pointless questions

[Graham Thackrah]

> > These questions are for our English listers. Being an avid reader of Audi 
> > Driver for sometime I keep wondering what these terms mean:
> > VAT
> > MoT
> > D reg, L reg, Y reg etc...
> >
> VAT is a tax, I believe "Value added tax".
> MoT is the governing body of motor regulations, sort of like DMV here
> in the US.
> The various "Regs" are license plates - one letter for each calendar
> year.  Unlike in the US, a car gets one license plate, which goes with
> it when it is sold.  So, you could tell by looking at the plate what
> model year a car belongs to, roughly.

yep, though the powers that be are now changing it slightly so that there are
presently 2 plate changes a year, this is to prevent everyone going out when
the plate changes (previously on Aug 1) and buying new cars, giving the motor
trade cash flow headaches the rest of the year, ahhhhhh, don't you feel bad for
them?

MOT stands for Ministry of Transport (now the Department of the Environment
Transport and the Regions and the Vehicle Inspectorate) which doesn't exist
anymore but which still refers to our test of vehicle roadworthiness all cars
over 3 years of age must undergo every year,

http://www.motuk.co.uk
http://www.via.gov.uk

are good sites outlining the procedures etc.

Cherio,

Graham.

1985 (b reg) 90 quattro