Private plate transfer when selling vehicle

[M005]

I have just secured the sale of my vehicle which currently has a private plate on it.
I have the relevant DVLA forms and am transferring the number onto a retention certificate until we buy another vehicle.

I intend to send the form, V5 & MOT off once the buyer has collected the vehicle. I should get them back within 5 days and can then send off the V5 for change of ownership and MOT to the new owner.

The issue is; I want to keep the number plates to save paying for new ones to be made up and have the old plates to put on, however as the buyer lives ~ 200miles away this is a problem if I leave them on the vehicle.

I realise there is an issue for a few days of the vehicle strictly displaying the wrong plate if I change them before I sell it, but what is there a practical way around this?

The private plate has only been on for 6 months so I am fairly confident that the original age related plate will be reassigned.

Thanks.

[sleep envy]

M005 said:

is there a practical way around this?

putting the plate on retention before put a car up for sale

sorry but this always irritates the st out of me, why do vendors always wait until as car is sold before the do a reg transfer?

always complicates matters and holds up the sale

[P700DEE]

Best get the plate transfered imeadiately at you local DVLA office and stall the buyer while you await the new V5.

Not so good, sell car, transfer plate and give him both sets of number plates and a suitable envelope postage paid for return of your private plates and transfer certificate when he gets them. Once he has bought the car , the plate is his unless he signs a release and forwards you the transfer certificate when he gets it.

[hornetrider]

When I bought a car with private plates, the seller sent the V5 off to the DVLA and left the plates on the car which I drove away with. He also gave me the original plates. The new V5 turned up around a week or so later. He didn't want the plates back, even though I offered to post.

[Mr Green]

I sold a car to a dealer but kept the paperwork(with the dealers approval)while I transfered the number to a retention certificate. My car was over 15 years old and as such they required me to take the (sold) car down to their office for 5 minutes so that their member of staff could confirm the engine and chassis numbers(to prove it wasn't a ringer). The engine had blown and so this was not possible without using a low loader and a mechanic from the dealer which I wasn't prepared to do(fk um).
The reasoning behind this apparently is because due to equal opportunities men and women used to go to garages/lock ups/private address,etc to view these cars but it is considered to dangerous to have women doing it so now if it's required you have to take the car to them and sod the expense.
I have since found out that they have changed the rule so now any car what ever its age can become liable to be called in for an inspection should your local transport office see fit.
The garage in question sold the car but some how managed to keep the number, it's now for sale for a grand.

My advice would have been to sort the plate out before you even advertise the car for sale.

http://www.ss-preparations.co.uk/Cherished%20Numbe...

[AndrewW-G]

5 days from sending off the forms to getting the new V5C.............

A simple search will turn up YESTERDAYS thread on this very subjectaverage turnaround is 3 weeks

[Shaw Tarse]

How much will it cost to have new plates made?
Where are you likely to buy the next car from? If it's trade, by law shouldn't the dealer's name & number be displayed?

[Pcot]

I've never experienced any longer than 7 days for a DVLA turnaround.

[Roo]

Pcot said:

I've never experienced any longer than 7 days for a DVLA turnaround.

To get the paperwork about the transfer - yes. To get a new V5C - no.

What happens if they want to inspect the car?

[sleep envy]

Roo said:

What happens if they want to inspect the car?

had mine called up for an inspection and some old boy waddled out from the office

got me to show him the chassis nuber on the car (he could barely see it as his eyesight was so poor) and then asked me to show him the engine number

I said it was on the block under the car and if he wanted to see it he'd need to take the oil pan off

he just ticked all the boxes and said it was fine

[doonebuggy]

HI....i have just bought a cherished plate to put on a car. What happens with the cherished reg plate when i sell the car in the future? I gather the DVLA dispose of the existing plate and so would i have to buy a plate to go on it if i want to sell the car? Would the DVLA allocate a plate if i requested to retain the bought cherished plate? Or do i have to pay to retain the existing plate at the same time as transferring my cherish plate on to the car? I have check lots of sites but can't seem to find the answer in plain language. Thanks in advance

[Bungleaio]

The existing number for the car goes into limbo when you transfer a new plate to it.

When you apply to change your cherished plate off you can either put it on retention or transfer it directly to another car. When the cherished number comes off the original one will return to the car so you can just reattach the original plates.

It's a simple process but you need to make sure you send the right forms.

[doonebuggy]

Thanks...i wasn't sure if i had to apply to retain the original plate and so you might have just saved me some money...thanks!