V5 Anomaly after Plate Retention

[Damp Logs]

Hi,

Hope this is the right place for this question/dilema

I have a 1999 Mercedes, which was originally registered outside UK. First registration in UK is March 2000.

When I bought it, it was showing a T plate, which is fine.

I had put a private plate on, and recently removed that onto retention.

The new V5 has just arrived with the car showing a V plate, which is still technically correct as its a 1999 car, but a little confusing.

There's nothing on either new or old V5 to indicate when in 1999 it was first registered overseas (although it does state that and 'declared manufactured 1999).

Shoud I ring DVLA to suggest it reverts back to a T plate? OR, keep quiet and order new plates????

I'll be selling it soon, so want to make sure I don't have to explain the 'discrepancy'

Thanks

[AdeTuono]

Order new plates.

[Jon39]

In my experience, when it is easy for the DVLA, they reallocate the original registration mark.
Anything making it more difficult for them, they issue an age related registration mark from their Swansea sequence (not indicating the original geographical area).

If the age related V plate matches the correct age, or first UK registration for your car, no one should worry much.
At 22 years old, probably condition will be upper most in the mind of a buyer anyway.

I have an old car with a DVLA allocated registration mark. Their original records have been binned, hence they allocated a new age related mark. However, I still have the original 'log book', so can prove the mark first issued. They said under those circumstances, they could allocate the original mark without further charge, if I wanted them to. As both registrations have the same year letter, I have not bothered yet.

[BertBert]

Damp Logs said:

Hi,
... a V plate, which is still technically correct as its a 1999 car, but a little confusing.
I'll be selling it soon, so want to make sure I don't have to explain the 'discrepancy'

I can't quite see a dilemma here.

[Damp Logs]

BertBert said:

Damp Logs said:

Hi,
... a V plate, which is still technically correct as its a 1999 car, but a little confusing.
I'll be selling it soon, so want to make sure I don't have to explain the 'discrepancy'

I can't quite see a dilemma here.

Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but a T plate is definitely a 1999 car, whereas a V plate runs from Sept 99 to Feb 2000.

And V5 shows date of registration in UK as March 2000, so potentially could be a W plate.

[Durzel]

It's not so obviously wrong as to invite suspicion, I would've thought?

Unless the car is something special where the authenticness of an older, original plate is of material value, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it and just get new plates.

[Jon39]

Damp Logs said:

Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but a T plate is definitely a 1999 car, whereas a V plate runs from Sept 99 to Feb 2000.

And V5 shows date of registration in UK as March 2000, so potentially could be a W plate.

You mentioned date of first registration overseas not known, but manufactured in 1999.
Perhaps you need to consider the first registration to be, Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec 1999, then everyone would be happy and no queries at sale time.
You are 4/12ths likely to be correct.

[Damp Logs]

Jon39 said:

You mentioned date of first registration overseas not known, but manufactured in 1999.
Perhaps you need to consider the first registration to be, Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec 1999, then everyone would be happy and no queries at sale time.
You are 4/12ths likely to be correct.

That makes sense.

I suppose my concern is that in its history it was a T plate, now its a V.

But, I don't think it makes any difference to value, so I'll just order some new plates.

Thanks for your inputs!!