Personalised number plates

Money_Grabber13579

Car_54 said:

facade said:

Car_54 said:

facade said:

venomx said:

Looking at getting a personalised plate.
There are various websites like this...
https://dvlaregistrations.dvla.gov.uk/

Once you have "bought" it, what happens next ? I've done some Googling but can't can't a clear answer 

One thing I do know is that you cannot make the car appear newer than it is

Here..
https://www.gov.uk/get-personalised-private-number-plate

It says to assign the plate to the vehicle,  then buy the new plate. Surely you should buy the plate first then assign it once its been delivered? 

Before you sell the car, you transfer the private plate back onto a retention certificate (more ££ to the treasury) and replace the original plates that you kept safe. Then change the insurance wait for the updated V5 and you can sell the car.

The ££ doesn't go to the Treasury. DVLA collect taxes on behalf of the Treasury, but all their other charges simply go to cover their costs.

Their computer time and printer paper must be the most expensive in the world then

5,000 employees to pay ...

Wow. I never knew it took 5,000 people to change a number plate. Dread to think how many it takes to change a lightbulb.

Car_54

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Car_54 said:

facade said:

Car_54 said:

facade said:

venomx said:

Looking at getting a personalised plate.
There are various websites like this...
https://dvlaregistrations.dvla.gov.uk/

Once you have "bought" it, what happens next ? I've done some Googling but can't can't a clear answer 

One thing I do know is that you cannot make the car appear newer than it is

Here..
https://www.gov.uk/get-personalised-private-number-plate

It says to assign the plate to the vehicle,  then buy the new plate. Surely you should buy the plate first then assign it once its been delivered? 

Before you sell the car, you transfer the private plate back onto a retention certificate (more ££ to the treasury) and replace the original plates that you kept safe. Then change the insurance wait for the updated V5 and you can sell the car.

The ££ doesn't go to the Treasury. DVLA collect taxes on behalf of the Treasury, but all their other charges simply go to cover their costs.

Their computer time and printer paper must be the most expensive in the world then

5,000 employees to pay ...

Wow. I never knew it took 5,000 people to change a number plate. Dread to think how many it takes to change a lightbulb.

You are (possibly deliberately) missing the point. DVLA have all the costs associated with an organisation of that size, which have to be recovered from its "customers".

Would you prefer the taxpayer to foot the bill?

born_again

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All depends on the plate.

Many are just personal to the owner. No one else would know that is any different from any other plate.

So AB71AXE is the same price as AB71AXN
Both are personalised plates. While the 1st I can understand, the 2nd?

Grumpy_chap

born_again said:

So AB71AXE is the same price as AB71AXN
Both are personalised plates. While the 1st I can understand, the 2nd?

You are ahead of me.
What do you think the AB71AXE refers to?
Maybe a taxi? 
Maybe a tax inspector?
Maybe an accountant?

motorguy

born_again said:

Barny1979 said:

Personalised number plates, the easy way to warn others you're a !!!!!!.

All depends on the plate.

Many are just personal to the owner. No one else would know that is any different from any other plate.

So AB71AXE is the same price as AB71AXN
Both are personalised plates. While the 1st I can understand, the 2nd?

Or DVLA chancing their arm and hoping someone buys it. 

Its a "personalised" number if someone buys it and it means something to them, otherwise it'll just end up on a car i'd have thought.

They maybe think theres people with the initials AB who have a 71 plate car who wont give a stuff about the suffix part.

EssexExile

My last car came with a reg number that was our initials, the year we bought it and three very relevant letters. The new one looks like a high scoring but unusable Scrabble hand.

Merlin139

I have a plate that shows my first and last initials, 2 digit year I was born and 3 letters that shorten my first name. The wife has a very similar plate that does the same for her. We think they were both worth the £499 that we paid for them. 

Both cars that they are on are paid for in full and are ours. Spaced correctly and we think they look good parked next to one another. 

My Motorbike has my first 2 initials and 2 numbers that could be seen to make another letter. Underneath it has my 3 initials. This plate is partly spaced illegally so you can read it as 3 initials above 3 initials. 

For us the money is better spent on this than replacing our cars every 3 years and keeping up with the Jones. 

Flight3287462

You buy from DVLA receive the retention certificate then order the plates.  Once they arrive you can sort out changing them over.

I have a set of plates here that are on retention.

Do it the way others have suggested just introduces lag.

born_again

Grumpy_chap said:

born_again said:

So AB71AXE is the same price as AB71AXN
Both are personalised plates. While the 1st I can understand, the 2nd?

You are ahead of me.
What do you think the AB71AXE refers to?
Maybe a taxi? 
Maybe a tax inspector?
Maybe an accountant?

Black smith, Wood man.. Murderer 🤦‍♂️

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facade said:

venomx said:

Looking at getting a personalised plate.
There are various websites like this...
https://dvlaregistrations.dvla.gov.uk/

Once you have "bought" it, what happens next ? I've done some Googling but can't can't a clear answer 

One thing I do know is that you cannot make the car appear newer than it is

Here..
https://www.gov.uk/get-personalised-private-number-plate

It says to assign the plate to the vehicle,  then buy the new plate. Surely you should buy the plate first then assign it once its been delivered? 

dot gov pages are famous for errors

You buy the plate from DVLA. This gives you a certificate that is the right to use it. (machine generated, so only a few days to arrive)

You can give the certificate away, or sell it, or use it. (It expires after a few years, but you can renew it for ££ it is called having the number "on retention")

You assign the number to your car online with the number on the certificate. This updates the DVLA records and gives you a chitty to take to your motorfactor to get the numberplates made. You swap the plates over, and keep the originals safe.

You tell your insurer that you have changed the number, and they charge you an admin fee, and likely an addition to the policy cost as a personal plate attracts vandals so the risk changed. A V5 with the private number on arrives in a few days.

It is possible to assign the number at the point of purchase, in which case you won't get the certificate, but you will get that chitty to make the 'plates.

Before you sell the car, you transfer the private plate back onto a retention certificate (more ££ to the treasury) and replace the original plates that you kept safe. Then change the insurance wait for the updated V5 and you can sell the car.

Actually you can sell the car when you like, but the V5 is cancelled by the 'plate change, so you can't change the keeper. Some dealers will sort it all out for you- if you believe them.  If you transfer ownership using the V5 with the private number on, the new owner gets the number.

No chitty required with the majority of eBay plate makers.