by Tinto63 » Mon May 10, 2021 8:37 pm
When I put this question up I was looking to see if S0 was unique in being the only single letter plus zero number plate in Scotland....
Quite right, S0 is the numberplate on Edinburgh Council's official car, this goes back a fair time, possibly as long ago as 1903 when car registrations were first introduced, evidently some (many?) Councils issued their early numbers before realising that they had not reserved 1 for their own use. They were given permission to use 0, and a number of Council's took advantage. In Scotland Edinburgh S0, Glasgow G0 and Aberdeen RG0 did this. However, at the present time only S0 and V0 are shown on the DVLA databases as taxed and MOT'd. V0 was originally issued in Lanarkshire, and could well still be held by a Council, although I have never seen it.
At one time S0 was on a Rolls Royce, but is now on a 2014 BMW 730d. I was hoping someone would have checked and told me that the MOT expires on 25/08/21, and it is taxed until 30/09/21.
I hadn't heard the story about the letters on the number plate being incorrectly spaced, at one time this was very common, but not so much these days.
Glad you spotted the DVLA connection, over to you.