I just sold my car lunchtime but I want to keep my personal number plate.

The guy paid by cheque so it will take until the end of next week before it clears and he can pick the car up.

Hopefully I will be buying a replacement tomorrow.

What is the best way to transfer the plates.

Can it be done in a day if I went to a local DVLA office.

I don't particularly want to retain the number and then put it on the new car as I think that costs a lot more.

Cheers

Rob 2008 Black Range Rover Sports HST, 4.2 Supercharged.

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Yes go to your local office who should be able to do it on the day, but you will need all the documents of both cars. If not it is only an extra £25.00 to retain it so no big expense.

This should help answer your questions
http://www.comparenumberplates.co.uk/priva...mber-plate

Paying an extra £25 to retain the number rather than transferring it will be the best £25 you have ever spent!

Trust me on this one, I've been at the wrong end of a DVLA delay with a customer who is desperate to collect their car on more occasions than I can remember! In essence we will only retain now unless the customer knows the full situation should it get delayed at DVLA.

James

Agree with James, you don't need the documents for the receiving vehicle then.

Stick it on retention untill you're ready - you have 12 months and can renew the retention certificate for another £25 if you haven't put it on a motor.

In fact you can have up to 3 years at one retention payment now as I have just done this with one of mine last week. So theres no rush to re-assign it if you pay a block retention, if you re-assign it within the time then you get the remaining complete years payment back IIRC.
BTW the buyer was advised in no uncertain terms that the plate wasn't included in the deal was he? My brother-in-law lost a private plate because he hadn't included a note in the bill of sale that the plate wasn't included and the buyer contended that it was.............. it was a nice plate but not worth fighting over 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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I agree with James, Put it on retention first. I had exactly the delay James was reffering to with the DVLA when I was changing from my old RRS to my current one and wanted to transfer my Reg Number. The delay meant my new car had to be registered with it's standard issue number until the DVLA sorted themselves out! Once they had got it sorted I was able to put my personal Reg on the car BUT, the t ssers at LR Finance then proceeded to charge me £50 for changing the Reg Details on the Finance Agreement!! Dealer did try and have a word with them about it but they wouldn't budge! £25 is better than £50  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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Discovery1953 wrote:

I just sold my car lunchtime but I want to keep my personal number plate.

The guy paid by cheque so it will take until the end of next week before it clears and he can pick the car up.

Hopefully I will be buying a replacement tomorrow.

What is the best way to transfer the plates.

Can it be done in a day if I went to a local DVLA office.

I don't particularly want to retain the number and then put it on the new car as I think that costs a lot more.

Cheers

Rob

Picked my new car up yesterday, many thanks to "sweetafton" (James) she is a truely wonderful beast.

My question is I want to tranfer my old personalised plate from the Disco to the new car.

I sold the Disco but the new owner has yet to collect the car and sign the V5.

Would it be best if I sent it off in my name and then get him to sign the V5 once the plate has been transferred??

Cheers

Rob 2008 Black Range Rover Sports HST, 4.2 Supercharged.

RAM Cobra, Aluminium body, 7 litres and +500 BHP - SOLD

Discovery1953 wrote:

Discovery1953 wrote:

Rob

Picked my new car up yesterday, many thanks to "sweetafton" (James) she is a truely wonderful beast.

My question is I want to tranfer my old personalised plate from the Disco to the new car.

I sold the Disco but the new owner has yet to collect the car and sign the V5.

Would it be best if I sent it off in my name and then get him to sign the V5 once the plate has been transferred??

Cheers

Rob

i would say yes, just run it by the new owner of your intensions so that he is kept in the loop of what you are doing, keep a photo copy of your log book just for piece of mind for the new owner.

You need the V5's of both vehicles to transfer them over, unless you have these then i think you will have no choice other than retention, i could be wrong.

I swapped the plates from my RRS to my missus car when she bought me a new plate and the company the plate was bought from handled the transfer but it was a right chew to get it all done

What happens with the tax disc? Do they send you a new one with new reg on it ?

sweetafton wrote:

What happens with the tax disc? Do they send you a new one with new reg on it ?

Yes

Cheers

How do you remove the sticky pads that hold on the number plate. They look a nightmare!

Heat gun, or your other half's hair dryer, if you use a heat gun DON'T burn your paint