rego query

[bobcat]

ive noticed reading on this forum that you guys refer to different letters for rego -K reg and the like, what do these letters relate .to ?
here in aus we just have the same rego plates for basically the life of the car unless you put personal plates on it.

[B7]

The plates in england are year related. So back in 1982 whent he e30 was introduced, we had plates which looked like

ABC 123Y, the Y being the age related letter belonging to Aug '82- Jul '83 year.

We then went to the style of plate you refer to.

A123 XYZ, the A being the age related letter belonging to Aug '83- Jul '84 year. and so it changed each year, B for Aug '84- Jul '85, C for Aug '85- Jul '86 year etc. etc. right through to L on tourings which was Aug '93- Jul '94 year.

[bobcat]

makes it bloody easy to know the build year at a glance

[B7]

makes it bloody easy to know the build year at a glance

There can be some anomalies. It only represents the actual year registered (i.e. put on the road). You could have a car built in say may '90 but not registered until Feb '91. Especially in a poor economic climate where the car companies "stockpile" in disused airfields and in some cases actual fields!!!

[mrLEE30]

you are also allowed to make a car look older then it is by registration, but not newer. i.e. if i had a C plate car i could change it for a B plate.

[gareth]

here's a handy chart with them all on
http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Reference-m ... tters.aspx