Seen many 09 plates?

daz · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:12

That's why then! Awesome!

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:18

Who decided that instead of having 0x plates come out on Jan 1st, and 5x plates on say July 1st, we sohul dhave it 1/4 of the year in - because you know, it makes sense to be selling 58 cars in 2009.

Usel · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:33

I expect it has more to do with the 2 weeks running up to the 1st of jan. Would hardly be a great time registering hundreds of cars.

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:35

Usel said:
I expect it has more to do with the 2 weeks running up to the 1st of jan. Would hardly be a great time registering hundreds of cars.

We have computers now days, computers do not take breaks.

Usel · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:40

its not just the registering of the car. It has to be made and delivered to the dealership. Hardly an ideal time of year to be doing it.

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:43

Usel said:
its not just the registering of the car. It has to be made and delivered to the dealership. Hardly an ideal time of year to be doing it.

So what do dealerships do on Jan 1st? Last I checked they still had cars to sell, the number plate on the car makes no difference as to it's delivery time to dealer.

Wicksta · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:47

rypt said:
So what do dealerships do on Jan 1st? Last I checked they still had cars to sell, the number plate on the car makes no difference as to it's delivery time to dealer.

Have you ever seen how busy a garage is on 1st March compared to 1st Jan?

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:50

Wicksta said:
Have you ever seen how busy a garage is on 1st March compared to 1st Jan?

And again, how is this an issue? Most people do not walk into dealer, buy a brand new car and then drive off with it - seeing as the required spec is rarely ready there and then.

Usel · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:52

Are you trying to be difficult? Do you really think christmas eve/day and news years eve/day is a perfect time to be registering new cars and trying to get them made and delivered on time. Geting tax may be difficult as post offices are normally shut on new years day.

GravyMonster · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:56

rypt said:
And again, how is this an issue? Most people do not walk into dealer, buy a brand new car and then drive off with it - seeing as the required spec is rarely ready there and then.

Exactly, they order them and pick it up on new reg day, which in your world would be the 1st of January, which is a bank holiday. And for the cars to be ready at the dealership they would have had to have been delivered over christmas.

Can you really not see the issues here?

MikeHunt79 · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:58

Muffin` said:
Seen a few

lol

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:59

Spunkey said:
And for the cars to be ready at the dealership they would have had to have been delivered over christmas.

Can you really not see the issues here?

Firstly, they don't HAVE to pick them up on new reg day. they can pick them up 2 days or 3 days later.

secondly the relatively quiet days of the Christmas period may well be a perfect time to deliver the cars to dealers, afterall there this break ebtween 25th and 31st...

Prophet · 18 Feb 2009 at 12:59

daz said:
Quite surprised but I've actually yet to see an 09 plate out and about yet.

Indication of how bad new car sales are?

thewanted · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:34

On a sidenote, what happens in 2010? How will they accomodate the double-digit?

moss · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:35

thewanted said:
On a sidenote, what happens in 2010? How will they accomodate the double-digit?

Goes to 60/10, 61/11 etc iirc

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:38

thewanted said:
On a sidenote, what happens in 2010? How will they accomodate the double-digit?

Apparently they are going to use 10 and 60, 11 and 61 and so on

damn moss beat me while I was looking at other stuff

MikeHunt79 · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:39

rypt said:
Apparently they are going to use 10 and 60, 11 and 61 and so on

damn moss beat me while I was looking at other stuff

Yep, should be good until 2050 apparently...

rypt · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:42

MikeHunt79 said:
Yep, should be good until 2050 apparently...

2049 to be exact

Wonder what they'll use then?

I don't see why we need 01 and 51 plates really, could have got 100 years out of the system if they simply went 01 02 03 and so on

thewanted · 18 Feb 2009 at 13:42

Cool....thanks

Wicksta · 18 Feb 2009 at 14:00

rypt said:
2049 to be exact

Wonder what they'll use then?

I don't see why we need 01 and 51 plates really, could have got 100 years out of the system if they simply went 01 02 03 and so on

Annual is/was too long a period really, for both dealers and owners. It was only changed 10 years or so to the bi-annual system because of this reason.