2013 cars?

smash

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

pmcmahon wrote: »

everybody is just going to wait until the september or so just to have 132 instead of 131.Ireland is a joke.

It's a fcuking joke anyway. Having a dual registration system like this will not in any way help car values because the year is still on the car anyway. It's always going to be a 13 reg no matter what way you look at it.

jd007

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

I can't believe this is seriously gonna be introduced... What an absolute shambles of a country.

NinjaK

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

pmcmahon wrote: »

everybody is just going to wait until the september or so just to have 132 instead of 131.Ireland is a joke.

doubt it

rainbowtrout

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Pherekydes wrote: »

My next car will be a 14 reg.

On a side note, why do some counties have two registrations, e.g. L and LK, but Dublin, with a quarter of all registrations, only has one?

Also, while you're considering these things, why do some counties have two letters and others have one, e.g. Mayo=MO, Dublin=D. Wouldn't it make sense to standardize them all to two letters?

Because some local authorities merged their registration systems and some didn't. Limerick City Corporation and Limk Co. Council didn't and each registers their own hence L and LK, and W and WD in Waterford. Cork and Galway did and just use the one letter city registration for the whole county. I assume Dublin is the same.

Greenmachine

The minister for finance is clearly on f'in craic.
A swift elbow on the nose should wake him up.
13 part 1, 13 part 2. pffftt

rainbowtrout

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

And Tipp has two , but Fingal has none

And is it true that we have letters reserved for when we get the six counties back ? And since LD and D are gone what will Stroke City get ?

Tipperary has two separate county councils, Tipp North Riding and Tipp South Riding, hence TN and TS.

I'd guess at DY for Derry. Usually it's the first and last letter of the county so that would make sense. Unless there are counties with the same ending so they use a different letter, e.g. WD and WX.

An Coilean

Atari vroom vroom

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Next year is looming, and the crowd said they might considering issuing 131 and 132 cars in lieu of just 13D, 13KK, etc, because they fear superstition might hinder the sale of cars next year. Would you drive a 13D car ?

The story that it is being done because of superstition was dremt up by some hack on a slow news day, its being done to ensure that car sales are more even throughout the year.

Means Of Escape

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

dodderangler wrote: »

What bout 13D13

gladly even 13d13666

country run by assholes

Means Of Escape

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Greenmachine wrote: »

The minister for finance is clearly on f'in craic.
A swift elbow on the nose should wake him up.
13 part 1, 13 part 2. pffftt

laughed my bollix off at this

PizzamanIRL

Atari vroom vroom

They know that the people who can afford 13 reg cars are probably in the higher income bracket so of course the government will bend over backwards to make them happy.

positron

As a society, collectively we share the responsibility of the blasphemy law - probably the only country to do so since the end of 18th century, turned a blind eye to x-case and said if you want abortion lalalalala I can't hear you etc for decades... so changing number plate system to from 13 to 131 due the fear of 13 is totally expected.

Tomk1

I am no superstitious but still wouldn't

Stardate 20131, Welcome to the backwaters of Europe.

corktina

should there not be a poll option for "I'm not superstitious, touch wood"?