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Originally Posted by ninjatalli Any particular reasons the I series MH 12 I_ XXXX has been left out for Pune?
Till recently the MH 12 H_ XXXX series was getting used, and immediately the current series in use is MH 12 J_ XXXX. |
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Originally Posted by voodoochild Come to think of it, is the "I" series used anywhere in India? Maybe its because it causes confusion by looking like "1", so is intentionally omitted.
Cheers,
Rahul |
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Originally Posted by ajay_satpute Man, dont talk about it.
For my wife's new Spark, we had planned the purchase well in advance so we get the number we desire. So we had asked for MH-12 IS 6409 number, since IS is our daughter's initials and 6409 is her birthdate. But, without giving any genuine reason, the request was denied by RTO. And finally, we got a JC series number.
Don't understand, where did all those 9999 x 26 numbers go? |
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Originally Posted by sajo MH 12 PA is a very valid number. Even for the period.
In the mid 90's , RTO was seemingly confused about which character, first or the second, to be their "fixed" character.
Hence the double digit series for cars started with MH 12 CA , "A" being the fixed character. When this series got exhausted circa '96 (97?) , a new series MH 12 PA was started. This is for four wheelers.
Right at the turn of the century though , RTO did a volte face , and decided the first character needed to be fixed.
Hence the one of the first four wheeler series was MH 12 AF , followed by MH 12 AN/AX etc. MH 12 AH series was exclusively for police vehicle registration.
I think the MH 12 B_ was reserved for commercial vehicles, but I may be wrong here.
The series skipped directly to MH 12 C_ , by around 2003/04.
Interestingly, they skipped MH 12 CA etc , because it was already used up 7-8 years ago , and moved on to MH 12 CD .
Shortly after that I started working and like a true professional, my mind switched off and everything is fuzzy , so I dont remember anything about anything. ![Stupid](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Sign stupid.gif) |
I know I'm replying late. Very late indeed. but, as they say, Better late, than never! Some degree of clarity is needed, so as to understand the rather
eccentric Pune RTO.
A] The
MH12I--Series. In circa 2012, the last series in the H series was MH12HZ, following which we had MH12JC. The only reason why so many numbers were omitted (9999*26) is- I appears to be too similar to the numerical 1.
Now, don't ask me how to explain the MHI series (Pune. Circa 1971-72). I agree that I is very similar to 1.
BUT- another thing I've observed is that there is no MHI with a three digit number surviving. The same goes for MHI-1XXX. The first MHI, in sequential order, surviving is MHI/2XXX, a 1968 Yamaha, owned by a BHPian.
Perhaps MHI/1-1999 weren't issued.
And let me predict one thing- MH12O_XXXX will not be issued due to obvious reasons. Similarity to zero.
MH12AH & MH12RR are police series.
B] The MH12B_XXXX series- Well, whatever has been stated is incorrect. The MH12BA series consists largely of earthmovers & cranes, that's what I've seen. And reregistered vehicles as well. Like MH12EB. The DS Series also has a large number of reregistered cars. Previously, in the Pune RTO, earthmovers and cranes were accomodated in the private series. In the MTJ series (Pune. 1972-1977), this is evident. MTJ 1010 is a Dodge, MTJ 4150 is a Fiat 1100, and yet MTJ 9000 is a crane from the 'Fifties.
The MH12BB series was perhaps not issued. Perhaps for two wheelers (?). BF was for two wheelers. BG was for cars, BP, BV were also for cars. MH12BV something was a WagonR F10D in yellow, July 2003. A car that I was about to buy.
The immediate next series, MH12CD came sometime in November 2003. MH12CC was a two wheeler series, around the same time. CC5494 is our Honda Dio (one of the earliest examples). The registration date is 25 January 2004.
C] Registration series during the 'Nineties- MH12BA- As said before. CA was private, upto 1997. FA was commercial. JA was private.PA was again, private. QA & RA were commercial. SA, TA, VA,XA, ZA were two wheelers.
UA, WA (?) were again commercial.