Tracking the owner of a reg I want

inch_high

TradePro wrote: »

Seriously though, I wasn't criticising your desire to buy the plate as such, more your tragic plan to alter the spacing and add superficial screws.

Because that is such an odd thing to do, surely nobody has ever done that?

SCO wrote: »

And then you run into problems like:

Failing an MOT
Being pulled by the police (and fined i think)
And the possibility of the plate being revoked by the DVLA.

Failing MOT - not hard to put standard plates on for the MOT
Pulled by the police - if you fail the attitude test, yeah you will get a fine. Pass the attitude test and probably wouldnt be fined.
Revoked by the DVLA? Never heard of that one.

Do you ever drive at 31mph in a 30mph zone SCO?

SCO

inch_high wrote: »

Because that is such an odd thing to do, surely nobody has ever done that?






Failing MOT - not hard to put standard plates on for the MOT
Pulled by the police - if you fail the attitude test, yeah you will get a fine. Pass the attitude test and probably wouldnt be fined.
Revoked by the DVLA? Never heard of that one.

Do you ever drive at 31mph in a 30mph zone SCO?

Whats the speed got to do with it?

If the same officer pulls you twice and told you to change it the first time you will get a fine.

the DVLA dont tend to do it a lot, but it is the law you have to display the plate in a certain way.

ILW

I honestly think she will be deeply unimpressed at such a gift. Probably embarrased to have it on the car but will leave it there to save hurting your feelings. It really is unfair to put her in that position.

SailorSam

http://www.plates4less.co.uk/number-plates-FAQ/car-registrations-info/car-registrations-legalities.asp

That's what the law says about the spacing of letters.

xpf

Legalities of spacing aside, please also consider the future costs of this gift.

I bought a private plate for my hubby for his 30th birthday direct from DVLA for £250. Little did I know that 12 years later it would have been on another 6 cars at a cost of £80 (IIRC) per transfer. I now call it the gift that keeps costing!!

Chopper_Read

inch_high wrote: »

Because that is such an odd thing to do, surely nobody has ever done that?






Failing MOT - not hard to put standard plates on for the MOT
Pulled by the police - if you fail the attitude test, yeah you will get a fine. Pass the attitude test and probably wouldnt be fined.
Revoked by the DVLA? Never heard of that one.

Do you ever drive at 31mph in a 30mph zone SCO?

Do a bit more research then.

TrickyWicky

ILW wrote: »

I honestly think she will be deeply unimpressed at such a gift. Probably embarrased to have it on the car but will leave it there to save hurting your feelings. It really is unfair to put her in that position.

I agree, it's more of a blokey thing I thought.

cootuk

What will she do with it when she divorces you?

interstellaflyer

Chopper_Read wrote: »

Do a bit more research then.

Yes, as far as I can tell, if stopped the police will report you and issue a notice to get the plates sorted, if you fail to head the warning and are stopped again I believe the DVLA can assign the car a 'Q' plate, which from what a gather will drastically affect the value of the car and insurance companies will sting you.

Chopper_Read

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Yes, as far as I can tell, if stopped the police will report you and issue a notice to get the plates sorted, if you fail to head the warning and are stopped again I believe the DVLA can assign the car a 'Q' plate, which from what a gather will drastically affect the value of the car and insurance companies will sting you.

You'll get your original number back or an age related one not a Q plate.