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How do i determine the year of a northern reg car?

  • 28-05-2014 02:11PM
    #1
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone tell me how do I know that the year of a northern car is from the number plate?


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  • #2
    surpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭surpy


    i dont think you can. i think they just keep counting up the numbers to 9999 and then change the letter sequence.
    could be years before they run out depending on the licensing authority

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#Northern_Ireland


  • #3
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    interesting, i'm sure this adds to the value of cars compared to down here?


  • #4
    corktina
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    except NI is small and the guys up there know what plate refers to what year


  • #5
    intellectual dosser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭intellectual dosser


    Interesting that it has both Derry and Londonderry.

    <<Grabs coat and runs>>


  • #6
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Run one of the free car check tools online.


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  • #7
    dobsdave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭dobsdave


    intellectual dosser wrote: »
    Interesting that it has both Derry and Londonderry.

    <<Grabs coat and runs>>

    County and City, no need to run ;-)


  • #8
    Qwikpix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Qwikpix


    Google a UK car valuation service like Parkers and input car registration number into its search box.


  • #9
    JoeySully
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭JoeySully


    Go onto Donedeal and create a for sale add for a car. Enter the registration and it will auto fill all the details including the year of registration.


  • #10
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    thanks guys


  • #11
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭xabi


    the beauty of it is that it mostly eliminates reg plate snobbery


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  • #12
    jezzer
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    yes, i think its a great idea and it should be in here in the south, people take a good/nice car for what it is as opposed to looking at the reg plate first, how many times have you heard people go, thats a nice car but, oh, its an '03 or something like that...


  • #13
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,752 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    jezzer wrote: »
    yes, i think its a great idea and it should be in here in the south, people take a good/nice car for what it is as opposed to looking at the reg plate first, how many times have you heard people go, thats a nice car but, oh, its an '03 or something like that...

    But the motor trade (or the motor 'industry' as they like to call themselves) here didn't like the old system because reg plate snobbery and the pressure to have a recent registration number suits them down to the ground. They've since even gone one better and split the year in two as in the UK.

    What also didn't suit them was that if you imported a car, you got a brand new registration number and in a lot of cases if you brought in a model in good shape, you could pass it off to the neighbours as brand new so they've fixed that with the xx D 120xxx registration number which identifies it as an import.


  • #14
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,180 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    xabi wrote: »
    the beauty of it is that it mostly eliminates reg plate snobbery

    Personally I like reg plate snobbery. Makes good cars more affordable for people who buy a car not the bit of plastic/steel that you stick to each end.


  • #15
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    xabi wrote: »
    the beauty of it is that it mostly eliminates reg plate snobbery

    On the downside, people pay stupid amounts for a personalised plate and you have no easy way of knowing how old a car is. I actually think the southern system is better, and this is coming from a northerner.


  • #16
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    surpy wrote: »
    i dont think you can. i think they just keep counting up the numbers to 9999 and then change the letter sequence.
    could be years before they run out depending on the licensing authority

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#Northern_Ireland

    If you scroll town from that link you can get an approximate idea of the year by looking at the last two letters. (If that does't make sense, post the letters here and I can give you an idea of it).


  • #17
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    Be aware that the car could have been re-registered.


  • #18
    Richard
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    Sheldons Brain wrote: »
    Be aware that the car could have been re-registered.

    Although you can't (as far as I know), put a new plate on an old car.


  • #19
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Richard wrote: »
    Although you can't (as far as I know), put a new plate on an old car.

    You can if the previous plate was an English plate AFAIK.


  • #20
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Stick the reg into Carsireland.ie as if you're selling the car. Tells you number of owners too.


  • #21
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    "Personally I like reg plate snobbery. Makes good cars more affordable for people who buy a car not the bit of plastic/steel that you stick to each end."
    You mean an older car which is still in great nick is now more affordable? yes good point


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  • #22
    jezzer
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    "If you scroll town from that link you can get an approximate idea of the year by looking at the last two letters. (If that does't make sense, post the letters here and I can give you an idea of it)."

    TZT are the last 3 letters on the end of the plate


  • #23
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    jezzer wrote: »
    "If you scroll town from that link you can get an approximate idea of the year by looking at the last two letters. (If that does't make sense, post the letters here and I can give you an idea of it)."

    TZT are the last 3 letters on the end of the plate

    I think that's an English reg, not northern.


  • #24
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    Zcott wrote: »
    I think that's an English reg, not northern.

    It is, in which case the last three numbers are more or less random and the key info is in the first part of the number.


  • #25
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    My (nordy) car was registered in 2007 according to my V5c and tax etc.

    HOWEVER, when I put my numberplate into online parts stores it comes up as a 2008.

    I checked the chassis number and it is actually a 2008 chassis number.

    So it's a pre-reg. They registered the incoming car (which technically hadn't been manufactured yet) at the end of 2007 to balance (fudge) the garages sales end of calander year quota.

    soooo.... when I go to sell the car... advertise as 07 or 08 ?


  • #26
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    i think it sound slike you could legally advertise it as 08, very interesting, do people in the uk look at a car reg and automatically know the year?


  • #27
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    jezzer wrote: »
    i think it sound slike you could legally advertise it as 08, very interesting, do people in the uk look at a car reg and automatically know the year?

    In the UK, yes.
    In NI, no.

    I wonder if it would be more correct to advertise as an 07 in my case and use the "its actually an '08" as a selling point....


  • #28
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    jezzer wrote: »
    "If you scroll town from that link you can get an approximate idea of the year by looking at the last two letters. (If that does't make sense, post the letters here and I can give you an idea of it)."

    TZT are the last 3 letters on the end of the plate

    On the numbers/letters system that's a Cork registration.


  • #29
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,180 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    sebastianlieken wrote: »
    My (nordy) car was registered in 2007 according to my V5c and tax etc.

    HOWEVER, when I put my numberplate into online parts stores it comes up as a 2008.

    I checked the chassis number and it is actually a 2008 chassis number.

    So it's a pre-reg. They registered the incoming car (which technically hadn't been manufactured yet) at the end of 2007 to balance (fudge) the garages sales end of calander year quota.

    soooo.... when I go to sell the car... advertise as 07 or 08 ?

    What plates are on it? If it's NI don't they run across years so it could be an 7 or 8. But someone looking at the V5 and seeing it was registered in 7 with you saying 8 might raise suspicions.


  • #30
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    Del2005 wrote: »
    What plates are on it? If it's NI don't they run across years so it could be an 7 or 8. But someone looking at the V5 and seeing it was registered in 7 with you saying 8 might raise suspicions.

    northern irish reg.

    and no, there is no way to tell the year of a northern irish reg unless you go an memorise all the codes for different areas for different years. there's no run over from 7's or 8s or anything. That's a mainland UK reg

    my numberplate for instance is UKZ3480; nothing in there to hint as to the year of the car. you actually have to look it up in the alpha-numberic code system.


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  • #31
    surpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭surpy


    i'd suggest you tread carefully:

    http://www.consumerline.org/search/?cat=Buying+Goods+%26+Services&item=Private+Sales
    For example, if the seller tells you that the car he is selling is two years old and it turns out to be four years old, then you are entitled to your money back because the car has been misdescribed.


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