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The "D" Reg myth

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    #62
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,239 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    omega man wrote:
    A lot of people will believe that the 'D' reg car will have been driven on Dublin roads and therefore might be in better condition. If the owner lived in Dublin the chances are that is the case. In all fairness the roads in Dublin are of a far higher standard in general. I have had WW, KK and LH reg cars but will always prefare a D reg, bit of a GAA thing there too i must admit, would never drive a MH!!

    The opposite side of that logic is that that D reg cars owned and driven in Dublin would have the preception of excessive wear on components such as brakes, clutch, gearbox, etc due to crawling along stuck in traffic all day. It cuts both ways.

    When buying a used car I judge the car on it's own merits and condition regardless of the reg it has.


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    #63
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    I went to buy a new car in WestMeath and the first thing the VW dealer asked me was if the car I was trading in had a D reg. He said it made a difference. The D reg's are more desirable for some reason.


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    #64
    ianobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    A friend of mine, living in Cork has a D reg car. One night, while driving the car in town, he was pelted with stones and told "F**K OFF PIGS"

    It was a Mondeo, and they thought that it was an unmarked Garda car


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    #65
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    maidhc wrote:
    In Cork we always blow at D reg cars before everyone else

    Do you? All of you? How mature.

    In Dublin I always flash country reg cars in in front of me, the signage is so bad I really feel sorry for them trying to navigate around.


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    #66
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    they have a thing in Cork about D regs alright. Any time I go home I always get slagged over the D reg on the car....wtf do they want me to do? Drive to cork every time I want to buy a car...???
    Wait till I go down next and they see the latest addition (DL reg).


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    #67
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I got a few people registering their car to a Dublin address this year. It's alive and well!


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    #68
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    patrickc2006 wrote:
    @ galwaytt not supposed to be condescending, just throwing it out there

    sorry, mea culpa, shouldn't have over-reacted..........

    Anyhoo: true story for ya:

    The year is 2001, and my friend wants to change his 99 Honda Accord Vtec 1.8. On approaching garage where he wants to buy a newer car, he asks would they take a trade on a 2yr old Accord, and would they go outside and take a look, to value it.

    "First," says salesman, "what reg is it?"
    "99 D xxxx"
    "Grand, we'll offer you XX for it"
    "Do you not want to see it?"
    "No need, it has a D plate. If it didn't, we'd offer you a grand less for it"

    exit stage left, my friend with newer car, deal done.

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    #69
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    doesn't sound like a great salesman - ignoring mileage, condition, model particulars, and whether the car had been crashed.


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    #70
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,229 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Couldnt go home to cork with a "D" reg, I'd be disowned. I'm stretching things as it is with my Limerick reg!


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    #71
    LFCFan
    Moderators Posts: 3,816 ✭✭✭LFCFan


    We should go back to the old Reg plates so there is less snobbery about when and where you car is from. It's pathetic that so many people are so obsessed with this.


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    #72
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,992 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    LFCFan wrote:
    We should go back to the old Reg plates so there is less snobbery about when and where you car is from. It's pathetic that so many people are so obsessed with this.
    :confused: But sure the old registration system still identifies the county! (More difficult to pin point a year though!)


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