{"id":657,"date":"2010-05-19T20:14:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=657"},"modified":"2010-05-19T20:14:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:14:40","slug":"indian-number-plates-a-status-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/19\/indian-number-plates-a-status-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Number Plates a Status Symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>A farmer-turn-realtor recently bid a whopping Rs 10 lakh to have a VIP registration number for his SUV. Many affluent Punjabis have, in the  past, spent big money to have their preferred number for their vehicle, but  Chandigarh-based NS Shergill outdid them by spending Rs 10 lakh to buy the preferred  number for his SUV, whose cost was just double the price he paid for its  registration number.<\/p>\n<p>During an auction this weekend, Shergill made the highest bid of Rs 10 lakh before the Chandigarh Registration and Licensing  Authority, to get CH01-AC-0001 for his SUV. Asked to comment on the craze for a small  digit number, particularly among the Punjabis, Bhatti says, \u201cPeople think it  is a status symbol\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farmer-turn-realtor recently bid a whopping Rs 10 lakh to have a VIP registration number for his SUV. 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