centuryboats
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Being in the US I don't understand what you refer to when you say a car is a certain plate??????
Plate??????
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Anonymous
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You can tell the age of a car in the UK from the number "plate"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories
buzyg said:It's basically the period of Manufacture as shown on the Number plate. I suspect sumone who actualy understands the numbering system will be along to explain in far too much detail shortly. :wink:
Edit or post up a Wiki Link. :lol:
More period of sale than manufacture. Unless it's a personal plate, as my plate was issued in 1984.
srhutch said:buzyg said:It's basically the period of Manufacture as shown on the Number plate. I suspect sumone who actualy understands the numbering system will be along to explain in far too much detail shortly. :wink:
Edit or post up a Wiki Link. :lol:
More period of sale than manufacture. Unless it's a personal plate, as my plate was issued in 1984.
Quite right. Some days the fingers just don't type what the brain is thinking. :?
elevensies
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up until 2001 i remember everyone saying the term, "reg number: or what "reg is it?"
then every salesman started sating "what plate" and so on..
bit like the term K when describing mileage
as K has no discernible connection to british mileage, as we are in miles not kilometers.. and people also use the term when talking salary,
30 k, makes no sense
then every salesman started sating "what plate" and so on..
bit like the term K when describing mileage
as K has no discernible connection to british mileage, as we are in miles not kilometers.. and people also use the term when talking salary,
30 k, makes no sense
It makes total sense, K is short for kilo which is Greek for a thousand. It has nothing to do with kilometreselevensies said:up until 2001 i remember everyone saying the term, "reg number: or what "reg is it?"
then every salesman started sating "what plate" and so on..
bit like the term K when describing mileage
as K has no discernible connection to british mileage, as we are in miles not kilometers.. and people also use the term when talking salary,
30 k, makes no sense
elevensies
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greek?? what the hell is wrong with saying a thousand?
makes no sense whatsoever, bit like like saying
what temps is it?, because thats french for time, or any other word we can invent....
makes no sense whatsoever, bit like like saying
what temps is it?, because thats french for time, or any other word we can invent....
Kilo is in the English dictionary too you know, I was just saying where it comes from to give context to what it means. In your original message you said k stands for kilometre and it annoyed you when mileage is referred to by a K. But if K stands for a thousand, which it does, you no longer have to be annoyed because it makes total senseelevensies said:
elevensies said:
you'd use KM to say your car has 30000KM but if you say 30K that means 30.000 be it miles or KM.
in uk of course everyone by default assumes it is 30.000 miles because of the units we use here.
it does make perfect sense and I must say, you're the first person to be confused/questioning it.
lordgrover
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In UK however, we separate thousands with a , and use . as decimal point; 30,000 miles.Buckz said:
lordgrover
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:lol: