'12' Plates.

[sider]

I've seen one this morning, a white BMW 6-series cabriolet on the back of a dealer transport - SJ12***.

[off_again]

Happen to stop at a LR dealer a week ago. In their compound they had something like 20+ Evoque's and LR4's waiting to be delivered. All waiting for 12 plates! Pretty impressive when you work out that this is private buyers (not fleet) and around £750,000 worth of motors....

And this was a provincial small dealer. What the hell is it like at bigger ones? But no plates, so I cant claim the '12' spotting. But lots of people wait for March the 1st still!

[versus]

They don't look as good as 11 plates imo.

[JayTee94]

Still yet to see any.

[MG511]

Someone in the office opposite me has just had a '12' plate Audi A3 5dr in white delivered in a large Audi truck. They took away his dark grey Seat Exeo (59 plate), which looked much nicer to my eyes.

[soad]

Saw it on a white Alfa Romeo Giulietta this morning.

[FunBusMk2]

va1o said:

iva cosworth said:

BTW ,i was under the impression any car seen out with a new plate before the

first official day could have plate removed and a "61" stuck on it.

Not sure how that would work? Once it has a 12-plate assigned that's it, can't change it to a 61...

My Sister is getting a new company A3 on the 9th. When the fleet company representative called to confirm this, she said it's currently been on a '61 plate but can be changed to a '12 if you'd prefer - my sister said she would and then got a return call confirming the new number. Whether the dealer had just assigned a number without registering the car I don't know.

I saw 11, '12 plates heading home from Wakefield at about 6am this morning - all BMW's and MINI's. Ok, they were on a transporter heading out of Thorne!

[JayUK91]

My boss just today had his brand new Evoque delivered, fresh on a '12' plate.

[XDA]

Was behind a rather nice Merc S350 AMG on a "12" plate earlier.

[btdk5]

XDA said:

Was behind a rather nice Merc S350 AMG on a "12" plate earlier.

How could it be an amg if its just a 350?

[XDA]

btdk5 said:

XDA said:

Was behind a rather nice Merc S350 AMG on a "12" plate earlier.

How could it be an amg if its just a 350?

Because it had a "S350" and an "AMG" badge on each side of the boot lid?

I can only assume its got some "AMG" sports package fitted hence the badge, like the "M" sport badges on BMW diesels?

[JayTee94]

I have spotted my first 12 plate.

Ford Focus Estate.

Looked very nice as it was a top spec in a lovely dark blue.

Owner looked very happy.

[Panda76]

TDI Audi in White A something or other.
Around 5am too so he picked that one up early.

[DiseasalDriver]

My Dad's 12 plate XDrivesomethingelse4.0d bullshoiteMSport X5 - in white.

Mid-life crisis.

[swil00]

Saw on last night without any sign of trade plates ????

Passed a few on the way to work this afternoon, the best has got to be the 12 plate Nissan GTR.....

Just a shame the owner went with the last three reg letters GTR :-(

[PlayersNo6]

A Passat on the back of a delivery wagon

[TomN94]

My first today, on the road that is anyway, a lovely Blue RS3 about half a mile away from the dealership, heading away, so someone must've just picked it up minutes before I saw it.

[andy-xr]

Insignia, on the back of a recovery/delivery truck

[FunBusMk2]

swil00 said:

Saw on last night without any sign of trade plates ????

Passed a few on the way to work this afternoon, the best has got to be the 12 plate Nissan GTR.....

Just a shame the owner went with the last three reg letters GTR :-(

The plates were probably on the back seat / in the passenger footwell - not technically legal but common practice.

What's wrong with a GTR plate on a GTR?!

[Deva Link]

FunBusMk2 said:

My Sister is getting a new company A3 on the 9th. When the fleet company representative called to confirm this, she said it's currently been on a '61 plate but can be changed to a '12 if you'd prefer - my sister said she would and then got a return call confirming the new number. Whether the dealer had just assigned a number without registering the car I don't know.

How strange. Does the date marker mean that little to the industry that leasing companies don't care about the having the later one?