Bruce  gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>>Perhaps the government decided it was worth it for the reduction in
>>hassle for the owners and less beaurocracy being required if the plate
>>stays with the car for its entire life.

> There's absolutely no reason why the old style plate couldn't stay with
> the car for its entire life.

Providing that car stayed registered within the same dept.

>>Besides, possibly some people may prefer the anonymity anyway. Parisians
>>arn't all that popular in some parts of france and perhaps they'd like
>>having plates that don't give way where they're from.

> That's true.  You would need a more detailed knowledge of the British
> registration system to detect cars that are registered in London.

The big difference, of course, is that a car with an Lx-for-London plate 
needn't ever have been registered to a London address, just that it was 
initially registered through the DVLA's London office. A French car with 
a 75 (or 92/93/94/95 if we count the surrounding areas to Ile de France) 
plate is currently registered to an address in those departments.

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:07:43 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
>And what about mercedes buses built 
>in germany?


I expect they will be transported over on lorries, or driven over on
temporary German plates, then registered after arrival in London.