Happy thread

[lil chris]

Well I have just traded my car for a newer one,the old one cost me a few quid last mot, I was not having a repeat. They kept me waiting a while for paper work but it was worth it. The car is a 75 plate so i thought it was about 8/9 months old, checked the paperwork and it was first registered November last year, but only had physical checks done 18th March this year, so its six months old and only 18 miles on the clock, what a good do. You got to laugh  the wife ie swmbo was away last week and when she came back on Friday and found cans of Thatchers Cider in the fridge and then found out I had bought a car too. Eldist son said to her you have only been away a week and dads started drinking and bought car.....lol
Chris H.

PS amended this post, so the car was probably parked on a car park somewhere or maybe a field for a few months...lol

[PaulCheffus]

Well I have just traded my car for a newer one,the old one cost me a few quid last mot, I was not having a repeat. They kept me waiting a while for paper work but it was worth it. The car is a 75 plate so i thought it was about 8/9 months old, checked the paperwork and it was first registered 18th March this year, so its two months old and only 18 miles on the clock, what a good do. You got to laugh  the wife ie swmbo was away last week and when she came back on Friday and found cans of Thatchers Cider in the fridge and then found out I had bought a car too. Eldist son said to her you have only been away a week and dads started drinking and bought car.....lol
Chris H.

Hi

A little puzzled as a car registered in March this year should be 26. 75 would relate to 1/09/2025 to 28/02/2026

Cheers

Paul

[lil chris]

Hi Paul  you are of course correct, well last nightI checked the car on the DVLA website, it turns out the car was first registered in November 2025 hence the 75 plate, but then it was not given the pre delivery checks till 18th March 2026. I collected the car yesterday with 18 miles on the clock so I am happy, it drives ok no faults found so far. You have to watch out for digital faults nowadays, so nothing new there, same with our model railways digital.
Chris H.

[thebrighton]

Back when I flogged new cars there would always be a few new cars floating around that had been registered and were then sold as used. It was to hit targets.
If the dealership was a few cars short of their monthly/quarterly target we'd register the shortfall from stock then sold as used. The pre delivery inspection would only be done when the car was sold.

[jpendle]

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John P

[Papyrus]

I was rummaging in a jacket pocket for a pencil yesterday when my fingers felt a couple of strange shapes. Wossis?, I thought...



A couple of brake vans bought for next to nothing at a toy fair a few months ago that I had stuffed in a pocket and promptly forgotten about! Not only that, but it wasn't till I looked at the picture I realised one was LMS and the other, excitingly, was BR.

  

As I always say, you can never have too many brake vans. Do you always say that? Oh, good.

Cheers,

Chris

[madchadbrad]

I was rummaging in a jacket pocket for a pencil yesterday when my fingers felt a couple of strange shapes. Wossis?, I thought...



A couple of brake vans bought for next to nothing at a toy fair a few months ago that I had stuffed in a pocket and promptly forgotten about! Not only that, but it wasn't till I looked at the picture I realised one was LMS and the other, excitingly, was BR.

  

As I always say, you can never have too many brake vans. Do you always say that? Oh, good.

Cheers,

Chris

You are at least well on the way towards being able to run a "brake van special" on your layout!

[Bealman]

Uber cool find. Well done!

[crewearpley40]

The least place to leave the brake vans.  At least the jacket didn't end up in the dry cleaners or in a cupboard


Nice find though

[Newportnobby]

As I always say, you can never have too many brake vans. Do you always say that? Oh, good.

Seeing as I have 26 of various types, I could well be guilty of that