171 reg cars.

Jomcc

January 1st. Some things never change... Well not much. It's blue this year.

Happy New year.

punisher5112

Jomcc wrote: »

January 1st. Some things never change... Well not much. It's blue this year.

Happy New year.

At least he did change the colour....

Reati

Jomcc wrote: »

January 1st. Some things never change... Well not much. It's blue this year.

Happy New year.

He must be doing something right - we have a thread about it!

RobTheLad

was coming here to post similar, seen this on facebook:

colm_mcm

Cheap blazer blue?

Drawin bar too

GustavoFring

As long as he's happy that's all that matters.

colm_mcm

There's worse things you could spend it on for sure.

bazz26

colm_mcm wrote: »

Cheap blazer blue?

Drawin bar too

Is it not Deep Impact Blue?

polan

Funny, looks identical to my rental 2015 1.6 TDCI 95hp I got in September.

ANXIOUS

Who is it? Do they always get one?

bazz26

polan wrote: »

Funny, looks identical to my rental 2015 1.6 TDCI 95hp I got in September.

The Focus hasn't really changed much in the last number of years.

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Who is it? Do they always get one?

Owner is not on here but they change to the same car every year which just catches the interest of this forum.

Commotion Ocean

We seriously need to remove the year from the plate. People are flocking in their droves to get their brand bastarding new fūĉkïñĝ car of cereal box spec for chape road tax and so the neighbours can see.

colm_mcm

bazz26 wrote: »

Is it not Deep Impact Blue?

Not sure, doesn't look as shiney as Deep Impact. Could just be the pic though.

Gael23

At least the colour changed, more than just the reg

colm_mcm

dfeo wrote: »

We seriously need to remove the year from the plate. People are flocking in their droves to get their brand bastarding new fūĉkïñĝ car of cereal box spec for chape road tax and so the neighbours can see.

His last 8 cars have had the chape tax to be fair.
People buying things is good for the economy.

Jomcc

bazz26 wrote: »

The Focus hasn't really changed much in the last number of years.



Owner is not on here but they change to the same car every year which just catches the interest of this forum.

To be honest, what catches my interest is that he always has it on morning of Jan 1st. I'd imagine this year, most cars won't be on the road until Tue.

hannible the cannible

dfeo wrote: »

We seriously need to remove the year from the plate. People are flocking in their droves to get their brand bastarding new fūĉkïñĝ car of cereal box spec for chape road tax and so the neighbours can see.

Jesus what a miserable attitude to have , I take it you're driving a top of the range new model with all the mod cons

bazz26

dfeo wrote: »

We seriously need to remove the year from the plate. People are flocking in their droves to get their brand bastarding new fūĉkïñĝ car of cereal box spec for chape road tax and so the neighbours can see.

Nothing like a bit of good old Irish begrudgery.

The man could be doing worse like sticking it in his arm or pissing it against the wall of his local.

John_Rambo

bazz26 wrote: »

Nothing like a bit of good old Irish begrudgery.

The man could be doing worse like sticking it in his arm or pissing it against the wall of his local.

This comes up every year!

I see where, you're coming from, but I see where dfeo is coming from if he's a car enthusiast. I think people just think he's nuts buying a brand new low spec car every year purely for the reg rather than a high spec same model every three or four years. This is a motoring forum after all!

Happy new year Bazz!

king02

Definitely Deep Impact Blue Metallic.

goz83

John_Rambo wrote: »

This comes up every year!

I see where, you're coming from, but I see where dfeo is coming from if he's a car enthusiast. I think people just think he's nuts buying a brand new low spec car every year purely for the reg rather than a high spec same model every three or four years. This is a motoring forum after all!

Happy new year Bazz!

The guy is an amateur. He could be getting 1 in January and changing in July :cool:

colm_mcm

goz83 wrote: »

The guy is an amateur. He could be getting 1 in January and changing in July :cool:

He's not Focus-ed enough.




My coat. I'll get it.

bazz26

John_Rambo wrote: »

This comes up every year!

I see where, you're coming from, but I see where dfeo is coming from if he's a car enthusiast. I think people just think he's nuts buying a brand new low spec car every year purely for the reg rather than a high spec same model every three or four years. This is a motoring forum after all!

Happy new year Bazz!

I hear what you saying but I just think some people getting up tight or worked up on what the man spends his money on is a bit mental. Would not be my choice but each to their own.

And many happy returns.

John_Rambo

goz83 wrote: »

The guy is an amateur. He could be getting 1 in January and changing in July :cool:

Haha!!

bazz26

I'd say it's costing him between €4k and €5k a year.

colm_mcm

Didn't his last one get sold to the trade? Didn't GD end up with it?
Seems odd, any yearly deals I used to do for regulars, the trade in was costing big money, but I'd usually have a retail punter lined up for it in advance.

bazz26

Yeah the days of trading up every year for small money are definitely gone. I remember GD posting alright that he sold on one of his older cars (think it was a 131 or 141 though). Car was probably practically new with low mileage too which would make it an attractive buy to somebody not bothered about it being a base model.

Comhrá

Fair play to the guy, he gets what he wants. I'm pretty sure if he wanted a Titanium or a Ghia or whatever, then he'd get that too. Best of luck to him. I admire people who have minds of their own. Lots of people have no interest in accessories, extras, etc.

ED E

Idiot question but how does one register it on a Sunday? Is it possible to reg a new vehicle online?

colm_mcm

It's all done on ROS.

You can even load up the cars details in December and pull the trigger on your phone on the way home from the pub after New Year's Eve.

KwackerJack

colm_mcm wrote: »

His last 8 cars have had the chape tax to be fair.
People buying things is good for the economy.

Typical Irish thinking......I'm not going to buy a big high spec Lexus for 10k because the tax is 1800

But instead I'll spend 30k+ to get the cheap tax.........

colm_mcm

You'll find Ford Focuses sell quite well outside Ireland too.

f140

would you have to pay for that 171 lk 1 reg or whatever it was? As in how does he secure that he gets the 1st registered car for that year

Rackstar

KwackerJack wrote: »

Typical Irish thinking......I'm not going to buy a big high spec Lexus for 10k because the tax is 1800

But instead I'll spend 30k+ to get the cheap tax.........

He has had the cheap tax for 8 years. What he's after is a brand new car every year, not a 8/9 year old Lexus. That's what he wants and that's what he gets. Fair play to him.

Toyotafanboi

KwackerJack wrote: »

Typical Irish thinking......I'm not going to buy a big high spec Lexus for 10k because the tax is 1800

But instead I'll spend 30k+ to get the cheap tax.........

Someone has to buy that Lexus new, for it now to be secondhand and worth 10k.

Typical "x" attitude, buying new Lexus and allowing them depreciate over time.

goochy

Was looking around x2 land rover dealerships in Dublin over Xmas , thought they would have been packed with new sold vehicles waiting for 171 reg played but very little stock. Maybe they are waiting for new discovery or is the uncertainty effecting this end of market ?

colm_mcm

f140 wrote: »

would you have to pay for that 171 lk 1 reg or whatever it was? As in how does he secure that he gets the 1st registered car for that year

Limerick is reserved for the Lord Mayor I think. But in counties where it isn't: it's first up, best dressed

Toyotafanboi

colm_mcm wrote: »

Limerick is reserved for the Lord Mayor I think. But in counties where it isn't: it's first up, best dressed

The parents accidentally got 12wx1 the other year, still have it in fact.

Didn't order or ask for it.

Dia1988

I like the Focus, even if it's 6 years on the go!

That model Focus is much smaller than the Mk2.5 Focus which is a drawback!

colm_mcm

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The parents accidentally got 12wx1 the other year, still have it in fact.

Didn't order or ask for it.

Yeah, it's just whoever gets there first. I never bothered, it started at 200 back when I was selling so no real motivation. A colleague of mine would often get 200,201,202 etc as he didn't really go out on NYE. Back then I'd be in a heap until the 3rd so I couldn't use an ATM on the 1st nevermind register a car on ROS.

gctest50

dfeo wrote: »

We seriously need to remove the year from the plate. People are flocking in their droves to get their brand bastarding new fūĉkïñĝ car of cereal box spec for chape road tax and so the neighbours can see.

After the first NCT, cars should get a number plate with a yellow background

colm_mcm

gctest50 wrote: »

After the first NCT, cars should get a number plate with a yellow background

Why though?

goochy wrote: »

Was looking around x2 land rover dealerships in Dublin over Xmas , thought they would have been packed with new sold vehicles waiting for 171 reg played but very little stock. Maybe they are waiting for new discovery or is the uncertainty effecting this end of market ?

Id say they're in storage indoors somewhere.

Dia1988

gctest50 wrote: »

After the first NCT, cars should get a number plate with a yellow background

Or have the car programmed not to go over 50kmph as they are now an old car and potentially dangerous!!

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

colm_mcm wrote: »

He's not Focus-ed enough.




My coat. I'll get it.

Seems he can af-Ford it though.

I forgot my coat.

xabi

He should be invited on to do one of those ask me threads. Fair play to him if he likes having a brand new car every January more power to him. But I think if it was me I'd try a different manufacturer, or at least a different model.

dazza161989

colm_mcm wrote: »

Why though?



Id say they're in storage indoors somewhere.

I work at a dealers and sales of land rovers for this year have flopped . I think LR's decision to scrap the commercial option on the new discovery is going to bite them in the ass!!

rebel.ranter

ANXIOUS wrote: »

Who is it? Do they always get one?

Steve Jobs used to buy an identical coloured Mercedes SL every 6 months. In California you don't need to put a registration plate on the car for the first six months, so he never had to run with a number plate!

https://www.google.ie/amp/www.cultofmac.com/126338/why-steve-jobs-mercedes-never-had-a-license-plate/amp/?client=safari

Nonoperational

Gas. Take the piss put of the guy for the cheap tax etc but if he has the money and he likes sitting in to a new car every January then more power to him. As was said, its the same cost as 20 cigarettes a day.

Atari Jaguar

Can someone explain why we still have 1 at the end of the reg? I believe in 2013 it was because car dealers were concerned people wouldn't want a car "13" but I could be wrong. It seems stupid. It's 2017, not 20171

Shannon757

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

Can someone explain why we still have 1 at the end of the reg? I believe in 2013 it was because car dealers were concerned people wouldn't want a car "13" but I could be wrong. It seems stupid. It's 2017, not 20171

So they can sell more cars in July with the 172 etc

Atari Jaguar

Shannon757 wrote: »

So they can sell more cars in July with the 172 etc

Is that the actual reason!l? **** me. :rolleyes: