New Registration Plates
Discussion
They've had the new font for some time now. Wonder why they changed? Maybe the government thought they needed to spend some more of tax payers money they had surplus of???
On a side note Personalised Plates are supposed to be going up in December and again 6 months after that to well over $800. They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?
On a side note Personalised Plates are supposed to be going up in December and again 6 months after that to well over $800. They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?
Kiwi Carguy said:
They've had the new font for some time now. Wonder why they changed? Maybe the government thought they needed to spend some more of tax payers money they had surplus of???
On a side note Personalised Plates are supposed to be going up in December and again 6 months after that to well over $800. They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?
On a side note Personalised Plates are supposed to be going up in December and again 6 months after that to well over $800. They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?
Hmmmmm
Maybe there should be some 'local loop unbundling'
to prevent a private company from making a super-profit from a statutory monopoly.On a side note Personalised Plates are supposed to be going up in December and again 6 months after that to well over $800. They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?[/quote]
$800!!!
And this from a company that deliberately hyped the market to make auctioned plates "valuable"
Anyway you have to be a complete tosser to own a set of personalised plates...........
Mine say STEAMS it was for my steam car but it's now going on the boat trailer.
Cheers
Mark Stacey
$800!!!
And this from a company that deliberately hyped the market to make auctioned plates "valuable" Anyway you have to be a complete tosser to own a set of personalised plates...........
Mine say STEAMS it was for my steam car but it's now going on the boat trailer.
Cheers
Mark Stacey
Edited by marksteamnz on Sunday 22 October 00:02
Edited by marksteamnz on Monday 23 October 20:38
Kiwi Carguy said:
They said their prices were outdated and to be brought in line with Australia and other countries?
Hmmm... we have a much smaller population than Australia, and presumably the other comparison countries, which should mean relatively less demand and lower cost for the same combinations of letters andf numbers on a piece of tin.
But I don't suppose a monopoly has to bother themselves with supply and demand economics.Apparently the dies for the old plate font were worn out and needed replacing anyway, so took the opportunity to change them to one that cameras could read easier. THe next step will be like in the UK where cameras automatically record where youve been.
The price of plates is rediculous. When I took my pplates off my car before I sold it it cost $13 to put regular plates back on it, figure they have to make the pplate for you rather than taking it off a run but why cant they be $100, there would still be lots of profit in it
The price of plates is rediculous. When I took my pplates off my car before I sold it it cost $13 to put regular plates back on it, figure they have to make the pplate for you rather than taking it off a run but why cant they be $100, there would still be lots of profit in it
Welcome aboard 
Have a look at www.plates.co.nz
You can try all the different types and combinations.
Have a look at www.plates.co.nz
You can try all the different types and combinations.
Thanks for the welcome!
I spent a few months working and touring in your spectacular country back in '04, and was surprised to see euro-style plates on cars.
BTW, is there any place where I could get a NZ 'euro' plate?
I like to pick up plates from places I visit. On my trip I got a Cook Islands set and an Oz plate....but no NZ plate. (I presume that www.plates.co.nz only sell plates to NZ residents and/or charge a lot for them, i.e. cost too much just to hang on my garage wall! )
I spent a few months working and touring in your spectacular country back in '04, and was surprised to see euro-style plates on cars.
BTW, is there any place where I could get a NZ 'euro' plate?
I like to pick up plates from places I visit. On my trip I got a Cook Islands set and an Oz plate....but no NZ plate. (I presume that www.plates.co.nz only sell plates to NZ residents and/or charge a lot for them, i.e. cost too much just to hang on my garage wall! )
Edited by Fouga on Sunday 19th November 00:42
Fouga said:
. . . I presume that www.plates.co.nz only sell plates to NZ residents and/or charge a lot for them, i.e. cost too much just to hang on my garage wall!
You can only order the production of a personalised plate for a specified vehicle.
Although I reserved my XTR2 plate months before, I couldn't order it's production until the car had first been registered with a standard plate
Are you after a specific plate or any old thing?
I'm not sure what happens to plates on cars that go to a wreckers ?¿?
Fouga said:
Any NZ plate - though preferably a 'euro-style' plate (....and ideally with a '0' in it. I like the way NZ zeros have a slash/line through them 
....only country that does this AFAIK.)
....only country that does this AFAIK.) Edited by Fouga on Sunday 19th November 01:27
I know that www.germanplates.com do NZ replica plates in the euro style, but the font is the same as the German one.... ie, it's a german plate that looks similar to a NZ euro style one.... they do ones to order.... the fonts are pretty similar, but the "0" would be in the same way the germans do it.
You could try signing into www.trademe.co.nz (NZ online auction site) and negotiate with the seller before hand if they would send to Ireland. Theres plenty of cheap ones there esp to suit a PHer with car themes in mind 
Cheers
Kylie
Cheers
Kylie
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