Pics of apt, rare, funny number plates taken in Ireland if possible

donvito99

Saw a black BMW X5 with a number plate very like this with no spaces,

07D70707

pobber1

A Merc C63 AMG outside my apartment a few months ago.
Unbelievable car.

Apparently the guy who owns it has a Veyron and Bentley Continental GT as
well :eek:

Mycroft H

0450901 wrote: »

i have a 1980 mark 1 golf gti. license plate is GTI 1. picture attached.

Nice car. My mk 2 (non gti) just missed out on the black number plates.

G Luxel

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

I was wasting time on Cartell

looking back at the old Cork reg lord mayors cars (XX-C-1) - Ford all the way except for 1984

Now I know they wern't always reserved for the Lord Mayor but a part of me hopes these where

84-C-1 - Massy Ferguson - Diesel

the only one on par with this is

The xx-c-1 plates started in 1987, so anything before that, ie 84 C 1 was issued to an imported vehicle after 1987. im not so sure that all of them were fords because I remember seeing in Dublin, 88 C 1, on a bmw 3 series. Someone could clarify this for me. Also how many xx x 1 plates are still on the road? have any ended up in the scrapyard or crashed?

Type 17

87-D-1 was (wasted) on a beige 1 litre Peugeot 205 - I saw it around '99 and it looked very tired then, so I'd say it's now dead.

88-D-1 was (wasted) on a Spar delivery truck (HGV with a tail-lift)

IIRC, the xx-D-1 reg being reserved for Dublin's Lord Mayor began in '90 (big Volvo).

dumbyearbook

Saw a 00 WX 95 today on a Saab 95 cant believe someone put in that effort for a saab!

L-M

dumbyearbook wrote: »

Saw a 00 WX 95 today on a Saab 95 cant believe someone put in that effort for a saab!

Twas probably only a hundred or two hundred pounds. Nothing to brake the bank.

I know of loads like that, 3201 for a 320i, 75 for a 75, 320 for a 320 CDI Merc, 113 for an M3, loads of those about. 00lk7230 was a Lyons of Limericks demo car. It was a Focus T230 in white.

Type 17

dumbyearbook wrote: »

Saw a 00 WX 95 today on a Saab 95 cant believe someone put in that effort for a saab!

You mightn't rate them, but someone out there thinks they are a great car (I'm indifferent about the 90's ones myself, but the old 900 Turbo and earlier ones are pretty nice).

I always remember xx RN 25 and similar on old Renault 25s, etc - doesn't work so well with Clios and Lagunas

You also see a fair few xx LS 400 reg's on Lexus LS 400's etc.

Eric Cartman

theres a guy who drives a beamer who i regularly see in a carpark in tallaght, his reg plate is BINNS , must own a recycling company or something

dumbyearbook

Limerick man wrote: »

Twas probably only a hundred or two hundred pounds. Nothing to brake the bank.

I know of loads like that, 3201 for a 320i, 75 for a 75, 320 for a 320 CDI Merc, 113 for an M3, loads of those about. 00lk7230 was a Lyons of Limericks demo car. It was a Focus T230 in white.

Ah I know ya but generally a reserved plate is spotted on BMW/porsche/astons etc never saw one on a saab just caught my eye, cheers for your invaluble input as ever!!

L-M

dumbyearbook wrote: »

Ah I know ya but generally a reserved plate is spotted on BMW/porsche/astons etc never saw one on a saab just caught my eye, cheers for your invaluble input as ever!!

Lol, sarcasm or not, I don't know. But I'll pretend it's not:cool:

donvito99

In London last weekend, and passed a really expensive house on the banks of the Thames. Two cars parked up outside, old bently and Aston. Regs were,

2 BE

NOT 2 BE

Terrontress

donvito99 wrote: »

In London last weekend, and passed a really expensive house on the banks of the Thames. Two cars parked up outside, old bently and Aston. Regs were,

2 BE

NOT 2 BE

I presume the second was NOT 28E

bladebrew

cool! cant find "not 2 be" on cartell! its driving me mad trying to find the combination of letters or numbers!
"2 be" is a nice aston v12 vanquish:)

Alfie1

A BMW M5





Another BMW

DJ Hafez

Ah, good ole ballincollig!

Saw "03 CELICA" driving along the douglas road today. No trade plates or anything. I felt like calling it in



Edit: Wasn't too far away from it's base, but still, should have had some sort of plates!

<--- Douglas Renault

thegen

I did own 99 D 156. Yes it was on an Alfa

Won the reg in a lottery and paid 250.00 for it. It did help the car sell when it was on a forecourt in Limerick.

CharlieCroker

I've seen that M5 around alright. In Blarney a lot too.
He's lucky he hasn't been pulled for the reg.
I'm sure the guy who owns it used to have 00 M5 too, and his wife has a new white M3. She used to have a '03 M3 in grey with tan/brown leather. looked better than it sounds.

rebel.ranter

CharlieCroker wrote: »

I've seen that M5 around alright. In Blarney a lot too.
He's lucky he hasn't been pulled for the reg.
I'm sure the guy who owns it used to have 00 M5 too, and his wife has a new white M3. She used to have a '03 M3 in grey with tan/brown leather. looked better than it sounds.

Probably sounded better than it sounds too!! Nice "fruity" exhaust note!

CharlieCroker

rebel.ranter wrote: »

Probably sounded better than it sounds too!! Nice "fruity" exhaust note!

Whenever I saw it, it was just pottering around like 318.

conneem-TT

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Whenever I saw it, it was just pottering around like 318.

More like a 520d

Someone please tell me this isn't right.

Registration 08C115
Make BMW
Model 520
Description D M SPORT Z5SO 04DR Z5S0
Fuel Type DIESEL

CharlieCroker

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Whenever I saw it, it was just pottering around like 318.

I meant the 03 M3

conneem-TT wrote: »

More like a 520d

Registration 08C115
Make BMW
Model 520
Description D M SPORT Z5SO 04DR Z5S0
Fuel Type DIESEL

Seriously? I'm disgusted. :eek: Its a perfect replica in the skin. SAD that he got the plate too.

Mightn't be the same family so cos the guy that had the 00 M5 likes his performance. Had a boxster S too at one stage.

Owen

It's a 520d. Guy got the sidepanels and mirrors too, but there are ways to still tell, apart from the obvious rattle on startup. I'm pretty familiar with the car.

EPM

ned78 wrote: »

It's a 520d. Guy got the sidepanels and mirrors too, but there are ways to still tell, apart from the obvious rattle on startup. I'm pretty familiar with the car.

And i have a very funny feeling it was supplied by a non-bmw dealer too. Local enough to blarney too...think i remember that car being parked about where i got mine...remember thinking it was a gorgeous car. Some very nice extras. Dont think it had those doctored plates leaving there though. Still, nice thinking behind it in fairness

CharlieCroker

I can think of 2 dealers close enough that would have supplied it.
prob could have got a got a genuine M5 a few years old for not much more money.

EPM

rhymes with mashmallow...

qz

That 'M5' was a bit suspect with those plate surrounds imo! One step too far. Also the ///M5 badge is too far over to the right. Fool.

EPM

think they were chrome leaving garage. I think those surrounds would look good with german style plates

L-M

I was reading this weeks autotrader there yesterday and I saw this Polo forsale. Just a picture of the front bumper/number plate. "00-G-71" . Then I saw the price of 4k. Surely it wasn't a GTI. Read on through the add where it brags about the reg, then I saw where it said 1.0litre... How sad

Edit: Here we go
http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_advert?country=IE&modelexact=1&make=Volkswagen&model=Polo&keywords=&min_pr=&max_pr=&min_year=2000&max_year=2000&source=&currency=EUR&county_list=&sort=20&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=14&id=200911192149636

Polo Advert wrote:

Petrol, Hatchback, 3 Doors, Manual, Adjustable Steering Wheel, Alarm, Alloy Wheels, CD Player, Driver Airbag, Registration 00 G 71, aka 00 GTi. Only 1 lady owner, low mileage 69,800. 195/45 16" alloys included in price (see photo), NCT until June '10. M3 Mirrors, Lowered Suspension. Superb condition, call now!

Caliden

Limerick man wrote: »

I was reading this weeks autotrader there yesterday and I saw this Polo forsale. Just a picture of the front bumper/number plate. "00-G-71" . Then I saw the price of 4k. Surely it wasn't a GTI. Read on through the add where it brags about the reg, then I saw where it said 1.0litre... How sad

Edit: Here we go
http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_advert?country=IE&modelexact=1&make=Volkswagen&model=Polo&keywords=&min_pr=&max_pr=&min_year=2000&max_year=2000&source=&currency=EUR&county_list=&sort=20&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=14&id=200911192149636

straight into halfords for the badges then!

polo gti vtec

Alfie1

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Seriously? I'm disgusted. :eek: Its a perfect replica in the skin. SAD that he got the plate too.

Mightn't be the same family so cos the guy that had the 00 M5 likes his performance. Had a boxster S too at one stage.

Well there was a reason that I said it was " A BMW M5 "

EPM

Caliden wrote: »

straight into halfords for the badges then!

polo gti vtec

Everyone knows it would be Polo GTi VTEC RS M Power 16V given half a chance!

I wonder did they actually book that reg when it was new

L-M

EPM wrote: »

Everyone knows it would be Polo GTi VTEC RS M Power 16V given half a chance!

I wonder did they actually book that reg when it was new

I'm fairly sure they would of booked it at some point, with some owner... Sad, sad peoples.

Stephen

I saw an A4 with S4 badges, body kit, etc and the reg 01-KK-4 yesterday. A quick look at cartell reveals it to be (surprise surprise) a 1.9 TDI :pac:

EPM

Stephen wrote: »

I saw an A4 with S4 badges, body kit, etc and the reg 01-KK-4 yesterday. A quick look at cartell reveals it to be (surprise surprise) a 1.9 TDI :pac:

Ah that'd be the imfamous RS4 TDi...quickest car in the land:rolleyes:

staker

took a photo of an odd number plate today on the phone, but can't find the lead to hook it up to the laptop.
a black merc E320,number plate MT 88 MMT
it had the IRL logo on the blue euro panel on the left,a really strange number to me.
the driver had a suit on,sunglasses and looked like a bodyguard maybe??

EPM

staker wrote: »

took a photo of an odd number plate today on the phone, but can't find the lead to hook it up to the laptop.
a black merc E320,number plate MT 88 MMT
it had the IRL logo on the blue euro panel on the left,a really strange number to me.
the driver had a suit on,sunglasses and looked like a bodyguard maybe??

Diplomatic car maybe?

jrar

staker wrote: »

took a photo of an odd number plate today on the phone, but can't find the lead to hook it up to the laptop.
a black merc E320,number plate MT 88 MMT
it had the IRL logo on the blue euro panel on the left,a really strange number to me.
the driver had a suit on,sunglasses and looked like a bodyguard maybe??

Aside from the IRL logo on the blue EU-band, did the plate "look" Irish i.e., was it black on white, was the lettering style familiar, etc. ?

Was the car itself LHD or RHD ?

I'm intrigued !

Type 17

Foreign reg (not sure from which country), but either the plates got damaged/stolen and he got those made up here (try getting your own local plates made up in a foreign country...), or they were changed to blend in a bit better (most people reading this thread would still notice, but most of the general public wouldn't).

vector

I've seen a few recently (unfortunately the camera on my Nokia N95) is so slow I couldn't get a photo, but there seem to be two types

1. normal plates, usually D, with an oval sticker on the car itself
2. a CD squashed onto the plate itself, like 09-D- CD 12345, now would that fail the NCT I wonder?

I even saw a CC (a rank lower than CD) on a Fiesta

Is there no mention of the required format in the statute book?

SAABMAN

"HIS 1" used to be on a Merc estate in Mayo. Dunno if its still around. I think it was sold separately from the car.

jrar

vector wrote: »

I've seen a few recently (unfortunately the camera on my Nokia N95) is so slow I couldn't get a photo, but there seem to be two types

1. normal plates, usually D, with an oval sticker on the car itself
2. a CD squashed onto the plate itself, like 09-D- CD 12345, now would that fail the NCT I wonder?

I even saw a CC (a rank lower than CD) on a Fiesta

Is there no mention of the required format in the statute book?

Unlike most countries, we don't have a separate series for diplomatic vehicles in Ireland (just as we have no military series, public service series, etc.) so yes, adding "CD" or "CC" is totally illegal and ought to ensure a fail at NCT time (though I suspect that such vehicles have a set of non-altered plates to be put on at NCT time in order to pass !

david

Saw an old LWB 735i in Arklow rolling on huge chrome wheels, blacked out windows. It had either N1GGET, N199ET, NIGG3T or some combination of the three. Thought it was pretty funny until I saw a white guy driving it :eek:

Edit: none of those show up on cartell but it definitely read nigget

Type 17

Probably N16 GET

I used to see a guy in a large Merc around dublin with the reg N1 XER

carchaeologist

Saw G4RY L on what looked like an evo in tralee last week.

carchaeologist

SAABMAN wrote: »

"HIS 1" used to be on a Merc estate in Mayo. Dunno if its still around. I think it was sold separately from the car.

Cartell says RegistrationHIS1MakeMERCEDES BENZModelUNKNOWNDescriptionNot AvailableFuel TypePETROL


Thats an August 1986 reg,HIS*** was the last of the old series issued in mayo.

Hermy

I saw MAD911S yesterday on Eastwall Road heading for the port - a 2007 Carrera 4 S according to Cartell.

jrar

Saw a Porsche Carrera Coupe in Clane last Friday with GB plates S60 UPE but spaced so as to read S 60UPE - moving rather fast so no chance of getting a picture unfortunately !

donvito99

Saw a Lexus LS 430 in south Dublin the other day with a 9*-LS-430 reg.

Also saw a Ford Ka and a Porsche 911 beside each other, the Ford Ka's reg being 98-D-911!

Redisle

No idea if it's already been posted but recently I saw
03-LM-3 on a Yellow! :eek: M3 around Cork.