Here's what I saw today, mark 4 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Marcinek_55

And one more from today. C63 AMG

badaj0z

I thought that we had no personalised number plates here? If true, then the 22222 plate shown above must have been purely random? One chance in 99,999, or to be mathematically accurate, one chance in all of the numbers that had been allocated up to the time that car was registered.

wotzgoingon

badaj0z wrote: »

I thought that we had no personalised number plates here? If true, then the 22222 plate shown above must have been purely random? One chance in 99,999, or to be mathematically accurate, one chance in all of the numbers that had been allocated up to the time that car was registered.

You can get a custom plate well kind of custom since our plates are mostly numbers.

Peugeot 407. I have seen with a --D407. BMW --D3301 for a 330i etc...

ohnonotgmail

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You can get a custom plate well kind of custom since our plates are mostly numbers.

Peugeot 407. I have seen with a --D407. BMW --D3301 for a 330i etc...

yeah but you have to book them in advance and the car cannot be registered until the normally allocated numbers have reached the number you want. no problem for a 407 and 3301 but for that 22222 they must have been waiting until the end of January to register it.

gary550

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

yeah but you have to book them in advance and the car cannot be registered until the normally allocated numbers have reached the number you want. no problem for a 407 and 3301 but for that 22222 they must have been waiting until the end of January to register it.

It's here since 2018 and has been stored unregistered so I doubt the wait to 22222 made much of a difference to the owner.

ohnonotgmail

gary550 wrote: »

It's here since 2018 and has been stored unregistered so I doubt the wait to 22222 made much of a difference to the owner.

wasn't aware it has been here since 2018. They got very lucky with the number so.

dmc17

What's the significance to the 22222 plate? It reminds me of this feckin thing! :pac:

M3CS

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

wasn't aware it has been here since 2018. They got very lucky with the number so.

The plate number was reserved in advance. It didn't randomly land on it on the day he decided to register the car.

badaj0z

Number plates are based on the year of manufacture, not the year of registration. If you bring in an older car from abroad you get a plate based on when it was made, not when it was registered. So where di that number come from?

badaj0z

M3CS wrote: »

The plate number was reserved in advance. It didn't randomly land on it on the day he decided to register the car.

How do you reserve a plate in advance?

wotzgoingon

badaj0z wrote: »

How do you reserve a plate in advance?

I don't know the process but it's not free you have to pay for the privilege.

wonski

badaj0z wrote: »

How do you reserve a plate in advance?

Reserving a registration number
For €1,000 you can apply to Revenue for a particular registration number for the current year.

To reserve a number, you must apply to the Central Vehicle Office. Applications must be made on or after 1 November in the year before it is intended to first register the vehicle.

If your application is not successful, your payment of €1,000 will be refunded to you.

The number and county chosen must:

be in the normal registration number format
correspond with the year and half year in which the vehicle is first registered. An application to reserve 181-D-2:
may only be made for a vehicle to be first registered in 2018
and
correspond with the place where the applicant normally resides.
The registered owner must be the person in whose name the number was reserved. Reserved numbers are not transferable.

All registration numbers are available for reservation except the number ‘1’ in:

Cork (161-C-1 and 162-C-1)
Dublin (161-D-1 and 162-D-1)
Limerick (161-L-1 and 162-L-1)
Waterford (161-W-1 and 162-W-1).
A reserved registration number can only be assigned to a vehicle when it is reached in the normal sequence. It may not be displayed on a vehicle before it has been formally assigned by Revenue.

Marcinek_55

badaj0z wrote: »

Number plates are based on the year of manufacture, not the year of registration. If you bring in an older car from abroad you get a plate based on when it was made, not when it was registered. So where di that number come from?

Its about first registration. My merc have 07 reg and it was build in 06 but sitting in garage for a year before first time registered. Abroad cars were registered abroad at some stage and when coming to Ireland they have history.

ohnonotgmail

gary550 wrote: »

It's here since 2018 and has been stored unregistered so I doubt the wait to 22222 made much of a difference to the owner.

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

Its about first registration. My merc have 07 reg and it was build in 06 but sitting in garage for a year before first time registered. Abroad cars were registered abroad at some stage and when coming to Ireland they have history.

If the car has been here since 2018 then it could not have a 211D plate.

80sDiesel

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

If the car has been here since 2018 then it could not have a 211D plate.

The number plate is just a registration number. Just so happens here we have the year on it. A car never registered anywhere previously will be allocated a number on first registration. That first reg number will contain the year of first (ever) registration.

wonski

There were several cars on motors forum getting silly registration numbers after sitting a year or five unregistered.

I remember some Toyotas and Opels that had newer plate than their newer or facelifted models. It happens.

Marcinek_55

80sDiesel wrote: »

The number plate is just a registration number. Just so happens here we have the year on it. A car never registered anywhere previously will be allocated a number on first registration. That first reg number will contain the year of first (ever) registration.

This is exactly what i meant.

ohnonotgmail

80sDiesel wrote: »

The number plate is just a registration number. Just so happens here we have the year on it. A car never registered anywhere previously will be allocated a number on first registration. That first reg number will contain the year of first (ever) registration.

so the car has been sitting here since 2018 and was only registered this year?

80sDiesel

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

so the car has been sitting here since 2018 and was only registered this year?

Yup.

M3CS

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

If the car has been here since 2018 then it could not have a 211D plate.

What makes you think that's the case? You're completely wrong.

ohnonotgmail

M3CS wrote: »

What makes you think that's the case? You're completely wrong.

cars are usually registered when they are brought into the country. it would be unusual to leave a car like that sitting for more than 2 years.

johndaman66

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

cars are usually registered when they are brought into the country. it would be unusual to leave a car like that sitting for more than 2 years.

But in fairness that's a different thing to saying that a car that has being in the country since 2018 could not have a 211 registration.
Either way a cracking car and kudos to the owner.

MetzgerMeister

Cars are given a reg based on when they are actually registered so it's not impossible for a year or 2 old car to have a newer reg.

There was a Mazda3 MPS for sale a few years ago which is a good example. It was a 2007 MY model but had something like a 2014 license plate as it wasn't registered until then.

gary550

M3CS wrote: »

What makes you think that's the case? You're completely wrong.

I'm not sure what makes people think that, you can register a car whenever you want

*edited to correct

Lofidelity

I seen that new Ferrari 812 yesterday. I was a bit underwhelmed with the colour and lack of noise. Very discreet, but maybe thats the way the owner wants it.

MarkN

Will have a video of this out Friday, Octavia RS vid is live as of this morning for those interested.

ofcork

S500e in cork

MarkN

MarkN

jozi

I hope you had fun driving that!

The seats look awesome!

Andrew76

Gorgeous except for that awful nose on it. Guess you can't see that when you are driving it though.

wotzgoingon

I think the front looks good. Welcome change from the same old same old from BMW the past decade if not two decades.

newmember2

Andrew76 wrote: »

Gorgeous except for that awful nose on it. Guess you can't see that when you are driving it though.

EDIT: or maybe more like...

jozi

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I think the front looks good. Welcome change from the same old same old from BMW the past decade if not two decades.

Kidney grill goes back a few more decades than the last two!

There's a black 4 series doing the rounds near be, I haven't had a good look but the grill isn't as noticeable and not as bad.

wotzgoingon

jozi wrote: »

Kidney grill goes back a few more decades than the last two!

You're right my old e39 was a 1998 so that's 3 decades ago and they were around well before that.


Regarding those seats they look great from behind(carbon fibre) but I hate the white theme going on with the interior of that M3.

newmember2

wotzgoingon wrote: »

...Regarding those seats they look great from behind(carbon fibre) but I hate the white theme going on with the interior of that M3.

I think those seats look ridiculous - it's a car, not an intergalactic spaceship.

duffman3833

The front end im not gone on. Its like when cars a modified and they stick the license plate on any bit of bumper thats not hacked away or obstructing air flow

MetzgerMeister

You could put a normal plate on the front of that without obstructing airflow and have it a lot neater looking.

GeneHunt

newmember? wrote: »

I think those seats look ridiculous - it's a car, not an intergalactic spaceship.

Total agree, ridiculous, they look like something you'll see at an amusement park

James Bond Junior

I did something similar on my E36. It was taken off never to be refitted in about 2 hours. Got a special holder that screwed into the towing eye. Looked thoroughly daft.

duffman3833

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You could put a normal plate on the front of that without obstructing airflow and have it a lot neater looking.

it was an example i just quickly googled but you get the drift

Mickiemcfist

That M3 looks the exact same spec as the one that was on Harrys Garage, he hated the seats.

Looking forward to the review.

MarkN

They are not the easiest to get out of and I am a much younger man than Harry

Rattlehead_ie

Lovely sound. Saw last wk in Bray.

GeneHunt

Sorry I didn't have my phone or camera with me earlier today, but I saw a Volkswagen ID4 with Irish plates.
I didn't know they were available here yet.

Kilboor

GeneHunt wrote: »

Sorry I didn't have my phone or camera with me earlier today, but I saw a Volkswagen ID4 with Irish plates.
I didn't know they were available here yet.

Seen one or two around Limerick over last month or so

Marcinek_55

Kilboor wrote: »

Seen one or two around Limerick over last month or so

A lot of them around city centre...

Something that I saw today:

Garzard

1988 reg. I think a 328(?) passing by Supevalu Knocklyon today.

BeginnerRunner

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

Lovely sound. Saw last wk in Bray.

See it weekly out here. Lovely sounding yoke.

Austmcc

Saw this M2 today, wish I could have heard it though