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Question on finding out if a car is a UK import

  • 26-12-2020 4:24am
    #1
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Just a thought to see if a car is a UK import, and wondering if my thought process is correct of flawed;

    First off, go here; https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/transport/archive/

    Pick your year, and then click on the link that says "Vehicles Licensed for the First Time" with only the year at the end, not the month. You may need to goto a later year to see this.

    For example. 2007; https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/transport/2007/vehlica_2007.pdf

    Page 3 has the new vehicles by county. My understanding would be that this amount of cars in, for example, Cavan in 2007 was 3465

    Would I be then correct that any 2nd hand car imported into Cavan would have a reg plate higher than 07 CN 3465 ?


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  • #2
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    What’s wrong with just typing the registration into motorcheck.ie ?


  • #3
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    what difference does it make? a 2007 car is 13 years old and likely to have been in Ireland for 10 years.


  • #4
    Whatwicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Whatwicklow


    the speedo in m or km is a pretty basic check for most cars (after the Irish km chanhe)


  • #5
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    the_syco wrote: »
    .... My understanding would be that this amount of cars in, for example, Cavan in 2007 was 3465...
    The figure 3465 refers to the number of vehicles registered - not the number of cars registered.


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    The figure 3465 refers to the number of vehicles registered - not the number of cars registered.

    Also, they started at 07CN201 and not 07CN1 so not quite that many.


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  • #7
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    the_syco wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just a thought to see if a car is a UK import, and wondering if my thought process is correct of flawed;

    First off, go here; https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/transport/archive/

    Pick your year, and then click on the link that says "Vehicles Licensed for the First Time" with only the year at the end, not the month. You may need to goto a later year to see this.

    For example. 2007; https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/transport/2007/vehlica_2007.pdf

    Page 3 has the new vehicles by county. My understanding would be that this amount of cars in, for example, Cavan in 2007 was 3465

    Would I be then correct that any 2nd hand car imported into Cavan would have a reg plate higher than 07 CN 3465 ?

    It would be a way of knowing if something was imported after the year finished. There’s nothing to say that something wasn’t imported during the year.

    I’d be able to spot an import a mile away due to a high Reg plate, Limerick could be anything over 4000 in the first half and over 16/1700 in the second half, Dublin usually 25/26k plus in the first half and 20k plus in the second half.

    It’s a quick way to judge, but it’s no guarantee if it’s a low Reg that it hasn’t been imported.


  • #8
    theguzman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Why would it matter unless you are specifically looking for a UK car, they are usually higher-spec and better cared for and would have lived on superior roads compared to Ireland.


  • #9
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Also, they started at 07CN201 and not 07CN1 so not quite that many.
    Really? Don't all counties start at 1? Never knew that. I wonder why?


  • #10
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    TheDriver wrote: »
    Really? Don't all counties start at 1? Never knew that. I wonder why?

    reserved numbers in the hope someone will pay €1000 for it.


  • #11
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    Isambard wrote: »
    reserved numbers in the hope someone will pay €1000 for it.

    And worked badly in Cavan?


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  • #12
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    Wildly Boaring wrote: »
    And worked badly in Cavan?

    can't see too many buying a non-transferable number for that price unless it was xxCN 1


  • #13
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    L-M wrote: »
    .. Dublin usually 25/26k plus in the first half...
    It's way more than that - 40k in the first half or possible more. In the old system the Dublin numbers used to reach over 100,000. I registered a new vehicle at the end of December 2000 and my number was 00D 102,xxx.


  • #14
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    Isambard wrote: »
    can't see too many buying a non-transferable number for that price unless it was xxCN 1

    Agreed
    Poor Cavan joke


  • #15
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It's way more than that - 40k in the first half or possible more. In the old system the Dublin numbers used to reach over 100,000. I registered a new vehicle at the end of December 2000 and my number was 00D 102,xxx.

    Sorry you’re right, i was thinking up to 31st March, not the half.

    I’m fairly sure that starting at 200 thing is gone the last few years, Limerick and Clare and Tipp definitely don’t have it anyway.


  • #16
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    TheDriver wrote: »
    Really? Don't all counties start at 1? Never knew that. I wonder why?

    They do these days, but back then they started at 201.

    Only exceptions are where there is a mayoral car, which gets number 1. In some cases number 1 is reserved on the xx2 year prefix as well as xx1

    I think it changed in 2013


  • #17
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    They do these days, but back then they started at 201.

    Only exceptions are where there is a mayoral car, which gets number 1. In some cases number 1 is reserved on the xx2 year prefix as well as xx1

    I think it changed in 2013
    Thank you, everyday is a school day


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