Dubs only buy D reg cars??

smash · 10-09-2011 06:03PM

slimjimmc wrote: »

Here's another popular myth to counter to that popular myth:
A D reg is actually worth less.

It's not a myth, I know a lot of dealers.

FlutterinBantam · 10-09-2011 06:11PM

If you buy a new fcuking car whatever your address is will determine the Reg.

If I buy a new motor from Mallow Road Motors in Cork the ****er will have a D Reg. because I fcuking live there.

Does that sort it?.

jsd1004 · 10-09-2011 06:14PM

I personally value non D regs less as the D reg confers a neutrality no matter where you live in the country. A lot of company cars, garda cars, state vehicles all have D regs and are based all over the country. I do not like people drawing assumptions of where i am from and this usually does not happen with a d reg. As an example there is a roundabout near limerick that a lot of local people queue hop deliberately but it is also easy to get stuck in the wrong lane if you are not familiar with the roundabout. If i am at the roundabout and see a lk reg queue hopping he will get a serious horn blast and i will not let him in as i assume he is doing it knowingly, however if it is an out of county reg i let them in as i assume they are not familiar with the roundabout.

biko · 10-09-2011 06:46PM

I was just reading on another forum about a person whose car was hit by someone who fled the scene.
He said he saw an OY plate on the other car that was of a certain type.

The next response immediately assumes it was a non-dub that drove it because he said "those cars are popular with muck savages". Based on the plate only, and an opportunity to get a dig in to muck savages everywhere.
Jackeens for ya... : oldrolleyes :

I've also read several times that when Dubs buy cars without D they're worried about the resale, because they know other Dubs might be fussy about plates.

I propose a system without year and county, this simply to stop similar nonsense.

This thread would probably get locked in Motors so will leave it here for now...

smash · 10-09-2011 06:50PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

If you buy a new fcuking car whatever your address is will determine the Reg.

If I buy a new motor from Mallow Road Motors in Cork the ****er will have a D Reg. because I fcuking live there.

Does that sort it?.

Does that sort what? I think you're in the wrong thread or drunk or something because nobody is talking about a car being registered to the address of the first owner/importer.

Skylinehead · 10-09-2011 06:53PM

Gregory Yellow Logo wrote: »

be scratched from driving country roads ith brambles etc

As opposed to not getting scratches from the thousands of cars to be hit? Far more likely to get a scrape from one of those, no matter how good a driver you are, there's always somebody to hit you.

FlutterinBantam · 10-09-2011 06:56PM

smash wrote: »

Does that sort what? I think you're in the wrong thread or drunk or something because nobody is talking about a car being registered to the address of the first owner/importer.

:eek:

You are dead right, I'm all wrong... jumped in half cut.... sorry.

4leto · 10-09-2011 06:56PM

I am a dub and in the market for a new car and I couldn't care less if a D or Z reg it is absolutely no concern.

Adyx · 10-09-2011 07:01PM

Gregory Yellow Logo wrote: »

People avoid reg's that aren't D because the cars will more likely have been driven on worse roads with potholes etc, be scratched from driving country roads ith brambles etc and the interiors are more likely to be worn.
Dealers also will never pay as much for a non D reg car.

Speaking as a Dub with relations in the country, the cars there seem to generally be wrecked even after a few years of being new.

Obviously you will get people who will keep there cars in great condition but from what i have seen its less common.

Pulling a trailer is just putting more wear on the car, I wouldn't touch a car that has a tow bar fitted.

This is ridiculous. What you're saying is the entire population of Dublin only live and drive in the city, there are no "country" roads in the whole county and to top it off, every road outside of Dublin (even the ones in the other cities and towns) is a country road filled with hedges and potholes.

And people criticise Americans for being insular.....

Trader1991 · 10-09-2011 07:16PM

I hate this attitude from dubs.. so ignorant. Like the way yee think people from the country or slightly smaller cities arent used to city life and are only cultchies that never leave their small town.
Im from mayo but have worked and lived in London. (which by the way makes Dublin look like a rural town) and all the 2nd generation irish or scotish people I meet always say they love traveling to Ireland. Places such as Mayo, donegal, and Limerick to name a few.
I have also herd Irish and scotish men refer to Dubs as "west brits" their words not mine.

spurious · 10-09-2011 07:18PM

Trader1991 wrote: »

I have also herd Irish and scotish men refer to Dubs as "west brits" their words not mine.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Trader1991 · 10-09-2011 07:19PM

spurious wrote: »

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Is it not

cruiser178 · 10-09-2011 07:23PM

irish-stew wrote: »

Same reason why everyone outside of Dublin dont buy D plates.

Couldn't give a ****e what reg is on a car as long as it runs well. At the moment I have an LK reg and a D reg. I have heard a lot of them Clare fcuker's wont have a LK reg, huh make you sick, Limerick fed and cloth'd them for years.

Cill Dara Abu · 10-09-2011 07:25PM

fjsanchez wrote: »

I bought a D reg car so that I wouldn't look like a potatomuncher

And what, you let someone drive over you're face with it?

DoneDL · 10-09-2011 07:26PM

Jesus hard to believe that a thread that had the potential for a bit of fun went in this direction,
signed,
Disappointed in DL.

mikemac · 10-09-2011 07:27PM

Fernanda Calm Waistband wrote: »

When I see a country reg I make the assumption (usually correct) that the driver can not drive in traffic and will do idiotic things.. Worse if its a country reg with a woman driver.

I've never owned, 'nor will, a country reg car or woman.

A former taxi driver with an ignorant opinion?
Goes with the job I suppose

Sure I may as well state every D reg in our village is a drug dealer, everyone knows the Dubs are all selling drugs from their flats
About as true as your post

cruiser178 · 10-09-2011 07:28PM

DoneDL wrote: »

Jesus hard to believe that a thread that had the potential for a bit of fun went in this direction,
signed,
Disappointed in DL.

This is after hours, it's like one flew over the cuckoo's nest in here.

mattjack · 10-09-2011 07:33PM

Trader1991 wrote: »

I hate this attitude from dubs.. so ignorant. Like the way yee think people from the country or slightly smaller cities arent used to city life and are only cultchies that never leave their small town.
Im from mayo but have worked and lived in London. (which by the way makes Dublin look like a rural town) and all the 2nd generation irish or scotish people I meet always say they love traveling to Ireland. Places such as Mayo, donegal, and Limerick to name a few.
I have also herd Irish and scotish men refer to Dubs as "west brits" their words not mine.

What's a cultchie ?

FloatingVoter · 10-09-2011 07:54PM

I bought a D-reg off a sound lad in Smithfield market (free horse thrown in) and stuck it on the tractor with cellotape. Now when I'm tearing past Montrose at 10 MPH in the buslane, the lads in the other cars are waving their hands and honking their horns because I'm sophisticated. It's well worth it.

goat2 · 10-09-2011 07:59PM

fjsanchez wrote: »

I bought a D reg car so that I wouldn't look like a potatomuncher

you dont eat chips either.
you have some chip on your shoulder.

Big Nasty · 10-09-2011 08:09PM

Can't bate an 'aul faded red Jetta with an LH reg!

Caraville · 10-09-2011 08:17PM

I really like this website. And I know a lot of people say things with their tongues firmly in their cheeks. But even the small few who some out with things like "I wouldn't buy a non-D reg because those people can't drive" just make me want to not browse/post here anymore.

I don't mind people having a different opinion, but when it's such a ridiculous sweeping statement it just baffles me.

And by the way- driving in a city is of course a skill- but I'd like to see some Dublin city drivers handle some of the roads we have to use "down the country" (which in itself makes no sense... how is Donegal "down the country"?!)

woodoo · 10-09-2011 10:40PM

Free white shell suit with all 2nd hand D reg cars.

shannon_tek · 10-09-2011 10:50PM

feic your honda C reg ive a D reg outside

:pac:

Next. You know we walked into a toyota garage with a toyota D reg and the man gave us a funny looking shtare cause we werent in Dublin

"Re reads sentence above sees what it say starts laughing . leaves it up for everyone to enjoy spot":pac:

Lady Chuckles · 14-09-2011 09:58AM

If I'd ever get an Irish car I'd make sure it's an OY car

mikemac · 14-09-2011 10:01AM

TN is the best :cool:

Would never buy a CE

rounding tattenham Corner · 14-09-2011 10:07AM

i saw Michael Lowry the pride of north Tipperary last week driving out of the dail with his 11D reg audi.

he probably has a 95 mondeo when hes in Tipperary so show he is still a man of the people

4zn76tysfajdxp · 14-09-2011 10:11AM

phasers wrote: »

We have beaches and mountains too. And the Phoenix park.

Yeah but they're full of syringes, taxi drivers and heroin addicts. Often occupying the same space.

Riskymove · 14-09-2011 10:14AM

Andrew33 wrote: »

If you gave me a top of the range exec car for free, I wouldn't take it if it had a "C" reg.

I bought a D reg car.....in Kerry

so you can't really rely on that logic

wild_cat · 14-09-2011 10:19AM

ricero wrote: »

for me wexford, wicklow and even meath would be an acceptable reg to have for a dub. the rest can **** rite off id rather have a northie reg than a culchie reg

I'm from the sticks and my brother has a D redge.

When we go up the mountains or what not we're met with "look at the blow-in's" glares from the locals.

Some day I'm going to let down the window and shout "we're not here to ruin the area with holiday homes and strong accents... we're from down the road a bit".

Dubs only buy D reg cars??

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