
Most Expensive Car Registration: Many people in the country are fond of expensive cars. People spend their entire savings to buy a car of their choice. Apart from expensive cars, some people are also fond of VIP numbers. Many people spend more on the car registration number than on the price of the car. On Wednesday i.e. 26th November, the bidding for the country’s most expensive vehicle number took place. Number HR88B8888 sold for Rs 1.17 crore. Also, it has become the most expensive car registration number in India.
However, this is not the first case of purchasing expensive vehicle numbers. Even before this, news of purchasing numbers worth lakhs for vehicles has been in the news. In April, a businessman from Kerala had bought the car for Rs 46 lakh. In Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, a person had bought a number plate worth Rs 14 lakh for a scooter worth Rs 1 lakh.
Auction takes place every week in Haryana
Actually, online auctions are held every week in Haryana for VIP and fancy numbers. After 5 pm on Friday and till 9 am on Monday, people can apply for the preferred number. After this online bidding of numbers takes place. The results are declared at 5 pm on Wednesday. This auction process takes place online. For this, all the information is given on fancy.parivahan.gov.in portal.
The maximum number of applications received was 45.
This Wednesday, the highest number of applications for HR88B8888 was 45 out of the number determined in the auction. The auction for this number started at Rs 50,000. There was a race among many people for this number till 5 pm. By 12 noon, bids worth Rs 88 lakh had been received. At 5 pm this number was sold for Rs 1.17 crore.
Special in this number?
This number is in the category of VIP numbers. It has been bought in the auction. HR88B8888 also contains state and district information. HR-This is the state code issued for vehicles of Haryana. 88- This number tells in which area the vehicle is registered. This is the number of the transport office i.e. RTO or district. It varies for every district. B-This is the series code of the vehicle in the RTO area where the vehicle is registered. 8888- This is a four-digit unique registration number, which is different for every vehicle. The special thing about this number is that only one digit is appearing again and again. This number seems to contain only 8. B looks somewhat like an 8. This is the reason why so many bids were received for this number.
Why do people buy expensive numbers?
People buy expensive vehicle numbers because they consider it a way of their pride and identity. Some people like their birthday, lucky number or special number. Rich people buy these to look rich, so that their car stands out. Some people consider it a means of investing money, because the value of such numbers increases later. People make their car special by paying more in the auction or by choosing a special number.
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