Re: Mini Petrol Powered Corvette 'Go-Kart' For Sale (7ft Long) On UK Ebay

"Dean Dark" <ddrake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>We use a 'year of registration' - any other detail is covered by model /
>>mark designations.
>
> So he's wrong then?  I think we're getting somewhere now.

Right, let me quote a post of mine:

"Because we don't refer to it by year.  Get over it."

That was in response to:

> The point you appeared to be trying to make, and forgive me if I can't
> make complete sense of your deranged ramblings, is that because the UK
log
> book does not record a manufacturer's model year as the US title does,
> then there is no such concept of model year in the UK.

Meaning, for the cerebrally challenged (that's "thick", boys and girls), 
that we don't refer to different models by "model year", we use words, or 
recognise model designators, along with the word "facelift" for noticeable

facelifts.  Mainly because a year can often be ambiguous.  If a new model 
came out in June, some people would get confused.  Also, because it would 
just sound daft to describe a 1993 car as a "1988 model year" car.

> All that remains now is to clear up the confusion of what year you'd
> ascribe to a car that was several years old before it was first
> registered on a current plate.
>
> Let's use 1995 and 2005 as examples.  If you were to use a year to
> refer to that car, what would it be.
>
> No obfuscation now, just a straight answer please.

I'll have a go at this too.  Let's say the car's a BMW 5-series.  It'd be
an 
E34 (one might use the word "late model" as it'd be near the end of the 
run), first registered in 2005.

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