52 Plate F355 GTS

think that was at gamston airfield

 

Hello Ed.

 

Bloody late if you ask me, they stopped production in 99!

 

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Is that a Kirk Verdi picture ????

 

Not only did he not know when his car was made, he lets his wife park it

 

I think there was a 52 plate 355 for sale in Top Marqueeeee recently. If it's that one, then it was imported from Northern Ireland and was given a 52 plate. Apparently.....

 

They wouldn't do that, they would give it an age related plate.


Paul
CUE99T

 

Only two ways for a 355 to get a 52 plate IMO

1) Its a fake and the donor car is a 2002.

2) It sat unregistered at a dealer or something for 3 years. But not sure if it would then get a 52 or one closer to the production date.

 

maybe ex Sultan of Brunei

 

dont think he has a house in northern ireland nonny

 

More likely to be sultanas in Budgens!
The Sultan rarely buys standard and certainly wouldn't buy an "ordinary" 355!

 

The Sultan would have had the top painted, thats an early 96/97 car IMO

So no idea how it has that reg it must have been an import mistake.

Paul
CUE99T

 

Isn't it dependent on when the car was first road registered? So if it was never registered anywhere until 2002...?

I think you still get an age related plate on imports based on when it was road registered in the country of origin...?

 

rotflmao, stop doing that my back hurts when i laugh

 

More to the point SteveF, have you propositioned SteveP for my 23rd October car event weather permitting.....

Stevep how's the feet chap?

I walked for 4 days solid all over Nice and Monaco I know how you feel (She even got blisters and that saying something!)

Paul
CUE99T

 

hey mate, toe is busted , i am having surgery on 11th of october so depends what the pain level is like afterwards re your 23rd jaunt, i alos need to see an osteopath tommorrow as my back has gone too, had difficulty getting up this morning

 

So the run affected your sex life too....wow feck that!!

Hope yo get better soon chap, know how you feel, spent £775 on Chiropractioner only to have a scan and find a prolapsed disc, so op in 6-8 weeks!!

Paul
CUE99T

 

Steve - you're right it was at Gamston. The owner was one of the pilots; he took me up in one of the planes.

Lots of speculation as to how it got the 52 plate - here's the truth: The owner told me it was imported from NI as already suggested here. It was given the 52 reg by the DVLA, who insisted it was the right thing to do. He decided to let it go since they were insisting, although he knew it should have had an age related plate.

The owner has a 430 on order (delivery very soon I think) so that's why it is for sale.

Ric.

 

can't remember the guys name, Angelboy will know but he was one of the pilots on the Gamston and he took me up in the plane. Apparently he brought the car over from Ireland in 2002 and the DVLA insisted on issuing it with a 52 plate although he argued the toss and wanted a correct age related plate. Its a 96 (i think,) and he only wanted about £45k for it, it looked a nice car for the money

 

didn't I just say most of that?

 

oops...never noticed pg 2. Story is the same tho' !!!

 

We'd have convinced the jury at trial.