Number plates (Tags)

[Colly0410]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

You have to have letters close, like you must have like B82DJL, you can't have B 82 D J L.

They are very strict here in England on letter/number spacing: the new style (from 2001) plates have to be like AB12 ABC, if you have AB 12 ABC it's a warning or fine, if they're the 1964 to 2001 style they have to be ABC 123A or A123 ABC & 1904 to 1964 ABC 123.... Friend of ours called Lisa is a bit naughty as her plate is L1SA T, it should be L1 SAT. She's received a few warnings off the cops so she's pushing it, she could end up having the plates confiscated & issued a normal plate, mind you she is a bit ditzy, lol...

[hi_volt]

Here in Arizona, when a used car is sold privately, the seller keeps the plate and the new owner has to get a new one. We also have a plethora of vanity plate styles to choose from:

https://servicearizona.com/webapp/ve...startChoice.do

[Telecolor 3007]

Originally Posted by Colly0410

They are very strict here in England on letter/number spacing: the new style (from 2001) plates have to be like AB12 ABC, if you have AB 12 ABC it's a warning or fine, if they're the 1964 to 2001 style they have to be ABC 123A or A123 ABC & 1904 to 1964 ABC 123.... Friend of ours called Lisa is a bit naughty as her plate is L1SA T, it should be L1 SAT. She's received a few warnings off the cops so she's pushing it, she could end up having the plates confiscated & issued a normal plate, mind you she is a bit ditzy, lol...

Hello. Since you are from U.K. you can please explain how the registration numbers are given there. Starting from the past utill now. I've read that they are a combination between area and year.

[Colly0410]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

Hello. Since you are from U.K. you can please explain how the registration numbers are given there. Starting from the past utill now. I've read that they are a combination between area and year.

in 1904 each county were given one or two letters, & numbers from 1 to 9999 for their plates I.E. London was given A & the first number plate was A1, then went up to A 9999 then to next letter combination. My home county of Nottinhamshire had AU TO VO NN, Derbyshire had R RA RB CH & so on. In the 1930's the one & two letter combinations were running out, so the put a letter in front of the two letter combinations so you'd have AAU 1 to AAU 999, the single letters were not used anymore. This system started to run out in the 1950's so they reversed the system, so you had up to 3 numbers (or 4 for one & two letter combinations) & one two or three letters, my uncle had 2766 R (this would be worth many thousands of pounds now) & Dads was 520 AAU. This system started to run out in 1963, so a new system that was 3 letters & up to 3 numbers then a letter on the end that changed every year staring with A for 1963 then B for 1964 & so on. My motor bike was AVO 15B & my first car GAY 585B, this system ran out in 1984 & was reversed starting with A, one of my Father-in-laws car was A46 ACH, one of my cars was H41 VAU. This system ran out in 2001, the present system is an area letter (Nottingham my local area is F) then a random letter, the if registered between March & September the number is the year, if registered from Septl to Feb the number is the year + 50, so the car I bought new in September 2006 was FE56 EOC, my present car I bought in March 2017 is FE17 UGZ. Norther Ireland has a different system, their plates have three letter with an I or Z in the & up to four numbers, they have no year number or letter, many taxis & buses have these plates to hide their age . British number plates are quite complicated & a lot of Brits don't understand how they work...

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Colly0410

They are very strict here in England on letter/number spacing: the new style (from 2001) plates have to be like AB12 ABC, if you have AB 12 ABC it's a warning or fine, if they're the 1964 to 2001 style they have to be ABC 123A or A123 ABC & 1904 to 1964 ABC 123.... Friend of ours called Lisa is a bit naughty as her plate is L1SA T, it should be L1 SAT. She's received a few warnings off the cops so she's pushing it, she could end up having the plates confiscated & issued a normal plate, mind you she is a bit ditzy, lol...

If the spacing is not per standard, how does one even obtain it? In the two U.S. states I've lived in, the registration forms force you to use standard spacing rules.

[Colly0410]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

If the spacing is not per standard, how does one even obtain it? In the two U.S. states I've lived in, the registration forms force you to use standard spacing rules.

They get a garage to make up mock plates that you can design yourself, (many people have their name or house number put on a real looking plate for show) then put it on the car themselves. Our friend Lisa has the real plates in her garage, I predict she's going to get herself nicked by the cops & be fined & have the plates confiscated, I'll post on her if/when it happens, lol...