Pics of apt, rare, funny number plates taken in Ireland if possible

PanhardPL

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I'm a bit puzzled by a reg I saw in Swords today.

WZS *** (Dublin) on Euro style plates on a Nissan Almera!

According to www.cartell.ie the plate belongs to a Ford Sierra. :eek:

If someone wanted to forge a plate, why on earth would they screw it up so much with a pre 1987 reg (uncommon enough as it is) on a modern car?

WZS... was issued on 2/85 and lasted until 3/85 and Nissan did not have an Almera available then. You should have reported it to the Gardai as this car could be used in a robbery.

Our man in Havana

Do your duty, report it.

Wishbone Ash

I was reluctant to report it as some people say it's possible to transfer a reg here if the other vehicle is destroyed. The only time I've ever heard it done was the 'VIP' plate for the Popemobile in 1979. I have a vague recollection of junkyard saying it was possible though.

Max_Damage

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I'm a bit puzzled by a reg I saw in Swords today.

WZS *** (Dublin) on Euro style plates on a Nissan Almera!

According to www.cartell.ie the plate belongs to a Ford Sierra. :eek:

If someone wanted to forge a plate, why on earth would they screw it up so much with a pre 1987 reg (uncommon enough as it is) on a modern car?

Funny enough that you mention that, I remember seeing about a year ago a Land Rover Discovery on old Irish plates. I was wondering what was going on there.

Back on topic, I've seen quite alot of cars going around with Kuwait plates on them. The latest one was a Peugeot 206 CC in the city centre.

Do-more

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I'm a bit puzzled by a reg I saw in Swords today.

WZS *** (Dublin) on Euro style plates on a Nissan Almera!

According to www.cartell.ie the plate belongs to a Ford Sierra. :eek:

If someone wanted to forge a plate, why on earth would they screw it up so much with a pre 1987 reg (uncommon enough as it is) on a modern car?

You didn't happen to cop if it was right hand drive or left?

Countries such as Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania are still issuing this style of number and in many cases the registrations duplicate old Irish numbers.

Didn't get a snap but saw a Volvo with the reg. WMD ### last summer in Sweden. Pretty apt I thought as cars have probably killed many more people than Nukes have!

Do-more

Max_Damage wrote:

Funny enough that you mention that, I remember seeing about a year ago a Land Rover Discovery on old Irish plates. I was wondering what was going on there.

Range Rovers and Discos are re-manufactured on old chassis rails by a company in the UK. They keep the original chassis number and registration. That way you can have a new Disco but in the eyes of the Revenue commissioners it is 15 years old which has benefits for Tax purposes (Benefit in kind etc.)

Do-more

Shouldn't that plate be on a truck!

Wishbone Ash

Max_Damage wrote:

Funny enough that you mention that, I remember seeing about a year ago a Land Rover Discovery on old Irish plates.

Do-more wrote:

Range Rovers and Discos are re-manufactured on old chassis rails by a company in the UK. They keep the original chassis number and registration.

Here's an example - a Discovery with old Kilkenny plates on a LR Defender chassis.

smash

unreadable, and playboy bunnies on it too....

Rowley Birkin QC

Neighbours M3, couldnt keep my eyes off it when I called up to his gaff today!

This is like one of those magic eye things, you either see how cool the reg is or you don't!

bigkev49

bigkev49 wrote:

Neighbours M3, couldnt keep my eyes off it when I called up to his gaff today!

This is like one of those magic eye things, you either see how cool the reg is or you don't!

Nice. That colour paint really needs to be kept clean!!

Rowley Birkin QC

Yeh but a flick of dirt on a RWD car looks pretty cool ! Agreed though this one needs a bit of a spit and shine

Saw an M6 in cork yesterday too with "messin" wheels on!! no pic though

Wishbone Ash

bigkev49 - there's a 2003 yellow BMW M3 that I see occasionally with a Leitrim registration but it's spaced appropriately to give 03 L M3


You blanked out the county in your pic but we all know that it has to be Dublin. No other county goes as far as 77,734.

rebel.ranter

Wishbone Ash wrote:

bigkev49 - You blanked out the county in your pic but we all know that it has to be Dublin. No other county goes as far as 77,734.

A quick check on a certain CAR website will TELL the rest of the reg!!!

Do-more

It appears that Kildare Co. Co. are attempting to increase revenue from Premium Reg numbers by issuing plates with decimal places!

2 Espressi

Spotted in Limerick on Friday, and yes, the owner was of the Auburn persuasion...

Do-more

Sorry for the really bad photo, the number is M12 OHM, the font for the 12 is different the the rest of the plate and makes it look like an R, so the plate reads MR OHM probably in the electrical business I guess!

smash

eljono

Couple of English reg. trucks spotted in Adare.





And the new A5;



IN - Ingolstadt, Audi HQ
A5 - model
001 - first one registered?

drdre

I like the nikes plate.

wet-paint

qz wrote:

Saw a Merc S55 AMG once, spaced exactly like this, no bars:

04 D4 04 55

He's a bookie that follows the dogs. I see it every night at work. If he parks at night, the headlights stay on for a few seconds to let him see as he leaves the car, and a lot of punters keep telling him he's left the lights on. It bugs him no end.

drdre

qz wrote:

Saw a Merc S55 AMG once, spaced exactly like this, no bars:

04 D4 04 55

He must be proud to live in D4.

fletch

wet-paint wrote:

He's a bookie that follows the dogs. I see it every night at work. If he parks at night, the headlights stay on for a few seconds to let him see as he leaves the car, and a lot of punters keep telling him he's left the lights on. It bugs him no end.

My Mams Fiat Panda does that!

Silvera

Old Irish registrations CANNOT be transferred to another vehicle in Ireland.

'VIP 1' was on a car which was bought by a UK buyer many years ago who managed to get the reg onto the UK system. It recently sold to Roman Abramovic for 500,000stg.

I suspect that the reg that was seen on the Almera was an eastern european plate.....many of them use the same lettering as old irish plate.

That Aussie (Queensland) plate '2 CRAZY' is interesting ..spotted in Ireland?? I presume.

MercMad

He's a bookie that follows the dogs. I see it every night at work. If he parks at night, the headlights stay on for a few seconds to let him see as he leaves the car, and a lot of punters keep telling him he's left the lights on. It bugs him no end.

.....thats been standard on all Mercs since 2001 MY. Its selectable, so why doesn't he turn the feature off ??

MercMad

Old Irish registrations CANNOT be transferred to another vehicle in Ireland.

........this is the case currently but apparantly not always the case ! A guy in the Merc Club had a very very old Limerick plate transfered onto his '65 Merc about 8 years ago ! I dunno how, but he did it, reason being the plate suited the cars engine type !

prospect

wet-paint wrote:

He's a bookie that follows the dogs. I see it every night at work. If he parks at night, the headlights stay on for a few seconds to let him see as he leaves the car, and a lot of punters keep telling him he's left the lights on. It bugs him no end.

I think nearly every car made in the last 5 years has this feature. :rolleyes:

Do-more

Another Audi 77!

drdre

Do-more wrote:

Another Audi 77!

Thats a nice plate

vector

Bond-007 wrote:

Do your duty, report it.

have things changed? From my real world experience as a former dutiful citizen you can't just casually tell the guards something, as you would a friend, before they listen to the actual news/information they will want to know YOUR "name", "address/phone", you feel like you are becoming "involved" in some way.