Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

colm_mcm

Here's something you don't see every day, a Nissan NP200 "Bakkie". Basically a badge-engineered Dacia Logan pickup.
This one is from South Africa it seems. They sell for €9800 over there (146,000 ZAR)






Then later on, a rare treat. A Daihatsu Naked. I just love these. Exposed hinges, stamped bodywork, beautiful wheels, exposed bolts, identical front and rear doors.

PrettyBoy

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I know it's just a number but those import 120xxx reg's really spoil the look of some cars IMO.

I honestly wouldn't consider buying a car if it had a 120xxx number. I know that probably sounds mad to most people but they look absolutely dreadful, it would bother me every time I looked at the car.

Alfonso Rapid Skeleton wrote: »

There`s a 10d ferrari 458 on 120xxx plates and as vain as it sounds it looks terrible on the car, thankfully it was phased out

It's been phased out?

colm_mcm

Yeah, cars from 2012 reg onwards don't have the long numbers AFAIK.

PrettyBoy

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yeah, cars from 2012 reg onwards don't have the long numbers AFAIK.

I think imports from 2011 onwards get a normal consecutive number. I thought he meant the 120xxx system had been done away with altogether.

colm_mcm

It's still here in Clare anyway for older cars, we've hit the 10,000 mark recently on 08s, neighbour has a 12 import and it's a low number, just checked there and we have no 11CE9XXX numbers so it's 2011 alright.

Quazzie

colm_mcm wrote: »

Then later on, a rare treat. A Daihatsu Naked. I just love these. Exposed hinges, stamped bodywork, beautiful wheels, exposed bolts, identical front and rear doors.

How do you make that one out?

rabbitinlights

PrettyBoy wrote: »

I think imports from 2011 onwards get a normal consecutive number. I thought he meant the 120xxx system had been done away with altogether.

My 2011 UK Import got a normal 5 digit number, I thought it was going to be 12xxx, so was DELIGHTED.

beertons

beertons

goochy

that's lovely that Bentley , cheap tax , no nct happy days . Think I would have to get it gas converted if I bought one to run regularly. Works well if you don't drive in cities much.

ION08

Calling them 120xxx is a bit erroneous seeing as 2010 Dublin reg's are well into 131xxx

Quazzie

ION08 wrote: »

Calling them 120xxx is a bit erroneous seeing as 2010 Dublin reg's are well into 131xxx

No they're not. If you seen 131xxx that means there have been over 11000 imports for that year in Dublin

ION08

Quazzie wrote: »

No they're not. If you seen 131xxx that means there have been over 11000 imports for that year in Dublin

I'll just leave this here...

Quazzie

ION08 wrote: »

I'll just leave this here...

You can leave it there all you like, you're still wrong. That car is an import.

ION08

Quazzie wrote: »

You can leave it there all you like, you're still wrong. That car is an import.

Errrr - yes exactly, which was my point.... That it's incorrect to refer to imports as 120xxx when they have actually reached 131xxx now ... to which you replied "No they're not"

Not sure exactly what point you're trying to make but I reckon you might have gotten your wires crossed somewhere :S

MetzgerMeister

The starting number for imports as far as I know was 120*** wasn't it? So anything above that would be an import. It does seem strange how there has been such a huge number (over 11,000 as mentioned) of imports in Dublin in 2010.

Quaz - you seem to be agreeing and disagreeing with yourself in one go :P

ION08

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The starting number for imports as far as I know was 120*** wasn't it? So anything above that would be an import. It does seem strange how there has been such a huge number (over 11,000 as mentioned) of imports in Dublin in 2010.

Quaz - you seem to be agreeing and disagreeing with yourself in one go :P

Yeah, I think its the only year where they have reached the 130xxx mark (over 10k)... I would think it's people making a conscious decision/stretching to import a '10 car instead of a '08 or '09 model so that the reg is the "current decade" .. you know how shallow reg snobs can be

Speaking of which, I'll be VRT'ing a 2010 import later today :P

Oh and sorry to bring the thread off topic

wyf437gn6btzue

To drag out the topic, the 458 I mentioned earlier

ION08

Alfonso Rapid Skeleton wrote: »

To drag out the topic, the 458 I mentioned earlier

So close to getting 10-D-128 458 on his reg, that would have been nice. But honestly for a car like that I cant believer the didnt pay the ?1k to get a nicer reg number

Ubbquittious

tossy

ION08 wrote: »

So close to getting 10-D-128 458 on his reg, that would have been nice. But honestly for a car like that I cant believer the didnt pay the ?1k to get a nicer reg number

On car like that who cares what the reg number is.

fancy pigeon

tossy wrote: »

On car like that who cares what the reg number is.

Anoraks

vintagevrs

Think the reg comment on the Ferrari is bizarre. Who cares? If I had to give 30 or 40k in VRT doubt I would want to give them another grand for a silly reg out of principle. Crazy that car is 7 years old now, still looks brand new.

ION08

tossy wrote: »

On car like that who cares what the reg number is.

vintagevrs wrote: »

Think the reg comment on the Ferrari is bizarre. Who cares?.

Eh, a lot of people care actually. That's why vanity plates are such big business in the UK and other countries and why so many Porche 911's have been registered with digits containing "911"

You can pretend like people dont care but as far as reg-consciousness goes Ireland is fairly self conscious in terms of superficial desire to be seem with a certain "year" or certain "county" on a reg... so you can pretend all you like that nobody cares - you know well people do.

My point was simple, a shorter/nicer number combination would have looked more aesthetic than a random number.

goochy

even though Ni plates don't clearly show year or do they ??
personal plates are very popular on high end cars up North .

jozi

Maybe the number with 458 was already taken when he registered the car, maybe he didn't want it or maybe he didn't care :rolleyes:

goochy

its still a lovely car full stop - anyway some people would view those plates as showy/ tacky

humberklog

Nice little Lancia...

tossy

goochy wrote: »

its still a lovely car full stop - anyway some people would view those plates as showy/ tacky

True that, not to mention the fact the plate will have zero impact on the re sale as it will most likely be sold back to the uk. Plus most UK personal plates stay with the owner not the car so the plate is trivial vanity.

If Mila Kunis had 10 D 123456 stamped on her forehead she would be no less desirable.

vintagevrs

ION08 wrote: »

My point was simple, a shorter/nicer number combination would have looked more aesthetic than a random number.

In Ireland a personal plate still has year and county, so it's going be a poor plate regardless. So you get to pick a number at the end and that costs one thousand euro, which is silly money even to those who can afford it. For me it's trying too hard, when the car speaks for itself. All my opinion of course.