Private plate, new car confusion

[Freakuk]

I am hoping someone can help as I've never had a private plate and I just don't understand the process.

So I have bought a 2nd hand car from a dealer with the original plate, I have yet to collect said car.

In the meantime I have purchased a private plate from the DVLA, the V750 has arrived this morning.

The car will be collected next week and will come with a years tax.

I assume I have to wait for the new V5C to arrive with my details before I can transfer the plate? Is this correct? If so I assume when I come to insure the vehicle (next week) I will insure under the existing plate, wait for the V5C do the transfer etc, do I have to wait for the new V5C with the new plate then contact my insurers to update the details (pay another fee no doubt) then I can put the plates on the car?

Or is there a much easier/simpler process?

[Dan W.]

Freakuk said:

I am hoping someone can help as I've never had a private plate and I just don't understand the process.

So I have bought a 2nd hand car from a dealer with the original plate, I have yet to collect said car.

In the meantime I have purchased a private plate from the DVLA, the V750 has arrived this morning.

The car will be collected next week and will come with a years tax.

I assume I have to wait for the new V5C to arrive with my details before I can transfer the plate? Is this correct? If so I assume when I come to insure the vehicle (next week) I will insure under the existing plate, wait for the V5C do the transfer etc, do I have to wait for the new V5C with the new plate then contact my insurers to update the details (pay another fee no doubt) then I can put the plates on the car?

Or is there a much easier/simpler process?

spot on, wait for v5 to come through in your name.

once you have it can swap the plate onto it, no quicker way than that

[Freakuk]

Cheers, sorry I forgot to add, I assume the tax will automatically move over to the new plate without intervention also?

[MustangGT]

Freakuk said:

I am hoping someone can help as I've never had a private plate and I just don't understand the process.

So I have bought a 2nd hand car from a dealer with the original plate, I have yet to collect said car.

In the meantime I have purchased a private plate from the DVLA, the V750 has arrived this morning.

The car will be collected next week and will come with a years tax.

I assume I have to wait for the new V5C to arrive with my details before I can transfer the plate? Is this correct? If so I assume when I come to insure the vehicle (next week) I will insure under the existing plate, wait for the V5C do the transfer etc, do I have to wait for the new V5C with the new plate then contact my insurers to update the details (pay another fee no doubt) then I can put the plates on the car?

Or is there a much easier/simpler process?

Exactly. Also my insurance company does not charge for a plate change, though some do.

[Dan W.]

Freakuk said:

Cheers, sorry I forgot to add, I assume the tax will automatically move over to the new plate without intervention also?

yes tax and mot data

[Freakuk]

Cheers all, V5 arrived this morning and did the transfer on-line within 5 mins.

[MustangGT]

Freakuk said:

Cheers all, V5 arrived this morning and did the transfer on-line within 5 mins.

Easy isn't it? I did one today as well, my wife wanted her plate put onto her new (to her) car.

[ThunderSpook]

Usually if you tell the insurance company you’ll be changing the plate as soon as the V5 arrives then they won’t charge you a second admin fee.