Significance of a car being registered outside of Dublin

jesus_thats_gre · 14-07-2009 08:37PM #1

Hi

I am toying with changing cars. I currently live in Dublin and drive a D registered car. The car I am looking with is for sale in a Dublin dealer but is a Cork reg.

I personally wouldn't pay much heed to it but I have been told a few times that it is a bad idea, in terms of resale value, to not try to get a D reg car.

Thinking about it, I imagine a private buyer probably wouldn't care but what about dealers?

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Cheers

Riskymove · 14-07-2009 08:52PM

as I understand it from my experience of trading in cars for the greater Dublin area D, KE, WW, MH all fairly acceptable

others may be an issue for trading in, for your price I mean not that they wouldn't

though as you say, this may not be as important in a private sale

mike65 · 14-07-2009 08:55PM

A plate from beyond the pale clearly suggests, bailing twine and the smell of dead sheep in the boot. Avoid.

A Dublin plate on the other hand means a burnt clutch and loose gearshift, countless dings and a whiff of overpriced for the year.

sean1141 · 14-07-2009 08:56PM

what differance would it make! if i was buying a car i wouldnt care what county it was registered in. as long as the car is in good condition is all that would matter to me

bazz26 · 14-07-2009 08:57PM

It would also suggest that the car was bought second hand to neighbours and friends. :pac:

Santa Claus · 14-07-2009 08:57PM

The traditional idea behind it was that non D regs would have been driven on bad country roads and possibly used by farmers giving the impression of more wear and tear than dublin regs.

This bias is more with older people such as my father (he believes that any non dublin diesel will have had red diesel in it at some stage, although this is probably because he knew someone who used to fill their car each time they went home down the country)

Sleepy · 14-07-2009 09:07PM

For me, as long as it's not a Cork reg, I'll take a look at it.

PaulKK · 14-07-2009 09:49PM

Santa Claus wrote: »

The traditional idea behind it was that non D regs would have been driven on bad country roads and possibly used by farmers giving the impression of more wear and tear than dublin regs.

This bias is more with older people such as my father (he believes that any non dublin diesel will have had red diesel in it at some stage, although this is probably because he knew someone who used to fill their car each time they went home down the country)

Lol yea everyone outside Dublin uses agricultural diesel in their cars :rolleyes:

I'd rather a car from outside Dublin tbh, the roads in Dublin that i've experienced are nothing to shout about, and most of the cars in Dublin are sitting in traffic for long periods.

Its green diesel in Ireland too by the way, not red.

Sleepy wrote: »

For me, as long as it's not a Cork reg, I'll take a look at it.

Amen brother. They're mostly toyotas anyway

high horse · 14-07-2009 10:26PM

Sleepy wrote: »

For me, as long as it's not a Cork reg, I'll take a look at it.

Care to explain why?

I think the non Dublin reg stigma dates back to when country roads were very rough and would take their toll on a car.

samsemtex · 14-07-2009 10:42PM

high horse wrote: »

Care to explain why?

I think the non Dublin reg stigma dates back to when country roads were very rough and would take their toll on a car.

i assume thats because he doesnt like Cork people since Cork roads are fairly decent.

Id almost be the other way with it. Cars in dublin are much more likely to have heavy wear on the clutch from stop start traffic. There are speed bumps everywhere which people inevitably go too fast over. There is much more chance of it getting dings. And from what ive seen of Dublin roads they are every bit as rough as some country roads.

billy few mates · 14-07-2009 11:18PM

The first time I heard of this was when friend of mine who lives in Meath told me he registered his car at a friends house in Dublin because he too was convinced a MH plate would be less attractive at resale than a D plate for the reasons mentioned above....

Personally I think its a ridiculous argument and besides how can anyone really be sure the D plate you're buying hasn't just been registered in Dublin (as in this case) but spent its life in another part of the country....?

Saab Ed · 14-07-2009 11:26PM

From a carsales man point of view D, MH, KE, LH and even WW are ok as regard resale. LS, C, G, W, WH, KK,WX are border line for resale in Dublin BUT anything with MO, SO, RN, TS, TN, L, LK, KY, OY, LM, CN, MN and CE render a car saleproof in Dublin.

Donnelly117 · 14-07-2009 11:28PM

Sleepy wrote: »

For me, as long as it's not a Cork reg, I'll take a look at it.

Why?

polyfusion · 14-07-2009 11:44PM

Saab Ed wrote: »

From a carsales man point of view D, MH, KE, LH and even WW are ok as regard resale. LS, C, G, W, WH, KK,WX are border line for resale in Dublin BUT anything with MO, SO, RN, TS, TN, L, LK, KY, OY, LM, CN, MN and CE render a car saleproof in Dublin.

What about DL?

LeotheLion · 14-07-2009 11:50PM

If your going to drive a C reg car in Dublin,be prepared to be car jacked,robbed at gunpoint,and take out windscreen cover as its common to have rotten turnips f**ked down from M1 bridge onto passing C reg bangers

Saab Ed · 14-07-2009 11:52PM

polyfusion wrote: »

What about DL?

Well thats a strange one really. Alot of cars are imported into Donegal and Louth from the North and the trade seem to let DL off the hook for this. Just my opinion , would like to hear other trade opinions on that actually.:pac:

alo1587 · 15-07-2009 12:28AM

LeotheLion wrote: »

If your going to drive a C reg car in Dublin,be prepared to be car jacked,robbed at gunpoint,and take out windscreen cover as its common to have rotten turnips f**ked down from M1 bridge onto passing C reg bangers

Likewise if you drive your D reg banger down here.

high horse · 15-07-2009 12:41AM

alo1587 wrote: »

Likewise if you drive your D reg banger down here.

Don't be ridiculous! :rolleyes: I'm from Cork and drive a '91 D reg car and have never experienced any bad reaction to the car.

I didn't even look at the reg when I bought the car, I bought on condition alone which is the only sensible criteria to consider IMHO

R.O.R · 15-07-2009 08:07AM

A few years ago I used to have to get buy back figures from one of the countries largest traders. He'd value cars with Dublin and Cork reg's the same (from Focus up to S-Class), but anything else he'd hit on the value. CE, CN and LD would be the kiss of death on low mileage presitge cars.

I drive a C reg car from Dublin to Drogheda everyday and have never once had turnips lobbed off an M1 bridge at me :P

EPM · 15-07-2009 08:11AM

LeotheLion wrote: »

If your going to drive a C reg car in Dublin,be prepared to be car jacked,robbed at gunpoint,and take out windscreen cover as its common to have rotten turnips f**ked down from M1 bridge onto passing C reg bangers

Been doing it for years and never had a problem but then you do have a problem with Cork people;) A lad I work with from Dublin though had a water cooler bottle thrown at him on the M50 last week driving a DL reg. Very lucky.

I dont get a lot of the reg snobbery though. Doesn't matter a whole lot as long as the cars ok. Roads don't suddenly deteriorate as soon as you leave the pale, in fact often the opposite is the case

robtri · 15-07-2009 08:16AM

Saab Ed wrote: »

Well thats a strange one really. Alot of cars are imported into Donegal and Louth from the North and the trade seem to let DL off the hook for this. Just my opinion , would like to hear other trade opinions on that actually.:pac:

I would agree on this, I think it is considered that a lot of joe soaps in DL drives a northern reg car, becuase its a lot cheaper... but the few who drive DL regged cars would take a bit more care of them as they have gone to a lot more expense buying the irish plate....

I also remember when we used to be doing buybacks with dealers accross the country, the majority of them insisted that the cars be regged in Dublin...
usually only wanted one or two regged in their own county.... and this was up to two years agao... so the practise still goes on

Anan1 · 15-07-2009 08:47AM

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Thinking about it, I imagine a private buyer probably wouldn't care but what about dealers?

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Cheers

It's quite the opposite actually, dealers don't personally care - they price cars on the basis of what they feel that they can get for them. And most Dublin buyers don't like 'country' plates, the bigger/newer/more exotic the car, the greater the antipathy. Don't bother trying to understand it, it's one of those ones that mightn't make much sense but just is.;)

Rowley Birkin QC · 15-07-2009 10:01AM

I fcuking hate these threads.

samsemtex · 15-07-2009 11:27AM

Saab Ed wrote: »

From a carsales man point of view D, MH, KE, LH and even WW are ok as regard resale. LS, C, G, W, WH, KK,WX are border line for resale in Dublin BUT anything with MO, SO, RN, TS, TN, L, LK, KY, OY, LM, CN, MN and CE render a car saleproof in Dublin.

So what you are saying really is that people from Dublin are complete imbeciles?

beggars_bush · 15-07-2009 11:32AM

as a culchie

I would not buy a D registered car. fcuk that.

biko · 15-07-2009 11:49AM

I would think people outside Dublin wouldn't mind a D car, but not the other way around.

Imagine pulling up outside <fancy Dublin nightclub> in your S-class RN reg.

samsemtex · 15-07-2009 11:57AM

Okay so lets say you have been looking for the perfect car. Something really rare that is very hard to find. You find a mint one with an L/LK reg and then you find a decent but not amazing one with a D reg. Would some of the Dublin people seriously not buy it because it didnt have an acceptable numberplate?

If so, these people are idiots and they now go on my list of people i despise.

nice_guy80 · 15-07-2009 12:19PM

Magnus wrote: »

I would think people outside Dublin wouldn't mind a D car, but not the other way around.

Imagine pulling up outside <fancy Dublin nightclub> in your S-class RN reg.

RN reg cars are quality. And don't you forget it

Heroditas · 15-07-2009 12:25PM

samsemtex wrote: »

i assume thats because he doesnt like Cork people since Cork roads are fairly decent.

I hope you're not including the N72 in that statement.

Neilw · 15-07-2009 12:32PM

beggars_bush wrote: »

as a culchie

I would not buy a D registered car. fcuk that.

As a Dub I have only ever and will only ever have a D reg car, looked at cars before, one was an RN reg and I couldn't buy it

mullingar · 15-07-2009 12:40PM

Anybody who would be turned off buying a car simply due to the registered county go see a doctor.

You are suffering 'D4'itis snobbery

Significance of a car being registered outside of Dublin

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