Selling a private number plate
Discussion
Last year, I bought a second hand Audi A4 (B9) 2.0 TFSI S-Line from a specialist used car dealer.
The car was first registered in September 2016, making it nominally a 66 plate.
However it has only ever had a private place since it was registered.
I am looking at selling the plate and get a standard 66 plate issued.
How do I go about doing this?
The car was first registered in September 2016, making it nominally a 66 plate.
However it has only ever had a private place since it was registered.
I am looking at selling the plate and get a standard 66 plate issued.
How do I go about doing this?
Hi DJH71,
To add to the above ...... your existing car will be allocated an 'Age Related' registration. When you receive the new V5C for your car showing the change of registration you can then go and get the number plates made (you'll need the replacement V5C for this). Before fitting them to your car, REMEMBER to notify your insurance company of a change of registration. Otherwise you'll be driving around in a car that shows (to the police or camera) that it's un-insured. Some insurance companies will charge for making the change - typically up to £25.
Now you have the private registration on a Retention Certificate you can advertise it for sale. The buyer can then transfer it to a vehicle (or transfer the Retention Certificate to their name).
To add to the above ...... your existing car will be allocated an 'Age Related' registration. When you receive the new V5C for your car showing the change of registration you can then go and get the number plates made (you'll need the replacement V5C for this). Before fitting them to your car, REMEMBER to notify your insurance company of a change of registration. Otherwise you'll be driving around in a car that shows (to the police or camera) that it's un-insured. Some insurance companies will charge for making the change - typically up to £25.
Now you have the private registration on a Retention Certificate you can advertise it for sale. The buyer can then transfer it to a vehicle (or transfer the Retention Certificate to their name).
You can advertise it whilst it's still on the car with most of the resale companies, you don't have to have put it on retention.
I did this with one plate which came on a car as I wasn't convinced it was worth spending the £80 taking it off the car! When it eventually did sell (for about £250 after being advertised for years), I then transferred it off and sent retention details to the company.
I did this with one plate which came on a car as I wasn't convinced it was worth spending the £80 taking it off the car! When it eventually did sell (for about £250 after being advertised for years), I then transferred it off and sent retention details to the company.
DJH1971 said:
Spare tyre said:
Is the number plate anything special or a bog standard cheapo private?
A bit unsureTarquinMX5 said:
The actual number is irrelevant to your enquiry and there's no need to publicise it. The process is simple and outlined above; you might find that the newly-allocated age-related number is not 'local' to you.
The car in 99% of cases is simply issued with its prior plate. The actual number is entirely relevant if the OP wants a rough value and view on its saleability.
If it’s an average number it might be valueless. If its date
Less the opposite,ight apply.
It would have to be completely diabolical to be worth less than the £80 transfer fee.
As others have said, I d remove it online and the DVLA will issue the car with a standard plate. The private plate will come back to you on a V778 with a 10 year expiry date (which can be renewed for free).
My insurer charges £15 to change number plates.
Edited to say: Ultimately you d be approximately £125 in (I was anyway).
£80 transfer + £30 replacement plastic plates + £15 insurance policy change = £125.
As others have said, I d remove it online and the DVLA will issue the car with a standard plate. The private plate will come back to you on a V778 with a 10 year expiry date (which can be renewed for free).
My insurer charges £15 to change number plates.
Edited to say: Ultimately you d be approximately £125 in (I was anyway).
£80 transfer + £30 replacement plastic plates + £15 insurance policy change = £125.
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bennno said:
TarquinMX5 said:
The actual number is irrelevant to your enquiry and there's no need to publicise it. The process is simple and outlined above; you might find that the newly-allocated age-related number is not 'local' to you.
The car in 99% of cases is simply issued with its prior plate. The actual number is entirely relevant if the OP wants a rough value and view on its saleability.
If it s an average number it might be valueless. If its date
Less the opposite,ight apply.
I have no idea how DVLA works internally, simply pointing out how it sometimes works, or worked.
Geertsen said:
It would have to be completely diabolical to be worth less than the £80 transfer fee.
As others have said, I d remove it online and the DVLA will issue the car with a standard plate. The private plate will come back to you on a V778 with a 10 year expiry date (which can be renewed for free).
My insurer charges £15 to change number plates.
Edited to say: Ultimately you d be approximately £125 in (I was anyway).
£80 transfer + £30 replacement plastic plates + £15 insurance policy change = £125.
Worst case once you have retained the plate you can surrender the plate certificate to DVLA and they send you the £80 transfer fee.As others have said, I d remove it online and the DVLA will issue the car with a standard plate. The private plate will come back to you on a V778 with a 10 year expiry date (which can be renewed for free).
My insurer charges £15 to change number plates.
Edited to say: Ultimately you d be approximately £125 in (I was anyway).
£80 transfer + £30 replacement plastic plates + £15 insurance policy change = £125.
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