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Was just looking through some pics of that red mx250 that was on ebay last month and noticed the private registration was 'S25 GTO' and the car was a 1991 registered mx5. 'S' reg number plates I assumed could only go on cars 1999 and newer?!...
Sorry that the pics are upside down but thats how the seller uploaded them on ebay and im only using my mobile to post thiS!
You're absolutely right - if it's a '91 donor it can't legally have a plate transferred to it that would make it appear younger, only older. Unless it's based on a post 1st August '98 or younger MX5 then it shouldn't have that plate.
Danny you are absolutely right - not possible but then anyone who can't tell the which way up a car should be might not be able to know what year their car is
Maybe this is the answer!!!!
Vehicle enquiry
Registration number: S25 GTO
✔ Taxed
Tax due: 01 February 2015
✔ MOT
Expires: 02 May 2015
New keepers must get tax before using the vehicle. Please be aware that if you have taxed, made a SORN or had an MOT in the last 5 days these details may not have updated.
Vehicle details
6 month rate £126.50 12 month rate £230.00 6 monthly by direct debit totalling £120.75 12 monthly by direct debit totalling £230.00 Monthly by direct debit totalling £241.50 (Monthly payment of approximately £20.13) Vehicle make EUNOS Date of first registration 08 June 1999 Year of manufacture 1993 Cylinder capacity (cc) 1599cc CO₂Emissions Not available Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed and due Vehicle colour BLACK Vehicle type approval Not available
So from that as the car was registered in 99 does that mean there is a loop hole? Think mine was registered in 2000 might check for a new reg number now
Not might not be exactly a balls up - its not build date that it is from first registered date. for example I used to work for a very large German car manufacturer in the exec/prestige end of sector and we were registering cars that had been built 3 years earlier on brand new reg plates so I am guessing it could be the same with imports? I honestly don't know so its just a guess.
Very odd. Back in the day, forces personnel serving overseas could buy tax-free cars at a mahousive discount and bring them home to either drive or sell. When you registered them in the uk you'd be issued with a plate bearing the current date letter regardless of the age of the vehicle.
In 1983 (I think) concurrent with the change from a suffix date letter to a prefix - A123ABC instead of ABC123A - DVLA changed the system so you got an age related date letter if you could provide documentation to verify the vehicle's true age, or a 'Q' prefix plate if you couldn't. That change, together with the rule prohibiting the transfer of a plate with a date letter younger than the car, were put in place to prevent the unscrupulous from selling on a car as being newer than it is.
Either that 250 has slipped through the net, or the importer made a false declaration (deliberately or accidentally) to DVLA when they registered it. Personally speaking, if (when?) I build a classic Ferrari replica, I wouldn't really want a modern number on it anyway.
If your application is approved, the DVLA will do the following:
• Give your vehicle a registration number that is appropriate to its age. If you cannot provide proof of age
and/or identity of the vehicle we will issue a “Q” registration number.
So, it appears someone told a BIG porkie pie to DVLA when they imported that Eunos, and DVLA failed to spot it.
