Can anybody explain to me...

Post by **Duvel78** » 05 May 2005 07:26 pm

the system in UK for the plate number...

I often hear on this forum words like "E-reg" or "F-reg", "G-reg"...

Is it the year when the car was produced? I want a list!

Another question: the plate number stays on the car during the whole life of this, even when it's sold? Because here we keep the plate number when we buy another car...

Post by **RandomHero** » 05 May 2005 07:45 pm

In the Netherlands the car keeps the license plate too its whole life.

Post by **Duvel78** » 05 May 2005 07:47 pm

RandomHero wrote:In the Netherlands the car keeps the license plate too its whole life.

We are strange in Belgium

Post by **Vario Si** » 05 May 2005 08:05 pm

There are many registration lists on the net...

one is... http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg_year.htm

that doesnt include the new number system, introduced a few years ago though.

Post by **Vario Si** » 05 May 2005 08:06 pm

Oh and link on that page goes to the new system...

http://www.ukcar.com/features/reg_year_2.htm

Post by **Duvel78** » 05 May 2005 08:07 pm

Thanks for the info! Now I understand the system in UK...

Post by MJ » 05 May 2005 09:25 pm

It's a bit confusing

Post by **Duvel78** » 05 May 2005 09:35 pm

Yeah, here it's 3 letters followed by 3 numbers without any meaning...

Post by **bodejodel** » 06 May 2005 12:40 am

Duvel78 wrote:Yeah, here it's 3 letters followed by 3 numbers without any meaning...

Well... atleast you silly Belgians know how to brew great beer!

Jupiler!

Post by **Tom** » 06 May 2005 07:47 am

The letter denotes the age of the car.

For instance, 'F' is around the 1988/89 period..D is about 1986..it is a tad tricky to explain.

Post by **redline** » 06 May 2005 08:32 am

tto answer your other question , the plate stays with the car in the uk , you can transfer a plate if it has a special meaning to you and there are specialist dealers . it costs £25.00 to hold a plate on retention per year (ie not assigned to a vehicle )and £80 to transfer it onto a new car .
Skys corsa is an sreg which is 1998 but his plate reads B 6 CJN His grandmother bought this because his initials are C J N
and before you all start no she didnt buy me F 34 SAD , it came with the car LOL
A lot of people here buy Irish plates because they are cheaper and random (three numbers / four letters ) to disguise the age of there car now thats what I call sad

Post by **Chris_C** » 06 May 2005 12:36 pm

Theres a plate I've nearly bought a few times.... but it's a K. Still on the lookout for H340 KAR too.

Post by **redline** » 06 May 2005 12:56 pm

I nearly bought a plate last year but the van was 1 year to old for it , it was m1kju , being as the van is an import with square plates and my wifes name is Julie it could have looked really cool

M 1 k

J U

Post by **Fuse** » 06 May 2005 02:17 pm

Duvel78 wrote:Yeah, here it's 3 letters followed by 3 numbers without any meaning...

We have also 3 letters and 3 numbers. Nowadays new cars get random letters and numbers but before -99 every county had their own letter so it indicated in which county was the car registered in. Plates are also permanent so if the owner changes plates won't.

Post by **Chris_C** » 06 May 2005 02:47 pm

We have the same, on the old system the last 2 of the 3 letters explained which registration area the car was registered. On the new system, the first two letters explain it

ie A123 AXX or XX12 ABC

Where XX is the location mark. Location codes themselves also changed when the new system was brought in.

Edit: http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/gb.htm

The top codes show the new codes (and are actually organised

) and the ones further down are the old ones (that we all are, and unorganised!!)