Transferring private plate without MOT

[motoroller]

The car doesn't have MOT or tax but has been sitting for a while. I want to take the private plate off - how do I go about it?

[motoroller]

AndrewW-G said:

You get it MOT'd and Taxed, there doesnt seem to be a short cut to this and like many others in the past I've had to get a car to scrape through the MOT just to get the plate off it!

Edited by AndrewW-G on Tuesday 9th February 09:43

It's a pretty stupid law, it just means the DVLA get a load of private plates back when cars are scrapped and they can then sell them back on :S Hopefully someone's managed to do it without MOT and we can find out how to...

[motoroller]

SystemParanoia said:

I had a bare ( with terminal unsalvageable rust ) shell once that I wanted the plate off... no chance of it ever rolling again, nevermind driving.

I just got a dodgy mot.

Its not like I ever planned on driving the car, or that there would ever be a victim as a result of me getting this piece of paper.

How does one go about... err... obtaining this paper?

[motoroller]

anonymous said:

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So can I just get them to inspect the car instead of needing the tax or MOT?

[motoroller]

Altrezia said:

My Mrs lost her 21st birthday prezzie plate because of this. By the time the DVLA had got back to her (she applied to do it without having an MOT - you can appeal if it is not motable) she had already given up and sold most of the parts of the car - it was just a bare shell (which she presumed would be enough to prove the car had existed..)

Madness.

What happened to the plate - is it for sale from the DVLA again?