Reserving a Registration Number

Funxy

Ok so I'm reserving a reg plate. I have done this before for the past few years. Here's the deal:

http://www.oasis.gov.ie/transport/motoring/vehicle_registration_numbers.html

So i ring up this morning to ask what time they will find out at as if i don't get the number i obviously want to say "oh right ok well can i put the money down on such and such a number instead so?" But the lady on the phone told me they will not be accepting calls for the next week. If i get the number the confirmation will be posted to me. If not i will get a refund in the post. Then next monday i can ring up and enquire what numbers are available. Now i don't remember this from previous years and i'd just like to know what others know about it?

As you know how paddy and jack and mary down the goverment offices will all have different answers for the same person :rolleyes: I certainly dont want to be the only one waiting and then finding out next week that i should have followed it up this week. Thanks for your help!

TomMc

Funxy, I will send you an email (PM) in a few minutes which might help.

NeMiSiS

Is it a myth you can't get 666 ? Out of curiousity..
TK

ninty9er

NeMiSiS wrote:

Is it a myth you can't get 666 ? Out of curiousity..
TK

Myth. 90-L-666 is on an MX-5 in dublin

TomMc

Have not seen any in more recent years ... I think they skip the number by default ... but if someone is prepared to pay their EUR315 or whatever for it, I would say they would grap their readies, pretty lively. Just an opinion, not based on facts.

Funxy

Thanks for your help Tom.

I'm sure it must be an urban myth, although if they did skip it i can't say i'd be all that surprised

Stephen

Amusingly, Intel skipped it in their line of Pentium 3 CPU's. They used to make them in 33 MHz steps, say 500, 533, 566, 600, 633 MHz etc. Mysteriously the next one was 667Mhz. Crazy marketing people, eh?

smash

no, 06-WW-666 is on a Bentley in bray. And it's a lottery to get the plates... a lot of garages put in a lot of the same requests to get a better vchance of getting the plates. No doubt Des Cullen will have 07-D-430 and 07-D-4300 etc and Appleyard will get all the puegeot numbers, 206,207,307,407,1007,807 etc

smarty

What car are you getting? Please tell me it is an exige!

Funxy

No fraid not

G Luxel

if you own a citroen then living in cork you can get C2 to C8, but you cant get CI as the lord mayor gets that for his/her Mondeo. If you own a Mercedes C class you can get all the variations C I80 to C 43 AMG. I think in Laois you can get LS 430 for a Lexus. The other one is C IIO for a renault.
I have seen many cars with 666 on their own. Ive also seen regs with I3 on its own.
Was the plate I MPI ever issued. Ive seen an Hillman Imp with the reg IMP I.

Some Japanese imports also have single and double digits ie I3 or 666 or 555 etc even though the cars are recent imports but 7 or 8 years old.

unkel

Interesting there is no car registered with any of these regs: 00D666 / 01D666 / 02D666 / 05D666

Stephen wrote:

Amusingly, Intel skipped it in their line of Pentium 3 CPU's. They used to make them in 33 MHz steps, say 500, 533, 566, 600, 633 MHz etc. Mysteriously the next one was 667Mhz. Crazy marketing people, eh?

Round 666.66666etc. Mhz and you get 667, not 666. No conspiracy theory there