Strange vehicle number plate

forgotmyname

Do VW not offer access to their database to obtain cars information?  Not personal information but the build
spec and which country the car was first registered in and other build data.

ripofflondon

Goudy said:

Herzlos said:

The font and lack of country code makes me think it's a diplomatic plate, which would also fit with it being LHD but I thought they were usually 111 X 111.

I've no idea if they'd show up in an MOT/insurance checker.

I was thinking something similar, but perhaps not a UK registered diplomatic vehicle, which as you say tends to go either 111 X 111 for outside London and 111 D 111 inside London.

I was also think the lack of any country identifier might mean it's an unpopular country's vehicle.

Where was the photo taken, have you a street name?

Hi all - thanks for giving this some serious consideration!  Goudy - it was here https://goo.gl/maps/Zwj3Zbt1eVcCkvDP7

Goudy

Just thought if it was parked on somewhere like Portland Place it could be diplomatic, though perhaps not a UK registered one.
If it was parked in my local B&Q carpark, it's probably something else not yet recognised by anyone!

It's an odd font, not quite FE Schrift like the Germans plates use, but it's not Charles Wright like the UK, more Kenteken/Gill Sans like the Dutch or Mittelschrift like the Polish plates, though the configuration isn't either.

NBLondon

ripofflondon said:

Hi all - thanks for giving this some serious consideration!  Goudy - it was here https://goo.gl/maps/Zwj3Zbt1eVcCkvDP7

I know exactly where that is...  Used to walk past it on my way to a regular business trip a couple of years ago.   I remember seeing various unusual plates on that stretch (including Arabic script ones) many on the double-yellows outside the Shisha lounges.  I once saw a traffic warden having a field day ticketing half a dozen in quick succession (though whether all those tickets went through was another question).

Doesn't help the original question - sorry!

Grumpy_chap

NBLondon said:

I know exactly where that is...  Used to walk past it on my way to a regular business trip a couple of years ago.   I remember seeing various unusual plates 

Is there a venue there that will give a clue?

NBLondon

Grumpy_chap said:

NBLondon said:

I know exactly where that is...  Used to walk past it on my way to a regular business trip a couple of years ago.   I remember seeing various unusual plates 

Is there a venue there that will give a clue?

Well - the 3 or 4 Shisha bars on that stretch might be popular with overseas visitors - which suggests somewhere vaguely  Middle Eastern rather than Scandinavian.   There are also a few window-tinting and customising places.    There's no Embassy or Consulate though. 

jimbo6977

Car_54 said:

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Car_54 said:

Isn't that a normal Northern Ireland number?

Nope. Right format but wrong combination of letters.

See my later post. It’s most likely an old-style Irish Republic number (Dublin City), probably used on a newer Irish car as a “dateless” plate.
That would explain the absence of national ID stickers, which aren’t needed between UK and ROI.
ROI changed to their current format in the 80s, but as you know the older format is still used in NI, although with a different set of available letters.

I've had a look on the Irish NCT site and they have no record for the registration number in the OP. Don't know if this means it has no valid test certificate, or if it means the reg does not officially exist in RoI. 

CKhalvashi

Herzlos said:

The font and lack of country code makes me think it's a diplomatic plate, which would also fit with it being LHD but I thought they were usually 111 X 111.

I've no idea if they'd show up in an MOT/insurance checker.

X is technical staff, D is diplomatic.

CKhalvashi

jimbo6977 said:

Car_54 said:

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Car_54 said:

Isn't that a normal Northern Ireland number?

Nope. Right format but wrong combination of letters.

See my later post. It’s most likely an old-style Irish Republic number (Dublin City), probably used on a newer Irish car as a “dateless” plate.
That would explain the absence of national ID stickers, which aren’t needed between UK and ROI.
ROI changed to their current format in the 80s, but as you know the older format is still used in NI, although with a different set of available letters.

I've had a look on the Irish NCT site and they have no record for the registration number in the OP. Don't know if this means it has no valid test certificate, or if it means the reg does not officially exist in RoI. 

I believe the roadworthiness and/or the insurance has to be displayed in Ireland.

easy

By 'eck  He caught you out with this one didn't he ...

Has no one else realised this was posted on April 1st ?