registration plates how do i?

[16xe_chris]

How do i take a standard registration number off a car and put it on a retention certificate??

Will this cost much to do?

Any info will help :thumb:

[loggyboy]

Its £105 to retain for 1 yr, £130 for 2 and £155 for 3, (basically £80 transfer fee and £25 per year to keep it on retention)

and you need to complete this form : http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_4022575?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=178701&Rendition=Web

[16xe_chris]

So if i've just had the number plate valued at £145 its not worth doiing it ha ha

+rep for your help

[L14MNP]

SORN the car it may be cheaper in the long run lol

[16xe_chris]

SORN the car it may be cheaper in the long run lol

Weigh it in and get a few quid back lol

[L14MNP]

Bingo. Then hooky MOT, tax and insure it, swap the plate onto a legal car (or retention) cash in tax and cancel insurance lol.

AFAIK you can swap plates off cars if they're out of T&T by no more than 6 months but I think it's up to the DVLA.

[Graeme]

Doing the above can be a little risky as the dvla can ask to see the car if it has been off the road for a few years

[L14MNP]

Yeah ^ I know when I tried to remove my plate as the car had at the time been SORNed for 4 years they said they would need to see it fully roadworthy at the 'testing station' which I assume meant the VIC place.

[Graeme]

I tried to add my private plate, change the colour, change the engine size and number on my saloon and they also asked to see it, I also have a friend who has been breaking minis for thirty years and gave me a log book off an old one so I could have black plates and they also asked to see it

[rednova]

can you put a standard plate on retention? im sure my mate had a decent one on his calibra but couldnt transfer it off etc (mantamark on here) its only private ones that you can transfer iirc

[Graeme]

I thought you could remove any plate for 105 quid I could be wrong though

[L14MNP]

Certain ones aren't allowed to leave the vehicle, as people were buying and scrapping old vehicles in order to acquire dateless plates on the cheap. So that has screwed things up a bit TBH. Probs true about retaining standard ones too, bet you have to buy it from them first. :S

Rednova, Manta should be more concerned with getting his Corsa on the road! lol - I assume you mean the same lad, although I didn't know he was on here.

[Sloth]

whats the palte bud? if ya dont mind me askin?

[L14MNP]

STF11 lol

[Sloth]

lmao, i was offered c20xej last year for £250. wish id got it now...
b16 xed is still available too

[L14MNP]

I wanted P11 STR but it's gone.
Had my eye on P11 GTT once over too, a mate bought that.

Those are canny engine reg's Rob do it.

[rednova]

Certain ones aren't allowed to leave the vehicle, as people were buying and scrapping old vehicles in order to acquire dateless plates on the cheap. So that has screwed things up a bit TBH. Probs true about retaining standard ones too, bet you have to buy it from them first. :S

Rednova, Manta should be more concerned with getting his Corsa on the road! lol - I assume you mean the same lad, although I didn't know he was on here.

yeah thats him lol - pops on here once in a blue moon:thumb: