looking at reg's mate's garage got me thinking. How do registration plates work. I think the first letter tells you what year it was when the car was first registered by whats all the other lettering and numbering for?
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How do reg plates work in the UK?
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3rdforum wrote:looking at reg's mate's garage got me thinking. How do registration plates work. I think the first letter tells you what year it was when the car was first registered by whats all the other lettering and numbering for?
Here's an informative site that explains it brilliantly...
UK Number plates
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Thanks Cam, its seems a little complicated to me. Over here, a car is assigned a number denoting the year, letters denoting a county e.g. Galway would be G, Dublin = D etc and finally a number assigned in ascending order .
My van is 97 G 5897 which means its a 1997, from Galway and was the 5897th vehicle to be registered there that year.
My van is 97 G 5897 which means its a 1997, from Galway and was the 5897th vehicle to be registered there that year.
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3rdforum wrote:Thanks Cam, its seems a little complicated to me. Over here, a car is assigned a number denoting the year, letters denoting a county e.g. Galway would be G, Dublin = D etc and finally a number assigned in ascending order .
My van is 97 G 5897 which means its a 1997, from Galway and was the 5897th vehicle to be registered there that year.
That is a sensible approach in Ireland as it only has a small poulation. Can you imagine using that system in London? An example would be:
10 L 100567 or even bigger!
My reg is SP 52 XXX which means it was first registered in Dundee in September 2002. The last 3 letters are the "Random" unique identifying numbers.Last edited by The Lone Ranger on Sat 7 Jan 2012 - 21:31; edited 2 times in total
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The Lone Ranger wrote:3rdforum wrote:Thanks Cam, its seems a little complicated to me. Over here, a car is assigned a number denoting the year, letters denoting a county e.g. Galway would be G, Dublin = D etc and finally a number assigned in ascending order .
My van is 97 G 5897 which means its a 1997, from Galway and was the 5897th vehicle to be registered there that year.
That is a sensible approach in Ireland as it only has a small poulation. Can you imagine using that system in London? An example would be:
10 L 100567 or even bigger!
Never thought of that. No wonder you're admin!!
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It should be like the USA, Pick one and keep it; Or swop it for another later on, But then the the DVLA wouldnt make thousands selling them, Goverment thieves again, Then theirs the keeping up with the jones's, New car every year,
When i picked my car up at vallet parking this mornring, Young lad turns up in my 92 J reg toyota carina, i was smiling Most were Range Rover sports etc, But no, He jumps out praising it for starting after 3 weeks, Nowt but trouble these new cars, Yours is a great car, i told him i payed £50 for it 3 years ago, And havent touched it since, Wow, Only trouble with it you have to talk to the ethnics in petrol stations, Carina innit good car innit you want to sell our kid will buy it, innit, Feck right off, Young lad was laughing his head off, Janet said why do they like them ?, Carina innit. Much cheapness,
When i picked my car up at vallet parking this mornring, Young lad turns up in my 92 J reg toyota carina, i was smiling Most were Range Rover sports etc, But no, He jumps out praising it for starting after 3 weeks, Nowt but trouble these new cars, Yours is a great car, i told him i payed £50 for it 3 years ago, And havent touched it since, Wow, Only trouble with it you have to talk to the ethnics in petrol stations, Carina innit good car innit you want to sell our kid will buy it, innit, Feck right off, Young lad was laughing his head off, Janet said why do they like them ?, Carina innit. Much cheapness,
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Only 4 months old from Brighton!
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The lone Hercule Poirot strikes again!! (Where's the Sherlock Holmes smiley?)
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Only 4 months old from Brighton!
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?????Topdog wrote: You don't get many new Borns in Brighton