(Almost) consecutive numberplates
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bazza white said:
We lived in Germany and they closed a army base over there a load of people moved back over at once but bought new cars as it was cheaper than back here. As loads of cars were put on UK registration at once or very close together, the estate we were all put on all had new cars with similar reg plates. Ours was K61 UPV and and next door neighbours was K59 UPV.
My parents did the same when based in Germany, they bought a Fiesta and Mondeo and I think they were something like M495MAS and M496MAS. They brought them back to the UK like that and they lived happily with matching plates until I borrowed the Fiesta and killed it.I can beat this yes. Driving up the M3 about 18 years ago, we come up along side an identical Peugeot 206 as ours. Identical in every way, including exactly the same plate. Same colour car, same model, same spec.
After failing to gain the other drivers attention, we went back to the dealer that sold us the car New a few weeks before. They contacted the other driver, and yes it was confirmed that the plates were the same. The dealer had registered both cars, bit somehow duplicated the number plates. Ours was incorrect.
The only saving grace for the dealer in my opinion was the fact that they had been issued consecutive plates by the Ebla but even so, someone should have noticed! Our documentation was however correct, I think the number part of the plate was 315 and ours was/should have been 316.
We had to correct our insurance, but the tax disk was correct. We just hadn't noticed the slight incorrect mismatch. And as it was new we hadn't done the registration process ourselves.
We got s bit of compo from the dealer out of it but I wasn't at all bothered at the time.
Would have been funny to get a photo but we never saw the other car again.
After failing to gain the other drivers attention, we went back to the dealer that sold us the car New a few weeks before. They contacted the other driver, and yes it was confirmed that the plates were the same. The dealer had registered both cars, bit somehow duplicated the number plates. Ours was incorrect.
The only saving grace for the dealer in my opinion was the fact that they had been issued consecutive plates by the Ebla but even so, someone should have noticed! Our documentation was however correct, I think the number part of the plate was 315 and ours was/should have been 316.
We had to correct our insurance, but the tax disk was correct. We just hadn't noticed the slight incorrect mismatch. And as it was new we hadn't done the registration process ourselves.
We got s bit of compo from the dealer out of it but I wasn't at all bothered at the time.
Would have been funny to get a photo but we never saw the other car again.
30+ years ago I worked for an insurance company that had a training site in Ewhurst.
The entry-level company car at the time was a MKIII Escort Popular Plus - 2 people turned up with the same reg number on their cars!
They were all bought from the same dealership in Yorkshire - looks like someone there messed up!
Shame I didn't get a photo, but you didn't do that so much back then!
The entry-level company car at the time was a MKIII Escort Popular Plus - 2 people turned up with the same reg number on their cars!
They were all bought from the same dealership in Yorkshire - looks like someone there messed up!
Shame I didn't get a photo, but you didn't do that so much back then!
In ye olden days, the DVLA would give a list of number plates to a dealer for the annual plate change rush. This allowed dealers to automatically allocate plates for admin purposes, getting the plates made up and affixed to cars. Any unallocated were returned to the system. I remember going into the dealer with my Dad and being shown a list of available plates and asking which one we preferred. For instance:
H123AKL
H124AKL
H125AKL
etc
H123AKL
H124AKL
H125AKL
etc
Do private plates count? 
Back in the day of 1990, my grandad ordered a red fiesta. H246 XRB. He was in 60's/70's if I recall correctly. This was some 50 years after he got married.
He turned up to the dealer, and next to it was another red fiesta, H247 XRB. Collecting it, was his best man from 50 years ago, whom he had lost touch with (moved away) some 20 years before that. Turns out his best man had just moved back to retire to the area. They reignited their friendship and the two cars were to be seen parked next to each other almost daily for the next 6 years before my grandad died.
Grandma couldn't drive, so she gave the car to the other old boys grandson and the two cars lived happily ever after, continuing to see each other regularly.
Back in the day of 1990, my grandad ordered a red fiesta. H246 XRB. He was in 60's/70's if I recall correctly. This was some 50 years after he got married.
He turned up to the dealer, and next to it was another red fiesta, H247 XRB. Collecting it, was his best man from 50 years ago, whom he had lost touch with (moved away) some 20 years before that. Turns out his best man had just moved back to retire to the area. They reignited their friendship and the two cars were to be seen parked next to each other almost daily for the next 6 years before my grandad died.
Grandma couldn't drive, so she gave the car to the other old boys grandson and the two cars lived happily ever after, continuing to see each other regularly.
vikingaero said:
In ye olden days, the DVLA would give a list of number plates to a dealer for the annual plate change rush. This allowed dealers to automatically allocate plates for admin purposes, getting the plates made up and affixed to cars. Any unallocated were returned to the system. I remember going into the dealer with my Dad and being shown a list of available plates and asking which one we preferred. For instance:
H123AKL
H124AKL
H125AKL
etc
I worked at a small dealer and I think we got allocated 20 consecutive plates in each batch.H123AKL
H124AKL
H125AKL
etc
Years ago, I was waiting to collect a used Mazda MX5 from a dealership in Gateshead. It's registration was something like S910 KTF. I was driving through Gateshead whilst at work talking to a girl in the passenger seat about the new car I was getting. She asked what it looked like, and as she did, I saw a green NB MX5 parked on a side street.
I went for a closer look and had to do a double take when I saw the numberplate, which was one letter out from the car I was waiting to collect, something like S910KTE or KTG. Same spec, from the same dealer, obviously registered consecutively.
I went for a closer look and had to do a double take when I saw the numberplate, which was one letter out from the car I was waiting to collect, something like S910KTE or KTG. Same spec, from the same dealer, obviously registered consecutively.
My first car was a Fiesta Supersport (RFJ90W) bought 3 miles from my house. It had spent its early years down in Devon over 200 miles away. I discovered upon visiting my Great Aunt that it had belonged to the farm behind her cottage when she recognised it.
About 6 months later I drove it down to Cornwall for a holiday and sat in some traffic behind a Mk3 Escort which was RFJ92W. The cars were about ten years old at the time.
A few years later I owned a Sierra XR4x4, D177SVX. I arrived at a car club gathering one evening and found myself parked opposite a Sierra RS Cosworth, D178SVX. Again they were about ten years old.
My e36 BMW was S147ANM. I took it to a local specialist and parked out the front was a 5 series S148ANM. This too was after the cars had passed their tenth birthdays.
Small world.
About 6 months later I drove it down to Cornwall for a holiday and sat in some traffic behind a Mk3 Escort which was RFJ92W. The cars were about ten years old at the time.
A few years later I owned a Sierra XR4x4, D177SVX. I arrived at a car club gathering one evening and found myself parked opposite a Sierra RS Cosworth, D178SVX. Again they were about ten years old.
My e36 BMW was S147ANM. I took it to a local specialist and parked out the front was a 5 series S148ANM. This too was after the cars had passed their tenth birthdays.
Small world.
Got a focus with the number plate BW03KJE and regularly see another focus with the plate BW04CJE.
I also have an Alfa 166 with the plate V764JEU, I've not seen another 166 in the flesh for over a decade but most pictures of v plate ones online seem to end in JEU
I used to have a silver Bora with the plate BC04JYV and saw another identical one but black in Wales with the plate BC04JYJ
My mum had a Mazda 323 growing up with the plate FL53OOJ and I saw a BMW with the plate FL03OOJ once.
A mate had a BMW with the plate SxxxGAN, seen plenty of s plate BMWs ending in GAN.
On a similar note we had another Mazda 323 with the plate T937JAL, Seen plenty of T plate mazdas ending in JAL.
My dad had a Renault Laguna company car growing up and the plate was S185JDF. We noticed at a family reunion that my great uncles Laguna bought privately was also an S plater ending in JDF.
My dad had a mondeo about 12
years ago with the plate R968MNU and a mate of mine has a vw van now that's R9xxMNU. (Can't remember the other 2 digits).
We also had a K plate ford escort growing up with the plate K32SFP. We regularly visited the town it was sold new in and there were dozens of escorts and other fords with K***SFP. The closest being K39SFP which was exactly the same but 5 door
Instead of 3 door. Most of the prefix plated Fords for miles around ended in SFP.
The final one I saw was my grandad had an Rreg Vectra v6 brand new in arctic blue for 3 years it was an R plate ending in LWP but can't remember the rest of the plate. I saw one that was R584LWP the other day in a completely different part of the country and it was all souped up with tinted windows, sports exhaust, leather which my grandads never had and Irmscher grill. It was the same colour and everything and I'm about 60% sure it was my grandads but bit of a coincidence if not.
I also have an Alfa 166 with the plate V764JEU, I've not seen another 166 in the flesh for over a decade but most pictures of v plate ones online seem to end in JEU
I used to have a silver Bora with the plate BC04JYV and saw another identical one but black in Wales with the plate BC04JYJ
My mum had a Mazda 323 growing up with the plate FL53OOJ and I saw a BMW with the plate FL03OOJ once.
A mate had a BMW with the plate SxxxGAN, seen plenty of s plate BMWs ending in GAN.
On a similar note we had another Mazda 323 with the plate T937JAL, Seen plenty of T plate mazdas ending in JAL.
My dad had a Renault Laguna company car growing up and the plate was S185JDF. We noticed at a family reunion that my great uncles Laguna bought privately was also an S plater ending in JDF.
My dad had a mondeo about 12
years ago with the plate R968MNU and a mate of mine has a vw van now that's R9xxMNU. (Can't remember the other 2 digits).
We also had a K plate ford escort growing up with the plate K32SFP. We regularly visited the town it was sold new in and there were dozens of escorts and other fords with K***SFP. The closest being K39SFP which was exactly the same but 5 door
Instead of 3 door. Most of the prefix plated Fords for miles around ended in SFP.
The final one I saw was my grandad had an Rreg Vectra v6 brand new in arctic blue for 3 years it was an R plate ending in LWP but can't remember the rest of the plate. I saw one that was R584LWP the other day in a completely different part of the country and it was all souped up with tinted windows, sports exhaust, leather which my grandads never had and Irmscher grill. It was the same colour and everything and I'm about 60% sure it was my grandads but bit of a coincidence if not.
Edited by JD66 on Monday 26th June 13:22
Edited by JD66 on Monday 26th June 13:23
we have a smart we bought 4 years ago from Portsmouth XX13 LDX (XX match also) then we bought a Zoe a year ago from winchester XX16 LDX so match IMHO
Love the Cortina Crusader though. My dad had one of those and we exported it to when we moved to Germany for my dads job
2.0ltr great car
Love the Cortina Crusader though. My dad had one of those and we exported it to when we moved to Germany for my dads job
2.0ltr great car
November 16th, 1999. My friend James and I, by strange coincidence, were both picking up our new cars on the same day. He had bought a Impreza from the Subaru dealer in Cambridge and I had a bought an Elise from Haydon Daytune, Cambridge.
The Impreza was registered as V754 HCE.
The Elise was registered as V954 HCE.
True, dull story.
The Impreza was registered as V754 HCE.
The Elise was registered as V954 HCE.
True, dull story.
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