In Australia we register or cats for a year at a time, get a sticker for the window with the month and year of expiry on it and that's it.

Every time I talk to people from the UK, they say things like

I can't display the plate because my car is only a 56 plate

I can't take my car to the track because my car is only a 62 plate

I can't fit that part because my 55 plate will fail my MOT....

Please explain

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I would imagine this is because there car is in Warranty & under 3 or maybe 5 years old re Modifications or they think to new for going to the track with it..

(if they want to Mod or go to that track, they can if they chose to, up to them how they consider the Warranty or deal with Insurance.)

Cars in the UK are first MOT's at 3 years old and some people will be thinking removing the Cat my cause a MOT fail,

or high emissions that will cause a fail.

From the year 2002 the car Registrations changed to new ones twice a year when the car is first Registered for the road in those 6 months,

so March 2002 = 02, September 2002 52.

2005 March -05 September = 55

Then March 2010 '10' September '60'

March 2011 '11' September '61'

Then 2012 March 12 September 2002 62 Plate

Now from March 2013 '13' & September it will be '63'

george

Sounds similar to the UK - we need to purchase a tax disc every year, the cost of which is based upon either engine size or CO2 emissions (depending on the age of the car).

In order to obtain the the tax disc we need a valid insurance certificate (obviously).

After a car is 3 years old it needs an annual check known as an MOT. This covers general road-worthiness and a car that fails can no longer be taxed. No tax = illegal to drive.

If you own a car but choose not to drive it (eg. you're rebuilding it and it won't be driveable for months) then a statutory off-road notice is required (an SORN). No tax disc and no SORN = illegal.

I can't comment on the track question - maybe folk just don't like thrashing new cars There's also the matter of insurance clauses. Standard insurance won't cover anyone for track activity, irrespective of car age.

As for number plates, the UK has always had a fixed 'formula' for number plates which has, over the years, included the year of registration and the registration location. If you're having trouble sleeping see here -> http://en.wikipedia....eas_territories. Basically very old cars have a letter suffix (YTE 456B), old cars have a letter prefix (P420 KTA) and more recent plates use a two digit code.

It's a dull subject but the current format goes AANN AAA, eg AL61 OVB. The 61 is the year and month of registration. There used to be one registration code a year (for 1st September) but for the last few years cars can be registered in March or September:

05 = March 2005, 55 = September 2005

up to

09 = March 2009, 59 = September 2009

10 = March 2010, 60 = September 2010

up to

13 = March 2013

Finally, you can't make a car look younger by putting on a plate which shows the car as being registered later than it really was - eg my '61 plate Superb can't have the plate swapped for a '62 plate. Cars can be shown as being older - so I could take a '55 plate or even something from 1996 such as P420 KTA.

EDIT: Beaten to it by sk4gw

Edited 13 April, 201313 yr by unclerichy

You explained better tho.

ta

george

Thanks everyone. I typed a huge replky but the server garbled it...

Edited 13 April, 201313 yr by brashdaniels

Actually its all rather simple.

You know when cars were first registered other than those with Personal Plates,

& then all those 'Imported Used' Land Rover Discoveries, Bongos etc that got given platers for 1996 etc.

It meant that new UK registration plates read 12 in 2012 for our Queens Golden Jubilee & the 2012 Olympics.

(that seemed to be important to the UK Government.)

george