Re: What does MOT mean? <CF0785007@novell2.bham.ac.uk>

[Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>]

>>>Jonathan Miles said:
 > New registration marks are issued in August of 
 > every year so there are two marks for each year. Before and after 
 > August 1st. So you hear people refer to a car being a "1977 on an S 
 > plate" or a "1977 on an R" .
 >
 > Jonathan    Spitfire 1500    1977 on an S

I've also seen it called "P-reg" where P would be the appropriate reg. mark, 
so someone driving a brand new car would have a "P-reg Rover" or whatever.

  --berry      
    Bentley Mk VI    1951 on no mark -- MGY 565 (yes, bought in England, still 
     has (now out of date) tax disc)

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