private plate

catoutthebag

straighttalker wrote: »

If he doesn't want the plate, buy the car as it is.

When you get the V5 in your name, go online and pay £80 to put the private registration on a retention certificate. This will cost £80 and you will have the private reg on retention for 10 years. The DVLA will reassign the original plate to the car and will issue a new V5 with original reg on.

Thank you.

So is it unusual for the 55 and 56 thing?

And what I don't want to retain the private plate. ..do I still pay the £80 to request the original plate ie if I want to sell it?

catoutthebag

molerat wrote: »

If the seller wants to keep the plate they will have to do the transfer and pay the fee.
If you buy the car with the plate on then that is the reg it has. If you want to transfer it back to the original plate you will have to pay.
If you want to check the date of original registration go here Vehicle enquiry
A private reg can have any date related plate provided it is not newer than the vehicle.

Date of first registration September 2006. So that adds up.thsnks

AdrianC

When the V5C is transferred to your name, the plate that's on the car becomes your plate. If he wants to retain the plate, he needs to do that first - and the original plate will be reallocated to the car.

If you put the plate onto retention, you can sell it.
If you just contact DVLA and say "swap it back", they will do, but that "private plate" will then be lost.

You can put any plate onto any car, so long as it doesn't make the car look newer - so you can put a 55 onto a Sept 2006-reg car, but not a 56 onto a Sept 2005-reg car.

Iceweasel

catoutthebag wrote: »

Thank you.

So is it unusual for the 55 and 56 thing?

And what I don't want to retain the private plate. ..do I still pay the £80 to request the original plate ie if I want to sell it?

If you want to sell what exactly - the car, or the number plate you don't like?

It would be a lot easier if you were to stop talking or thinking 'private plate' - there is nothing private about it - it's just a number plate.

If you don't want the car with that number plate on it then someone has to pay the £80 to change it.

If the previous owner doesn't want to pay £80 to keep it then that's it - if you buy the car the plate on it will be yours - or to be more accurate - you will have the right to display it.

If you don't want it then all you have to do is pay £80 to get the original number ( or a same age one) and you can display that.

Have you considered buying a plate that you do like and paying £80 to display that?

Same price - £80.00

As for how long it would take - once yo have the car and the V5C in your name - it takes only a few minutes to change the plate on the DVLA website and then you go and get the new plate made up and fix it on.

The last time I did such a swap it took me three hours - two and a half of which was travelling to and from the number-plate guys shop.

UKSBD

A little bit off topic, but is there a way of finding out what the plate will be(was) when removing a private plate?

pappa_golf

NO , unless you know the original owner or find paperwork (handbook/PDI notes) in the glovebox

catoutthebag

I've just taken ownership. I am delighted with the vehicle.

Is there a site that provides valuation of private plates to see if I'll make more than the £80 to change it?

I'm less bothered now, just the car seems a year older than it is and I have mild OCD.

pappa_golf

umm lots of sites HOWEVER , they will all value them for big money and as you to list them , but they will be there for years unsold , I was going to suggest newreg , but it looks like they have gone


if any firm tries to charge you or pay to put them in an auction , walk away


try this lot http://www.nationalnumbers.co.uk/?keyid=NT147&gclid=CjwKEAiA3aW2BRCD_cOo5oCFuUMSJADiIMIL3tIwt4CicXemlg6XJD0tL_bo9VJTzHkBCJSKYsGKVBoCsW7w_wcB , never heard of them tho

Iceweasel

catoutthebag wrote: »

I've just taken ownership. I am delighted with the vehicle.

Is there a site that provides valuation of private plates to see if I'll make more than the £80 to change it?

I'm less bothered now, just the car seems a year older than it is and I have mild OCD.

Have you considered a plate that doesn't show the age of the car at all.

Have a search for 'cherished numbers'.

Prices start at around £25 or £30 - plus the £80 transfer of course.

Richard53

I recently took a private plate off my car as I was planning on selling it (the car). I did it online, and because I had the original plates I think the whole process took 90 minutes, including fitting the old plates back on. Very simple and straightforward. Cost me £80 and I now have the old number to reallocate or sell on if I wish.


Incidentally, '55' is often used to represent a double 'S' where the plates make an attempt at spelling a word or name. Could that be the reason?