13 D reg

Murt10

Being involved in a car accident is very often down to luck, or at least luck had a large part tp play in it.

If you left just 5 seconds earlier or later then the prat that crashed in to you, pulled out in front of you etc would have been elsewhere at the exact time of the crash. You would also be elsewhere, so the crash would not have occurred.

Likewise, if you are lucky person, you will never know just how close you came to a crash that you avoided because you were running a minute early or late.

Ever accident that I would have in a 13 car, I would rightly or wrongly blame on bad luck.

Speeding, drink driving, texting, talking on the phone would all be contributory factors, but deep down I would know that the real reason for the crash was that I was driving an Unlucky 13 car.

I wouldn't be able to get shot of it as soon as I could.

BTW, I don't regard myself as superstitous. I just don't believe in taking unnecessary avoidable risks, whether real or imaginary. I also don't walk under ladders.

kincsem

Car crashes are caused by bad luck.

am i bovvered

You may not regard yourself as superstitious, but your posts indicates you are extremely superstitious.

Trigger

Are they not bringing in new regulations next year that the reg will actually be 131Dxxxx or 132dxxx with regards to whether it was registered in the first or second half of the year. Something to do with the value of the cars supposedly.

Link: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/2013-number-plates-to-be-changed-to-avoid-unlucky-13-3208978.html

I know its the indo but there is other sources out there that say the same thing

Paddy@CIRL

You don't deserve a license OP.

Where To

There's no such thing as bad luck. Or good luck. Some people are just lucky or unlucky.

TwoShedsJackson

Murt10 wrote: »

Speeding, drink driving, texting, talking on the phone would all be contributory factors, but deep down I would know that the real reason for the crash was that I was driving an Unlucky 13 car.

I wouldn't be able to get shot of it as soon as I could.

:pac:

cruiser178

Murt10 wrote: »

Being involved in a car accident is very often down to luck, or at least luck had a large part tp play in it.

If you left just 5 seconds earlier or later then the prat that crashed in to you, pulled out in front of you etc would have been elsewhere at the exact time of the crash. You would also be elsewhere, so the crash would not have occurred.

Likewise, if you are lucky person, you will never know just how close you came to a crash that you avoided because you were running a minute early or late.

Ever accident that I would have in a 13 car, I would rightly or wrongly blame on bad luck.







Speeding, drink driving, texting, talking on the phone would all be contributory factors, but deep down I would know that the real reason for the crash was that I was driving an Unlucky 13 car.

I wouldn't be able to get shot of it as soon as I could.

BTW, I don't regard myself as superstitous. I just don't believe in taking unnecessary avoidable risks, whether real or imaginary. I also don't walk under ladders.

Bad luck or just thoughtless stupidity

phasers

they're changing the plates next year because of superstitious idiots people like yourself

Lenin Skynard

It's the D I reckon. I mean look at how they do in the football :pac:

RGDATA!

Murt10 wrote: »

Ever accident that I would have in a 13 car, I would rightly or wrongly blame on bad luck.

...
BTW, I don't regard myself as superstitous.

I think you should start regarding yourself as superstitious.

Pal

Where To wrote: »

There's no such thing as bad luck. Or good luck. Some people are just lucky or unlucky.

Had to read that twice.
Makes absolutely no sense.

positron

I heard they are planning on changing D to DUB as D could stand for 'Danger' which is considered bad luck, and could be affecting car sales in co Dublin in general.

Following this, I heard there are other requests from car dealers around the country, for example, dealers from Louth requesting change from L to LOU etc.

Intensive Care Bear

Pal wrote: »

Had to read that twice.
Makes absolutely no sense.

I think what he/she means is there is no magical force in the universe that decides if something good or something bad is going to happen to you. Luck and karma are just words, sh*t either happens or it doesn't, there is no magic involved.

krudler

superstitious people are stupid, lets just cut to the chase.

Where To

Pal wrote: »

Had to read that twice.
Makes absolutely no sense.

Gary Player was always regarded as a lucky golfer. As he said himself,

'The more I practise the luckier I get'

positron

Serious question.

I understand the car industries concern of all car sales happening in Jan and how they want to spread it out thru out the year.

So why the two stage system (131, 132), and why not (131, 132, 133 ... 139, 13A, 13B, 13C) - third digit denoting the month, one for every month of the year? Wouldn't that have achieved an even better distribution of sales?

Tefral

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Murt10

krudler wrote: »

superstitious people are stupid, lets just cut to the chase.

I wouldn't argue too much with that, but that still doesn't mean that their superstitions can be discounted either.

Put yourself in the position of a garage. Two identical types of cars come in looking for a trade in.

One has a unusual colour. The other is bog standard silver or whatever. Which one is going to be the hardest to sell on. The unusual colour will only appeal to a minority, the bog standard one will appeal to far more people and will command a better trade in price.

How often have you seen a car on a forecourt and siad YUK. What was the owner thinking of. The car will stay there until the dealer discounts the price relative enough to a normal coloured car, to make it worth someones while to ignore the colour.

Most people shopping for a 2nd hand car in a garage do so on impulse. They disregard cars because they don't like the look of it, the colour, wheeltrim, etc.

13 D on a reg plate, irrational as it seems, would be enough to put some people, including me, off.

Mint Sauce

positron wrote: »

Serious question.

I understand the car industries concern of all car sales happening in Jan and how they want to spread it out thru out the year.

So why the two stage system (131, 132), and why not (131, 132, 133 ... 139, 13A, 13B, 13C) - third digit denoting the month, one for every month of the year? Wouldn't that have achieved an even better distribution of sales?

Or they could just leave things exactly as they were.

Fratton Fred

I'd prefer it if they got rid of the county letters.

I hate it when you are looking for a new car, finally find the exact one you want only to find it has LM or C plates on it.

Trigger

positron wrote: »

Serious question.

I understand the car industries concern of all car sales happening in Jan and how they want to spread it out thru out the year.

So why the two stage system (131, 132), and why not (131, 132, 133 ... 139, 13A, 13B, 13C) - third digit denoting the month, one for every month of the year? Wouldn't that have achieved an even better distribution of sales?

Basically Cars Registered prior to July have been manufactured the previous year and most new cars registered after 1/july are manafactured the same year, its to do with the overall value of the car for insurance purposes etc.

EmptyTree

Murt10 wrote: »

If you left just 5 seconds earlier or later then the prat that crashed in to you, pulled out in front of you etc occurred.

Or if that black cat hadn't crossed your path, if it hadn't been friday the 13th, or if you hadn't driven under that ladder....(which by the way was real unlucky for the person on top of the ladder)

I'm not very superstitious, I'm just a little stitous.

Jezek

Murt10 wrote: »

13 D on a reg plate, irrational as it seems, would be enough to put some people, including me, off.

It doesn't seem irrational, it is irrational.

Capt'n Midnight

It's unlucky to be superstitious.

bigron2109

Everyone should wait till 2014 to buy a Brand new Car so.

krudler

"oooh you'll have seven years bad luck now"

No you won't you fcuking moron.

RayCon

IMO this whole 13-1 / 13-2 idea is absolute fukwittery

Fr_Dougal

Murt10 wrote: »

Being involved in a car accident is very often down to luck, or at least luck had a large part tp play in it.

No, it doesn't.

Zab

RayCon wrote: »

IMO this whole 13-1 / 13-2 idea is absolute fukwittery

I wonder if there's any scope for suing the government for promoting ignorance.

corktina

it's not the number plate thats unlucky. On some cars there's a nut that's unlucky.


Often it's that one behind the wheel...

Lando Griffin

1210m5g wrote: »

I think what he/she means is there is no magical force in the universe that decides if something good or something bad is going to happen to you. Luck and karma are just words, sh*t either happens or it doesn't, there is no magic involved.

Dont quiet get what your trying to get at here.