2013 cars?

galwayrush · 22-11-2012 08:52AM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

I would have no problem buying a 13 reg car, probably be 5-6 years before i can afford to buy it though.

Death and Taxes · 22-11-2012 09:02AM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Sorry for going off point but you also head people saying things like "he drives an Audi with a 12 D reg" like as if that would be better than driving an Audi with a 12 TN reg. How is this relevant and why do people say that?

Are Dub-regged cars better than culchie-regged cars? :pac:

Yes they are because in Dublin we don't decorate them with cowshít, mud and straw:D:D:D

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-11-2012 09:50AM

I like 32DDs

pickarooney · 22-11-2012 09:54AM

Every single car in the area I live in has a 13 on the reg and has had since the dawn of time.

I've been knocked down twice in the last year and a half.

Coincidence?

hardCopy · 22-11-2012 09:56AM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

KKV wrote: »

Pretty sure the whole idea of this is to just introduce a second buying period in the year for car showrooms. I'd bet money 141 and 142 will be around aswell, despite there being nothing overly superstitious about "14".

I actually know a fella that got €5,000 knocked off the price of his house, because it was number 13. Silly stuff, but at least there's an upside to not being so superstitious.

141 etc has already been confirmed.

motor dealers wanted this for years, 2013 was a nice date to finally push it through.

the groutch · 22-11-2012 10:09AM

if anything I think this could push car sales down, I reckon there's alot more people who don't want to drive a 131-D than don't want to drive a 13-D.

gobnaitolunacy · 22-11-2012 10:15AM

Missing option in poll, 'Not Superstitcious, but can't afford one'.

pabloh999 · 22-11-2012 11:18AM

A lot of buildings in New York have no 13th floor, goes from 12 to 14...so watch out '13 car drivers...

Shenshen · 22-11-2012 11:19AM

I would... in around 2020.
There's no way in hell I would ever spend money on a new car.

Pottler · 22-11-2012 09:10PM

Atari vroom vroom

Last car we hired had the reg xyz 66613 - I spent the holiday waiting for us to plunge off a cliff in it in a fireball. . We didn't though, which was good. So maybe I am a tad supersticious. It was the 666 bit that got me though, not the 13 - it could have been the Yaris from hell.

Frynge · 22-11-2012 09:16PM

pabloh999 wrote: »

A lot of buildings in New York have no 13th floor, goes from 12 to 14...so watch out '13 car drivers...

Also a lot of hotels dont have rooms with 13 in it eg 213 or 313.

On a side note years ago in work someone charged €40 to room 313 before i learnt this. Got a bollicking for that.

Mint Sauce · 22-11-2012 09:26PM

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Next year is looming, and the crowd said they might considering issuing 131 and 132 cars in lieu of just 13D, 13KK, etc, because they fear superstition might hinder the sale of cars next year. Would you drive a 13D car ?

I am not superstitious in the slightest and would drive 13D1313

Same fad happened at Y2K, people wanted a 00 car .. nuts. Fúcking nuts

Anyone who avoids a number 13 car due to superstition is an idiot.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/2013-number-plates-to-be-changed-to-avoid-unlucky-13-3208978.html

Why would I drive a 13D car. I live in the North West.

ollaetta · 22-11-2012 09:27PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Back in auld Gods time under the old three letter registration system the reg for Kilkenny was IP. Would love to know what the effect on car sales was when "RIP" came around. 666 RIP way to go!

Capt'n Midnight · 23-11-2012 10:09PM

Altreab wrote: »

The new proposed system for 131 and 132 has nothing to do with the year ... Just trying to smooth out the sales over the year rather that having the logistical nightmare that is 20/25% of all new cars been sold in January every year. By having 2 "New Regs" per year they would make it a lot easier to manage the same number of cars through the year

why pander to idiots ?

if you can't figure out that 07 D 11078 is a newer car than 07 D 450 then you have bigger problems

simple question - how did car sales patterns in the UK change when they changed from yearly to half yearly letter changes ??

Capt'n Midnight · 23-11-2012 10:12PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

On a side note, why do some counties have two registrations, e.g. L and LK, but Dublin, with a quarter of all registrations, only has one?

And Tipp has two , but Fingal has none

And is it true that we have letters reserved for when we get the six counties back ? And since LD and D are gone what will Stroke City get ?

23-11-2012 10:15PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

And Tipp has two , but Fingal has none

And is it true that we have letters reserved for when we get the six counties back ? And since LD and D are gone what will Stroke City get ?

FL, SD and DR are reserved for the Dublin local authorities. Whether they'll ever get used or not, I don't know.

3ndahalfof6 · 23-11-2012 10:24PM

Anyone who buys a car younger than 3 yrs old will lose big time, but then there are the people who feel they need to keep up with the Jones,

this would filter into every part of living, trying to look like they can sit on the top of the list while knowing around the corner they are heading to the bottom of the list,

there are some folks who can afford to get a new motor (or new anything else) with no pressure and the best of luck to them,

as for me I will be buying the 3 year old motor or even 5 year old motor (value) as with laptops, phones, computers and face cream.

gobnaitolunacy · 25-11-2012 11:59AM

Just noted the latest piece of claptrap from the auto trade in the Examiner...the reason for the change in reg for 2013 is not superstition but to 'even out' demand for new cars in the new year.
Somehow they chose 2013 to do this.

Means Of Escape · 05-12-2012 05:35PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Just noted the latest piece of claptrap from the auto trade in the Examiner...the reason for the change in reg for 2013 is not superstition but to 'even out' demand for new cars in the new year.
Somehow they chose 2013 to do this.

What a crock. SIMI know that the oul dears won't buy a car with 13 on the reg

Celly Smunt · 05-12-2012 05:57PM

everybody is just going to wait until the september or so just to have 132 instead of 131.Ireland is a joke.

smash · 05-12-2012 06:10PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

pmcmahon wrote: »

everybody is just going to wait until the september or so just to have 132 instead of 131.Ireland is a joke.

It's a fcuking joke anyway. Having a dual registration system like this will not in any way help car values because the year is still on the car anyway. It's always going to be a 13 reg no matter what way you look at it.

jd007 · 05-12-2012 06:15PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

I can't believe this is seriously gonna be introduced... What an absolute shambles of a country.

NinjaK · 05-12-2012 07:12PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

pmcmahon wrote: »

everybody is just going to wait until the september or so just to have 132 instead of 131.Ireland is a joke.

doubt it

rainbowtrout · 05-12-2012 07:53PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Pherekydes wrote: »

My next car will be a 14 reg.

On a side note, why do some counties have two registrations, e.g. L and LK, but Dublin, with a quarter of all registrations, only has one?

Also, while you're considering these things, why do some counties have two letters and others have one, e.g. Mayo=MO, Dublin=D. Wouldn't it make sense to standardize them all to two letters?

Because some local authorities merged their registration systems and some didn't. Limerick City Corporation and Limk Co. Council didn't and each registers their own hence L and LK, and W and WD in Waterford. Cork and Galway did and just use the one letter city registration for the whole county. I assume Dublin is the same.

Greenmachine · 05-12-2012 07:55PM

The minister for finance is clearly on f'in craic.
A swift elbow on the nose should wake him up.
13 part 1, 13 part 2. pffftt

rainbowtrout · 05-12-2012 07:55PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

And Tipp has two , but Fingal has none

And is it true that we have letters reserved for when we get the six counties back ? And since LD and D are gone what will Stroke City get ?

Tipperary has two separate county councils, Tipp North Riding and Tipp South Riding, hence TN and TS.

I'd guess at DY for Derry. Usually it's the first and last letter of the county so that would make sense. Unless there are counties with the same ending so they use a different letter, e.g. WD and WX.

An Coilean · 05-12-2012 07:59PM

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Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Next year is looming, and the crowd said they might considering issuing 131 and 132 cars in lieu of just 13D, 13KK, etc, because they fear superstition might hinder the sale of cars next year. Would you drive a 13D car ?

The story that it is being done because of superstition was dremt up by some hack on a slow news day, its being done to ensure that car sales are more even throughout the year.

Means Of Escape · 05-12-2012 08:28PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

dodderangler wrote: »

What bout 13D13

gladly even 13d13666

country run by assholes

Means Of Escape · 05-12-2012 08:30PM

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Greenmachine wrote: »

The minister for finance is clearly on f'in craic.
A swift elbow on the nose should wake him up.
13 part 1, 13 part 2. pffftt

laughed my bollix off at this

PizzamanIRL · 05-12-2012 08:38PM

Atari vroom vroom

They know that the people who can afford 13 reg cars are probably in the higher income bracket so of course the government will bend over backwards to make them happy.

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