What private plates do you have?

[CrouchingWayne]

Bit if a daft question for the experts in here - when moving a plate from one car to another do I need to follow the gov/DVLA steps for “remove plate from a car” and put it on retention for an £80 fee, before then following the “allocate plate to a car” guidelines from the gov same site?

I had it in my head that the £80 fee would be avoided if moving straight from one car to another.

Apologies for the silly question but I’ve not done a transfer from one to another before.

[RATATTAK]

CrouchingWayne said:

Bit if a daft question for the experts in here - when moving a plate from one car to another do I need to follow the gov/DVLA steps for “remove plate from a car” and put it on retention for an £80 fee, before then following the “allocate plate to a car” guidelines from the gov same site?

I had it in my head that the £80 fee would be avoided if moving straight from one car to another.

Apologies for the silly question but I’ve not done a transfer from one to another before.

Short answer 'yes'
Longer answer 'there is no way to avoid the fee'

[CRA1G]

CrouchingWayne said:

Bit if a daft question for the experts in here - when moving a plate from one car to another do I need to follow the gov/DVLA steps for “remove plate from a car” and put it on retention for an £80 fee, before then following the “allocate plate to a car” guidelines from the gov same site?

I had it in my head that the £80 fee would be avoided if moving straight from one car to another.

Apologies for the silly question but I’ve not done a transfer from one to another before.

£80 to pay either way (transfer or retention) it is actually cheaper now for retention it used to be £105.

[CrouchingWayne]

Thanks for the quick replies! Is there a way to “make the most of it” or is it the same either way? I’d read a bit on regtransfers that suggested you got number plates sent out if you did it a certain way. I definitely don’t remember that though!!

[Raman Kandola]

R66MNN for my name Raman - had it 5 years and still not put it on a car due to driving company cars most of the time

[pingu393]

CrouchingWayne said:

Thanks for the quick replies! Is there a way to “make the most of it” or is it the same either way? I’d read a bit on regtransfers that suggested you got number plates sent out if you did it a certain way. I definitely don’t remember that though!!

IIRC, you used to be charged to retain, but the transfer was free / included in the retention fee. Now, the retention is free, but you pay to transfer.

You can reclaim the transfer fee if you choose to give up the retention, but you lose everything if you don't renew the retention when the time comes.

[B'stard Child]

pingu393 said:

CrouchingWayne said:

Thanks for the quick replies! Is there a way to “make the most of it” or is it the same either way? I’d read a bit on regtransfers that suggested you got number plates sent out if you did it a certain way. I definitely don’t remember that though!!

IIRC, you used to be charged to retain, but the transfer was free / included in the retention fee. Now, the retention is free, but you pay to transfer.

You can reclaim the transfer fee if you choose to give up the retention, but you lose everything if you don't renew the retention when the time comes.

It’s still a retention fee - with “free” to assign it to a new vehicle of the retention process

[Mirinjawbro]

what's the obsession with getting initials but making your car look 10 -20 years old with a DT04 or something at the start

[B'stard Child]

Mirinjawbro said:

what's the obsession with getting initials but making your car look 10 -20 years old with a DT04 or something at the start

Not doing any harm is it? If people like it what’s the problem?

My plate dates from 1983 (on a 2013 car) and her 1998 (on a 2005 car) they make me happy - any petrol head could roughly age both cars to within 5 years

[Mirinjawbro]

the problem is alot people do it to look cool / make the car look better

IMO adding an 04 looking plate to a 21 plate cars looks silly.

you've spent enough on the car why not spend more than £200 on a decent plate which you would also have for a very long time if you wanted

[B'stard Child]

Mirinjawbro said:

the problem is alot people do it to look cool / make the car look better

IMO adding an 04 looking plate to a 21 plate cars looks silly.

you've spent enough on the car why not spend more than £200 on a decent plate which you would also have for a very long time if you wanted

I can't remember what I paid for mine - I think £350



It's car related rather than specific to me - one day it will be back on the correct car

But I know I paid £399 for hers



Funny thing is when I first got it it was on a 1998 car and it's been on a 2000, 2001, 2006 and now a 2005

[21st Century Man]

Just goes to show that some people have to have the very latest plate possible and simply cannot fathom why someone would put an older plate on a younger car, even if it's a private plate with meaning for the owner far beyond the age identifier.

[21st Century Man]

Mirinjawbro said:

IMO adding an 04 looking plate to a 21 plate cars looks silly.

you've spent enough on the car why not spend more than £200 on a decent plate which you would also have for a very long time if you wanted

And if you had it for a very long time would it not then become an older plate on a newer car?

Sorry, just realised you presumably mean an age less plate? But the 21 plate bit threw me.

Edited by 21st Century Man on Sunday 10th October 21:41

[Pymmie]

I’m please with JiG 383 on my Mk3 Interceptor.

It’s a G series with a 383ci motor .. Cool Eh

John P

[OFORBES]

This is my favourite plate in my collection, although it's now on another car of mine. My initials and my favourite/lucky number!

[Deranged Rover]

I have G5RAS on retention. It was on my old Range Rover when I bought it so I decided to hang onto it as I grew rather fond of it. My initials are ‘AS’ and Mrs D.R. decided that the ‘R’ undoubtedly stood for ‘real’ so I should hang onto it, to prove that I’m not an impostor.

If I ever mange to get to the end of my battle with the DVLA to persuade them that my Marcos wasn’t actually permanently exported last year and they give me a V5C for it, I will probably put the plate onto it.

Unless anyone wants to give me a wedge of money for it, in which case, it’s yours (the plate, not the Marcos…).

[Vipers]

OFORBES said:

This is my favourite plate in my collection, although it's now on another car of mine. My initials and my favourite/lucky number!

The grey Land Rover?

[Stiggolas]

i was never going to bother but just before my dad died, he gave me his number. It's a keeper.

[CRA1G]

Time certainly fly's by..... I've had this number over 30 odd years now..!

[OFORBES]

Vipers said:

The grey Land Rover?

Yes it is! How did you know that!?