I'm transferring my number plate from my current car to my new car which arrives this Friday. Dose anybody know how long it will take to transfer my personal plate over Can I do this before the car arrives? Cheers Laurence.

Takes 5 minutes online

I found out the hard way - I thought it would be weeks like it used to so did it online early to avoid delay when I sold the DS - computer told me to swap straight away and cost me £25 admin to inform insurance then another £25 to amend when I collected new vehicle

Next time I will do it on handover day to save at least one admin fee  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Hi,

AFAIK you can do retention and assignment (to an already registered vehicle) online in minutes.

If you want to transfer to a new unregistered vehicle you'll need to retain the plate and wait for the V778 as your dealer will need the V778 serial number to put your plate on AFRL.

My mates V778 took 3 days to come, last week.

Scrumps Somerset - Where the apples do grow and the cider do flow!
2021 Defender 90 D250 HSE in Tasman with white roof.
24MY D300 AB - Verasine Blue - 😀
19MY SDV6 AB - Byron Blue - Gone
17MY D5 SDV6 HSE - Firenze Red - Gone
16MY SDV6 AB -Aruba Silver - Gone
13.5MY SDV6 "HSE Black" - Baltic Blue - Gone
10MY TDV8 HSE Galway Green - Gone
14MY D4 HSE in Scotia Grey - Gone
05 TD5 D90 CSW in Cairns Blue

Last edited by scrumps on Sat Sep 17 2016 11:13am. Edited 1 time in total

I got eV948 instantly by email to get plates made to put on vehicle but didn't need them as already had them  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Hi,

Just checked here:-

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9mSs2HeJN1...-you-start

And the first qualifying statement for the online service is "You can use this service if the vehicle is registered with the DVLA"

Scrumps Somerset - Where the apples do grow and the cider do flow!
2021 Defender 90 D250 HSE in Tasman with white roof.
24MY D300 AB - Verasine Blue - 😀
19MY SDV6 AB - Byron Blue - Gone
17MY D5 SDV6 HSE - Firenze Red - Gone
16MY SDV6 AB -Aruba Silver - Gone
13.5MY SDV6 "HSE Black" - Baltic Blue - Gone
10MY TDV8 HSE Galway Green - Gone
14MY D4 HSE in Scotia Grey - Gone
05 TD5 D90 CSW in Cairns Blue

I should of clarified I was taking plate off the DS I was selling and putting on retention (now up to 10 years) as I may not use it on the PHEV if it ends up swmbo car  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!