Usually i'm not really interested in New York plates ( with Ontario its the most common foreign ones i see ) but this one was a little bit surprising

New Brunswick plate looks quite simple

Seen last week, but sadly no pic to prove it : a US-spec Honda with a Hawaiian plate in Belgium ! It was in my area, not far from the SHAPE's airbase. Certainly an american serviceman who's just been posted in Belgium. But Hawaii !? Most of the time, the US plates I see are from Virginia or California.

BC plate, i guess they decided to do what the camper says and " Experience Canada at their own pace "

In Western Canada you often can see Camper with a Yukon-registration. One company is located in Whitehorse, I just can't remember its name.

Seen these last weeks:
A 1984-89 Carrera 3.2 from the Hochsauerlandkreis lost in southwestern France:

(Shot through the windshield, i.e. not in optimum conditions)

From Russia with Love in Toulouse:

(2015+ Porsche 911 Turbo S - 777 means a plate from Moscow)

Russian ambulance in Sweden:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/rLAX1m/darfor-var-den-ryska-ambulansen-i-sverige




German ambulance in Sweden back in 2014:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article19304287.ab

Nissan Sentra from North Carolina exploring cold, salty roads of Canada.. now on my camera

For the DVLA-checkers:
Is KM 57 TKF still valid?

Five minutes ago two gipsy-blokes went around here with a white Sprinter and picked up scrap metal.

The classy melody
https://youtu.be/RrNn568rmGU
was correct

✗ Untaxed
Tax due:
22 February 2018

✓ MOT
Expires:
17 October 2018

Vehicle make: MERCEDES
Date of first registration: December 2007
Year of manufacture: 2007
Cylinder capacity (cc): 2148 cc
Fuel type: DIESEL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: WHITE
Vehicle type approval: N1
Wheelplan: 2-AXLE-RIGID BODY
Revenue weight: 3500kg

Some kind of Swedish export plate?



The Volvo looks US/CDN spec too.

Yes, Swedish interim plate, temporary plate used for import and export.
Also note the combination ZMB; the license plates have been issued in alphabetical order since 1973 meaning that we will run out of combinations sometimes this fall or winter. The new combinations will be ABC12A.

They don't follow Belgium on that one ? i.e. by switching to 123ABC then changing the system again shortly later by adding a number in front... and then changing one more time by using a letter instead of the number in front for all the special plates because these were "eating" combinations more quickly than the regular plates.

There was some proposals of different systems. This system will raise the combinations of license plates from 12,1 million to 39 million.

You have so many vehicles in Sweden? Or they simply didn't want to re-use old combinations like here? (I wonder why)

We have the same type of plates for everything from cars, trailers, mopeds to snowmobiles. It eats lots of combinations I'd guess. Do you have the same system for all type of vehicles?

Sure they reuse the combinations. My old 1964 Volvo PV 544 is a 2014 Volvo V40 now


Registreringsnummer ENE534
Fabrikat VOLVO M + V40
Handelsbeteckning V40
Fordonsår 2013

Yes, previously they just reserved some of the sequences for some categories (Mxx & Wxx for bikes, Qxx & Uxx for trailers, TXx for taxis, Zxx for resellers, etc.)
Only temporary plates had a separate system.
But they were not re-using plates except when the owner transferred his plate to his new vehicle, so when they reached the end they had to use another numbering system.

Sweden does reuse old combinations. When I try to check a plate seen in a 1980s swedish film, most of the time, the plate has been reissued to another car in the 2000s or 2010s.

Just across the street today:

Incredible !