UK number plate S*** *** S stands for salvaged ?(write off?)

hedgeh0g

If a plate starts with S in the UK does that mean it was once a write off by an ins co?

Some else told me this - are they sTUPID?

Hagar

Mistaken, yes, stupid, maybe.

S prefixed cars were issued to the general public between 1/8/98 and 28/2/99.

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oleras

hedgeh0g wrote: »

If a plate starts with S in the UK does that mean it was once a write off by an ins co?

Some else told me this - are they sTUPID?

No. Just the people that belive it.

alias no.9

They may be confused with Q plates. These are issued for cars of indeterminate age and origin which could conceivably be a rebuilt write off that no longer has its original chassis number. The reality is however that Q plates are really only issued for kit cars.

klaus23

alias no.9 wrote: »

They may be confused with Q plates. These are issued for cars of indeterminate age and origin which could conceivably be a rebuilt write off that no longer has its original chassis number. The reality is however that Q plates are really only issued for kit cars.

Correct, stay clear of a mainstream car with a Q-reg, these are sometimes recovered stolen cars which are of indeterminate age because efforts have been made to disguise the car, say grounding off of engine or chassis numbers, but as alias said, they are assigned to kit cars and as I understand it, some rebuilds.

They are the absolute exception though, I've only ever seen one on the road. An Escort Cosworth at that.

colm_mcm

what happens if you export a Q reg car to Ireland, does the year on our plates correspond to the year it was registered as a Q reg in the UK?

luvroad

Old UK plates usually started or ended with one letter, e.g S123 ABC, the S in this case denotes that the vehicle was registered from August 1998 to February 1999.
Now however, this system has changed, and instead of one letter, the registration starts with two letters whch now tells where in the UK the vehicle was registered and not it's age, as once was the case.
Any S reg will now have another letter after it, e.g, SA04 ABC or SB54 ABC.
Any vehicle with these new (S#) plates tells us the car is actually from Scotland, where the second letter tells us where in Scotland.
The only two digits on a UK plate tells the year i.e 54, 05, 55, 06, etc.
Hope this was a help.

Scottie99

luvroad wrote: »

Old UK plates usually started or ended with one letter, e.g S123 ABC, the S in this case denotes that the vehicle was registered from August 1998 to February 1999.
Now however, this system has changed, and instead of one letter, the registration starts with two letters whch now tells where in the UK the vehicle was registered and not it's age, as once was the case.
Any S reg will now have another letter after it, e.g, SA04 ABC or SB54 ABC.
Any vehicle with these new (S#) plates tells us the car is actually from Scotland, where the second letter tells us where in Scotland.
The only two digits on a UK plate tells the year i.e 54, 05, 55, 06, etc.
Hope this was a help.

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