132 Reg

01-07-2013 10:10PM

bobin fudge wrote: »

indeed city driving is excellent for a car too

Yeah, the condition of the gearbox tends to be ignored.

CiniO · 01-07-2013 10:15PM

bobin fudge wrote: »

indeed city driving is excellent for a car too

In city driving clutch and gearbox gearbox suffers more.
Also bodywork suffers from parking dents.

On country roads, suspension suffers, and bodywork from stones, bushes, branches, etc...

Engine probably prefers country driving at more constant revs than idling and accelerating at all times.

In general I'd prefer car from country side than city.

Marcusm · 01-07-2013 10:17PM

CiniO wrote: »

Reg is not meant to look well or bad.
It's just some random numbers and letters to identify a vehicle, and that how it should be treated.

Saying that some car might look better with D reg than KY reg is totally ridiculous.
The same as 132 doesn't make reg look better than 49 or something.
It's all completely irrelevant.

But there's nothing random about any of the 3 components of an Irish reg plate and I cannot think of another system which has the same non random features.

bobin fudge · 01-07-2013 10:18PM

I was being a little sarcastic in my initial post. To be honest, you could have reason for and not too for each county on this island. Judge a car on its individual merits is the only answer

CiniO · 01-07-2013 10:21PM

Marcusm wrote: »

But there's nothing random about any of the 3 components of an Irish reg plate and I cannot think of another system which has the same non random features.

OK maybe I worded it wrong.

It looks random for someone who is not familiar with Irish number plates.
It means something for people who know what those numbers and letters mean.

But reg number can't look good or bad. It just is what it is.

Before I was first time in Ireland I didn't read about Irish numberplates, so I had no clue what they meant.
Believe it or not, but it took me over a month to discover that first two number were the year of first reg. I was really surprised when I discovered it as I'd never think that such data would be on number plate.

MuppetCheck · 01-07-2013 10:33PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Chris Goffey from olden day TopGear would have a thing or two to say about the sharp edges on that astra boot door!

I watched that video not so long ago on YouTube. How things have changed...

As for the reg plate - I honestly don't care how they look, old or new system. Makes it easier to remember though. I might amuse myself by posting it on Citroëns Facebook all the same:)

Boscoirl · 01-07-2013 11:52PM

Taken from another site

"Anyone in West Cork expecting a 132 maroon coloured Insignia could be in for an additional delay. The car was catapulted off the top deck [of the transporter] landing on it's nose, with the back end slamming into the truck window before giving the rear suspension a little work over upon landing."

JoeA3 · 02-07-2013 12:10AM

Boscoirl wrote: »

Taken from another site

"Anyone in West Cork expecting a 132 maroon coloured Insignia could be in for an additional delay. The car was catapulted off the top deck [of the transporter] landing on it's nose, with the back end slamming into the truck window before giving the rear suspension a little work over upon landing."

OMG!

Mint Sauce · 02-07-2013 12:29AM

Boscoirl wrote: »

Taken from another site

"Anyone in West Cork expecting a 132 maroon coloured Insignia could be in for an additional delay. The car was catapulted off the top deck [of the transporter] landing on it's nose, with the back end slamming into the truck window before giving the rear suspension a little work over upon landing."

Pics or gtfo.

Boscoirl · 02-07-2013 12:32AM

Wish I had

vectra · 02-07-2013 12:41AM

Is this 131 and 132 going to carry on or is it just for this year?
I personally don't like it.

Kenny Logins · 02-07-2013 12:45AM

Nobody orders maroon cars, they're just what you buy when there's nothing else in stock.

Mint Sauce · 02-07-2013 12:46AM

vectra wrote: »

Is this 131 and 132 going to carry on or is it just for this year?
I personally don't like it.

Suppose if they cancel it after this year, it will only prove they did it because of the unlucky 13 thing.

I can see them bring back the old reg system in 2015, siting that it was because it wasn't working, with the real reason being trying to cover up they only brought it in to cover up the unlucky 13.

Tallon · 02-07-2013 12:53AM

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Saw a blue fabia earlier 132c231 and 132wd11 but that was it, even on dealer forecourts.

A blue Fabia with WD-40 would have been better

Toyotafanboi · 02-07-2013 12:54AM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

132-MEH

a quick shop for you

JohnBoy26 · 02-07-2013 02:24AM

I heard the new ford ad yesterday on the radio for a new 132 car, I think it was for the Fiesta and the Focus. The ad is cringe worthy to say the least with a Christmas theme with Christmas jingles playing in the background and all :eek:.

02-07-2013 07:38AM

vectra wrote: »

Is this 131 and 132 going to carry on or is it just for this year?
I personally don't like it.

I think that they should just do away with the "Ageing" plates altogether! Many countries simply don't bother displaying the year the car was registered, NI for example and the Netherlands a country with 4 times the population and number plates that only have six characters on them.

coolisin · 02-07-2013 09:06AM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I heard the new ford ad yesterday on the radio for a new 132 car, I think it was for the Fiesta and the Focus. The ad is cringe worthy to say the least with a Christmas theme with Christmas jingles playing in the background and all :eek:.

Was that not Renault?
They don't specify the car you can get but the fact you get a new 1-3-2 plate apparently introduced by Renault this year, for a certain amount of money a week/month.
Very annoying advertisement.

Still have seen my first 132 car a nice A7.

CiniO · 02-07-2013 06:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I think that they should just do away with the "Ageing" plates altogether! Many countries simply don't bother displaying the year the car was registered,

Many?????? Virtually none.

Please show me any country except from Ireland and UK which do show year on numberplate.
I doubt you will find one.

NI for example and the Netherlands a country with 4 times the population and number plates that only have six characters on them.

I mentioned it before.
Ireland as one of the smallest countries in EU, has numberplates with the greatest number of characters.

ION08 · 02-07-2013 06:30PM

Cinio i think that was his point

02-07-2013 07:54PM

CiniO wrote: »

Many?????? Virtually none.

Please show me any country except from Ireland and UK which do show year on numberplate.
I doubt you will find one.

I mentioned it before.
Ireland as one of the smallest countries in EU, has numberplates with the greatest number of characters.

Please read the post before replying.

CiniO · 02-07-2013 07:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Please read the post before replying.

I did read it.
I agree with you as you see.

Only what I questioned is that not "many countries" don't show year on numberplate, but practically all of them.

02-07-2013 08:19PM

CiniO wrote: »

I did read it.
I agree with you as you see.

Only what I questioned is that not "many countries" don't show year on numberplate, but practically all of them.

never really thought of how many countries had year codes.

Well, I know that Cyprus used to have an exact copy of the UK system but gave up changing the year letter after F as it was very wasteful of combinations.

ION08 · 02-07-2013 08:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I think that they should just do away with the "Ageing" plates altogether! Many countries simply don't bother displaying the year the car was registered, NI for example and the Netherlands a country with 4 times the population and number plates that only have six characters on them.

I completely agree.

Using 3 character on a regplate just to designate the year is plain daft "131" or "132"

Also, if a country the size of India with a population of 1.2 billion can manage with 10 digit plates, why does a country as small as Ireland with a population of 4.5 million need 9 digits (eg. 132-MH-1234)

Most other European countries significantly larger than Ireland seem to manage just fine with only 7 characters (the UK for example)

:rolleyes:

dgt · 02-07-2013 08:38PM

Saw 132MH5. Was a white Golf....

It took nearly 4 weeks for me to see a 131 as a contrast!

JoeA3 · 02-07-2013 08:52PM

There were more new cars sold on the 1st July than the whole of June. Yesterday, the first day of the new ‘132‘ registration plate, 1,927 new cars were sold, compared to just 1 on the same day last July.

http://blog.volkswagen.ie/positive-start-to-the-first-two-days-of-the-new-132-plate/

02-07-2013 09:46PM

JoeA3 wrote: »

There were more new cars sold on the 1st July than the whole of June. Yesterday, the first day of the new ‘132‘ registration plate, 1,927 new cars were sold, compared to just 1 on the same day last July.

http://blog.volkswagen.ie/positive-start-to-the-first-two-days-of-the-new-132-plate/

Just shifting sales from the previous & subsequence months, will average out over the year. More likely even fewer than last year.

Anan1 · 02-07-2013 09:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just shifting sales from the previous & subsequence months, will average out over the year.

I think that was the idea.

John_Rambo · 02-07-2013 10:05PM

tippman1 wrote: »

I'm assuming you mean that regarding Dublin only. I mean - what premium would a car with a Dublin reg. carry in Kilkenny or Galway or Co. Tipperary?

I had a D reg, I went to trade it in and the best offers I got were from rural garages, each one asked me if it was a D reg over the phone, they all claimed their customers would prefer a D reg and it would get a better price!!

Haven't seen a 132 reg yet, but I'm in Dublin and we seem to be a bit slower on the new reg craze. I will be heading west at the weekend, I'm sure I'll see a few then.

Packet · 02-07-2013 10:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just shifting sales from the previous & subsequence months, will average out over the year. More likely even fewer than last year.

SIMI are hoping for a boost. They cite the example of the Netherlands having a 4% boost. The lure of the new plate is high to the target market; new car buyers.

When there's years more evidence to judge it by it might be seen to make the new car market more reactive to improvements in sentiment and the availability of credit.

Even if sales are down for the year it will be because of the recession and they would have been even worse without the new system.

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