The Kizashi Spotting Thread!

[sx4rocious]

The one one left is a 2010, I think.

Its actually a 2013+ SE. Those are the new (uglier) wheels.

2010's had those too IIR...

[KansasKid]

At 0130 on New Years Day, I had to take my wife to the ER for chest pains and shortness of breath. While we were there, we saw a pretty blue Kizashi parked in a handicap spot right outside the ER with major damage on the rear bumper. There were two puncture holes in the bumper and you could tell it wasn't seated properly because it wasn't flush with the side body panels.

Just now, on my way home from the mall, I drove side by side with a red Kizashi that was from Wichita, KS which is about 3 hours from where I live in Kansas City. The were a couple cute girls in it to boot. I'm pretty sure it was an S model, but can't be sure what year. It didn't have steel rims either, which I thought was weird.

[sx4rocious]

^^pics or it didn't happen!!^^

hope your wife is OK too!!

[KansasKid]

In retrospect, I forgot to finish my story, and mention that my wife is alright. LoL.

She just pulled something picking up too many babies at work. 2 hours in the ER for some industrial grade tylenol, and she's a lot better now.

[SamirD]

In retrospect, I forgot to finish my story, and mention that my wife is alright.

Negative 200 brownie points because you mentioned the attractive girls in the other car too!

No recent spots of Kizashis. None in India, none in the US, none anywhere but our own.

[paininthenuts]

With risk of being considered a train spotter, I spotted a rather interesting Kizi today. It was a white 64 plate sport version.

Now, for those of you that don't understand the UK license plate system, let me give you a short lesson on how it works. Until I bought a cherished plate for my car the reg was CE14 KLK. The first two letters represent the area it was registered in, the last 3 letters are random and unique to the car. The 2 numbers indicate the year and what part of that year the car was registered. 14 means that the car was registered between 1st March 2014 and 31st August 2014. A 64 plate car was registered from September 1st 2014 until Feb 2015. This means that the Kizi in question could only have been registered from September 1st onward.

When I purchased my car I did a lot of research only to determine my car was the only white Kizi left in the UK, and as a result I drove all the way to Wales to collect it, and this was in April 2014. Now, the most likely place to spot a Kizashi is where I live, in Milton Keynes, because the UK head office is only 5 minutes from where I live. That said, my executive friend at Suzuki who has a grey Kizi as his company car but wanted another white one not long ago, but there was not one available. So where did this car come from.

I suspect Ferrari, Bentley or even Lamborghini are copying the Kizi design !!

What do you think ?

[SamirD]

With risk of being considered a train spotter, I spotted a rather interesting Kizi today. It was a white 64 plate sport version.

Now, for those of you that don't understand the UK license plate system, let me give you a short lesson on how it works. Until I bought a cherished plate for my car the reg was CE14 KLK. The first two letters represent the area it was registered in, the last 3 letters are random and unique to the car. The 2 numbers indicate the year and what part of that year the car was registered. 14 means that the car was registered between 1st March 2014 and 31st August 2014. A 64 plate car was registered from September 1st 2014 until Feb 2015. This means that the Kizi in question could only have been registered from September 1st onward.

When I purchased my car I did a lot of research only to determine my car was the only white Kizi left in the UK, and as a result I drove all the way to Wales to collect it, and this was in April 2014. Now, the most likely place to spot a Kizashi is where I live, in Milton Keynes, because the UK head office is only 5 minutes from where I live. That said, my executive friend at Suzuki who has a grey Kizi as his company car but wanted another white one not long ago, but there was not one available. So where did this car come from.

I suspect Ferrari, Bentley or even Lamborghini are copying the Kizi design !!

What do you think ?

Interesting. When car is sold and re-registered, does the plate number change? Or does it always remain the same?

[golftango]

When car is sold and re-registered, does the plate number change? Or does it always remain the same?

How does the UK number plate system work?” Asked by many people, many times, over many years…

The current number plate system in Great Britain has been around since September 2001. Northern Ireland has its own system which is quite different, but today we’re concentrating on the GB system (England, Scotland, Wales). We’re also not going to discuss any of the previous number plate systems before 2001.

British number plates are arranged in the format of two letters, followed by two numbers, followed by three letters (eg – XX 00 XXX).

The first two letters are an area code, which refer to the DVLA office where the car was originally registered.

The two numbers are an age identifier, which tells you in which 6-month period the car was first registered.

The last three letters are random.

The numbers change every 6 months, in March and September. The March codes are easy to remember as they follow the year of registration (so a car registered in March – August 2012 has the number 12, a car registered from March – August 2005 has the number 05, etc.). For cars registered in September – February, the code is the year (as of September) plus 50. So a car registered now (September 2012 – February 2013) will have the number 62 (=12 + 50). A car registered in September 2008 – February 2009 has the number 58 (=08 + 50), and so on.

This system is expected to run until the end of February 2051 (number code would be 00). Personalised number plates are a whole different story and are not covered here.

Number plate trivia

Therefore, it is possible to have an ‘old’ number plate on a ‘new’ car. However, you cannot have a newer number plate code than the one allocated for that car’s date of registration. (eg – you can have an ‘04’ plate on a ‘12’ car, but not a ‘12’ plate on an ‘04’ car.

When you change cars, you are allowed to keep your number plate. It simply involves giving the DVLA an unnecessarily large amount of money, filling in an unnecessarily large amount of paperwork and waiting an unnecessarily long time for them to get around to processing it…

Z is only used as a random letter, never in an area code.

It is illegal to use different fonts or space the letters in any way other than illustrated above, despite the fact that thousands of car owners do it. It is also illegal to alter the digits or strategically use mounting screws to make the plates look like they read something different.

Why does Britain have such a pointlessly complicated number plate system?

Technically, that’s a different question, but it very often follows the original question of “how does the system work?”. Beats me, but I guess it gives a lot of public servants in Swansea something to do…

For a more detailed explanation of the system, and for details of number plate systems for other UK territories, Wikipedia has the full details of all area and number codes.

http://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/how-does- ... stem-work/

[paininthenuts]

When car is sold and re-registered, does the plate number change? Or does it always remain the same?

How does the UK number plate system work?” Asked by many people, many times, over many years…

The current number plate system in Great Britain has been around since September 2001. Northern Ireland has its own system which is quite different, but today we’re concentrating on the GB system (England, Scotland, Wales). We’re also not going to discuss any of the previous number plate systems before 2001.

British number plates are arranged in the format of two letters, followed by two numbers, followed by three letters (eg – XX 00 XXX).

The first two letters are an area code, which refer to the DVLA office where the car was originally registered.

The two numbers are an age identifier, which tells you in which 6-month period the car was first registered.

The last three letters are random.

The numbers change every 6 months, in March and September. The March codes are easy to remember as they follow the year of registration (so a car registered in March – August 2012 has the number 12, a car registered from March – August 2005 has the number 05, etc.). For cars registered in September – February, the code is the year (as of September) plus 50. So a car registered now (September 2012 – February 2013) will have the number 62 (=12 + 50). A car registered in September 2008 – February 2009 has the number 58 (=08 + 50), and so on.

This system is expected to run until the end of February 2051 (number code would be 00). Personalised number plates are a whole different story and are not covered here.

Number plate trivia

Therefore, it is possible to have an ‘old’ number plate on a ‘new’ car. However, you cannot have a newer number plate code than the one allocated for that car’s date of registration. (eg – you can have an ‘04’ plate on a ‘12’ car, but not a ‘12’ plate on an ‘04’ car.

When you change cars, you are allowed to keep your number plate. It simply involves giving the DVLA an unnecessarily large amount of money, filling in an unnecessarily large amount of paperwork and waiting an unnecessarily long time for them to get around to processing it…

Z is only used as a random letter, never in an area code.

It is illegal to use different fonts or space the letters in any way other than illustrated above, despite the fact that thousands of car owners do it. It is also illegal to alter the digits or strategically use mounting screws to make the plates look like they read something different.

Why does Britain have such a pointlessly complicated number plate system?

Technically, that’s a different question, but it very often follows the original question of “how does the system work?”. Beats me, but I guess it gives a lot of public servants in Swansea something to do…

For a more detailed explanation of the system, and for details of number plate systems for other UK territories, Wikipedia has the full details of all area and number codes.

http://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/how-does- ... stem-work/

I gave a brief explanation in my post about our crazy number plate system. I think having a system that advertises the age of a car was always meant for the dealers and NOT the buyers. My plate is K15ASY

[SamirD]

When car is sold and re-registered, does the plate number change? Or does it always remain the same?

How does the UK number plate system work?” Asked by many people, many times, over many years…

I gave a brief explanation in my post about our crazy number plate system. I think having a system that advertises the age of a car was always meant for the dealers and NOT the buyers. My plate is K15ASY

Thank you both for the explanations.

Sounds pretty simple compared to each state having its own rules in the US.

In Alabama, the plate does not go with the car when purchased. In California it does. So what happens if you buy a car from Alabama and go to California? You're stuck having to explain why you have no tag since this won't happen in California. And each state is different so you have to find this out before buying a car out of state. Oh, and then there's the sales tax associated with the purchase, which gets even more complicated. Don't get me started on driver's licenses differences between states...