AMC Rebel's penance trivia - French Historic Carte Grise

[AMC Rebel]

Isn't the AS rule* that you now have to find an obscure bit of motoring trivia and present it to the forum in a new thread, complete with pictures.

 

So, here it is.

 

According to a mag I bought whilst away on hols in France (and buggering up the roffle), there are considerable advantages to the Historic Carte Grise.

 

Apparently many people (me included) were under the impression that registering your car on the Historic Carte Grise meant you were restricted on where you could go with it (your "home" Department and some neighbouring ones only) but in fact it seems this restriction was removed in 2009.

 

As long as you have a car over 30 years old, you can register it as historic and benefit from only needing a CT (MOT) every 5 years.

 

It's also easier to get a Historic Carte Grise for stuff like Old Yanks provided they are standard spec as you can get an attestation from the Historic Vehicle Association (or something) to allow it to be registered without needing a Certificate of Conformity (which you couldn't get anyway as the Americans would just say "a what?")

[AMC Rebel]

Oh, random unrelated pic -

 

 

 

[Ghosty]

Shame France had to do away with their old plates, they looked properly cool.

[vulgalour]

Huh, consider me educated.  I was of the understanding Historic in France and Germany meant you were seriously restricted in usage and parts you could fit.

[Junkman]

There is certainly no restriction of usage in Germany.

[mercrocker]

Shame France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, UK, Eire, Portugal, Spain had to do away with their old plates, they looked properly cool.

  

Edited for inclusivity. 

 

And I could tell where they came from before all this Euro-tosh (copyright Junkman)

[AMC Rebel]

I was reading up on the Irish system and came across this gem of Irish ( I assume) humour on Wikepedia -

 

Following the Great Civil war in County Tipperary between the nomadic people of the north and the semi-domesticated natives of the south, which began on the 16th of February 1709 and ended on Christmas Day of 1711, the county never again saw eye to eye. Since the ceasefire of 1711 - which failed to elude to any clear victor of the war the top and bottom of the county have been at odds ever since. An example of this was evident with the introduction of the first automobile to Ireland in 1896. Neither half of the county would be seen to endorse the other by sharing an identity. Thus establishing the only 'North' and 'South' registration plate system in Ireland. This was in use from 1903 to 2014 and caused a limited amount of confusion to the public at large. Partly because of the small population of Co. Tipperary resulting in a small number of cars registered to the County.