Private plate question
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Looking for a bit of advice from more experience folk please…
Considering buying a 74 prefix reg from DVLA for a new car I’ve got on order, due end September, which will have my initials on it. I’ve never had a personalised plate before & am a little unsure of process.
My understanding is that I buy the plate, then provide documentation to dealer who assigns to car & gets plates made up, instead of me choosing one that dealer has allocated.
However, what happens later on down the line if I decide to sell car but want to keep the plate? It’s not clear on DVLA website as the car being new will not have had another plate assigned to it previously. At a later date, can I apply to put my plate on retention & will DVLA assign another generic 74 plate to it?
Thanks in advance for any help 👍
Considering buying a 74 prefix reg from DVLA for a new car I’ve got on order, due end September, which will have my initials on it. I’ve never had a personalised plate before & am a little unsure of process.
My understanding is that I buy the plate, then provide documentation to dealer who assigns to car & gets plates made up, instead of me choosing one that dealer has allocated.
However, what happens later on down the line if I decide to sell car but want to keep the plate? It’s not clear on DVLA website as the car being new will not have had another plate assigned to it previously. At a later date, can I apply to put my plate on retention & will DVLA assign another generic 74 plate to it?
Thanks in advance for any help 👍
If the plate a car was originally registered with is transferred to another car or put on retention a non transferable plate appropriate to the year it was first registered will be assigned to the car.
Non transferable means it cannot be transferred to another car / put on retention, doesn't mean another plate cannot be transferred on to the car as some people claim.
Non transferable means it cannot be transferred to another car / put on retention, doesn't mean another plate cannot be transferred on to the car as some people claim.
As above, just apply to transfer or retain your personalised reg and DVLA will just assign a random appropriately dated registration in it’s place.
My wife has had a slew of new cars during our time together, and at least half of them have been registered as new on her personalised reg and it has never been an issue to transfer/retain it when changing car.
It’s dead easy to do the registration stuff online now too, though I think you still can only do it within certain hours!
My wife has had a slew of new cars during our time together, and at least half of them have been registered as new on her personalised reg and it has never been an issue to transfer/retain it when changing car.
It’s dead easy to do the registration stuff online now too, though I think you still can only do it within certain hours!
If it's new, as opposed to new-to-you, it will be assigned a 2024 registration when you put yours on retention.
A 1995 car I owned was first registered with a cherished number, was sold to the second owner who put a cherished number on it, then sold to the third owner and acquired a 1995 registration. The age of the cherished numbers was irrelevant.
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A 1995 car I owned was first registered with a cherished number, was sold to the second owner who put a cherished number on it, then sold to the third owner and acquired a 1995 registration. The age of the cherished numbers was irrelevant.
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Your understanding on both transactions is correct.
Just make sure you do it all online and both the purchase /retention procedures are very straightforward.
Should you sell your car to a dealer ie partex then you should also be able (having put the plate on retention) not worry about physically transferring your then existing car to the new assigned plates as they should be able to do that.
Just make sure you do it all online and both the purchase /retention procedures are very straightforward.
Should you sell your car to a dealer ie partex then you should also be able (having put the plate on retention) not worry about physically transferring your then existing car to the new assigned plates as they should be able to do that.
If purchasing a new car let the dealer register the car with the DVLA allocated registration and the dealer will make up the number plates and fit them to the vehicle.
You can purchase the personalised registration from DVLA and get the number plates made up. Ask the dealer nicely and they may make up the plates especially if they include their sales details as free advertising.
Now assign the personalised plate to the car and remove the old and fit the new numberplates. You can use the holes in the old plates as a guide.
All the above can be done in just one or two days.
This is the crucial bit for the future...
Keep the physical number plates that were removed and in the future when the personalised plate is put on retention DVLA will almost certainly assign the original registration and you already have a set of plates.
You can purchase the personalised registration from DVLA and get the number plates made up. Ask the dealer nicely and they may make up the plates especially if they include their sales details as free advertising.
Now assign the personalised plate to the car and remove the old and fit the new numberplates. You can use the holes in the old plates as a guide.
All the above can be done in just one or two days.
This is the crucial bit for the future...
Keep the physical number plates that were removed and in the future when the personalised plate is put on retention DVLA will almost certainly assign the original registration and you already have a set of plates.
Actual said:
If purchasing a new car let the dealer register the car with the DVLA allocated registration and the dealer will make up the number plates and fit them to the vehicle.
You can purchase the personalised registration from DVLA and get the number plates made up. Ask the dealer nicely and they may make up the plates especially if they include their sales details as free advertising.
Now assign the personalised plate to the car and remove the old and fit the new numberplates. You can use the holes in the old plates as a guide.
All the above can be done in just one or two days.
This is the crucial bit for the future...
Keep the physical number plates that were removed and in the future when the personalised plate is put on retention DVLA will almost certainly assign the original registration and you already have a set of plates.
There's no need to do this, I've had several cars registered with my private plate then when I come to sell them I just do the transfer and the DVLA assign a random plate to the car. I then either get some cheap plates from eBay or speak to the dealer that I'm trading the car in to see if they will make some plates up for me.You can purchase the personalised registration from DVLA and get the number plates made up. Ask the dealer nicely and they may make up the plates especially if they include their sales details as free advertising.
Now assign the personalised plate to the car and remove the old and fit the new numberplates. You can use the holes in the old plates as a guide.
All the above can be done in just one or two days.
This is the crucial bit for the future...
Keep the physical number plates that were removed and in the future when the personalised plate is put on retention DVLA will almost certainly assign the original registration and you already have a set of plates.
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