From: NAME: Mike Jeffreys [DAT31 ]
FUNC: DAT31
TEL: 0473-645609 <JEFFREYS M J AT WEB AT WEBCS>
To: british-cars@autox.team.net@unet
dstone@sc9.intel.com writes:
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How about BOLLOCKS; I was in my home town of Brentwood when I saw a Porsche
911 Turbo with a registration number (number plate...what's the US name):
OBO 110 X, which is the UK standard format of
first letter no meaning,
second two letters is a semi secret code denoting place where the car was
bought (in olden days when people stayed put, place of ownership),
3 meaningless numbers,
and one letter denoting year of purchase.
Actually, nowadays the numbers go:
J 123 ABC
i.e. everything is swopped around, but another 20 odd years are available.
The letters I,O,Q,U and Z are not used for dates, though Q is used for
re-registered cars of dubious repute.
Also in the new UK, people can now buy their new number plates (the year
change to K is this August). Typical expensive plates would be
K 15 SME staggered to give KISS ME,
though don't take it seriously folks!
I assume people have worked out that OBO 110 X was staggered to say:
O BOllOX (Oh Bollocks, a term denoting exasperation).
Perhaps it was too obscure, though nowadays people a primed by the unusual
'staggering' of the letters and numbers.
As we have now laws which allow photographs as evidence when speeding
occurs, the police want to outlaw to a harsher extent (they used to turn a
blind eye), the 'staggering' and partial obscuration of number plates. My
bike rack that overhangs the rear of the TR7 does the latter, oops!
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