On 12 June, 11:37, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
03:05:32 on Fri, 12 Jun 2009, MIG
remarked:

I can see how the old numbers could be of value to individuals, eg the
number for RM50 might be nice for the car given to Victor Leonard
Thompson on his 50th birthday or something. *I can't really see the
point of using them on other buses.

My car has a "personal" plate from the mid 70's, but it's clearly not 30
years old.

So you can't tell if it's 5, 9 or 13 years old (any of which is possible
with that body shape). Although my plate isn't there to disguise the age
(it'll be 8 years old later this year), that's what bus companies often
do.
--
Roland Perry

I must be being dim, but how would a bus company benefit from
disguising the age of a bus from the casual observer? The individual
in the pub car park might not want people to know the age of his car,
but I can't see an equivalent motivation for a bus operator.