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Highest '06 reg ?

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    #32
    mackerski
    Registered Users Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭mackerski


    samo wrote:
    Saw a BMW 5 series (520) in a petrol station in Lucan the other day 06-D-520

    What message is that plate trying to send out? Maybe something like "Look at me, I've got a way-underpowered car that still cost a fortune".

    Dermot


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    #33
    cee_jay
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,920 Mod ✭✭✭✭cee_jay


    Saw a Chevrolet this morning 06-WD-218
    The driver was practically afraid to drive it!
    Was behind him at a roundabout where he stopped for about 5 minutes looking every which way, before deciding to pull off (this was just after 7am so there wasn't that many cars on the road!!)
    Also did not know how to use his indicators!! And could not keep to his own lane.........


    Sorry rant over!


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    #34
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    Saw a 06 - KE - 555 blue Subaru Impreza in Kildare town tonight. Not a high number but a very suitable one!


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    #35
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    mackerski wrote:
    What message is that plate trying to send out? Maybe something like "Look at me, I've got a way-underpowered car that still cost a fortune".

    Dermot


    sorry what do you regard as a satisfactory engine size for a new 5 series ?


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    #36
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,226 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    mackerski wrote:
    What message is that plate trying to send out? Maybe something like "Look at me, I've got a way-underpowered car that still cost a fortune".

    LOL, I understand your point, Dermot. Why the hell would someone bother to spend €300 or whatever it is for that plate. Maybe the owner just wants a plate that's easy to remember

    BTW, why do you call a car that does 0-100km/h in 9.0 seconds "way-underpowered"? My guess-based-on-nothing is that 95% of cars sold in this country are slower than that. Perhaps you adhere to very high standards :)


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    #37
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    Silvera wrote:
    It's probably best NOT to mention the type/model of car - just the reg number.
    (i.e. by posting the reg number only it means that anybody (who has any unlawful ideas) doesn't know what type of car it is).

    (Thats why I didn't post the full reg of the 06 Chrysler 300C I spotted today. The reg 06-KE-805 was on a Ford .......notice I didn't say what model Ford it is ;)).

    I'd suggest that above posters (or a mod) remove the make of car from their posts.


    Eh? Anyone who has unlawful ideas just has to look around town or a carpark to clone any reg or car they want!


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    #38
    HashSlinging
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭HashSlinging


    a 520 is not underpowered, its the slowest in the range but nothing to be ahemed of


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    #39
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    HashSlinging wrote:
    a 520 is not underpowered, its the slowest in the range but nothing to be ashamed of

    true, but nothin to be flaunting either.


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    #40
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,143 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Only sad baxtards worry about this sort of thing!

    I prefer the ZS etc regs, where you had to use a couple of (scarce) brain cells to work out the year......

    :p

    Not your ornery onager



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    #41
    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Cmar-Ireland wrote:
    Eh? Anyone who has unlawful ideas just has to look around town or a carpark to clone any reg or car they want!

    Sure. But no doubt many of them must also use the net - why make it easy for them?!

    If registrations only are posted here, nobody is 'any the wiser'! ;)


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    #42
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    esel wrote:
    Only sad baxtards worry about this sort of thing!

    I prefer the ZS etc regs, where you had to use a couple of (scarce) brain cells to work out the year......

    :p

    or even better would be not having the year at all on the reg plates


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    #43
    HungryJoey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭HungryJoey


    So far I am the winner :p My mothers car : 06-D-3226 although there are many more on the road since the 3rd of january since it was registered. WE were told our reg went in at No. 1556 or something around that, and came back at the end of the day at 3226. That means over 1500 cars were registerd that day. So going on that note im sure they are over 5000 by now ? :confused:

    Hj


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    #44
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,143 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    C_Breeze wrote:
    or even better would be not having the year at all on the reg plates

    You may be :confused: thinking of 'ZV' plates - the ones I referred to are actual year of issue.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #45
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    I heard a rumour that 666 or 999 were not given out each year, anyone know if this is the case?


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    #46
    Litcagral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭Litcagral


    Tipsy Mac wrote:
    I heard a rumour that 666 or 999 were not given out each year, anyone know if this is the case?


    Two neighbours of mine had 666 a few years ago. A hearse in Kilkenny had RIP 666 and a fire engine in Dundalk used to have XZY 999. I saw two ambulance-type 4x4s in Beaumont Hospital recently with WW 999 regs.


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    #47
    qz
    Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    New Passat: 06-X-3789

    Winner! :p


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    #48
    Litcagral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭Litcagral


    qz wrote:
    New Passat: 06-X-3789

    Winner! :p


    X? must be a new county!!!!! Presume you mean WX


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    #49
    qz
    Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    No I meant to put in X. Didn't feel the need to put in the county, and I felt I would have gotten my head bitten off for putting in the whole registration and make/model of the car.


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    #50
    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    qz wrote:
    No I meant to put in X. Didn't feel the need to put in the county, and I felt I would have gotten my head bitten off for putting in the whole registration and make/model of the car.

    would have been just as easy to put in a "?"
    ....also more logical and less confusing -but thats just me.


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    #51
    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    There is NO problem posting a complete reg, incl the county.

    As long as you don't post the model of car, nobody can link it to anything.

    Personally, I too would prefer a reg that ommitted the year.....along the lines of the pre-1987 plates.


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    #52
    eamoss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭eamoss


    06-LH-703 Saw it two days ago


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    #53
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,226 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    qz wrote:
    New Passat: 06-X-3789

    Let's just say we all know that X <> TS :p


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    #54
    Big Balls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭Big Balls


    I know a fella who had 666 as his reg - it was a red Brava.


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    #55
    ciarsd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭ciarsd


    Big Balls wrote:
    I know a fella who had 666 as his reg - it was a red Brava.

    strange that as I've seen a red Bravo with 666 as its reg!


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    #56
    Big Balls
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭Big Balls


    Must be a Bravo so. I don't care much for specifics on FIATS. :eek:


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    #57
    ds20prefecture
    Registered Users Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    Eh, won't this game just continue until the end of the year?


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    #58
    Litcagral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭Litcagral


    ds20prefecture wrote:
    Eh, won't this game just continue until the end of the year?

    Probably get more interesting then as registrations slow down - ie who has spotted the 'last' reg.


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    #59
    Mike2006
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Mike2006


    Picked up 4419 on Saturday.


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    #60
    mackerski
    Registered Users Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭mackerski


    HashSlinging wrote:
    a 520 is not underpowered, its the slowest in the range but nothing to be ahemed of

    Alright, fair point - I used to have a 1990 520 that was perfectly acceptable, though in no way sporty. I certainly wouldn't have made its model number the subject of an attention-grabbing plate.

    Dermot


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    #61
    Lump Basher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 293 ✭✭Lump Basher


    Silvera wrote:
    What is the highest '06 reg you have spotted so far ?

    Kildare: 06-KE-805
    Tipperary North: 06-TN-494


    Incidentially, I spotted a 06-KE Chrysler 300C today. Fine looking car!
    I saw 06-D-5811


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