Possible to buy a number plate under £15?

B0bbyEwing

EssexExile said:

You think that putting it in for an MOT will tell you whether its fixable or not?

Do you think that I think that?

Or do you think that I think putting it in for an MOT will tell us what it's failing on, the garage will then say repairs for this will cost £X & I'll say yes/no based on that?

Having already taken the car to them to ask them whether it's doable to get the car back on the road & be legal.

Car_54 said:

B0bbyEwing said:

I can get a plate for about £5 but annoyingly that has to be an EV plate & Google says it's illegal to use an EV plate (green edging) on a non-EV car. 

Does Google tell you what law you’d be breaking? It sounds like bo**ocks,

I put "is it illegal to use an ev plate on a non electric car" in to Google & it just said yes.

So you're saying AI response isn't so I then?

Aretnap

Car_54 said:

B0bbyEwing said:

I can get a plate for about £5 but annoyingly that has to be an EV plate & Google says it's illegal to use an EV plate (green edging) on a non-EV car. 

Does Google tell you what law you’d be breaking? It sounds like bo**ocks,

I can't find the actual law, which will be somewhere in a very obscure bit of secondary legislation, but it does appear to be correct. See for example page 11 of this document from the DVLA

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6694e379fc8e12ac3edafc60/inf104-vehicle-registration-numbers-and-number-plates.pdf



Added: found it

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1276/regulation/4/made

Aretnap

B0bbyEwing said:

Car_54 said:

B0bbyEwing said:

I can get a plate for about £5 but annoyingly that has to be an EV plate & Google says it's illegal to use an EV plate (green edging) on a non-EV car. 

Does Google tell you what law you’d be breaking? It sounds like bo**ocks,

I put "is it illegal to use an ev plate on a non electric car" in to Google & it just said yes.

So you're saying AI response isn't so I then?

While it seems to be correct this time, Google's AI can be very shonky at times and it should never be relied upon for anything important without checking the sources which it offers.

GrumpyDil

AI responses are full of issues so at best are an initial guide and at worst completely wrong.

The actual regulations appear to be

The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001.

I started reading through them but on a phone display they aren't exactly easy to read but suggest if you want a definitive answer you start here.

Car_54

Aretnap said:

 

Added: found it

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1276/regulation/4/made

Well done! Many thanks.

Nasqueron

WellKnownSid said:

B0bbyEwing said:

Google says it's illegal to use an EV plate (green edging) on a non-EV car.

That can't be true considering the number of 10+ year old diesel 1 series and Golfs I've seen sporting them 

Wonder if you looked up the reg whether they are cloned off EVs and they hope it'll mean they get away with it for day to day stuff. Maybe pretend it's the Pakistan flag that you see sometimes