Cheap dateless plates

[jimmyjam]

My old man has been looking for a 3 x 3 dateless plate (well actually its mostly me searching for him). Apart from the usual suspects which come up if you Google 'cheap dateless plates' of which there are plenty. Does anyone know of any good sites. Not too interested in Irish plates, although FIG is OK and some with 'X's are alright.

[Ray Singh]

DVLA-SOM website will by far be the cheapest place to buy this sort of thing.

http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/

Good luck !

[Twincam16]

Aren't there registrations in the Channel Islands that are just a row of numbers? I always think they look pleasingly enigmatic.

[marcosgt]

Just get a REALLY old plate AAA 123C or something like that

M.

[Ari]

Twincam16 said:

Aren't there registrations in the Channel Islands that are just a row of numbers? I always think they look pleasingly enigmatic.

They're great if you live in the Channel Islands, not much good over here though surely?

[Sir Bagalot]

When will people stop calling them Irish plates? They're Northern Ireland plates...

Anyways

Cheap 3x3. Ebay is your place

[Jem0911]

Another eBay vote.

I have a couple nothing in the meaning nothing over £400 when bought look great (to me) on the cars.

Keep at it they turn up. Be non specific in your search

[Kiltox]

I bought BVV 51S from R4V.co.uk for 150 inc transfer.

[Jem0911]

Kiltox said:

I bought BVV 51S from R4V.co.uk for 150 inc transfer.

Didn't you leave it on the Laguna?

[ClaphamGT3]

R4V are good - I've had a couple off them

[Kiltox]

Yes, but its worth looking at their site for similar plates.

[Papa Hotel]

Sir Bagalot said:

When will people stop calling them Irish plates? They're Northern Ireland plates...

I was going to say this but I sometimes (often) sound like a broken record in real life explaining the difference to random idiots.

[Kiltox]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Why????

Why do you care????

[MrReg]

Always being asked this at the moment.
YHM

[jdw1234]

Go on NewReg.com

Turn search engine on to dateless 3x3 and sort for price and exclude irish tat.

They start from £545 before haggling.

http://www.newreg.co.uk/search/search_results/0/0/...

They have cheap 3 x 1 as well.

http://www.newreg.co.uk/search/search_results/0/0/...

I have no affiliation.

[Kiltox]

Ozzie Osmond said:

It's simply not obvious to me why someone would pay £150 for a plate worth nothing...
It's your money though so do what you like with it.

Clearly not everyone thinks so. Only reason I didn't transfer it to my new car is the amount of fees involved at both ends of ownership - DVLA, insurance and finance companies all wanting an admin fee.

[Papa Hotel]

jdw1234 said:

Turn search engine on to dateless 3x3 and sort for price and exclude irish tat.

I'd be very surprised if you could buy an Irish plate and put it on a UK-registered car.

[skinley]

Kiltox said:

I bought BVV 51S from R4V.co.uk for 150 inc transfer.

That's not a dateless plate.

[Kiltox]

skinley said:

That's not a dateless plate.

It's not, but it looks like it is to most people.

[Mr E Driver]

Cheapest way to get a 'cheap plate' is to bid on the DVLA online auctions. I have bought some fairly good plates at quite reasonable prices even though I don't have enough vehicles to put them on!