Thinking of getting a private plate, having not had one before, not 100% sure on procedure, maybe some of you guys out there that have them can enlighten me
I know there are websites out there about it all, but it takes ages to find the right answers

Buying seem straight forward but what happens to the original plate, I understand you can retain it at £25 per annum but what if you don't and then want to sell the car and keep the private plate  Arrived - RRSport 2016 HSE SDV6 HSE
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When you sell you can put your cherished plate on 'retention'. DVLA will then re-issue a number to your car which is often the one that it used to have anyway. Darren Griffin
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Not heard of paying £25 to keep the old plate before. Whenever I have sold my car, I have put the private plate on retention and the dvla have just reassigned the original number back onto the car. Just keep your old number plates so that you can put them back on when you sell the car.

Ahh! More like £125 to reassign your number plate, having just done it.

Very straight forward to move it to another vehicle. Takes about 4 - 6 weeks for the paperwork to come through. TDV6 - gone
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Richard,

You can buy your plates from so many different sources these days .... I have bought several and these have been sourced through private adds and from the DVLA direct and from attending one of their auctions. Which ever method/route you choose it is pretty straight forward.

If you buy a plate immediately from DVLA - you will have the chance to assign it to a vehicle at a later date. If it still hasn't been assigned to a car then it will cost you £25 to keep it on retention for a further year.

Once you have purchased a plate - transferring to another vehicle is easy but time consuming. If your new car is bought new from a dealer - they will handle all this for you EASY ..... but if you prefer to sell your ca privately then you had best apply to remove your plate 1st. You will need a form form DVLA = a V778/1 and will cost £105 ..... but this figure represents the £25 retention fee and the £80 assignment fee.

Take a look at the DVLA website http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/home and if your feeling brave then I can recc. attending a DVLA auction ..... good fun and a real eye opener. . . their latest auction details can be found here Haycock Hotel, Wansford, Cambridgeshire http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/auction/cataloguev9/index.html

Happy hunting  
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Richchad wrote:

Thinking of getting a private plate, having not had one before, not 100% sure on procedure, maybe some of you guys out there that have them can enlighten me
I know there are websites out there about it all, but it takes ages to find the right answers

Buying seem straight forward but what happens to the original plate, I understand you can retain it at £25 per annum but what if you don't and then want to sell the car and keep the private plate

PauloAmore wrote:

FYI - www.fancyplates.com custom made me a specific RRS rear plate that fits the whole of the curved area of the boot lid. Looks the dogs (much better than just the standard or larger rectangle plate). The plate is now available as the large 4 x 4 rear plate.

it is in fact now listed as Range Rover Sport Shaped Rear [ click on the fancy plates - not the standard ] 
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MDP wrote:

PauloAmore wrote:

FYI - www.fancyplates.com custom made me a specific RRS rear plate that fits the whole of the curved area of the boot lid. Looks the dogs (much better than just the standard or larger rectangle plate). The plate is now available as the large 4 x 4 rear plate.

it is in fact now listed as Range Rover Sport Shaped Rear [ click on the fancy plates - not the standard ]

ooops.

Well, RTFM back at me then!  2022 P440e AB

 
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Thanks for all your replies, most helpful  Arrived - RRSport 2016 HSE SDV6 HSE
Loire Blue/Ivory leather Privacy Glass

Gone - RRSPORT 2010 TDV6 HSE
Stornaway/Ebony Premium leather with Lunar stitching, Heated Steering Wheel and Privacy Glass.

Gone - RRSPORT TDV6 HSE
Buckingham Blue/Ivory, Privacy Glass, Tasmods Sills, Supercharged Black Badges all round, Grille & Vents, plus RRSport Sticker & Brolly of course.

when you do change the plates on the car be aware that if you sell the car on after changing the plate again it will flag up an anomaly on a HPI report, this mat not be a problem if you are P/Xing the car only if you are sellling it privately and the purchaser gets a report out of hours, he will then need to contact the HPI company to double check the status.

i know this because it has happened to me several times, unless things have changed with HPI checks


Just thought i would mention it, it shouldn't put you off getting one  some of my Previous cars
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PauloAmore wrote:

FYI - www.fancyplates.com custom made me a specific RRS rear plate that fits the whole of the curved area of the boot lid. Looks the dogs (much better than just the standard or larger rectangle plate). The plate is now available as the large 4 x 4 rear plate.

Well have just bought my Private plate, now thinking of ordering the plates from Fancyplates.com to get the rear RRSport plate, not sure what it looks like though, anyone any pictures  Arrived - RRSport 2016 HSE SDV6 HSE
Loire Blue/Ivory leather Privacy Glass

Gone - RRSPORT 2010 TDV6 HSE
Stornaway/Ebony Premium leather with Lunar stitching, Heated Steering Wheel and Privacy Glass.

Gone - RRSPORT TDV6 HSE
Buckingham Blue/Ivory, Privacy Glass, Tasmods Sills, Supercharged Black Badges all round, Grille & Vents, plus RRSport Sticker & Brolly of course.

This shape I think  
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It is also the same plate as Ford dealers put on the Focus and MG Rover used to put on the Rover 75, and they can be bought from most companies that make up number plates for about £20 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Good pic MDP, hmmm not sure if it looks better than normal plate or not really......
Wonder what it would look like with the GB Euro thingy on the left, and also with or without a border,  Arrived - RRSport 2016 HSE SDV6 HSE
Loire Blue/Ivory leather Privacy Glass

Gone - RRSPORT 2010 TDV6 HSE
Stornaway/Ebony Premium leather with Lunar stitching, Heated Steering Wheel and Privacy Glass.

Gone - RRSPORT TDV6 HSE
Buckingham Blue/Ivory, Privacy Glass, Tasmods Sills, Supercharged Black Badges all round, Grille & Vents, plus RRSport Sticker & Brolly of course.