Anyone remember their parents reg numbers?

[CS Garth]

This one is for the nerds - haters need not apply. Inspired by the concurrent thread (my dad had one of those) does anyone else have ingrained in their memory the reg numbers of their parents car? I remember most and have happy memories of the excitement associated with each "new" car that came into our family although in hindsight all were fairly mundane:

LFT 430X - mothers metro, blue and a rust bucket but seemed like it was out of Tomorrow's World (anyone under 35 need not apply)
E82 CCN - Fiesta Popular (not even Popular Plus), white and seemed amazing after the Metro
E900 DCU - old man's Orion 1.6d L, Burgandy and slow as hell. First new car for us.
J658 JPV - rover 216 BRG - 16v engine seamed very spritely, 2nd gear went after 40k
G852 RVK - Subaru estate GL - had shifatable low ratio, was amazing on a road car

I could go on. Would like to hear if others have similar memories which inspired their car interests....

[CS Garth]

Thanks all am thoroughly enjoying watch these roll in so. A couple of other memories:

-Old man got a Sierra 2l on loan when some work being done on his Orion in the late 80s. He took it on to the Military Road with me in (Ponteland to Gilsland in N'Land) and took it up to the tonne which I was amazed at (more so now, good job we didn't have to stop in a hurry)

-Likewise my mother had a Lancia Therma for a few days whilst her car was in the shop - despite much egging on from me she refused to give it the beans properly but still remember the wafty acceleration to this day

-Last one: seeing a white 3dr Cosworth in my local town parked up. Without going off on a Cosworth w*nkathon it stopped me in my tracks.

Happy days

[CS Garth]

wildcat45 said:

Are you a Geordie by any chance?

RED 405M. Horrible green Fiat 128
KUN 9490 and KUN955P. White and green Suntor Marina campers supplied from the factory in Devon hence the registrations.
XJR384T the Orange Horizon GLS with acres of brown velour a digital clock
And internally adjustable mirrors was science fiction to 8 year old me in 1979.
There were a few others - all Volvos.

My Dad got a personalised plate years ago. A birthday gift from my mum. Now he's gone I have it on my cars - a Land Rover at the moment. All things being equal it'll be put on a Discovery Sport soon. I like to think he would have approved.

Not far off - Hexham. Was it the new car ref on the Orion that gave it away (I think DCU was County Durham where the dealer who was a mate was)? Am sure wiki has shed loads on this but we're harking back to when the DVLA has multiple offices rather than just Swansea - my inner geek nearly stops there but I know COO was Colchester and had many an Essex reg'd fast ford on this nomenclature