No MOT - transferring private plate

[scooters]

Hello, I’m after your help if possible.

I’ve just traded in my car which has a private plate on it, with the intention of transferring the plate to the new car. But, the MOT on the old car has expired. The dealer believes that a valid MOT certificate needs to exist in order to retain the private plate. Does anyone know whether this is the case?

Obviously I want to keep the plate without having to fork out for a new MOT.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[stuttgartmetal]

As long as the car is road taxed you can transfer it to a retention cert.

[Flog123]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedR...

[scooters]

thanks for the responses. From how the link reads, it seems like I will need a valid MOT certificate. Is this corret?

[otherman]

You do need an MOT. I tried to do this once and it wasn't allowed - and the mot would have cost too much to get so we dumped the idea.

[Carparticus]

There ~might~ be some leeway on this. Check the 5th reply on this previous thread :-

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=946...


Normally, no-mot means no-transfer. And if you write a car off with a cherished plate, its also difficult to impossible to get the plate back.

... this is why number plate insurance exists for the value of the plate !!

[LooneyTunes]

Carparticus said:

And if you write a car off with a cherished plate, its also difficult to impossible to get the plate back.

Not unless things have changed recently it isn't.

Letter from insurance company stating they had "no interest" was pretty much all DVLA needed, et voila, job done. Not really any more painful than putting it on retention pre-write off.