Coveted "222" number plate

emfifty

Photos please!

For Forks Sake

Spotted a few 222 regs in the wild already today, not taking any photos till I spot something interesting

222SO18 (some sort of small Hyundai)

222G18 (basic looking Seat Ibiza)

222G159 (Kia Sportage)

222MO63 (7 seater Citroen yoke)

MarkR

Mate of mine sent me this today

emfifty

If there's a 222-"X(X)"-222, then with a bit of luck, you've got an even more coveted plate. Or, you might have had a few bob under the mattress to splash out on same. 😉

barneygumble99

Khaki Hilux

freshpopcorn

They were close to being 222 C 222!

emfifty

Very close indeed.

RobertM

Brand new Porsche Macan 222-D-xxxx today as I was walking the dog, didn't get a pic as it was gone before I had a chance to even take out the phone.

emfifty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119282386#Comment_119282386

Probably just as well as it sounds like a dream machine 🥴

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119276520#Comment_119276520

222G159 (Kia Sportage)

222MO63 (7 seater Citroen yoke)

Had you time to take pictures of them?

Both of them were interesting.

Maybe not to you but to plenty in here. Not everyone can afford a Porsche or a Mclaren.

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119284055#Comment_119284055

I think we all know what a Sportage looks like

ILikeBoats

First one!

colm_mcm

It looks like all the 222-XX-222 numbers were reserved.

vandriver

222kk3 a big leccy Merc at the Merrion Hotel

Knine

I just got to see my Focus that I am getting next week. ST Line. It is really nice. The new Screen looks like a TV.

barneygumble99

EV6

barneygumble99

Spotted elsewhere nmp

emfifty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119295444#Comment_119295444

Are those number plates back in vogue? I like them. Similar to the Spanish font, with pressed metal/aluminium. More subtle from the standard aluminium ones. I thought they had done away with this type of plate years ago due to wear and tear when compared to modern acrylic plates. Comments?

JoeA3

Pressed metal plates? They never went away. Several of the big dealers always use them such as the Audi example above and Windsor (Nissan).

Nicer than the acrylic plates imo which often seem to delaminate and look crap in no time.

ILikeBoats

I'd always use pressed metal plates on my cars

helen87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119297620#Comment_119297620

im still waiting on mine, thought it would be in for the 1st but told the end of July now. Itching to get it, its a ST line too!

please upload a photo when you get it!

Knine

I was told the end of July too or possibly September but luckily there was one available in the Estate version that I needed.

It is really lovely. At least to me anyway. Hopefully you get yours soon

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119302771#Comment_119302771

Likewise 🙂

https://ibb.co/pwL3gwj

emfifty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119303161#Comment_119303161

Less the gaeilge 😉 ...how does that happen?

emfifty

There's a subtle difference between the regular pressed metal plates and the Audi example above which is more 'pressed'..

emfifty

There's a subtle difference between the regular pressed metal plates and the Audi example above which is more 'pressed'..

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305405#Comment_119305405

🤔🤔

Mine is exactly the same as the one in the Audi pic. There is no “more pressed” !!

I’d recommend eireplates.com for these.

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305389#Comment_119305389

asked Eireplates to omit it.

ILikeBoats

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305489#Comment_119305489

Also where I get mine!

emfifty

Is it not a legal requirement to have the Irish...fails NCT also?

emfifty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119305489#Comment_119305489

Something like these plates. They made this type in the nineties - seems to be moving back towards that style now. Though there were problems with the metal peeling away from the plate which is why they stopped doing them.

Screenshot_20220708-110844.png

zg3409

You need county in Irish or it fails NCT. It can be added using a sticker or printed label. The polish NCT guy failed me before for not having Irish! [Edit this might be Photoshopped or fake garage plate]

emfifty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119308013#Comment_119308013

Nice. That's Wicklow sorted!

Maybe we'll get pics of all 25 others on this forum!! The real deal of course, no photoshopping 😅

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119307945#Comment_119307945

Technically yes, but I've never had an issue. A cheap temporary sticker is all you'd need for an NCT or I'd just swap on the original dealer-supplied plates.

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119307977#Comment_119307977

You are thinking of an entirely different type of "pressed" plate. The ones in those photos and all the others posted in this thread are proper pressed plates - a single piece of aluminium with the letters/digits embossed.

The brittle ones you are thinking of were common enough for a while in the '90s yes, but rather than a single embossed piece of metal, they were made by pressing 2 pieces of metal together, with the lettering cut out of one piece. After a while they'd often disintegrate, I remember seeing a lot of Y2K cars with the centres of the "0" blacked out. I haven't seen this type of plate fitted to any fresh car in at least 20 years.

Spotted 222D58 on the promenade in Lahinch yesterday, a BMW M3

DaveyDave

Pressed plates look nice but I've seen a different type recently that are really really thick, like they're really going for that 3D effect or as if they stuck on numbers onto a plate. Doesn't look good.

I might look into pressed plates for when my own 222 arrives.

Haven't seen any 222 in the flesh, just pictures of my sister's new Tucson PHEV to replace their insignia diesel that was falling apart. Interior is nice but far too much piano black everywhere.

barneygumble99

No idea why all my photos are coming out sideways. I blame vanilla

TheDriver

All this talk about plates reminds me on monplates (think that was the name) in 80s with individual numbers fixed onto plate, red on the back. Then numbers would start falling off over time

kingtut

What makes a 222 plate coveted versus any other reg?

Because it repeats and is the only one until ever because we didn't have a 111, unless we keep going until 2112 to change.

kingtut

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119325802#Comment_119325802

Ah cool thanks, I guess I'm lucky I have one so :)

creedp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119325802#Comment_119325802

Seriously that's what it's all about! Here was I looking through the posts to see if it meant the plate was attached to a seriously desirable car.

Now that I'm in the know I'll certainly be buying one in '262'

For Forks Sake

Not too many of the 222-x-222 showing up on Cartell yet (guessing the cars that they're due to go on haven't been delivered yet?)

222-D-222

Make & Model BMW 420

Description420I M SPORT

222-MO-222

Make & Model

MERCEDES BENZ EQC

Description400 4MATIC 5DR AUTO

222-KY-222

Make & Model HYUNDAI TUCSON

Description EXECUTIVE PLUS DIESEL 5 5DR

222-WX-222

Make & Model AUDI A4

Description 35 TDI 163BHP S-TRONIC S LINE 4DR AUTO

colm_mcm

Could also be that they’ve been removed from circulation but not actually reserved.

Quite likely that there’s cars waiting to come in as you say as well.

im sure I saw 222KE222 on a Porsche SUV in a garage too. May not have been the real plate too.

MarkR

Hold on and I'll sell a kidney or two.

colm_mcm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119333920#Comment_119333920

taken from Facebook

colm_mcm

Also stolen from Facebook

emfifty

There the 4D ones - 3mm/5mm options.

Apparently, they're legal in Britain.

Don't think anyone will argue with you here (Guards included) as long as the digits are black and fixed on to a white plate and don't fall off after a few weeks! They're laser 'embossed' so will have to wait and see if they wear and tear over time. Saw a set on a HGV today. They look well. But there's always the danger it becomes a free-for-all before the authorities have to step in to tighten up on the regulations. Other EU countries seemto manage one single typeface. We always seem to get different permissable variants here.

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119338583#Comment_119338583

That just looks ridiculous. That and the oversized rear grilles at the bottom really ruins what is otherwise a decent looking car

ofcork

Better than the new one!!!