Yes! :-) I started in 1983 when the prefix letter indentifier started. I lost interest once the numbers came in

Hurrah!

I used to know the registration county of every pair of identifying letters too.

Nowadays I only know those of counties I live in/near and those I visit regularly. Largely because the way that cars are bought and sold and moved around the country by dealers, and pre-registered in one area then moved and sold in other areas, makes knowing such information utterly redundant.

Not only that, they changed the letters when they changed the numbering system about 13 years ago.

I used to love spotting the new reg plates, spotting the first was a bragging right for a day or two

We did this as kids. Bragging rights for the one who spotted the first new car.
I remember as a boy on holiday in Ireland sitting outside my Nan's house & watching all the cars travelling to & from the border with Northern Ireland. We'd each pick a colour & see who got the most. I recall there were a hell of a lot of VW Beetles and vans there during the early seventies.

I saw a '14' today, but couldn't work out if it was new or had been around for some months?

Here today via the DG link ;-)

I saw a '14' today, but couldn't work out if it was new or had been around for some months?

Here today via the DG link ;-)

I saw a '14' today, but couldn't work out if it was new or had been around for some months?

Here today via the DG link ;-)

duh - sorry about the repeating comment. Something went very strange when I tried to post.

14s came out on March 1st rashbre. 64s will be out on September 1st.

Sorry about the comments problems. I suspect you are on an iPad? Are you the same rashbre as the one who existed years ago?

Yes, us too, and we knew the local letters, but perhaps not every county.