10 years of a difference..

carchaeologist

I was out in the Ibiza today as it was a dry day and passing through Abbeydorney i passed this Laguna at the shop. A swift U turn later and i waited for the lady to come back to her car where i asked her if she would mind a quick photoshoot. She was a bit bemused at first but got a great kick out of it, and was all apologies for the state of the Laguna!





Theres light years between the two cars!

kerry4sam

ah nice one. That opportunity could NOT be passed up Fair Play to the owner of the Laguna though. Your own is in good nick btw.

carchaeologist

kerry4sam wrote: »

ah nice one. That opportunity could NOT be passed up . Your own is in good nick btw.

No, it was a photo opp that i definatly couldnt resist!!:D
The Ibiza has only 14k miles up, it only comes out on dry days.

kerry4sam

carchaeologist wrote: »

No, it was a photo opp that i definatly couldnt resist!!:D
The Ibiza has only 14k miles up, it only comes out on dry days.

14k? serious? :rolleyes:

What other cars you have? for a username like your own, you must have a savage collection?

carchaeologist

kerry4sam wrote: »

14k? serious? :rolleyes:

Yep, tis the truth, it just turned to 14k, i bought it with 13500 on it, and theres a full Joe o Connor service history to back it up!

kerry4sam wrote: »

What other cars you have? for a username like your own, you must have a savage collection?

I dunno if it would be called a savage collection, but i have a few retro motors alright..:)

tvercetti

was there only ever one side view mirror on the Seat?

Nice

My dad still has a black 1990 Ibiza Special but it has been off the road for about 7 years. Yours is in much better nick.

kerry4sam

carchaeologist wrote: »

Yep, tis the truth, it just turned to 14k, i bought it with 13500 on it, and theres a full Joe o Connor service history to back it up!

I dunno if it would be called a savage collection, but i have a few retro motors alright..:)

a few retro motors alright carchaeologist!

carchaeologist

tvercetti wrote: »

was there only ever one side view mirror on the Seat?

Yep. Most old cars did. The passenger mirror was usually an option. Legally you had to have two, the drivers one and the centre one.

carchaeologist

Karsini wrote: »

Nice

My dad still has a black 1990 Ibiza Special but it has been off the road for about 7 years. Yours is in much better nick.

Thank you. If he is getting rid let me know. Dont just scrap it!! What size is the engine? The bigger ones were Porsche tuned.

carchaeologist

carchaeologist wrote: »

Thank you. If he is getting rid let me know. Dont just scrap it!! What size is the engine? The bigger ones were Porsche tuned.

He's considering restoring it but if he ever does decide to dispose of it I'll let you know. He's in Listowel so not too far for you at all. It's the 903cc Fiat engine, as in all of the Special editions. Not the original engine though, the original blew a head gasket. Apparently the previous owner didn't look after it at all and the internals were badly corroded. The car still ran when it was stored but doesn't start now - it's an electrical problem as no spark is being produced.

The non-Specials were 1193cc and 1461cc "System Porsche" engines alright.

carchaeologist

You know your stuff Karsini! Im impressed! If he wants a look at mine anytime it wouldn't be a problem. Can't be many left now.

Quaderno

carchaeologist wrote: »

I was out in the Ibiza today (...)

I didn't know the Ibiza was yours, but I've noticed it a good few times around town and beyond - most notably parked next to the beach cafe in Fenit on sunny days I've walk around it more than once, really nice and always well looked after. You really don't need a Lambo to stand out...

carchaeologist

Quaderno wrote: »

I didn't know the Ibiza was yours, but I've noticed it a good few times around town and beyond - most notably parked next to the beach cafe in Fenit on sunny days I've walk around it more than once, really nice and always well looked after. You really don't need a Lambo to stand out...

It was only in Fenit a short while, thats where i picked it up, it was a sin to have it out in that salty air. An old woman in Tralee had it from new for 21 years. It stayed in town all that time apart from a few runs to Cork. Its not as clean as i would like, theres some bodywork to do this year.:)

Quaderno

carchaeologist wrote: »

It was only in Fenit a short while, thats where i picked it up, it was a sin to have it out in that salty air. An old woman in Tralee had it from new for 21 years.

Ok, it must have been me then. Since I am only in Fenit when the weather is fine I could only see the car over there on sunny days. I think it had been parked next to that derelict An Post-Berlingo (gone now as well) on the left hand side before the pier wall begins.
Anyway, it seems to be a really rare find to have a >20 year old car with one careful lady owner and a very special number plate. And I bet it even was quite affordable to take it off her
I am a big fan of clean and simple unmodified lightweight cars. In Germany I once had a 1994 Peugeot 106 that had been imported from Portugal. It had absolutely no gadgets (no power steering, no airbags, all windows and mirrors manual und not even a lid on the glove box) and so it weighed in at just 790kgs. That combined with a rare 50HP engine made it really fun to drive around town, although the seats were terrible and I wouldn't have wanted to crash it. In comparison: a 3-cylinder three door Corsa C with nothing in it is still more than 200kgs heavier than that car...

P.S. I just checked what 10KY1 would have been and it came up as a Pajero. 80KY1 on the other hand is no longer registered. Did those plates even exist that early?.

carchaeologist

KY(and every other county)plates exist theoretically back untill 1903, but they were only introduced in 1987.
80KY1 would have been an imported car registered here in 1987, as it doesn't show up in must be scrapped.
Pre 1993 registration plates were free, the garage could book them with the tax office and if you had enough pull you could get one.
Post 1993 they started each years registration at#201, selling the numbers below that for approx £300. This is why you rarely see low numbers, if you do you can bet someone has paid for it.
This increased to €1000 eu recently though.
Though to make things even more complicated starting from this year they stated from #1 again, though you can still prebook a number from the previous November before the registration year.

That Seat is even more interesting as you have said its the bog standard basic model with no extra anything. Nowadays because it costs so much to book a reg it will be put on high spec stuff like Pajeros, even the Laguna in the pic was top spec.

Vain

Was its a old lady up in Killerisk that owned the Ibiza?

carchaeologist

Vain wrote: »

Was its a old lady up in Killerisk that owned the Ibiza?

Yes, you knew of the car? She bought it new in Joe O Connors, I have the newspaper clipping with a pic of the car in it from the kerryman from that week.

Vain

carchaeologist wrote: »

Yes, you knew of the car? She bought it new in Joe O Connors, I have the newspaper clipping with a pic of the car in it from the kerryman from that week.

Sure did caught my eye every time I saw it! Was wondering what happened to it, glad to see it didnt get crushed!

carchaeologist

Vain wrote: »

Sure did caught my eye every time I saw it! Was wondering what happened to it, glad to see it didnt get crushed!

I always said I would buy it if I got the chance. Didn't think I would though!:P

Bonzodog

Have you any idea where the 10-KY-1 car is?

shergar22

Bonzodog wrote: »

Have you any idea where the 10-KY-1 car is?

It was definitely a Renault, Adams grabbed the 1 number plate for a good few years.
Possibly a Vel Satis or else a Laguna. Can't remember which one, but slightly leaning towards the Vel Satis. Saw the 12 KY 1 plate today, a white Hyundai i40 saloon.

carchaeologist

shergar22 wrote: »

It was definitely a Renault, Adams grabbed the 1 number plate for a good few years.
Possibly a Vel Satis or else a Laguna. Can't remember which one, but slightly leaning towards the Vel Satis. Saw the 12 KY 1 plate today, a white Hyundai i40 saloon.

11KY1 is a Pajero
10KY1 is a Pajero.
09KY seems not to have been issued
08KY1 is a Pajero
07KY1 is a Pajero
06KY1 is a Renault
05KY1 is a Renault
04KY1 is a Renault Vel Satis.
03KY1 is a Renault
02KY1 us a Renault
01KY1 is a Mercedes
A white Hyundai i40 you say? Neat, good to see it on a cheap car. Wonder did he pay the €1000 for it, because it wasnt issued in sequence. No registration cert has been issued on that i40, so it's not taxed.
If anyone sees it shoot a pic.

Seems Adams got the #1 every year besides 2009 and 2001.

amadain

Is there a taxi with a ?KY1 reg in Tralee ?




Wonder who buys the last few years of Ky1's

Quaderno

amadain wrote: »

Is there a taxi with a ?KY1 reg in Tralee ?

I don't think so, but there was a green Passat-taxi with 05KY5, usually driven by a lady. Haven't seen that car for a while though...

shergar22

carchaeologist wrote: »

11KY1 is a Pajero
10KY1 is a Pajero.
09KY seems not to have been issued
08KY1 is a Pajero
07KY1 is a Pajero
06KY1 is a Renault
05KY1 is a Renault
04KY1 is a Renault Vel Satis.
03KY1 is a Renault
02KY1 us a Renault
01KY1 is a Mercedes
A white Hyundai i40 you say? Neat, good to see it on a cheap car. Wonder did he pay the €1000 for it, because it wasnt issued in sequence. No registration cert has been issued on that i40, so it's not taxed.
If anyone sees it shoot a pic.

Seems Adams got the #1 every year besides 2009 and 2001.

AFAIK it was the white one up on the stand in Adams over the past while. Maybe they're using it as a garage car for a while.

carchaeologist

Quaderno wrote: »

I don't think so, but there was a green Passat-taxi with 05KY5, usually driven by a lady. Haven't seen that car for a while though...

05KY5 was a Passat ran by Lockes cabs. I haven seen that in ages either, probably sold on with megamiles on. They ran 03KY3, also a Passat before that.
These were bought in the days that a registration only cost €350.

Quaderno

carchaeologist wrote: »

05KY5 was a Passat ran by Lockes cabs. I haven seen that in ages either

That car brought my daughter home from hospital when she was born, so it's actually the first car she had ever been in. She is in school now...

amadain

carchaeologist wrote: »

05KY5 was a Passat ran by Lockes cabs. I haven seen that in ages either, probably sold on with megamiles on. They ran 03KY3, also a Passat before that.
These were bought in the days that a registration only cost €350.

Do Lockes Taxi have a Black Merc (usually driven by the Dad ?) with an ?KY01 plate ??? (seem to remember an unusual reg no.)

snow scorpion

carchaeologist wrote: »

KY(and every other county)plates exist theoretically back untill 1903, but they were only introduced in 1987.

So the *IN plates were in use for Kerry cars up until 1986?

carchaeologist

snow scorpion wrote: »

So the *IN plates were in use for Kerry cars up until 1986?

Not quite, the old series' ran from 12/1903- 31/12/86.
The original Kerry indexes were IN and ZX with the letters leading. When all combinations of that were used up by June 1979 they reversed with the numbers leading. they when the new series was introduced on 1987 it finished up with 375CIN a 1984 (imported) Massey Ferguson.

Here's the table for anyone who is interested.
IN 1 to IN 9999 (Dec 1903 - Jan 1954);
ZX 1 to ZX 9999 (Jan 1954 - Jan 1962).
AIN 1 to ZIN 999 (Jan 1962 - Jan 1973);
AZX 1 to YZX 999 (Jan 1973 - Jun 1979).
1 IN to 9999 IN (Jun 1979 - Jan 1982);
1 ZX to 9999 ZX (Jan 1982 - Jan 1986).
1 AIN to 375 CIN (Jan - Dec 1986).

carchaeologist

Two from today...

Bitten & Hisses

amadain wrote: »

Wonder who buys the last few years of Ky1's

Believe it or not, it's a Corkman who has bought all of the KY-1 cars since 03 or 04, a series of Vel Satis followed by a series of high-spec Pajeros! He mustn't be planning to change in 2012, otherwise 12-KY-1 would probably be on a Pajero.

That '07 Pajero above is a straight, genuine machine, but is overpriced by around €10K on Adams' website, not to mention €1683 to tax it for a year

carchaeologist

I saw 05KY1 yesterday, a Vel Satis driving through balyvourney towards Cork.

carchaeologist

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

Believe it or not, it's a Corkman who has bought all of the KY-1 cars since 03 or 04, a series of Vel Satis followed by a series of high-spec Pajeros! He mustn't be planning to change in 2012, otherwise 12-KY-1 would probably be on a Pajero

Maybe he was won over by the Hyundai...
Do you know if he booked that plate himself every year or was it reserved for him by Adams?
09KY1 seems not to have been issued, maybe he took a break that year too.

Bitten & Hisses

carchaeologist wrote: »

Maybe he was won over by the Hyundai...
Do you know if he booked that plate himself every year or was it reserved for him by Adams?
09KY1 seems not to have been issued, maybe he took a break that year too.

Very doubtul that he went for a Hyundai saloon, but I must ask him when I meet him again and yes, he skipped 2009, but purchased in 2010. Not sure who actually paid for the reg. I reckon Adams are paying since the idiots in charge of the asylum upped the charge to a grand.:rolleyes:

carchaeologist

Came across this 04 Velsatis today, in typical Renault form it was not in the best of health, so i nipped in quickly to get a shot in in case my car would catch something...;)

Quaderno

I have seen this Vel Satis before and I really don't know whether I wanted to have a plate that everybody instantly remembers or not I could imagine situations where this could be a drawback...

But the reason I drag this thread up from the depths is different:
Did anybody else see that silver Aston Martin DB6 Volante that is been driven in and around Tralee in recent days? It's a fairly rare car with a bit of history it seems and quite loud as well. Sorry I couldn't get any pictures (yet).