Spotted in Australia and New Zealand

[raynewman]

Spotted in Hobart - not a Tasmanian plate though! Anyone know where it's from?

[Edit: person who shared it with me said the plate says Queensland!]

Ya - Queensland do have these A... plates. Looks like we roam pretty well too.

 

[LGGD]

Spotted in Sydney. (AUS: 586)

 

[Picard]

Spotted in Brisbane

 

[raynewman]

No mate - that's mine (spotted 12 months ago).

 

[Homer]

And still nobody has spotted The Homer. It must be travelling too quickly for photographs... ;-)

 

[garyjac]

...or, it is fiendish plot, in which everyone conspires not to publish this information?

 

[TesAus]

...or, it is fiendish plot, in which everyone conspires not to publish this information?

Doh!

 

[alpal]

Mine was spotted on slack but hasn't made it here yet - phew!

 

[PJF000]

Mine was spotted on slack but hasn't made it here yet - phew!

I'm on the job

 

[ColinA]

Spotted in NSW (AUS: 587)

 

[houdini]

Spotted in NSW (AUS: 587)

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First with roof racks?

 

[Kelvinski]

Spotted at Lidcombe, NSW.

 

[ColinA]

Spotted at Lidcombe, NSW.
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Previously spotted

 

[ColinA]

Spotted in NSW (AUS: 588)

 

[lonewolf313]

Spotted at McDonalds in Cremorne Sydney

 

[ColinA]

Spotted at McDonalds in Cremorne Sydney

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Previously spotted

 

[RichardMcN]

Previously spotted

Is there a manual for this spotting game?

• How does Colin from Qld know that a car in Sydney has already been spotted? Is there a master list somewhere? Surely he can't be looking thru all the photos.
• Most people don't put the rego number in the text to make it searchable, and those that do use different formats (esp whether the separator is "-" or dropped) so that can't be it.
• How does the AUS number work? Who reverses and reallocates it when a car is noted as already spotted, especially long afterwards?

Maybe I'll use the trial and error method and just post this one sighted in the Sydney suburb of Gordon. I have seen quite a few in that area lately including a white one from Qld in Lindfield a couple of weeks ago - who knows maybe Colin on a spotting mission. Anyway I'm sure someone from far away will say this post has already been spotted, but maybe I'll figure out how it all works!

 

[TesAus]

Is there a manual for this spotting game?

• How does Colin from Qld know that a car in Sydney has already been spotted? Is there a master list somewhere? Surely he can't be looking thru all the photos.
• Most people don't put the rego number in the text to make it searchable, and those that do use different formats (esp whether the separator is "-" or dropped) so that can't be it.
• How does the AUS number work? Who reverses and reallocates it when a car is noted as already spotted, especially long afterwards?

Maybe I'll use the trial and error method and just post this one sighted in the Sydney suburb of Gordon. I have seen quite a few in that area lately including a white one from Qld in Lindfield a couple of weeks ago - who knows maybe Colin on a spotting mission. Anyway I'm sure someone from far away will say this post has already been spotted, but maybe I'll figure out how it all works!

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The spotted list (I think a spreadsheet) was originally managed by LGGD. ColinA has recently taken on the challenge of keeping this up to date, but I believe LGGD still has a hand in the process.

I don't believe the list is publicly accessible, but stand to be corrected.

Given that Tesla gets number plates in blocks it is also possible to project total numbers of cars. Eg if CXJ 55D and CXJ 55M NSW plates have been spotted it is a fairly safe bet that all the plates in between have also been applied to Teslas. This doesn't drive the "spotted" number but is a more scientific way to predict the total number of cars that might be out there.

 

[RichardMcN]

Thanks TesAus, that puts it in perspective!
Good on you Colin.

 

[ColinA]

The spotted list (I think a spreadsheet) was originally managed by LGGD. ColinA has recently taken on the challenge of keeping this up to date, but I believe LGGD still has a hand in the process.

I don't believe the list is publicly accessible, but stand to be corrected.

Yep, that's correct. Both LGGD and I keep a shared list up to date. Whichever one of us gets to the spot first adds it to the list. A bit of a shared task.