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1984 Alfa Romeo Spider 2.0 
Ep. 11.03Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
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◊ 2008-07-08 20:59 |
1984 |
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◊ 2008-07-09 00:44 |
According to the DVLA it's a 2.0. |
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◊ 2008-07-09 17:53 |
The vehicle details for A203 VYF are: Date of Liability 01 09 2008 Date of First Registration 21 04 1995 Year of Manufacture 1984 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1962CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour SILVER |
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◊ 2008-07-11 22:48 |
whta is with the registration date? did alfa not find a buyer till 95? |
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◊ 2008-07-11 23:25 |
imported maybe? |
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◊ 2008-07-11 23:28 |
being LHD it is quite probably imported from another country indeed |
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◊ 2008-07-12 01:15 |
Not an "imported" car as sold officially in UK as LHD only.Official RHD available on request |
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◊ 2008-07-12 10:17 |
Ignore the date of first registration column in the DVLA data, the "A" before the rest of the numbers indicates a registration date of August 1st 1983 to July 31st 1984. If the car had been a later import the "A" would have been a "Q" which was reserved for imports. The English registration authorities are all weird. |
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◊ 2008-07-12 14:30 |
Fortunately the DVLA data tells the year it was made anyway. The Q-reg was used for cars where the date of manufacture is not totally clear, or maybe if someone make a custom car based on an old one. You still see plenty of grey-import cars with standard suffix/prefix letters to indicate the year of origin. -- Last edit: 2008-07-12 14:34:28 |
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◊ 2008-07-12 16:54 |
Yes, Q is for unknown manufacture date. |
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◊ 2008-07-13 19:24 |
I am sorry to have misled you on this. The "Q" combinations of the old system were reserved for temporary imports. |
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◊ 2008-07-14 02:57 |
A 1983Toyota Camry i owned which was not an import showing similar Date of first registration discrepancy The vehicle details for TVP 988Y are: Date of Liability 01 01 1993 Date of First Registration 29 03 1988 Year of Manufacture 1983 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1832CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour RED Vehicle Type Approval null |
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◊ 2008-07-14 11:29 |
Data listed on the DVLA, in some cases, is very unreliable or just plain wrong. I expect when transferring from paper based records to the computerised databased many errors were made. Either the original data was illegible (many attempts at guess work seem to occur) or typing errors crept in (for example 1988 was possibly entered by repeating the '8' instead of a '3' so 1983). The original records would then have been destroyed and the database became the 'factual' record. It appears that no checking of data took place. My experience of the old 'Q' prefix or suffix system is similar in some respects. A member of my family worked at the local licensing office in the 1980s and was responsible for registering vehicles. The 'Q' was intended to show that proof of age was unavailable at time of registration. For anyone registering a vehicle that was not a recognised main dealer you were required to contact your local licensing office to obtain a registration. In most cases the local licensing officer had only the chassis or the engine numbers as know facts. Despite it being possible to confirm a build date from these, if the data supplied by the person registering the vehicle did not include any official 'log book' or registration document corresponding to the engine or chassis it was easier to assign a 'Q' registration. It was only in exceptional circumstances and some cost that the vehicle would be physically inspected and the correct age related registration issued. I remember the cases he inspected most often were tour buses (coaches) that had been rebuilt and either a non-age related registration or a 'new' year identifier was preferred by the owner so that the age of the fleet of buses was not obvious. -- Last edit: 2008-07-14 11:30:08 |
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◊ 2008-07-14 12:54 |
In some cases yes, but for most ordinary cars I think the DVLA data is pretty accurate. |
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◊ 2008-07-14 17:12 |
The vast majority of Q -regs are on Kit cars. Given that DVLA have to deal with records of over 25 million cars -a small % of errors are expected |
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◊ 2008-07-15 15:17 |
I was referring to the two letter combinations containing "Q" which applied to the system pre 1963. In respect of the accuracy of the DVLA, my Bentley is referred to as being Yellow! |
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◊ 2008-07-16 18:40 |
Have you notified DVLA of colour inaccuracy? |
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◊ 2008-07-16 19:33 |
The correct name for the colour is called Sand, they say that means yellow. |
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◊ 2009-03-11 10:10 |
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◊ 2009-08-28 23:37 |
Don't make wags and pranks about Alfa Romeo, my girlfriend's brother has one and he will come to beat you! |
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◊ 2009-08-29 19:20 |
sure, he cannot beat his car - then his fist would stuck in the rust-holes.   btw.: the Spider visible here seems, as it had a crashed back in the past. Do you see, how the whole back part of the car is hanging down? This shall be a typical signal for spiders with crashes. |
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◊ 2009-08-30 08:59 |
Yes, with the broken parts of his car. |
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◊ 2010-02-17 02:08 |
Haamond's car of choice for the Alfa bit. The water coolant system is broken, and the seats are re-upholstered, and has to be towed by Jeremy's 75 near the end. |
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◊ 2011-07-12 05:38 |
Yes, he actually set up an axillary water tank with a hand crank pump. Which later broke. |
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