2013 Thoughts

The other night I was falling asleep when the Budget drifted into mind. No, I did not watch it live, I don’t think I ever have, that’s like voluntarily listening to Joe Duffy to me. I did follow it on Twitter for a bit but everything seemed to be overshadowed by people lamenting the 1 Euro charge on a bottle of wine (oh Ireland, we’ve come a long way if it’s bottles of wine we’re worried about!). This was not what popped into my head though. What did was the new car registrations for 2013.

For 2013 cars registered in the first half of the year will end in ‘131’ and car registered in the second half of the year will end in ‘132’.  Just like buildings skip the 13th floor, it’s being done so that people won’t fear having a ‘13’ number plate. Seriously. Superstition is still alive and well people! Let’s ban black cats too and send everyone a 4 leaf clover for good luck!

Though to be fair, it’s hoped that it will help spread out the sales of new cars into the second half of the year, as most new car purchases are done in the first few months. And it will also help age the car as cars purchased at the beginning of the year are of course made the year before, but later on in the year cars are built in the current year. I just wonder if they will continue using this into 2014. But that of course is another year away!