Not necessarily. I have private plates and I like them but then I haven’t pissed around with the letters or spacing to make them read like something they shouldn’t. One thing I do find them useful for since I’ve had them is that I no longer have the urge to go and buy something new every year because my plates don’t reflect the age of the ve-hickles.And who cares anyway.
I've never seen the point in personalised number plates.
Driven by ego, arrogance or inadequacy.
Funny ones on the other hand, are always worth seeing. Still waiting to see P3N 1S but I suspect it's been withheld.