| Title: | Cars in the UK |
| Notice: | Please read new conference charter 1.70 |
| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2584 |
| Total number of notes: | 63384 |
It seems to me that almost every coach I see has a registration plate
without the year-letter. I have also seen a few A-reg ones (where the
'A' is at the end. Now I may be a little bit cynical, but is this
trend a reflection of the coach companies' desire to hide the age of
their coaches? Or are all these very modern-looking coaches really
more than 27 years old?
Andy
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| 1158.1 | YUPPY::FOX | Panama Hats are IN! | Fri Jul 20 1990 15:48 | 7 | |
Yes, they do it in order to up appearances. If you were hiring
a coach, would you go for the soon-to-be-H_reg or for a Y, A, B
and so on? Most people would plump for the company that offered
the H, so they use "personalised" plates so that people cannot work
out how old the coach is - I think its quite clever, though rather
sneaky.
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| 1158.2 | SEDOAS::NEALE | Alison Neale | Tue Jul 24 1990 13:32 | 6 | |
I was once told that there's a company that refurbishes old coaches by
putting new modern body shells on old chassis. I found it difficult
to believe that it would be cost effective, but it would explain
why there are so many old registrations around on coaches.
Alison
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| 1158.3 | Standard practice? | IOSG::MARSHALL | Harry Palmer | Tue Jul 24 1990 14:03 | 5 |
A coach is made by taking a rolling chassis and getting a coachbuilder to build a coach on it (!). If the body's worn out but the chassis is in good condition, it would seem a very sensible idea to get a new body fitted... Scott | |||||