Lazy spotters thread

[Yoss]

Where in Hatch End? I was there yesterday, in the motor supplies shop on the high street....

Think it might be Wellington Road. The first road on the left after the parade of shops as your driving towards Pinned. The Rover and the Passat were there.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Think it might be Wellington Road. The first road on the left after the parade of shops as your driving towards Pinner. The Rover and the Passat were there.

Aha. I parked a couple of streets before that, where Hatch End Motors, the MoT place, is.

[Datsuncog]

Clean-looking Scirocco, mixing it with the commuter traffic in central Belfast this morning.

 

 

Oddly, running a DLVA check on the plate AAZ10 brings up that its first registration date was May 1990. But AAZ is a Belfast-issued series that replaced the *XI plates from 1993 on (I owned AAZ1248, also a red VW as it happens).

 

Now, my understanding is that cherished plates can't be assigned to a car to make it look newer than it actually is - although it is (or was?) perfectly legal to bring a GB plated car over to Northern Ireland and re-register it with a current NI series plate (I was offered a grim 'new' UEZ series plate when re-registering my Cortina estate with DVLNI, after bringing it back over from Glasgow - which I declined).

 

So I'm wondering whether this Scirocco just so happened to get AAZ10 at the DVLNI office as the next plate in the current series as the luck of the draw - but I'm pretty sure that all the lowball and otherwise 'tasty' NI numbers have long since been cherry-picked at source and sold on at auction, and so never see general issue.

 

Kinda irrelevant, I know, but the kind of shiz that keeps my head running at 5000rpm all day.

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Clean-looking Scirocco, mixing it with the commuter traffic in central Belfast this morning.

 

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Oddly, running a DLVA check on the plate AAZ10 brings up that its first registration date was May 1990. But AAZ is a Belfast-issued series that replaced the *XI plates from 1993 on (I owned AAZ1248, also a red VW as it happens).

 

Now, my understanding is that cherished plates can't be assigned to a car to make it look newer than it actually is - although it is (or was?) perfectly legal to bring a GB plated car over to Northern Ireland and re-register it with a current NI series plate (I was offered a grim 'new' UEZ series plate when re-registering my Cortina estate with DVLNI, after bringing it back over from Glasgow - which I declined).

 

So I'm wondering whether this Scirocco just so happened to get AAZ10 at the DVLNI office as the next plate in the current series as the luck of the draw - but I'm pretty sure that all the lowball and otherwise 'tasty' NI numbers have long since been cherry-picked at source and sold on at auction, and so never see general issue.

 

Kinda irrelevant, I know, but the kind of shiz that keeps my head running at 5000rpm all day.

The DVLA actually list some of the more desirable NI plates on their site now, they change the list once a month , I think. There doesn't seem to be any age limits on what you can put them on, so maybe the old not making a car look newer than it is doesn't apply to NI numbers ( because so few people would know?) .

[lesapandre]

Happened across this wee fleet of interesting motors in France

 

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This looks a nice area - where is it?

[Datsuncog]

The DVLA actually list some of the more desirable NI plates on their site now, they change the list once a month , I think. There doesn't seem to be any age limits on what you can put them on, so maybe the old not making a car look newer than it is doesn't apply to NI numbers ( because so few people would know?) .

 

That makes sense - since DVLNI in Coleraine was shut down a few years back and all NI plates now go through Swansea, I wouldn't be surprised if that's indeed the case... I suppose over here used cars are still bought and sold according to the year of manufacture, whereas GB ads might just use 'P-reg Mondeo' as a shorthand for the year. Hence having to be prescriptive about whenever that can and can't be done. Quite possibly it's an original GB car with a 'cherished' NI plate that's now ended up in Belfast.

 

Number plates make my head hurt.

[mjrose78]

This looks a nice area - where is it?

It's a little place called Aulan, which is in the hills to the West of Sisteron. Lovely area.

 

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[Aston Martin]

This moves, but only around a yard.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....a DLVA check on the plate AAZ10 brings up that its first registration date was May 1990. But AAZ is a Belfast-issued series that replaced the *XI plates from 1993 on (I owned AAZ1248, also a red VW as it happens).

 

Now, my understanding is that cherished plates can't be assigned to a car to make it look newer than it actually is - although it is (or was?) perfectly legal to bring a GB plated car over to Northern Ireland and re-register it with a current NI series plate (I was offered a grim 'new' UEZ series plate when re-registering my Cortina estate with DVLNI, after bringing it back over from Glasgow - which I declined).

 

So I'm wondering whether this Scirocco just so happened to get AAZ10 at the DVLNI office as the next plate in the current series as the luck of the draw - but I'm pretty sure that all the lowball and otherwise 'tasty' NI numbers have long since been cherry-picked at source and sold on at auction, and so never see general issue....

 

I wonder if "LAZ 10" has been issued - a plate for fans of Italian Serie A football.

[11001010]

[MorrisItalSLX]

Live Nowra shopping centre spots

 

 

Local car too.

 

Also saw a full giffer spec Holden UC Sunbird hatch, original owner I assume.

[adw1977]

This moves, but only around a yard.

That Allegro's last MOT expired in 2014.

It has the mighty 1.0 engine.

[Paul Dupart]

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 The Gaffer!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

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He's a big unit, look where the driver's seat headrest is, I didn't know P6 seats went back that far.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

He's a big unit, look where the driver's seat headrest is, I didn't know P6 seats went back that far.

 

Is there someone in the back seat behind him? 

[AlabamaShrimp]

It's still here!!

 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Learning to drive - you're doing it right:

 

 

My Partner's sister has a Seicento Sporting in bright yellow too, so it's traditional to take pictures of them whenever we see one and send them to her.  Her's is an 'S' reg.  This one is much newer:

 

 

Definitelynotshite from the other day.  Alfa Spider.  Can't remember if this is a 2 litre or 3 litre one.  Apparently there are a couple around Canterbury that get spotted fairly regularly:

 

[brandersnatch]

 

Bury St Edmunds.

I’ve posted the Caddy before but I thought it worth another look with its friend

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[beko1987]

Somewhere in London I don't know, having a rolly and boom!

[brandersnatch]

Somewhere in London I don't know, having a rolly and boom!IMG_20180414_160320.jpg

Stanley Mansions. Chelsea I think.

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[The Moog]

Roma home - looking pretty crispy

 

Matched hubcaps

 

[Braddon81]

Spotted this glorious fully restored 1976 245 Estate in Mumbles yesterday.

[Braddon81]

Very tidy Mk1 Mondeo in Llanelli this morning. Still complete with original dealer plates and stickers. Looks like a one owner car.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Some really interesting* spots today.

 

Didn't get a picture of the Allegro Vanden Plas around Kingsnorth (Ashford) or the Mk1 Fiesta in beige (other side of Ashford) as I was driving at the time.

 

Anyhow:

 

Astra in sorry state but nevertheless starting to become increasingly rare.  A particularly miserable 1.7TD...

 

 

 

 

A Daewoo Musso:

 

 

 

And a WTAF is THIS?!  Looks like it's based on a Micra?  It has the name 'WILL' on the front badge and the same on the back but I couldn't find anything about the make online...

 

 

 

All in Hastings, early afternoon today.

[phil_lihp]

It's a WiLL...a Toyota spinoff.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiLL

 

Weird things, I don't think they ever officially got imported over here.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It's a WiLL...a Toyota spinoff.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiLL

 

Weird things, I don't think they ever officially got imported over here.

 

Brilliant.  I'm constantly amazed at the knowledge here... thank you!

[phil_lihp]

I think they'd all be grey imports, the few that have appeared over here, as it looks like they were Japan-only.  I had no idea about the whole WiLL range of products and online shop though.  Fair play for them giving it a go, sounds a bit like that period about 15 years ago when Tesco decided to start selling Skodas.

[adw1977]

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Very tidy Mk1 Mondeo in Llanelli this morning. Still complete with original dealer plates and stickers. Looks like a one owner car.

It is indeed one owner from new.

[adw1977]

And here we have a rare opportunity to see Sherpas in the wild, gathering at a waterhole.

[AlabamaShrimp]

From Scarborough on Friday

 

 

Normally wouldn't but it had lovely paint

 

 

Can't remember the name of the place but this guy used to have a ton of Civics but now has this