 2, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819 "2008-02-02T07:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/1 "2008-02-02T07:17:13Z")
edit: $14.3M License Plate: Auction Sets World Record > **[Who's No. 1? $14.3M License Plate Buyer](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=4301197&page=1)** > > No, it's not made of solid gold -- just ordinary aluminum. But it does come with the swagger of being labeled no. "1." And that's evidently worth a record $14.3 million. > Today, a businessman named Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri was willing to pay 52.2... original thread: 6.8 millllllionnnn dolla vanity plate > **[Video News - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos)** > > Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. ballin! ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/2 "2008-02-02T07:35:43Z")
“What would you pay for number one?” “I would pay, eh, $15 to $20.” “Million.” “Eh, yes, million.” :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/3 "2008-02-02T07:50:18Z")
at least the money goes to a good cause ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/4 "2008-02-02T12:24:48Z")
that is retarded. ---
**Author:** ![AngryHero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/angryhero/32/7495_2.png) [@AngryHero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AngryHero)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/5 "2008-02-02T12:29:13Z")
Seems like a good investment ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/6 "2008-02-02T12:56:02Z")
the money out there… ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/7 "2008-02-02T13:52:58Z")
i just can’t imagine why gas is 3.29 a gallon… i keep trying to find out but i just can’t figure it out ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/8 "2008-02-02T14:00:52Z")
One of the oil companies just announced it made $5,000,000 profit per hour last year. That’s right $5,000,000 PROFIT PER HOUR!!! $1388.88 PER SECOND! ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/9 "2008-02-02T14:10:32Z")
thats pretty sweet tho. just to be able to use an hour and fifteen minutes worth of “work” to spend six million dollars on a license plate:shoot: ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/10 "2008-02-03T10:28:47Z")
Apparently over there a one digit number means you are royalty. ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/11 "2008-02-03T12:35:40Z")
ha the guy running the auction had a $70,000 watch on ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/12 "2008-02-03T12:58:20Z")
I would steal it off his car if I saw it. :snky: ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/13 "2008-02-03T21:27:04Z")
They have nice hats. ---
**Author:** ![nixad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/14 "2008-02-05T16:04:53Z")
your gas money hard at work :lolham: ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/15 "2008-02-05T16:21:38Z")
makes perfect sense to me. a friend of a friend up here in Kingston was given $10,000 for his phone number by a phone number broker who buys and sells phones numbers. i dont recal what the number was but it was all one digit. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/14-3m-license-plate-auction-sets-world-record/42819/16 "2008-02-17T08:03:51Z")
BUMP — numba one stunna is sold for $14.3M