191 reg cars...

bazz26

191 BMW 8 Series in front of me this morning. The boom is truly back baby.... :pac:

hooch-85

There's a similar thread to this on backroads. Some of the spots have been rightly boomy, Bently's, M4's etc. We must not be too far away from the next recession

Vicxas

Seen a 191 Kia Picanto GT Line in Navan yesterday, what a weird fun little car it looked.

m17

Castlebar

Dia1988

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Last of the affordable non-hybrid Corollas

Just noticed you can only get a non-hybrid Yaris in the bog Terra spec, wheel covers, no fogs, black plastic door handles and mirrors. And it's still 17.5k lol! The hybrid luna is 2k more!

Do you really need a hybrid in a city car, a 1.0 petrol will be just as frugal and will cost less to buy!

Think Toyota might have been too brave too soon with their hybrids!

Will all their diesel Avensis, Rav 4, Corolla, Auris drivers transfer to hybrids?

Eric Cartman

Saw 191-D-63 today, lovely looking Volvo XC90, pity about the 2 litre 4 banger under the bonnet.

ELM327

Dia1988 wrote: »

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Last of the affordable non-hybrid Corollas

Just noticed you can only get a non-hybrid Yaris in the bog Terra spec, wheel covers, no fogs, black plastic door handles and mirrors. And it's still 17.5k lol! The hybrid luna is 2k more!

Do you really need a hybrid in a city car, a 1.0 petrol will be just as frugal and will cost less to buy!

Think Toyota might have been too brave too soon with their hybrids!

Will all their diesel Avensis, Rav 4, Corolla, Auris drivers transfer to hybrids?

They needed to push hybrids as they don't have a diesel engine capable of meeting the new emissions requirements

ELM327

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Saw 191-D-63 today, lovely looking Volvo XC90, pity about the 2 litre 4 banger under the bonnet.

I hate it when "special" numbers go to normal cars.
You'd think someone would put that plate on an AMG63. Like at work today there was a 191 MH 54 Hyundai, and all I could think of was what a waste of a plate that could have been on an S4.


Yes I'm a nerd like that.

Old diesel

Dia1988 wrote: »

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Last of the affordable non-hybrid Corollas

Just noticed you can only get a non-hybrid Yaris in the bog Terra spec, wheel covers, no fogs, black plastic door handles and mirrors. And it's still 17.5k lol! The hybrid luna is 2k more!

Do you really need a hybrid in a city car, a 1.0 petrol will be just as frugal and will cost less to buy!

Think Toyota might have been too brave too soon with their hybrids!

Will all their diesel Avensis, Rav 4, Corolla, Auris drivers transfer to hybrids?

1) a big company like Toyota isn't going to make a solution for say 2 to 3 k Avensis/Auris diesel drivers in Ireland a year. The investment isn't worth it. It's a lot cheaper to lose the business.

2) diesels future looks challenging - Toyota feel hybrid is the answer. It's not too brave to deliver proven hybrid technology with 22 years of reliability as your future solution. If anything Toyota are been too conservative by not making a substantial move with EVs

3) 10 k normal petrol and hybrid Toyotas were sold last year in Ireland. So people are still buying them in numbers.

4) Toyota won a lot of their business over the past 45 years based on superior reliability. Hybrid delivers this far better then diesel - especially for shorter journeys which diesels hate.

5) Toyota do need to look at delivering solutions in hybrid form for those who want to tow. However many people who tow for farming and the like actually need a Hilux or Landcruiser solution and indeed use exactly that type of vehicle.

The days of putting two cows in a trailor behind the Carina are gone.

Eric Cartman

ELM327 wrote: »

I hate it when "special" numbers go to normal cars.
You'd think someone would put that plate on an AMG63. Like at work today there was a 191 MH 54 Hyundai, and all I could think of was what a waste of a plate that could have been on an S4.


Yes I'm a nerd like that.

Id agree, If only dealers could pre book, Mercedes Ireland could have 191-C-63 , BMW Taking 191-D-535 etc... would work so well.

OldMrBrennan83

If someone wants 1 they're a wanker wasting money but keeping 63 to match a car is grand

Old diesel

Patww79 wrote: »

If someone wants 1 they're a wanker wasting money but keeping 63 to match a car is grand

Having 191 D 535 on a BMW 535 if you are BMW Ireland or even an owner of a 535 is a totally different to someone buying 191 CW 1 and putting it on a Suzuki Celerio imo.

Dia1988

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Id agree, If only dealers could pre book, Mercedes Ireland could have 191-C-63 , BMW Taking 191-D-535 etc... would work so well.

Funnily enought 191c63 did go to a Mercedes, but a diesel E200.

191d535 went to a diesel CX5 Mazda

OldMrBrennan83

Old diesel wrote: »

Having 191 D 535 on a BMW 535 if you are BMW Ireland or even an owner of a 535 is a totally different to someone buying 191 CW 1 and putting it on a Suzuki Celerio imo.

That's just a good wedge of car snobbery scoffing at plate snobbery. But it's really all the same thing.

X6.430macman

C'mon now it's not like there English private plates like tbf

Dia1988

X6.430macman wrote: »

C'mon now it's not like there English private plates like tbf

I'd pay 1k for 191-D-Dia

Scoondal

X6.430macman wrote: »

C'mon now it's not like there English private plates like tbf

From 30 March, there will be less Vauxalls too. That little "avenue of pleasure" will be closed off due to Brexit.

OldMrBrennan83

Scoondal wrote: »

From 30 March, there will be less Vauxalls too. That little "avenue of pleasure" will be closed off due to Brexit.

And dealers here will have a field day.

Dia1988

Scoondal wrote: »

From 30 March, there will be less Vauxalls too. That little "avenue of pleasure" will be closed off due to Brexit.

Stop scare mongering, there will be a 2 year transitioning period after March 30th .Even if UK doesnt sign up to a mutual trade policy, which they have cited to be doing!

Cars in Uk today will have followed EU standards and to EU policies and taxes, the history of these cars can't change after March 30th!

Scoondal

Dia1988 wrote: »

Stop scare mongering, there will be a 2 year transitioning period after March 30th .Even if UK doesnt sign up to a mutual trade policy, which they have cited to be doing!

Cars in Uk today will have followed EU standards and to EU policies and taxes, the history of these cars can't change after March 30th!

But what if UK leaves EU with no agreement ? UK becomes " a third country" according to EU rules and then must accept WTO trading tariffs. It could happen.

Gael23

Any data out yet on petrol Vs diesel sales?

Dia1988

Scoondal wrote: »

But what if UK leaves EU with no agreement ? UK becomes " a third country" according to EU rules and then must accept WTO trading tariffs. It could happen.

As likely as Ireland will flood and will disappear below the sea!

EU/UK cars prior to March 30th will still be EU/UK cars post March 30th and will be be trated as suchas they conform to EU standards.

The lights won't be turned off suddenly on March 30th.

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Dia1988 wrote: »

As likely as Ireland will flood and will disappear below the sea!

EU/UK cars prior to March 30th will still be EU/UK cars post March 30th and will be be trated as suchas they conform to EU standards.

The lights won't be turned off suddenly on March 30th.

Nothing to do with standards - duty and VAT

Kevin Finnerty

Saw my first 4 digit in Cork today, a Ribena Kuga or other some mundane yoke whatever they're called now.

Dia1988

Bonnie Few Mat wrote: »

Nothing to do with standards - duty and VAT

Yes, a UK car in UK prior to March 30th will have technically originated in the EU prior to March 30th.

A duty is to minimise trade from non EU countries. How can it be argued that a UK car in the UK today did not originate from the EU post March 30th?

Guy:Incognito

Dia1988 wrote: »

Yes, a UK car in UK prior to March 30th will have technically originated in the EU prior to March 30th.

A duty is to minimise trade from non EU countries. How can it be argued that a UK car in the UK today did not originate from the EU post March 30th?

If the UK rejoined the eu next year and you were bringing a car in from there a week later and they told you you had to pay vat and duty because the car is more than a week old and it's from before the country was in the eu, would you say" yeah, that's fair"?

ongarite

191 Kildare reg Audi A7 in black in my workplace today.
Absolutely stunning looking car, interior design is really cool IMO.

Dia1988

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

If the UK rejoined the eu next year and you were bringing a car in from there a week later and they told you you had to pay vat and duty because the car is more than a week old and it's from before the country was in the eu, would you say" yeah, that's fair"?

Not like with like

Those countries had bi lateral arrangements prior to entering the EU.

UK is leaving the EU and EU arrangements existed and cannot be simply ignored.

Guy:Incognito

Dia1988 wrote: »

Not like with like

Those countries had bi lateral arrangements prior to entering the EU.

UK is leaving the EU and EU arrangements existed and cannot be simply ignored.

Exactly. HAD agreements.

The UK wont be in the EU. Don't expect any of the benefits you get now.

ofcork

Haven't seen a single 191 yet lord mayor in cork always gets the first reg from ford.