D.E Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/skoda-octavia-hatchback-2008-manual-1896-cc-5-doors/1451907971 Quote Date of first registration April 2008 A 2008 Octavia I ? The second gen was introduced in 2004... Yoss and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 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 warren t claim and D.E 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I know the wooden ones were still sold on a K plate but never seen a saloon. Registered May '72 and currently on eBay. mk2_craig, LightBulbFun and J W Pepper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbeslongden Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Now this is pretty late for a poverty spec 309! ProgRocker and 500tops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregZX Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowmeow Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 1993 L reg mk2 golf for sale on FB?? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/10000152546677274/ Dyslexic Viking, Vince70 and Eyersey1234 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 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. Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 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. J W Pepper, ProgRocker, Dyslexic Viking and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 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. AnnoyingPentium and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 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. Eyersey1234, LightBulbFun and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 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... lesapandre, AnnoyingPentium and Eyersey1234 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 OMG MG B-prefix! Must be one of those late models that were stored as investments and looks very odd on a prefix reg. Leyland Worldmaster, Dick Longbridge, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 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. lisbon_road, MiniMinorMk3, willswitchengage and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunk Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 This is on C&C... Eyersey1234, MrGTI6, AnnoyingPentium and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbeslongden Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 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 uk_senator, Eyersey1234, LightBulbFun and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 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. Dick Longbridge and forbeslongden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 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). warren t claim, ProgRocker and Eyersey1234 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGTI6 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Spotted this on AutoTrader. A Mk5 Golf GTI on a 10-plate! Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 09 plate E53, they stopped making them in 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 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 goosey, Mr Laurence, warren t claim and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 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: mk2_craig and uk_senator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 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 warren t claim and Richard_FM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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