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Dveight
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:04 pm

has anyone ever seen another bmw with a number plate the same as yours bar 1 number e.g if you have c123 abc, and then see a car with c124 abc, im only saying this because i know for a fact all the cars with similar plates to mine are bmws and have always wanted to see one
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:06 pm

Should start a thread about VINs too

MY dads original UK plate was G27 SGT anyone on here got close to that :D
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:09 pm

Closest to any of mine that ive seen have been

318i D494 MFJ - another zoner had Black sport D511 MFJ
318is H813 AFJ - Bimmaman has H786(?) AFJ
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:10 pm

yeah there most likely from the same dearship on the same day... as i think the registrations are all done together..... not 2 sure though....

some dealership staff will be able to say though
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:11 pm

I've seen one with one letter up from my old car, another BMW :D
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:44 pm

i got a K725 CJM and saw another e34 with K735 CJM i think, was defo K7 and CJM, made my stomach drop as it was kind of similar to mine
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:45 pm

My brother bought an e30 new in Germany while he was stationed over there, RHD UK spec. When he got back to the UK it was registered over here. After a while he started getting speeding fines from cameras. He'd not been anywhere near the areas the offences were commited. It finally turned out somebody else had a similar model, and whoever made the plates had transposed two of the numbers (eg 579 became 597), which meant it was running around with my brothers reg number on it.
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:50 pm

Years ago I picked up my first new BMW from Chenhalls of Paignton, a 4 door 316 C64FTA, and there lined up was C65FTA C66FTA C67FTA C68FTA. If I remember right the C67 and 68 were both Baurs, Anybosy seen my old car?
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Yeah if you look on these dvla lookup sites you can see what car has a determined plate

Im d509 hyt
501 is a 316
503 is a 325 se
504 is a 316
506 is a 525i se auto
507 is a 320i auto
508 is a 320i cab auto
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:55 pm

Mine is G385TYE; G367TYE lives about half a mile from me. It's a 320I, too.
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:56 pm

If you go here (or probably a similar website) you can type in similar registrations to yours and at see what cars they are registered to, it take a few goes to find a registration though.

http://www.247spares.co.uk/vrmnotfound.php
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:02 pm

I had a renault five campus and at my local sainsburys always used to see an identical car, same colour trim etc with the same plate, just one number higher. Its a dealer thing, they get given an alocation of reg numbers and they put them on each model they sell consecutively.(sp, I'm drunk)
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:06 pm

Just looked at my 3 E30s I had in the late '80s
NPX803Y
C64FTA
D499PKN

All were lovely mint cars when they left me...but gone now.

I'm upset now, think I need a drink...
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:25 pm

there are some such nice e30 plates sat on crappy fiesta's and stuff from 1988...mostly fords and renaults.....i see someone has E30 BMW on a black sport with 1 previous owner...nice plate who ever that is
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:31 pm

im gutted, my plate is E31 VWX.How good would E30 AED (my initials).Had a look at dvla records, E30 AED is registerd.neone got E30 *** plates?very unique!Alex
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:38 pm

mine is H20 RDV and by the looks of that site it has had a personalised plate thrown on it at some point. mine comes up but there are no similar ones (from the few that i tried)
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:42 pm

e30Alex wrote:im gutted, my plate is E31 VWX.How good would E30 AED (my initials).Had a look at dvla records, E30 AED is registerd.neone got E30 *** plates?very unique!Alex
There is a regular poster on here from down my way, E30 Mark maybe? who has E30 OK (Illegal spacing, you will rot in hell lol !) on a tidy 318is I think....
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:44 pm

My car was put on a private plate earlier in her life but was registered and lost the original number. Current plate is H467 VET.

Have seen an Eunos Roadster with H4** VET and sat in traffic last week i notice an Audi 80 behind me with M476 VET. That's as close as i can get!!

Wondering in the VET ending is reserved for registered vehicles. Any one know?
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Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:50 pm

CaesarBob wrote:My car was put on a private plate earlier in her life but was registered and lost the original number. Current plate is H467 VET.
Mines H646 YAT

A boy from here(the zone) put a red 318is(i think) to a track car and the number is very similar to mine.
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Z3I wrote:Years ago I picked up my first new BMW from Chenhalls of Paignton, a 4 door 316 C64FTA, and there lined up was C65FTA C66FTA C67FTA C68FTA. If I remember right the C67 and 68 were both Baurs, Anybosy seen my old car?
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Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:04 am

handpaper wrote:Mine is G385TYE; G367TYE lives about half a mile from me. It's a 320I, too.
Mine is G567 USL...Kinda close..

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Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:07 am

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Jon pure British had/has a 316i - H29 XYU
My old 325i sport, now gone :( - H49 XYU


Hope you don't mind me putting the picture up Jon, only one I could find! :D
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Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:17 am

8 years ago i had a white ford orion 1.6i Ghia D414YMO and used to see localy another orion ghia but not injection, with the reg D413YMO.
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Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:22 am

eko wrote:Closest to any of mine that ive seen have been

318i D494 MFJ - another zoner had Black sport D511 MFJ
318is H813 AFJ - Bimmaman has H786(?) AFJ
H769 AFJ - First time I saw a pic of your old 318is, I thought it was my car!
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Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:36 am

Have seen one similar to mine... my old red 318iS was H117 WRM and i passed another red 318iS with the license plate along the lines of H116 WPM. Cant remember what it was exactly though but i was stunned to say the least =)

but i have had 3 e30 plates:
H117 WRM
H663 HJO
F875 LBM

Id be interested to see if anyone has anything close to them :)
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Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:16 am

My plate is WIB 9123,which comes from County Armagh,local to me is a Merc with MIB9123 :D
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