Lotus on N7

jrar

Saw this being driven (pretty fast at times) southbound on the N7 today...........

tuxy

i see ........

mike65

Illegal plate (or is it a trade plate?)

Mike.

ToxicPaddy

looks like it had garage plates to me..

CLADA

garage plates from linders in chapelizod, they're lotus dealers.

colm_mcm

anyone else notice that a load of the LED's are blown?

Seth Brundle

I thought that garage plates used the same system as normal plates, i.e. that 541-D-07 would be the same as 07-D-541, which according to cartell.ie is a prius!

Rowley Birkin QC

I think the Garage plate refers to an insurance policy or garage ref no. or some such.

Wishbone Ash

Here's a better one - a Lotus Exige S Sports - also spotted on the N7 yesterday.

Blitzkrieger

*drools

One day it will be mine.....

jozi

Blitzkrieger wrote:

*drools

One day it will be mine.....

NO! ! ! I want it!

Andrewf20

Think I saw that 1st one yesterday at the Pheonix park races. The Elise with the yellow stripes looks a bit tacky.

Seth Brundle

Its an Exige S not an elise.
See http://www.worldcarfans.com/2061102.002/lotus-exige-s-british-gt-special-edition-revealed

Gary ITR

kbannon wrote:

I thought that garage plates used the same system as normal plates, i.e. that 541-D-07 would be the same as 07-D-541, which according to cartell.ie is a prius!

Not the case afaik

Wishbone Ash

kbannon wrote:

I thought that garage plates used the same system as normal plates, i.e. that 541-D-07 would be the same as 07-D-541, which according to cartell.ie is a prius!

Trade plates are transferable between vehicles but expire annually AFAIK. (It's unusual to see them fixed - they are usually placed inside the windscreen/back window).

miju

has anyone else noticed that theres a shed load of Lotuses about Dblin these days. I honest to god see a different one every week when I'm driving about and I only do an average 150m a week so not covering big distances or anything

Trampas

I hope the OP wasn't driving the car

MAYPOP

I hope he's not a serial killer, Al Qaeda member, or heroin trafficker either.

colm_mcm

kbannon wrote:

I thought that garage plates used the same system as normal plates, i.e. that 541-D-07 would be the same as 07-D-541, which according to cartell.ie is a prius!

They are pre-made in the tax office, you apply for them annually, all you need is a council rate cert and a garage insurance policy. The first number is the serial, the middle is for the county and the last number is the year, technically they're not supposed to be permanently fixed to the car (they supply 2 suction cups with the plates to be stuck to the windows) but a lot of dealers use clip-on plate surrounds and just clip the trade plates into these.

Esel

Thought is was illegal to use trade plates on a Sunday?

drdre

kbannon wrote:

I thought that garage plates used the same system as normal plates, i.e. that 541-D-07 would be the same as 07-D-541, which according to cartell.ie is a prius!

No i think it uses different number system not the same as 07 d 123