6 character number plates, registered in 2001?!

[Or888t]

Hi ph.
I'm looking at a car today, which has a 6 character’s within its registration, the vendor states that the car was reregistered like that in 2001. ( Although it is still a X reg).
But I’m just a little confused as to why it's like that, as opposed to the standard 7 character number plate.



Can anyone help me out/ put my mind at rest?

[davepoth]

Private plate put on at registration?

[V88Dicky]

X23 CUP (for example), would have been registered at DVLA Newcastle between Sept 1st '00 and Feb 28th '01.

Can't see a problem with that.

[daveenty]

There were also 5 digit ones.

e.g.: -

X1 ABC
X12 ABC
X123 ABC

And so on. As long as there are three letters after the numbers then it should be fine.

[Or888t]

davepoth said:

Private plate put on at registration?

Thats what i thought...
He's saying that the car was registered like that...
I'm trying to keep a open mind, but i wouldent mind some solid facts on the whole thing, because it's majorly putting me off.
(And the car is very clean, and i want to leave a deposit today, as long as this werid reg thing isent a problem!)

[Or888t]

Thanks alot guys!
I'm sure i've seen other 6 character plates starting with x over the years. (Which i beleved to be the initial registered plate)
Did they only do this for 'x' reg, 2001 plates before the swop over?
(Don't think i've seen a 6 character 'y' reg).

[thecremeegg]

They've done it for years, loads of cars have 6 character plates from new

[Dave Hedgehog]

Or888t said:

Thanks alot guys!
I'm sure i've seen other 6 character plates starting with x over the years. (Which i beleved to be the initial registered plate)
Did they only do this for 'x' reg, 2001 plates before the swop over?
(Don't think i've seen a 6 character 'y' reg).

I had Y23 GTR on retention incase i got a datsun (23 is ni san in japanese)

[V88Dicky]

Still can't see what the problem is

2001 saw three different registration pre-fixes, X, Y and 51.

If it is an X reg like you say, it could have been registered with 1, 2 or 3 numbers after the X. You state that it is X** ABC, which is perfectly legal, and correct for a 2001 car registered up to February 28th. Y plates came in March 1st 2001.

[U T]

51 plates came out 1 sep 2001, the same day England beat Germany...5-1.

Spooky....

[mnkiboy]

I had W32 VOJ years ago. Standard plate, not private.

[HorneyMX5]

I've had quite a few cars with 6 digit plates that were the original plate from first registration. I prefer them.

Nick

[Or888t]

HorneyMX5 said:

I've had quite a few cars with 6 digit plates that were the original plate from first registration. I prefer them.

Nick

I think i might grow to prefer them too, thanks for your help everyone.