Motoring Discussion > The first 12s of Spring.	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: R.P.	Replies: 37

New Fri 2 Mar 12 08:07   The first 12s of Spring. - R.P.

Coming home from work yesterday afternoon came up behind a very pretty red Astra GTC on a 12 plate, a FB friend has just taken delivery of a white one and my FiL has just ordered a new BMW 328 - so people are still clearly buying..! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 11:02   The first 12s of Spring. - DP

Just seen my first one. My colleague's F30 320d which has just been delivered. Company leased, obviously, not bought. Mine should be here in a couple of weeks, I'm told. Have yet to see any 12s out and about on the roads. Friends in car sales report business to be generally pretty flat at the moment. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:01   The first 12s of Spring. - Runfer D'Hills

Black Passat CC somewhere on the M1 today. Can't remember where. All a blur this week. Nearly 2000 miles in 5 days... Must get a proper job. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:05   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

>> Black Passat CC somewhere on the M1 today. So old stock Passat CC then. Maybe it was midnight blue like mine. After about 4 months of having mine one step-son said the other day: "the car looks blue".... well it is blue! Very dark blue. I might wander to the VW dealer to see what the compound looks like. It was full for the 61 plate change. Last edited by: rtj70 on Fri 2 Mar 12 at 20:07 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 21:25   The first 12s of Spring. - WillDeBeest

...well it is blue! Very dark blue. Is it like the socks, then, RTJ - only priests are allowed the truly black ones? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 21:35   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

No my car is a very dark blue and almost black. I could have got a black one but wanted the blue one. The paint was a bit more for this than the black one. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:09   The first 12s of Spring. - Zero

>> week. Nearly 2000 miles in 5 days... pah Pat does more than that just regenerating the DPF. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:13   The first 12s of Spring. - Runfer D'Hills

Granted, but unfortunately those miles were done either side of more than full non-driving working days. Cream crackered. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:41   The first 12s of Spring. - Old Navy

This morning I was behind a 12 reg Yaris being driven very cautiously by a middle aged lady. I was in the local KIA/Nissan dealer today and two cars were being handed over and a couple were parked awaiting the same fate. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:43   The first 12s of Spring. - Zero

>> Granted, but unfortunately those miles were done either side of more than full non-driving working >> days. Cream crackered. you need to move south old mate. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 20:53   The first 12s of Spring. - Old Navy

>>Granted, but unfortunately those miles were done either side of more than full non-driving working days. Cream crackered.>> >> Missfuel material? Last edited by: Old Navy on Fri 2 Mar 12 at 20:54 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 21:00   The first 12s of Spring. - Zero

Nooooooo He is immune, will of iron - I mean look how easy it was to give up smoking. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 21:00   The first 12s of Spring. - Dave_

I delivered a 12 plate MINI Countryman this morning. Got an A4 TDi (quattro, can't be many of those) to collect and deliver on Monday. Seen a dozen or more 12s on my travels over the last two days, the very first was a black Fiat Scudo taxi (although not yet taxi-plated) at 7.40 yesterday morning driving down the A1 near Peterborough. Whatever happened to the Sun's picture gallery of wrecked new-reg cars? They always used to run one the day after a new plate came out. Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Fri 2 Mar 12 at 21:02 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 2 Mar 12 21:11   The first 12s of Spring. - Old Navy

>> Whatever happened to the Sun's picture gallery of wrecked new-reg cars? They always used to >> run one the day after a new plate came out. >> That reminds me of a press report when I lived in Australia in the 1960s. Someone took delivery of a Rover, (2000?), on leaving the dealer they pressed the cigarette lighter at nearby traffic lights and exploded the fuel tank. The car was replaced. Last edited by: Old Navy on Fri 2 Mar 12 at 21:12 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 19:21   The first 12s of Spring. - BobbyG

Saw a few 12 plates in last couple of days but today I saw a brand new shaped Beetle broken down on the hard shoulder with RAC van in attendance. Reg number was BE61TLE. I bet it was wrongly fuelled!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 21:21   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

>> I bet it was wrongly fuelled!! If this was the new, new Beetle then not likely. There are currently only 1.2TS and 1.4TS petrols. There is no diesel yet but they are coming. And so far only the 1.4TS has made it to the UK. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 21:25   The first 12s of Spring. - Iffy

...then not likely... Agreed, although I once spoke to an AA misfuel man who told me people do manage to put diesel into petrol cars. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 3 Mar 12 21:37   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

You have to hold the nozzle very carefully but tightly - but yes some do this. The Beetle probably broke down because it is not so well made, coming from Mexico and not Germany. But the Jetta and Golf estate are made in Mexico too. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 5 Mar 12 10:21   The first 12s of Spring. - Paul Robinson

Passed a 12 reg Renault Laguna yesterday, that's got to be a rare beast! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 5 Mar 12 11:48   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

Only 12 plate car I've seen on the road was a BMW 3 series estate - old shape of course. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 07:39   The first 12s of Spring. - R.P.

Touring :-) (I know someone who used to get very upset when one referred to his Touring as an Estate - which we did all the time !) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 08:50   The first 12s of Spring. - TeeCee

It's cost-cutting. If they called it an Estate they'd be obliged to provide a hat and a pair of driving gloves with each one sold. If they call it a Touring, the driver has to buy his own hat and gloves. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 09:47   The first 12s of Spring. - Bromptonaut

Next door seem to have acquired a 12 Merc, not sure if its and A or B. She'd had her money's worth out of the previous one (W plate) but obvious latterly that it was shipping water - windows never free of condensation. >> It's cost-cutting. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 15:19   The first 12s of Spring. - WillDeBeest

Saw my first yesterday: a black Peugeot 508, apparently in convoy with another wearing a 61. Curious looking beast, the 508; not a two-bag munter like the 407 but still no beauty, especially from behind. I saw my first 508 estate in Wokingham on Saturday; that in pale blue actually looked quite passable, so maybe Peugeot is getting the message. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 19:08   The first 12s of Spring. - Dave_

>> Only 12 plate car I've seen on the road was a BMW 3 series estate - old shape of course. I delivered one of those in the New Forest this morning. A petrol 325i, the customer reckoned it would be more economical than the '09 Scirocco 2.0TFSi I took away. I passed a Transit transporter and trailer carrying two identical 12-reg white Porsche Panameras - someone's doing well! Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Tue 6 Mar 12 at 19:10 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 22:45   The first 12s of Spring. - rtj70

>> A petrol 325i, the customer reckoned it would be more economical than the '09 Scirocco 2.0TFSi I took away. In the run out of the old 3 series models... was the 325i still a detuned 3.0 straight six petrol or had they downgraded it to a real 2.5 or even a 2.0 4-cylinder turbo? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 22:58   The first 12s of Spring. - Dave_

>> was the 325i still a detuned 3.0 straight six petrol? The customer told me it was bigger than 2.5 litres. A quick look at bmw.co.uk says 218hp and 39.2mpg from 2996cc. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 23:03   The first 12s of Spring. - MD

>> >> was the 325i still a detuned 3.0 straight six petrol? >> >> The customer told me it was bigger than 2.5 litres. A quick look at bmw.co.uk >> says 218hp and 39.2mpg from 2996cc. >> On the Dream cycle?? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 6 Mar 12 23:10   The first 12s of Spring. - Dave_

>> 39.2mpg >> On the Dream cycle?? upthear.se/aiv The Scirocco's combined figure is 37.2mpg, so maybe he's right? :) I did wonder what thinking must have been behind ordering a 325i manual estate (sorry, Touring). Most BMWs we deliver are 320d saloons for the keen drivers, and X3 2.0d xDrives for those who need the space. But then, this customer was taken aback when i pointed out he's got one of the first 12 plates - he didn't realise they'd just changed. Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Tue 6 Mar 12 at 23:15 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:28   The first 12s of Spring. - henry k

Long time before I saw my first 12 - on the M40 this afternoon - a black Maserati GranTurismo MC Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:30   The first 12s of Spring. - R.P.

At least you did in some style - don't care what Clarkson says I'd have one ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:34   The first 12s of Spring. - Runfer D'Hills

Me too, but I'd always feel slightly lounge lizardish in it. I'd feel obliged to dress in the "style" of a man who likes golf and has an unusually close relationship with his secretary I fear. P.S. Does anyone actually have a secretary any more? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:38   The first 12s of Spring. - R.P.

I had a "gofor" but he was male (unusually) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:41   The first 12s of Spring. - WillDeBeest

By 'have' do you mean 'employ', or...? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 21:46   The first 12s of Spring. - R.P.

See an innuendo capture of BBD class leading speed ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 22:26   The first 12s of Spring. - Runfer D'Hills

Well for those of us for whom 12 reg Maseratis are safely expensive, ie, you know that even with the sharpest of pencils you're still not going to get the maths to work so it doesn't matter really... Now go and check out Alfa Breras on the well known second hand car website.... They are dangerously cheap now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 7 Mar 12 22:34   The first 12s of Spring. - Kevin

>Well for those of us for whom 12 reg Maseratis are safely expensive, Surely this must be affordable on a Mod's salary: www.sovereigncarsales.co.uk/Sports_Gridpos15.aspx Pity about the red interior though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 9 Mar 12 13:06   The first 12s of Spring. - DP

Mine is apparently turning up on Monday. Would have got it yesterday if they hadnt shipped me out to Germany for the week. Such is life. This weekend I will be mostly cleaning the old one :-) Reply to this message | Report message