Personal Number Plate question

NBLondon

Or did you mean that you are buying a car with plate AA 11 ABC and also buying plate SS 1234 - so you want to sell AA 11 ABC to offset the cost of SS 1234?   That is possible - you would need to put AA 11 ABC on retention when you transfer SS 1234 onto the car.  Then you can sell AA 11 ABC.

Then when you sell the car in some years time, you put SS 1234 on retention and DVLA will issue a random unused 11 plate to the car.

It costs £80 to put the number on retention so factor that into your costs as well.

Mr.Generous

unforeseen said:

a blonde in a cabriolet, MR12INCH (self explanitory) 

Nice idea but not a legitimate registration

I can't remember the exact plate (it's on a van) somewhere round Northampton - something like MR14NCH but I'll get my mate to remind me - he knows the guy. I've tried a few in the Gov.uk site and I can't work it out.

And ladies, his wife said it is far from the truth!! 

Car_54

NBLondon said:

Or did you mean that you are buying a car with plate AA 11 ABC and also buying plate SS 1234 - so you want to sell AA 11 ABC to offset the cost of SS 1234?   That is possible - you would need to put AA 11 ABC on retention when you transfer SS 1234 onto the car.  Then you can sell AA 11 ABC.

Then when you sell the car in some years time, you put SS 1234 on retention and DVLA will issue a random unused 11 plate to the car.

It costs £80 to put the number on retention so factor that into your costs as well.

You also need to factor in a new pair of plates every time you change. £35?

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super_saint said:

The number plate i want to buy is around £300 but but have been quoted £250 for my existing one.

So need to confirm that DVLA will allocate a new plate if i sale car in the future & want to keep new plate?

They will pay you £250 for it today, or they think it is worth £250 if someone called BP17TGX happens to need a private plate at some time in the future?

Last time I looked, DVLA sold "ordinary" plates for £250 including all the transfer fees (not obviously the cost of buying new number plates and the £££££ your insurance want to change the number, and maybe an extra ££££ because the private plate makes the car more of a risk....)

subjecttocontract

Be carefull, think hard before you decide to have a private number plate, there's an awful lot of jealousy shown by some people !

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subjecttocontract said:

Be carefull, think hard before you decide to have a private number plate, there's an awful lot of jealousy shown by some people !

Hence the reason why insurers may increase the premium to reflect the increased risk of vandalism etc.

I doubt if you'd even get comprehensive cover on V1LLA for example...

subjecttocontract

Yes my new Range Rover insurance was much higher this year but ive never had an increased premium for changing to a personal number plate.

400ixl

super_saint said:

The number plate i want to buy is around £300 but but have been quoted £250 for my existing one.

So need to confirm that DVLA will allocate a new plate if i sale car in the future & want to keep new plate?

Who has quoted you £250 for your current plate? If it is one of these registration broker companies? Is it the same for the one you want to buy? Is that with a broker or is it available from the DVLA.

Often the plates they advertise are not actually for sale and when you apply they go to the owner to try to get them to sell. Same for the other end they often don't have a buyer and will just act as an agent to try to find someone to buy it.

So unless you have a buyer who is going to give you cash for the current plate and the one you want is genuinly available you could be left disappointed.

ontheroad1970

Car_54 said:

Mr.Generous said:

CliveOfIndia said:

 - if you're banking on selling the old plate to fund the new one, can you really afford to spend that money on what is nothing more than a useless trinket?

There are the model specific ones, like if I had a Ferarri F40 with the reg F40  (I can but dream - some chance)

A neighbour has one of those - an Audi A6, reg A6xxx.

The problem is that when the car dies, and Audi has stopped making  them, the value will plummet.

I love X5 owners who have the car de-badged to take off the brand and model and then take a private number plate saying X5 xxx (facepalm)

EnPointe

Car_54 said:

Mr.Generous said:

CliveOfIndia said:

 - if you're banking on selling the old plate to fund the new one, can you really afford to spend that money on what is nothing more than a useless trinket?

There are the model specific ones, like if I had a Ferarri F40 with the reg F40  (I can but dream - some chance)

A neighbour has one of those - an Audi A6, reg A6xxx.

The problem is that when the car dies, and Audi has stopped making  them, the value will plummet.

like all the CL10 xxx  plates   that rely on Renault  continuing to make a car called a Clio to have any value  beyond the incidental value of the last 3