Old Cars & New Reg

[tunnie]

I thought you could not put a newer plate on an older car? Ie put a 02 plate on a Ford Escort?

But today I saw a classic Merc 300, beautiful example looked like new! But it was on an 03 plate   

[05omegav6]

If it's never been registered, and is essentially unused, then it gets a current registration, which is nice

There are a handful of R, S and T reg W124s running around

[tunnie]

It was one of these... & defo on an 03 plate:

[Andy B]

..... But it was on an 03 plate   

You sure it wasn't a mis-spaced old number ie Oscar rather than zero   

[tunnie]

..... But it was on an 03 plate   

You sure it wasn't a mis-spaced old number ie Oscar rather than zero   

Humm, possible, but in those cases the number plates don't look right. This one looked perfectly normal you would see on an 03 plate car. 

[05omegav6]

It does happen, just not very often

[YZ250]

I thought you could not put a newer plate on an older car? Ie put a 02 plate on a Ford Escort?

But today I saw a classic Merc 300, beautiful example looked like new! But it was on an 03 plate   

I'm sure this is still the case. Chap that works with me has a private plate on retention that he can't put on his car as the plate prefix is newer than his car. He bought the plate with his initials on, not realising this was the case. 

[tunnie]

Maybe it was imported in 2003, although it was RHD

[henryd]

Maybe it was imported in 2003, although it was RHD

Could of come back from Japan or the channel islands

[Kevin Wood]

Normally, if a car is registered part way through its' life you need documentary proof of the vehicles date of first registration elsewhere in the world, or a certification of "newness" from the manufacturer for it to get an age related plate of that year. If you don't have such documentation, it gets a Q plate.

Either someone has forged some documentation or it's a daft mis-spaced plate, IMHO.

[dbug]

Agree probably mis=spaced to look like an 03 plate

[IainMcDade]

Completely irrelevent, but i thought this was titled "old cars & new RUG" and was expecting a very different first post, tho what i expected is a mystery to even myself 

[tunnie]

Agree probably mis=spaced to look like an 03 plate

Spacing was correct, for the new style of reg. Also with old system you needed 3 numbers, not two. It was clearly 2 letters, 2 numbers and 3 letters laid out correctly 

I missed my usual staff shuttle bus so went to a different place, tempted to go back at same time as this person was dropping someone off, next time try and get a photo 

[Andy B]

Agree probably mis=spaced to look like an 03 plate

Spacing was correct, for the new style of reg. Also with old system you needed 3 numbers, not two. It was clearly 2 letters, 2 numbers and 3 letters laid out correctly 

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Numbers 1 through to 99 were also available. 1 to 20 were originally kept back by DVLA 

[tunnie]

Agree probably mis=spaced to look like an 03 plate

Spacing was correct, for the new style of reg. Also with old system you needed 3 numbers, not two. It was clearly 2 letters, 2 numbers and 3 letters laid out correctly 

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Numbers 1 through to 99 were also available. 1 to 20 were originally kept back by DVLA 

Good point well presented 

Like I say it looked fine, not the chav mis-spaced bodges you see. Hopefully I'll see it again