N.I. plates to mainland reg?

[Upatdawn]

Just bought a N.I. registered car on a GRZ N.I. plate, how long/what cost would it take to get a proper 13 plate off DVLA?

Its never been in the N.I. except from the dealer, al its services have been here in the UK and it drives perfect..


TIA


or i could change my name to make it a personal plate but the Z hard....

[Slidingpillar]

If you buy a plate - all the costs are set out on the DVLA website. They don't as a rule re-register NI cars in the mainland, the plate it has is good enough. At the time of the troubles, though folk did get cars re-registered for free - if they asked. I knew someone who did just that as he was fed up of being stopped by the police culminating in being stopped 3 times on his way back from evening shift. Was circa 30 years ago though.

[Skyrat]

AFAIK, nothing, or at least not much.

I registered a GB car in NI when I moved here. I was offered the chance to change the VRM to a Norn Iron one but didn't bother. The impression I got was that they'd provide one FOC if I wanted to.

[FredericRobinson]

I've got a van with NI plates (in Scotland), never caused me the slightest issue, why bother changing?

[stuttgartmetal]

It costs peanuts

[McVities]

stuttgartmetal said:

It costs peanuts

are those to pay the chimps (chumps) that work at the DVLA?

[solo2]

write to DVLA saying you wish to revoke the 'cherish' plate and they will auto issue an age related plate at no cost.

[mph1977]

FredericRobinson said:

I've got a van with NI plates (in Scotland), never caused me the slightest issue, why bother changing?

The issue used to be the other way round , despite the fact that the RUC and MHF vehicles that pretended to be civilian were on NI plates ...

[FredericRobinson]

When my mate from Fermanagh brought his family pride & joy Lada Samara over to England in the early 90s his insurance company required it to be re-registered. Thankfully things are more peaceful in NI now, but that car did need to be blown up.