As far as I'm concerned now, it's true.
I'll probably forget where I heard it and repeat it knowledgeably some point in the future.
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4Q just lurking,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 22:20,
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Glad to be of service
(I just checked at the DVLA. What I said is more or less true. It was for cars of "indeterminate origin", which includes kit cars, foreign imports, and ringed knock-offs.)
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boris the spider,
Mon 16 Apr 2012, 22:40,
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