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I bought a new green Renault 5 in 1974 from my local garage. I asked for the registration number 777 but was told by the garage that the number had been given to another new green Renault 5 the previous day so I had 778. A few months later after driving through France, and whilst waiting at the border with Spain before going through the Pyrenees I noticed that the car two places in front of me was the green Renault 777.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:26 +0000Coincidence ID:5034

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Anonymous (not verified)

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 10:32am

I had not seen the other car between buying mine and arriving at the border though the garage said that the owners of 777 lived nearby.