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Tony Wilson February 18th 04 05:46 PM

Lihuanian cars
 
Just a query... I often see foreign cars on the streets of London, but why
is it that the vast majority are from Lithuania?? I know there are doubtless
Lithuanians in London, but there are certainly fewer than there are French,
German, Dutch etc. and I would have thought they would be very unlikely to
bring a car here for a holiday.

So, what's it all about? Is there some import scam, or a trade in their
number plates to get around Congestion Charging, or what?

Thanks



Dave Newt February 18th 04 06:36 PM

Lihuanian cars
 
Tony Wilson wrote:

Just a query... I often see foreign cars on the streets of London, but why
is it that the vast majority are from Lithuania?? I know there are doubtless
Lithuanians in London, but there are certainly fewer than there are French,
German, Dutch etc. and I would have thought they would be very unlikely to
bring a car here for a holiday.

So, what's it all about? Is there some import scam, or a trade in their
number plates to get around Congestion Charging, or what?


Where do you live?

I'm in East London, and there are loads of Poles, Latvians and
Lithuanians living round here, and they have cars.

I've never thought it was anything more sinister than that. I certainly
haven't seen as many in other parts of London (well, plenty round Ealing
too).

Nigel February 18th 04 08:34 PM

Lihuanian cars
 
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:46:19 -0000, "Tony Wilson" tw wrote:

Just a query... I often see foreign cars on the streets of London, but why
is it that the vast majority are from Lithuania?? I know there are doubtless
Lithuanians in London, but there are certainly fewer than there are French,
German, Dutch etc. and I would have thought they would be very unlikely to
bring a car here for a holiday.

So, what's it all about? Is there some import scam, or a trade in their
number plates to get around Congestion Charging, or what?

Thanks


I see to recall that Lituanian number-plates are very similar to UK
plates, might this be something to do with a way around congestion
charging? Quite likely!

Nigel

Tony Wilson February 19th 04 07:01 AM

Lihuanian cars
 


Where do you live?

I'm in East London, and there are loads of Poles, Latvians and
Lithuanians living round here, and they have cars.


East London too- have mainly noticed them around Newham/Barking/Tower
Hamlets area. But have never seen any Polish or Latvian plates (well, here
anyway), and can't see why so many would bring cars with them, though from
what you say they may do. Also it occurrs to me that some of the drivers
didn't look very European!



Robin May February 19th 04 07:38 AM

Lihuanian cars
 
"Tony Wilson" tw wrote the following in:


Just a query... I often see foreign cars on the streets of London,
but why is it that the vast majority are from Lithuania?? I know
there are doubtless Lithuanians in London, but there are certainly
fewer than there are French, German, Dutch etc. and I would have
thought they would be very unlikely to bring a car here for a
holiday.


How do you identify a Lithuanian car?

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Mike Bristow February 19th 04 08:21 AM

Lihuanian cars
 
In article ,
Robin May wrote:
How do you identify a Lithuanian car?


LT, instead of GB. I think.

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jacob reimann February 20th 04 08:57 AM

Lihuanian cars
 
Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
Robin May wrote:

How do you identify a Lithuanian car?



LT, instead of GB. I think.

Yeah, i live in Walthamstow, and there are about three regularly parked
around, some of them A6's and 328's , I thought these guys were supposed to
be poor.


Nice But Dim February 20th 04 10:30 AM

Lihuanian cars
 
They aren't but their hookers are !

NBD


On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:57:04 +0000, jacob reimann
wrote:

Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
Robin May wrote:

How do you identify a Lithuanian car?



LT, instead of GB. I think.

Yeah, i live in Walthamstow, and there are about three regularly parked
around, some of them A6's and 328's , I thought these guys were supposed to
be poor.



Seanie O'Kilfoyle February 20th 04 04:43 PM

LiThuanian cars
 

"Nice But Dim" wrote in message
...
They aren't but their hookers are !

NBD


On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:57:04 +0000, jacob reimann
wrote:

Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
Robin May wrote:

How do you identify a Lithuanian car?


LT, instead of GB. I think.

Yeah, i live in Walthamstow, and there are about three regularly parked
around, some of them A6's and 328's , I thought these guys were supposed

to
be poor.





Seanie O'Kilfoyle February 20th 04 04:48 PM

LiThuanian cars
 

"Tony Wilson" tw wrote in message
...
Just a query... I often see foreign cars on the streets of London, but why
is it that the vast majority are from Lithuania?? I know there are

doubtless
Lithuanians in London, but there are certainly fewer than there are

French,
German, Dutch etc. and I would have thought they would be very unlikely to
bring a car here for a holiday.

So, what's it all about? Is there some import scam, or a trade in their
number plates to get around Congestion Charging, or what?



The Bulgarian reg's are the ones most used to get around the CONgestion
*TAX*

A little bit of Cyrillic alphabet and the (£50,000,000 per year of London
tax-payers money to run) OCR camera systems gets all upset

NICE !

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undoing, how very poetic




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