Stop advertising the age of a vehicle on the plates and maybe (for some)
> people, there will be less pressure buy a new car every few years.
I think the "jumbling" effect of using decade+0 or decade+10 for the first number has fairly well done that, plus "old" cars no longer look as outdated as they used to.
I think some coach operators do that.
Owain
Many years ago now when I could see i saw a very sporty little Mercedes convertible parked up with the number plate IDO 69. Many people were laughing, however a very nice young lady cam out of a shop and got in and drove it away. to this day i wondered if it might have been some candid camera stunt. I'd guess it was mid 1980s.
nowadays I do not see number plates but there have a been a lot of problems with people using odd spacing and having the police on their case. Brian
I think all dodgy builders should have the number plate COW 80Y on their vans. Brian
BUL 541T
Local to here, and once featured on That's Life!
I see the plate is currently on a Mini, used to be a Jag...
DVLA may since have cancelled that (and others) as obscene or offensive.
I stand corrected.
Odd that DVLA allow PEN 15 but reject VA61ANA - but possibly on the basis that PEN15 is so old that the owner had acquired a "legitimate expectation" of continuing to be able to wave it about.
Watched a re-run of Endeavour on ITV3 yesterday. Think the latest series, on ITV last year.
An Austin (or Morris) 1100 featured as a panda car. And the reg was *** *Z.
'Z' at that time being reserved for Ireland?
Sure you weren?t watching Z cars.
GH
;-) No - this one had wheels and a screen.
In message <qceuba$hic$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 21:52:58 on Sun, 26 May
2019, Steve Walker snipped-for-privacy@walker-family.me.uk> remarked:
The implied pressure to buy a new car was supposed to be a way to support the (UK) car industry. Not that much of a project any more.
I've had a personal plate since the early 80's, and it's partly to disguise the age of my (11yr old currently) car, but mainly so I can remember what the Reg is, rather than a meaningless jumble of letters and numbers.
Originally because petrol stations always asked for it you weren't paying cash, but now you get inquisitive parking meters, and car spares/insurance/etc sites that insist on it, rather than you knowing what type of car it is.
even our railway station car park ticket machine now wants to know.
Yup. Something about the current numbers that make them more difficult to remember. Not quite sure why.
I have not seen SHE 1 for years (it was on a SD1 on my parents street when I was a lot younger)
It's now on a Rolls Royce Silver Spur III (AskMID).
Is THE 1 still on the mayoral limo?
Chris
IDO 69 is not a valid UK registration number.
It certainly is.
Although I just ran in on ASKMID and it refuses to give the make and model of vehicle.
The plate THE 1 is on a 2013
BMW 730d
The car I was refering to was a gold coloured Bently
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