Have seen heaps of VAG cars and a few Beemers driving round with number plates starting with ZAA***and wondered what the deal is with these plates. I went onto Carjam and typed in a random ZAA number and it says Plate Type: Special Issue. https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=zaa275 I typed in a few more random numbers and they all seemed to be Audi, Skoda, VW BMW and there was a Subaru Some had those plates from day one, others were per regod with standard plates then the ZAA's went on on the same day Does anyone know what this is about and why? Cheers Stevo
Thanks for that Ralpdog1. Doesn't seem like a great way to spend $300 to me but.
saxman99,
Jan 15, 6:31pm
Possibly an attempt to slow down the depreciation on expensive cars.
tygertung,
Jan 15, 7:24pm
Not really sure how it "future proofs" it, seeing as the age of the vehicle is still on the rego label.
poppy62,
Jan 15, 8:02pm
It appears that there were only 89 plates available with ZAA10-ZAA99 being the only ones offered. Being a Ltd edition possibly makes them a future investment.
tamarillo,
Jan 15, 8:28pm
Poms are big on plate letters, real snob value in having newer plate letter. Thank god it’s never been a thing here but.
bitsy_boffin,
Jan 15, 8:38pm
Pretty weird, if you want a new standard plate from the "latest current series", you just go into an appropriate isuing agent and tell them the old one was damaged or lost and hand over like 20 or 30 bucks isn't it.
gazzat22,
Jan 15, 8:59pm
The old saying "Theres naught as queer as Folk" comes to mind.
stevo2,
Jan 15, 11:52pm
there are hundreds of them with zaa and then 3 numbers after them as well.
franc123,
Jan 16, 1:52am
Yeah they hold off buying cars until they can get the next years rego letter at the start of the plate even though it's the current model. I do remember this sort of rubbish going on in NZ, a neighbour used to buy a new Commodore every two years or so, they'd take delivery just before Xmas, the dealer whom they clearly had a good relationship with would just leave the D plate on it for them, they'd go away on a big trip for a week or two and bring the car back in for its first service and get it registered with it's own plates the first or second week of January when the workshop reopened and thus registered in the new year.
Yep I know, it went pretty much straight away when the AAA came out
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