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Post by rj131 on Aug 26, 2018 17:18:55 GMT
I think they’re somewhat personalised, ‘OX’ hasn’t been used on mainstream vehicles since 2006! Would make sense as Oxford Bus Co. always have personalised their registrations with OXF on the end. So it could have been they said to the DVLA we want ‘OX’ prefixes (obviously as it best depicts Oxford) and the DVLA chooses the suffixes.
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Post by Alexis on Aug 27, 2018 14:32:51 GMT
Why does 68-reg only start from 1 September as opposed to 1 July?
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Post by DT 11 on Aug 27, 2018 15:23:44 GMT
Why does 68-reg only start from 1 September as opposed to 1 July? New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February
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Post by NWBusConnoisseur on Aug 27, 2018 19:01:03 GMT
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the new Metroline OSs will be 68 reg. They really are taking their time.
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Post by vjaska on Aug 27, 2018 21:53:32 GMT
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the new Metroline OSs will be 68 reg. They really are taking their time. They are currently due for September so will be 68 reg.
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Post by Alexis on Aug 28, 2018 8:03:32 GMT
Why does 68-reg only start from 1 September as opposed to 1 July? New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December?
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Post by DT 11 on Aug 28, 2018 8:07:11 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? To be honest who cares.
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Post by snowman on Aug 28, 2018 8:56:25 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? Used to be 1st Jan, then was 1st August Something to do with avoiding peaks of company car buying seasons by having intermediate change times
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Post by SILENCED on Aug 28, 2018 9:02:07 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? Because there are only 30 days in June 😂🤣😂
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Post by paulo on Aug 28, 2018 9:12:14 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? Ithe idea of two changes a year was to boast the motor trade. So having a change on 31 December is at practical with The xmas period and VLA closure hence the ‘abnormal’ dates
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 28, 2018 9:22:14 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? The dates are arranged to suit the big car manufacturers and dealerships and to stimulate sales. When age identifiers were introduced in 1963 the year ran from 1st January to 31st December. For the first couple of years age-identifying suffixes were only issued by Vehicle Registration Offices that had exhausted their supply of six-figure marks and it was only during 1965 that all new vehicle registrations incorporated an age identifier. Following lobbying from the motor industry, the changeover date was moved to 1st August with effect from 1st August 1967. The switch from suffix letters to prefix letters occurred in August 1983. In the autumn of 1999 the system was changed again; from 1st September 1999 to 31st August 2001 the prefix letter changed on 1st September and 1st March each year. The current registration format was introduced on 1st September 2001 and the same changeover dates for the now-numeric age identifier were retained. BTW June only has 30 days not 31
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Post by snowman on Aug 30, 2018 16:32:32 GMT
Tomorrow is last day to register 18reg buses
It would appear considerable numbers of buses haven’t entered service, or haven’t even been delivered
Will bus companies register them, or will they wait, and new 68 plates will then be needed. Not always logical to register and start paying vehicle tax, (and possibly VAT on purchase*) especially if Bus is still offsite stored somewhere.
*VAT will be payable (but subsequently reclaimable) on new purchases, will be monthly if leased. If the bus is registered then VAT is triggered (earliest of invoice date, ownership date, or payment date)
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Post by SILENCED on Aug 30, 2018 19:30:16 GMT
Tomorrow is last day to register 18reg buses It would appear considerable numbers of buses haven’t entered service, or haven’t even been delivered Will bus companies register them, or will they wait, and new 68 plates will then be needed. Not always logical to register and start paying vehicle tax, (and possibly VAT on purchase*) especially if Bus is still offsite stored somewhere. *VAT will be payable (but subsequently reclaimable) on new purchases, will be monthly if leased. If the bus is registered then VAT is triggered (earliest of invoice date, ownership date, or payment date) 11001-16 have been officially registered so cant be changed ... sure there are others but out tonight ... will check on Saturday when the last day should have passed
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 30, 2018 19:34:35 GMT
Tomorrow is last day to register 18reg buses It would appear considerable numbers of buses haven’t entered service, or haven’t even been delivered Will bus companies register them, or will they wait, and new 68 plates will then be needed. Not always logical to register and start paying vehicle tax, (and possibly VAT on purchase*) especially if Bus is still offsite stored somewhere. *VAT will be payable (but subsequently reclaimable) on new purchases, will be monthly if leased. If the bus is registered then VAT is triggered (earliest of invoice date, ownership date, or payment date) I wonder if this will be the case with the many BELs that Metroline are currently storing impending the installation of the infrastructure for the 46 at HT.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Sept 8, 2018 19:48:12 GMT
New Registrations are introduced every 6 months 1st March-31st August & 1st September-28th or 29th February But my point is why not 1 Jan to 31 June and 1 July to 31 December? Ireland do divide the year into 2 halves according to the calendar. New vehicles in either half of this year would have 181 or 182 reg's respectively. Intriguingly, had we in Britain had Irish-style reg's, route 181 would have gained new 181-reg buses!
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