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A question to the people

Post by simon13 » Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:58 am

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If sytners built your Alpina but your car was supplied new by another dealer, Which dealers numberplates and stickers should the car of had when new?

Sytner or supplying dealer? Also in this case the reg is a local plate to the supplying dealer not a nottingham one. I know what I think but interested to hear views experience on this

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Re: A question to the people

Post by DeeJayHaitch » Sat Dec 01, 2018 12:48 pm

simon13 wrote:
Which dealers numberplates and stickers should the car of had when new?
Unless there is some legal reason, to which I'm unaware of, is it a case of 'should', or more which would you prefer? I don't believe there is a right or wrong answer.

Aren't any dealer's stickers/plates etc. just an advertisement for that dealer? In this case, Sytner would supply the vehicle to 'new dealer' with their stickers/plate, it would then be up to 'new dealer' whether they replaced with their own stickers/plate. Also depends on who registers the car etc.

Just my understanding/thoughts on the matter.

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Re: A question to the people

Post by simon13 » Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:55 pm

DeeJayHaitch wrote:
simon13 wrote:
Which dealers numberplates and stickers should the car of had when new?
Unless there is some legal reason, to which I'm unaware of, is it a case of 'should', or more which would you prefer? I don't believe there is a right or wrong answer.

Aren't any dealer's stickers/plates etc. just an advertisement for that dealer? In this case, Sytner would supply the vehicle to 'new dealer' with their stickers/plate, it would then be up to 'new dealer' whether they replaced with their own stickers/plate. Also depends on who registers the car etc.

Just my understanding/thoughts on the matter.
The car would of arrived from sytners to the supplying dealer un registered i think. As i've a copy of the first log book and its SMB exeter, along with an Exeter registration
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Post by Charles » Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:30 pm

My car came from Sytner in Stratford (East London) and the plates are branded Sytner City along with the Stratford postcode
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Post by simon13 » Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:32 pm

did you order it through them then Charles?
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Post by Charles » Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:35 pm

Yes - long story that I can't really remember ...
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Post by nealpina » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:15 pm

Don't mean to throw a spanner in the works. Sytner may had their own plates on the car, but then the suppling dealer took them off and put their own on the car.

Edit just read the second post in the thread :oops:
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Post by hap » Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:42 pm

If you look at the red b2.5 for sale I think it was all done at sytners and then passed to cowies of Stockton on the pics it retains their dealer plstes and rear window sticker as opposed to sytner plates and window sticker

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Post by simon13 » Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:58 am

SMB Exeter plates is what its going to be then as thats where the E30 came from new
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Post by hap » Sun Dec 02, 2018 6:38 pm

So not the f reg it's on now?

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Post by simon13 » Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:39 pm

No, its had a private and when the private plate was taken off it was given this reg its on now. And strangley they gave it a nottingham reg!

The guy who owned my car in about 1989 must off been a car nut as he took the plate off my C2 and transfered it onto a E24 M6

The new reg if i get it will match Simon Alcorns
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Post by Charles » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:53 am

simon13 wrote:The new reg if i get it will match Simon Alcorns
Hopefully not exactly :shock:
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Post by nealpina » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:39 pm

Also another possibility the car was either driven to the dealer via trade plates or transported, without any Sytner labels/marks.
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Post by simon13 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:42 pm

Charles wrote:
simon13 wrote:The new reg if i get it will match Simon Alcorns
Hopefully not exactly :shock:
no but very close
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