5 days in and I havent seen a single 09 plate car/van/lorry/motorbike/scooter/invalid mobile(!!), has anyone spotted many yet?
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Originally posted by EDZ3MC View PostOnly seen the one, in the work car park.
Anyone know what happens to the reg plates in 2010?
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They chose to start the mid year registrations with fifty so that the number of years without overlapping is maximised whilst still keeping a consistent year designation (i.e. the second digit 0'1' or 5'1'). I believe in 2010 the start year registration will change to 10 and the mid year to 60. Working that way we get 50 years without needing to change the format and still with direct relevance to the year of registration - the second digit for both yearly registrations and the first digit minus fifty for the mid year registration. All the way through to 99.
If they started at 01 and went to 02 mid year, for example, there would be no way of easily equating reg number to year after a while. It's a bit of a brain bender but makes perfect sense when you think about it
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saw 4 up my way but talked to the dealer today and they are desperate for second hand cars as no one is buying new and trading in so suppose it helps second hand values a lot as he said a 20k 2nd hand car end last year dipped to 15 and now selling at 17.5 k so looks like the used market is good
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