i saw a car yesterday that is puzzling me.

[mowgli]

hopefully the title got you to look here.

i was out in my wagon yesterday doing some local log deliveries, and i was parked up. i heard a loud, proper loud big engine being worked. the village i was in has a really good driving road nearby..

so i set off in the wagon & parked up outside the pub was a bright, shiny metallic orange tvr. it had a sort of private 2012 reg no TV12 ***. and this is the bit that was puzzling me.. i thought a car can't have a newer year plate on it than its date of first reg...

i thought that russian gangster's son had shut the company down in about 2008.. i've been all over the interweb today looking for any news about tvr opening up again but found nowt apart from a new website saying watch this space.

[Andy]

Sure it wasnt tvr?

[mowgli]

it was obviously a tvr, but it was the 2012 model reg that is confusing me, i didn't think any had been made for years

[Andy]

Nah i mean the reg.like if example it was x reg it would be tvr 999x

[mowgli]

it looked like a very late model tvr, like the ones that were continually on top gear, it's the reg thing that i'm confused about as it definitely had a 12 reg plate. it also looked either new or like it has been very well looked after..

[Benn]

Maybe just registered?

[mowgli]

why would someone hang on to a car like that for several years before registering it?

unless it was impounded or subject to some sort of court order perhaps?

[turbojolt]

Could of been a nissan note.

[mowgli]

it could have, but it wasn't

[Stuart]

Or an import....