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carchaeologist

With Rosslare no longer starting the issue of vehicle registrations in each year from #201 and upwards, we will now see more single and two digit issues again.
Heres one i saw today, anyone have anything earlier?
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Still costs 1000eu to book one if you want a particular number, anyone nutty enough to have done that!?

shergar22

Usually Adams in Tralee book the first KY plate, it may have been in the showroom when you were there

ejmaztec

carchaeologist wrote: »

With Rosslare no longer starting the issue of vehicle registrations in each year from #201 and upwards, we will now see more single and two digit issues again.
Heres one i saw today, anyone have anything earlier?


Still costs 1000eu to book one if you want a particular number, anyone nutty enough to have done that!?

It would probably be cheaper for you to change your name by deed poll to match the registration number, than pay €1000 for a not so special plate.:D

Molzer2

Hope their parking improves:eek:

Vain

Saw two today

12ky 111

12ky 54

Jul3s

Vain wrote: »

Saw two today

12ky 111

12ky 54

Heh I saw one last week!.:p

Vain

Jul3s wrote: »

Heh I saw one last week!.:p

Where doubt you seen it driving on the roads! If it was in a car dealers doesnt count :P

JustAddWater

this should be in the obnoxious parking thread!

counterlock

JustAddWater wrote: »

this should be in the obnoxious parking thread!

By buying a 4x4 it automatically entitles you to park/double park anywhere. Just don't forget your:

Acoshla

Saw three today, two in Killarney and one in Tralee, hadn't seen any until now. One was a big black Merc, dealership must have loved him!

ejmaztec

Acoshla wrote: »

Saw three today, two in Killarney and one in Tralee, hadn't seen any until now. One was a big black Merc, dealership must have loved him!

He probably was a dealership, unless Nama bought it for him.

namenotavailablE

McElligotts on the Listowel Road had 7 mid-to-large-sized Mercedes all with a sold sign on them in late December. Also at least 1 Land Rover Discovery and possibly a smattering of 'more normal cars' too - good start to the year there

ejmaztec

namenotavailabl wrote: »

McElligotts on the Listowel Road had 7 mid-to-large-sized Mercedes all with a sold sign on them in late December. Also at least 1 Land Rover Discovery and possibly a smattering of 'more normal cars' too - good start to the year there

The "Sold" signs could have been for show.:D

carchaeologist

ejmaztec wrote: »

The "Sold" signs could have been for show.:D

They weren't, Mercs always sell well.
Personally I think buying a new car is an idiotic thing to do and a waste of money. There's massive value out there second hand.

carchaeologist

Interesting to note that 12ky13 has not been issued....

Whatever will happen next year......:D

ejmaztec

carchaeologist wrote: »

Interesting to note that 12ky13 has not been issued....

Whatever will happen next year......:D

2014?

11811

carchaeologist wrote: »

Interesting to note that 12ky13 has not been issued....

Whatever will happen next year......:D

12b KY **** perhaps?

dmeehan

I havent seen any 12 KY registrations yet, I'll have to take a spin around the posh areas

ejmaztec

dmeehan wrote: »

I havent seen any 12 KY registrations yet, I'll have to take a spin around the posh areas

Watch out for the razor-wire on top of the 20 feet high wall, not to mention the crocodiles in the moat surrounding the compound.

jtown

saw a 2012 Audi A4 yesterday.. class

carchaeologist

They are up to about 12KY350 or so now.

kn

carchaeologist wrote: »

They are up to about 12KY350 or so now.

Does that mean car sales are off to a good start? With the scrappage gone and the economy continuing to decline I would have thought new car sales would have gone off a cliff.

amadain

Who owns 12-KY-345 ?

carchaeologist

amadain wrote: »

Who owns 12-KY-345 ?

Dunno, but its a Skoda Superb bought on 17/01/12...

carchaeologist

kn wrote: »

Does that mean car sales are off to a good start? With the scrappage gone and the economy continuing to decline I would have thought new car sales would have gone off a cliff.

Hard to say, i guess theres still people out there with plenty of shillings. Proof will be in the middle of the year sales i suppose.

kerry4sam

In Killarney this afternoon, a Citroen C5 12KY40 ... The driver today would want to learn where the indicators are though :rolleyes:

amadain

carchaeologist wrote: »

Dunno, but its a Skoda Superb bought on 17/01/12...

Yeah,

A handy site


https://www.motorcheck.ie/free-car-check/12KY345

Quaderno

Just spotted on radiokerry.ie:

23 Jan 2012
Kerry people opting to import second hand cars rather than buy new ones according to CSO

Kerry people are opting to import second hand cars rather than buy new ones according to figures from the Central Statistics Office. Over the past year there's been an 85% decrease in new cars being licensed in Kerry, but a 68% increase in imported cars being licensed.

In December there were 101 cars licensed in Kerry; 5 were new but 96 were imports. However a year earlier 92 were licensed; 35 new and 57 imports. Nationally there was a 60% increase in the number of cars imported between December 2010 to December 2011.

This would imply that almost all of the car dealerships in Kerry didn't sell a single car in the whole of December...

carchaeologist

Quaderno wrote: »

Just spotted on radiokerry.ie:

23 Jan 2012
Kerry people opting to import second hand cars rather than buy new ones according to CSO

Kerry people are opting to import second hand cars rather than buy new ones according to figures from the Central Statistics Office. Over the past year there's been an 85% decrease in new cars being licensed in Kerry, but a 68% increase in imported cars being licensed.

In December there were 101 cars licensed in Kerry; 5 were new but 96 were imports. However a year earlier 92 were licensed; 35 new and 57 imports. Nationally there was a 60% increase in the number of cars imported between December 2010 to December 2011.

This would imply that almost all of the car dealerships in Kerry didn't sell a single car in the whole of December...

Thank you for this!

This would go someway towards explaining SIMIs retarded new import registration series that started on 5/12/11.

ciaeim

saw 12 C 541 in town today, some car.

carchaeologist

Kerry5472.57%
Kerry had 547 new cars registered in the month of January, of a total of 21,313 countrywide, taking 2.57% of the market.

And here is #1.