Transferring private plate to new car

[James_33]

Sorry in advance over this, I suspect there is threads on here with similar but sometimes find it best just to ask, especially having never done this before.

So I bought a new to me car a month ago and having wondering what we were going to do with the old one keep or sell we have decided to sell, we put temporary insurance cover on the old car so as it wasn't sat on the drive uninsured should the worst happen and this is due to expire in the next 6 days, I was wondering is it possible to transfer the plate on the old car to the new one instantly and as long as the insurance is updated its fine to drive the new one straight away without waiting for the new V5 coming?

Also will 2 V5s be sent to me after paying the £80 fee presumably because the original plate will be issued back to the old car? Just wanting to make this as cheap as possible without having to extend temp cover again or any other admin fees which insurance companies love to charge for everything.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[Tommo87]

I think you might have to put the old plate on a retention certificate first and then use that certificate number and the new vehicles logbook number to assign it to the new vehicle.

New logbooks will be sent out for both cars and MOT history will be updated to show the new registrations.

It has been 3 years since I did mine, and things may have changed. Also I traded the old car in and didnt want to risk losing the plate so took it off early.

[Alex_225]

Get the plate on retention first, then you can apply it to the new car. You should get the old plate reassigned so no need to make up new plates for the old car.

I think only then can you transfer onto the new one, it is instant when you do but I believe you'll need the retention certificate first.

Actually, I had a quick look online and appears a V317 form lets you transfer directly onto another car but I suspect you'd have to print the form and post it.

I'd put on retention, wait for certificate and then do immediate transfer to new car online.

[James_33]

So i read the replies and then looked again, and it was a lot simpler than i thought it was going to be as far as the switching plates was concerned, filled in all online, got the retention number, then applied it to the new car then they just said to put the old plates on the old car and job done, the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online and then just sending out a couple of pieces of paper.

Issue i did have was with the insurance where the woman on the phone said that apparently they can't change registrations on temporary covered cars, so i stated well the DVLA are happy with everything and have told me to put the new and old plates onto the cars so she had to go away and have a word with a colleague to put a note on my insurance should i be stopped by the plod in the next couple of days to state that the insurance company are aware of the changes and when my temporary cover expires on the old car then it'll all fall into place.

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

[alscar]

Might also be sensible to carry on your phone or print off a copy of the online transfer paperwork - just in case.

[Baldchap]

alscar said:

Might also be sensible to carry on your phone or print off a copy of the online transfer paperwork - just in case.

I always do this.

Not that you'll see any plod these days.

[Sebring440]

James_33 said:

the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online

James_33 said:

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

First-world problems? Or did you get the "private plate" for nothing?

[Shnozz]

Alex_225 said:

Get the plate on retention first, then you can apply it to the new car. You should get the old plate reassigned so no need to make up new plates for the old car.

I think only then can you transfer onto the new one, it is instant when you do but I believe you'll need the retention certificate first.

Actually, I had a quick look online and appears a V317 form lets you transfer directly onto another car but I suspect you'd have to print the form and post it.

I'd put on retention, wait for certificate and then do immediate transfer to new car online.

Never, ever use the postal form route with the DVLA. Since WFH and the DVLA it means months. The dealer I bought my last but one Merc from insisted on using old school postal methods and it was 6 months to receive the V5.

Use the online route to stick private plate on retention. Use online to get the new V5 in your name. Then within a week or two apply to put the private plate onto the new vehicle.

You’ll be able to then display the plate on the new car, update the insurance and the updated V5 with the private plate will arrive less than a week after that.

And don’t whinge at the costs

[alscar]

Baldchap said:

I always do this.

Not that you'll see any plod these days.

The last 2 cars bought new were from the same garage 20 miles away and each time the car we were in had had its plate put on retention ready for the partex but "obviously" hadn't changed the plates over.
Both times at almost the same place we ended up in traffic next to an Interceptor car.
I was almost disappointed nothing whatsoever happened.

[Sebring440]

alscar said:

we ended up in traffic next to an Interceptor car.

A Jensen Interceptor?

[James_33]

Sebring440 said:

James_33 said:

the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online

James_33 said:

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

First-world problems? Or did you get the "private plate" for nothing?

You work for the DVLA? Irrelevant how i got the plate, I'm simply stating a fact that these charges are excessive considering what's involved which all seems automated for the most part.

[andy43]

James_33 said:

Sebring440 said:

James_33 said:

the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online

James_33 said:

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

First-world problems? Or did you get the "private plate" for nothing?

You work for the DVLA? Irrelevant how i got the plate, I'm simply stating a fact that these charges are excessive considering what's involved which all seems automated for the most part.

When you can get a cheap private plate for £250 all in from dvla or £99 off eBay to be charged £80 every time you change cars is a bit excessive… but they know once you’ve got the plate you’re effectively signed up for life. They could put it up to £1000 and many people would still pay it. But keep that quiet!

[MustangGT]

James_33 said:

Sebring440 said:

James_33 said:

the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online

James_33 said:

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

First-world problems? Or did you get the "private plate" for nothing?

You work for the DVLA? Irrelevant how i got the plate, I'm simply stating a fact that these charges are excessive considering what's involved which all seems automated for the most part.

How do you expect them to invest in the technology if there was low, or no, income from the transactional processing?

[Dannbodge]

andy43 said:

James_33 said:

Sebring440 said:

James_33 said:

the DVLA must be making an absolute mint for charging people £80 for what's essentially all done online

James_33 said:

Predictably they had no issue taking the £20 "admin" fee

First-world problems? Or did you get the "private plate" for nothing?

You work for the DVLA? Irrelevant how i got the plate, I'm simply stating a fact that these charges are excessive considering what's involved which all seems automated for the most part.

When you can get a cheap private plate for £250 all in from dvla or £99 off eBay to be charged £80 every time you change cars is a bit excessive… but they know once you’ve got the plate you’re effectively signed up for life. They could put it up to £1000 and many people would still pay it. But keep that quiet!

I got mine for nothing and I certainly wouldn't pay that much to transfer it. £80 is more than enough for a simple change. It's no worse than a registered keeper change.