Late registration madness

[D.E]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971

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Date of first registration

April 2008

A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004...

[horriblemercedes]

7 minutes ago, D.E said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971

A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004...

I seem to remember them being available alongside each other for a few years. The previous model was a cheaper alternative and popular as taxis

[D.E]

1 minute ago, horriblemercedes said:

I seem to remember them being available alongside each other for a few years. The previous model was a cheaper alternative and popular as taxis

Ah, ok! I remember they did a similar thing with the Fabia here, when the first model lived on a little bit longer for people who wanted a no-nonsense cheap new car. I don't think that situation lasted for years though.

[Joey spud]

I know the wooden ones were still sold on a K plate but never seen a saloon.

Registered May '72 and currently on eBay. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

9 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

I know the wooden ones were still sold on a K plate but never seen a saloon.

Registered May '72 and currently on eBay. 

That'll Minor will never see the road again. Real shame as it's definitely been registered way later than other saloons. I think I've seen one K plate online. The oldest apart from that one have all been on a J plate. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125847945536?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=5_aQSX_XRy-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=FV05_6LQQo2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[forbeslongden]

Now this is pretty late for a poverty spec 309! 

[cms206]

On 2/14/2023 at 12:05 PM, D.E said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971

A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004...

09s used to be fairly common round these parts; it's unusual to see them that late but not on a Glasgow plate, there's a large taxi dealer here who seemed to have a monopoly on them.

[GregZX]

On 2/14/2023 at 12:05 PM, D.E said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971

A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004...

You could still get the MK1 up to 09 plate, usually only available to the taxi trade. 

[meowmeow]

1993 L reg mk2 golf for sale on FB??

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/10000152546677274/

[MantaGTE85]

Pre-'90 small bumpers too. Got to be at least 4 years old before it was registered. Very popular car so it's surprising it took so long to sell this one. 

[Three Speed]

Apparently it’s a 1971 car that was first owned (and registered?) by the RAF and then sold on in 1978. Not quite sure why it has a ‘76 plate. Whatever its age it was in very good nick. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 2/14/2023 at 12:05 PM, D.E said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971

A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004...

Seen a few of these on 08 and 58 plates. Seem to have been weird spec models for taxi firms and suchlike as outlined above. Production went on until something like 2010 I'm sure.

[cms206]

On 4/16/2023 at 9:02 AM, meowmeow said:

1993 L reg mk2 golf for sale on FB??

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/10000152546677274/

Previously L467 LWU; bizarrely registered smack bang in the middle of a batch of Renaults.

[quicksilver]

Nothing out of the ordinary about a G-reg Moggie...

But...

It's a 1965 car registered in 1999 so there's no apparent reason for the G-suffix unless someone at the DVLA can't tell a C from a G.

Also, "Vehicle make: Morris Minor 1000" is improperly entered, and the 1 on the plate is a very strange font.

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Nothing out of the ordinary about a G-reg Moggie...

But...

It's a 1965 car registered in 1999 so there's no apparent reason for the G-suffix unless someone at the DVLA can't tell a C from a G.

Also, "Vehicle make: Morris Minor 1000" is improperly entered, and the 1 on the plate is a very strange font.

thats an interesting one, YUY164G originally,  a Northern Ireland Car registered AOI488 on the 13th of the 5th, 1969, and brought to the mainland in Feb 1999, given suitably a G suffix age related plate

and then im guessing at some point later it got declared manufactured 1965?, although the chassis number does seem to decode to a rather late car, so id be inclined to think it really is a 1969 car, so dont know if someone at the DVLA somehow got the plate right but the age wrong? or some sort of shenanigans are afoot

but I cant think what falsely declaring it manufactured 1965 would even achieve, since being a 1969 car it would of already been free tax and all that...

[quicksilver]

OMG MG B-prefix! Must be one of those late models that were stored as investments and looks very odd on a prefix reg.

[Ghosty]

A mate and I spotted this in central Manc and had to do a double take - a 2022 TX4?!

Turns out it's a dual fuel conversion on a brand new cab from a small scale operation that's been going for a couple of years - petrol/LPG, this one uses a GM engine but they're switching to the crate 2.5 Duratec.
https://www.vehiclerepoweringsolutions.com/

£40k new.

[Clunk]

7 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

A mate and I spotted this in central Manc and had to do a double take - a 2022 TX4?!

Turns out it's a dual fuel conversion on a brand new cab from a small scale operation that's been going for a couple of years - petrol/LPG, this one uses a GM engine but they're switching to the crate 2.5 Duratec.
https://www.vehiclerepoweringsolutions.com/

£40k new.

I saw one of these in Edinburgh, did a double take as well. Reasoned that it was one that had been laying around and registered late, but this explains it.

[Ghosty]

This is on C&C...

[forbeslongden]

Here's one for you! I can't imagine this being in the dealers for 8-10 years after production ended! 

Lifted from a really interesting Youtube channel called IMSTOKZE

 

 

[MJK 24]

On 4/16/2023 at 9:02 AM, meowmeow said:

1993 L reg mk2 golf for sale on FB??

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/10000152546677274/

There were a few L reg Mk2 Scirocco and I think one made it to M reg.  I think right hand drive production finished June 91 and left hand drive the following year.

The final batch for the UK was 5,000 cars and 99.9% of these were on a K plate.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

I could equally well have added this to the Lacquer Peel thread:

My Parker's Guide reckons these only go up to 2002/52-reg (but may not be correct). Still taxed and MoTed, it replaced a Rover R8 200-series some years ago (DVLA suggests 2011).

[MrGTI6]

Spotted this on AutoTrader. A Mk5 Golf GTI on a 10-plate! 

[JJ0063]

09 plate E53, they stopped making them in 2006

[sdkrc]

 

Huh?

[JJ0063]

57 plate Transit Smiley with 22k miles? Proper unicorn. 
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185959539169?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3rUjfQ_4RSO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IaiIXmW2Rkq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[ProgRocker]

On 17/04/2023 at 21:32, Three Speed said:

Apparently it’s a 1971 car that was first owned (and registered?) by the RAF and then sold on in 1978. Not quite sure why it has a ‘76 plate. Whatever its age it was in very good nick. 

Similar situation with this one I'd wager:

 

[TheOtherStu]

19 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

Spotted this on AutoTrader. Don't think I've seen this shape of E-Class on a 10-plate before.

You're right. The W212 came out in 2009.
Obviously some old thing sitting around somewhere.

[martc]

Re late reg Moggy Travellers - something at the back of my mind is saying that the MOD had quite a few unregistered Moggys in reserve and released them to the public once they became 'surplus' (Vauxhall Chevettes replaced many of them). On release they were registered for road use using a plate related to the year of sale, not manufacture.

Conversely, MOD vehicles used on the road with MOD reg numbers, once sold to the public, receive a plate related to when the vehicle was first used on the road by the MOD, not when it was first given a civilian reg number.

[Eyersey1234]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Re late reg Moggy Travellers - something at the back of my mind is saying that the MOD had quite a few unregistered Moggys in reserve and released them to the public once they became 'surplus' (Vauxhall Chevettes replaced many of them). On release they were registered for road use using a plate related to the year of sale, not manufacture.

Conversely, MOD vehicles used on the road with MOD reg numbers, once sold to the public, receive a plate related to when the vehicle was first used on the road by the MOD, not when it was first given a civilian reg number.

I seem to remember there were a number of ex MOD Montegos sold off after having been in store c1997 and they got P plates