Private reg plate transfer

BM-AK

Hi All,

I bought a new car last Monday and am also giving my car in for part exchange.

At the moment my existing car has a private numberplate which I intend to transfer over. The dealer said they are more than happy to deal with this for me. I can use my existing car with the private reg plate as normal and all I had to do was give them the existing cars V5, MOT, pay the DVLA £80 and setup a 7 day driveaway insurance in the new car but with my private reg plate, rather than its existing plate.

I did this all by Wednesday last week and was told that it should be done within a week and I need to pick up the car this Sunday.

The DVLA website says it takes two weeks and the dealer is still convinced they will get the documents needed from DVLA this week. Apparently DVLA no longer do this if you take both cars and the docs to a local office - so it has to be done by post.

What is the likelihood of this happening in a week - anyone experienced this?

harveybobbles

You need to go to a LVLO rather than the DVLA with all the docs for both cars.

BM-AK

Thanks for the reply. Sorry i meant post not phone (was a typo )

I believe the dealer has sent all the paperwork to DVLA now but no one has heard back. The dealer said that it normally comes through within a week but worried that the paperwork may be sent back by DVLA if the 7 days insurance has expired by the time they process it, adding further delays.

harveybobbles

They need to send it the a Local Ve-hickle Licencing Office, not the DVLA. If the 7 day insurance from Aviva expires, just take it out again. We've done this in the past for customers.

Kilty_2

I too was promised a week when doing this, didn't materialise resulting in an argument and a courtesy car.

BM-AK

Kilty wrote: »

I too was promised a week when doing this, didn't materialise resulting in an argument and a courtesy car.

Thanks harveybobble and Kilty.

Kilty - how long did yours take in the end?

howsaboutit

I have just been into the DVLA office to take a plate off a car im selling and putting it on retention until the new car arrives they told me its a 5 - 7 day turnaround

Kilty_2

BM-AK wrote: »

Thanks harveybobble and Kilty.

Kilty - how long did yours take in the end?

Closer to 2 weeks, I don't know an exact time because I was working quite some distance from home, put 3000 miles on their courtesy car in a fortnight (there were further problems with the car when the plate transfer had completed so I kept driving the courtesy, which was actually a pre-reg from sales stock )

Flyboy152

BM-AK wrote: »

Hi All,

I bought a new car last Monday and am also giving my car in for part exchange.

At the moment my existing car has a private numberplate which I intend to transfer over. The dealer said they are more than happy to deal with this for me. I can use my existing car with the private reg plate as normal and all I had to do was give them the existing cars V5, MOT, pay the DVLA £80 and setup a 7 day driveaway insurance in the new car but with my private reg plate, rather than its existing plate.

I did this all by Wednesday last week and was told that it should be done within a week and I need to pick up the car this Sunday.

The DVLA website says it takes two weeks and the dealer is still convinced they will get the documents needed from DVLA this week. Apparently DVLA no longer do this if you take both cars and the docs to a local office - so it has to be done by post.

What is the likelihood of this happening in a week - anyone experienced this?

They will be able to do this quicker, because they will present all the documentation in person, at the LVLO and collect it from them a few days later.

BM-AK

Thanks for the replies all. Had a call from the dealer this morning to say tax discs and paperwork have come through in the post

I have another problem. I'm currently running my existing car on my private reg plate. I brought the pickup forward to Saturday now, as my existing car should be on the new assigned reg now i beleive and the new tax disc is with the dealer (who is based over 150 miles away from me).

The dealer said its fine to run as it is for 48 hours until you pick up the car on Saturday. Is this legal to do? It still has the private reg tax disc and is still insured. I'll carry the neccessary docs to prove too.

I intend on driving the car back home tonight after work, leave it off road tommorow and then drive it to the dealership first thing Saturday.