This waiting is killing me. It's like being a kid again at Christmas. You can see all the ads and everyone is talking about it. But it seems like a million years away before you get your hands on that new scalextric, Hornby train, subbuteo or whatever you were in to. What do you do to tame your inner child.

Edited 1 September, 201312 yr by Nipani

13 unlucky for some apparently

Edited 1 September, 201312 yr by Nipani

I am not doing very well at taming my inner child lol. I neeeeeeeeeeeed my car soon!! Im wasting way too much time looking at stuff i can get for it and wondering about huge alloys I cant afford hahaha

YouTube and window shopping can only help so much

I just try not to think about it....mine is due mid oct...

passed a new vrs estate in blue on my way up to the lake district on saturday...very nice it looked too

I'll be doing the same stuff I've doing for the past 4 months, and for another month yet, until I get my 13 plate Octavia III

What is 63 reg day

What is 63 reg day

 

Twice a year the registration changes to denote the approximate half of the year you bought your car. It's a quick way of other drivers being able to tell you just bought new  :think:  It used to be once a year, was even worse back then.

 

From 1st March - 13  ( example DG13 XYZ)

From 1st Sept  - 63 (example DG63 XYZ)

So ur first 14 plate is not out till march 2014?

We also have a new system since jan this year.

From jan-jun it's now 131 and from July-dec its 132. And will be this way from now on. It just splits up the year to increase car sales etc.

Just seems strange the next jan u guys will still be on a 63(2013) plate when ur in 2014.

Edited 1 September, 201312 yr by Davidsr20

Still waiting as well ordered the 6th April still no estate lol

Even thought of bmw 320d with dealer contribution was in reach and delivery in 6-8 weeks

But stuck with the skoda but its hard very hard

Not worried so much about plate as have private one ,only 250 pounds lol hope it arrives when. Dealer now says will be 1st week of October !!

So ur first 14 plate is not out till march 2014?

We also have a new system since jan this year.

From jan-jun it's now 131 and from July-dec its 132. And will be this way from now on. It just splits up the year to increase car sales etc.

Just seems strange the next jan u guys will still be on a 63(2013) plate when ur in 2014.

 

March 2014 will be 14, September 2014 will be 64

Yeah, it's not that intuitive. It's more or less completely arbitrary the way they started it off. I'd be happier with just a random registration plate, but I guess having a format that is recognised helps identification and remembering it for reporting to police etc.

I pick my Octy vrs estate on thursday/Friday and can not wait just in time for the Maidstone meet

sorry to rub it in that little bit more ladyvienna

             

Sorry to rub it in even further:

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

If its of interest, HU63 VRS is still available for £399 on the dvla site.

Im looking at another one on dvla lol

Busy with family stuff... in other words knackered after hours cycling with my son and looking forward to work tomorrow so I can have a rest.

 

Hopefully will get the new car this week sometime.

Im looking at another one on dvla lol

There's a couple more obvious choices available too.

More obvious choices?

SKO, SUP and OCT are there too

Ahh I want the first part a bit more personal to me lol. What happens if I get a personalised plate? My car isnt even built yet.....

You buy it online and the certificate of entitlement you need to put it on the car turns up 5-10 working days later.

 

By then your car will have arrived and be registered (as you can't wait ) so when the V5c (log book) for that arrives you send it all off and swap the 63 plate for the one you paid £££ for.

 

 

 

 

Alternatively you give the certificate of entitlement to the dealer before yours is registered and and they register your car with your reg, so it's had that reg from new.

 

 

 

 

I may have done it once or twice...

Haha it isnt due to be built til week 37! So i've time to tell the dealer what i've bought and the papers prob still arrive long before the car :P 

 

I wouldnt be spending massive and may well get a 63 plate anyway just one that has VRS on the end of it lol

I'm off to photograph the activity at Exercise Green Flag that starts at RAF Coningsby tomorrow followed by Leuchars Airshow in Scotland.

That should get me within 5 days of my expected delivery date ;-)

That and I have a 'personal' 63 plate that has been bought as a gift for me that I've already given the dealer the paperwork to register the car with ;-)

Edited 1 September, 201312 yr by boff180