Number plates and Ringers Question ??
20 August 2004, 02:38 PM
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Number plates and Ringers Question ??
Guy where i work has bought a Landrover Discovery some 8 months ago. Its a TD4, 1998 Model. Its was first registered he said in the Isle of man . Only trouble is its on a X plate, which would make it 2000 model, which should make it a TD5. Surely if it had been registed in the Isle of man it would be on a Q plate ??. Hes paid 12 k for this apparently so he said. Like a fool he didn,t HPI it . It looks the dogs dangly bits (too good to be precise). I said he,s bought a ringer . Opinions Please Scoobynetters ??
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20 August 2004, 02:44 PM
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Like any import i'd assume you can get a year related plate issued with the right documentation showing when/where it was first registered.
Regarding what it should be, if he gets the chassis number and engine number a Land Rover dealer should be able to check it and see when it was built, and what engine it had when it was built etc. My local specialist checked out my ex-Army Defender to make sure it had the right chassis/engine/axles/suspension.
I'm pretty sure the different parts of the chassis number mean different things, same as they do with Scoobys.
Regarding what it should be, if he gets the chassis number and engine number a Land Rover dealer should be able to check it and see when it was built, and what engine it had when it was built etc. My local specialist checked out my ex-Army Defender to make sure it had the right chassis/engine/axles/suspension.
I'm pretty sure the different parts of the chassis number mean different things, same as they do with Scoobys.
20 August 2004, 02:47 PM
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Don,t know about V5 Ollyk.
Hes had a problem with Main Dealer has they won,t sell him parts as Chassis number doesn,t match somewhere. He was trying to buy a remote for central locking and dealer needed chassis number. When he gave it them they declined.
Strange or what??
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Hes had a problem with Main Dealer has they won,t sell him parts as Chassis number doesn,t match somewhere. He was trying to buy a remote for central locking and dealer needed chassis number. When he gave it them they declined.
Strange or what??
SG
20 August 2004, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Shropshire-Guy
Don,t know about V5 Ollyk.
Hes had a problem with Main Dealer has they won,t sell him parts as Chassis number doesn,t match somewhere. He was trying to buy a remote for central locking and dealer needed chassis number. When he gave it them they declined.
Strange or what??
SG
Hes had a problem with Main Dealer has they won,t sell him parts as Chassis number doesn,t match somewhere. He was trying to buy a remote for central locking and dealer needed chassis number. When he gave it them they declined.
Strange or what??
SG
20 August 2004, 02:50 PM
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if a car made 10 years ago has been sat in the dealers unregistered and some1 buys it it could go on a 04 plate atm (presuming off course it passes all regulations) the plate only indicates when it was registered 
20 August 2004, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
if a car made 10 years ago has been sat in the dealers unregistered and some1 buys it it could go on a 04 plate atm (presuming off course it passes all regulations) the plate only indicates when it was registered
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20 August 2004, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
easier way to find out, spend £30 and get the thing HPi'd 
then at least youd know for sure
then at least youd know for sureDon't the RAC offer some free check thing based on the number plate???
20 August 2004, 03:03 PM
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Is it still on a Manx plate? X###*MN is the most usual format. They seem to just randomly issue the prefixes, I'm pretty sure the prefix doesn't relate to any year. You're meant to register it in the UK after 6 months or so of being on the mainland. If it looks enough like a normal UK plate the previous owner has probably never had to bother.
For example, my cousin had a Vauxhall Chevette with the manx plate X66MAN (which is why he bought the car), but when he came over to live on the mainland, he had to have it changed to a uk plate with a Y suffix (i.e. they worked out how old it was and issued a suitable plate, not a Q) as he kept getting stopped for having an X plate Chevette!
Hopefully it's not as dodgy as it first seems.
For example, my cousin had a Vauxhall Chevette with the manx plate X66MAN (which is why he bought the car
), but when he came over to live on the mainland, he had to have it changed to a uk plate with a Y suffix (i.e. they worked out how old it was and issued a suitable plate, not a Q) as he kept getting stopped for having an X plate Chevette!Hopefully it's not as dodgy as it first seems.
20 August 2004, 03:04 PM
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Guess I was wrong 
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20 August 2004, 03:06 PM
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It it definatly Isle of man when first registered. Apparantly used to belong to a Farmer. Now i aint stupid ,despite what others may say but i am a Farmers Son. And we all now how much farmers look after there Motors (cough). This thing is mint. It leeak water in throu sunroofs, but hey its a Discovery. ( they all do that Sir ).
20 August 2004, 03:16 PM
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Most of them finish in MN; CMN, DMN, LMN are amongst the most common IIRC, it's a while since I've been there. A few do finish in MAN, but they're mostly kept as personal plates - 555MAN would be a goodun .
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20 August 2004, 03:17 PM
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Olly, I know it checks numerous things cause I nearly bought an X plate scooby DBM with PPP and styling pack with 32k miles about 4 months ago for £7500, bargain I thought, next thing I know, I HPI it and its been written off TWICE, second time it should have been crushed.... shouldnt have been on the road 
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Olly, I know it checks numerous things cause I nearly bought an X plate scooby DBM with PPP and styling pack with 32k miles about 4 months ago for £7500, bargain I thought, next thing I know, I HPI it and its been written off TWICE, second time it should have been crushed.... shouldnt have been on the road
20 August 2004, 03:52 PM
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