Personalised Number Plate - What to do?

Red29

Hi as per an earlier post I'm in the process of researching all aspects of buying my next car and what to do with my current car - I'm a complete novice to both as my current car was my first ever car and it was my company car that I bought - so easy transaction!!

One of my questions is my current car has a personalised number plate - its nothing amazing but I have an emotional attachment to it!!

My current car is a 1998 Audi in poor condition - dents, driver seat dodgy, clutch very high up so about to go I think, stalls on cold days in first five mins of driving - so I can't see it going anywhere except scrap.

Thus, can I keep the personalised licence plate before I send the car to the scrap year and transfer it to my next car? If I do is there a cost involved?

Or alternatively thinking with my head and not my heart are there companies out there who might buy it or do I have to sell myself privately?

Cheers and thanks

mcfisco

You need to put the plate on retention before you scrap it
Fill in a retention document form V778 from the DVLA

Hintza

mcfisco wrote: »

You need to put the plate on retention before you scrap it
Fill in a retention document form V778 from the DVLA

Or alternatively transfer it directly to the new car from the old car. You will then be given a new number for the old car which you can then scrap.

The only value a number has is what someone will offer you. In most cases that is not a lot.

paddedjohn

Make sure you get the plate before the mot runs out on your existing car or it could cost you a few bob

spiro

paddedjohn wrote: »

Make sure you get the plate before the mot runs out on your existing car or it could cost you a few bob

Agree, you can't transfer a plate off a car that does not have a current MOT.

DUTR

mcfisco wrote: »

You need to put the plate on retention before you scrap it
Fill in a retention document form V778 from the DVLA

OOh, thought it was a V317, that's the form I completed and sent off, the V317 is titled " Application to transfer or retain a vehicle registration number"
OP it costs £105 to retain the registration for 12 months , £80 of that is the transfer fee ( so if you currently own both cars then it's £80) if you wish to retain for 2 or 3 years, then its +£25 for each subsequent year but must be applied for at the time, eg 2yrs £130 3yrs £155, when you do transfer the reg there is no refund of extra years paid for.
Oh and both cars must have an MOT if they qualify for an MOT.