jamesmark Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 When buying a car with a Private plate and you decide to put it back to it's original plate, how long does this take? What happens re the V5? If it is bought and it takes say 2 weeks to swap the reg plate over do you have to apply for a new V5. Anyone got expierience on buying a car with a private plate that you did not want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nad300 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 you will have to put the private reg on retension/certificate which will cost you £25 iirc & is valid for 12 months or £80 if you transfer it to another vehicle you will have to take/post both the v5/tax disc to your local dvla office, whole process should take approx 2/3 weeks theres also a possibility someone from the dvla will want to inspect your car just to check vehicle ID When buying a car with a Private plate and you decide to put it back to it's original plate, how long does this take? What happens re the V5? If it is bought and it takes say 2 weeks to swap the reg plate over do you have to apply for a new V5. Anyone got expierience on buying a car with a private plate that you did not want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Does this apply if I am buying the car and it is me that does not want the private plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Does this apply if I am buying the car and it is me that does not want the private plate? Who else would it apply to? The car is registered with that plate, if you buy it then you own the car with that plate - if you decide you don't like it then it applies to you. Have you contacted any of the plate sales companies to see if it's worth anything to them? A lot of them have sections on their sites where you can request a valuation, they might cover transfer costs. What's wrong with the private reg anyway? GAY 80Y? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Who else would it apply to? The car is registered with that plate, if you buy it then you own the car with that plate - if you decide you don't like it then it applies to you. Have you contacted any of the plate sales companies to see if it's worth anything to them? A lot of them have sections on their sites where you can request a valuation, they might cover transfer costs. What's wrong with the private reg anyway? GAY 80Y? The owner wishes to keep the plate and I do not wish to have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 The owner wishes to keep the plate and I do not wish to have it. Then it is their responsibility to put it on retention (takes weeks) or transfer it to another vehicle (relatively quick) before they transfer ownership (you become registered as new keeper) ... or they lose it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 The owner wishes to keep the plate and I do not wish to have it. Now he gets to the point! OK, the registered keeper needs to apply to the DVLA to either transfer the plate to another car or put it on retention. In doing so they will need to post off their V5C and MOT certificate for these to be changed, the DVLA will post them a new tax disc and ask for the old one to be returned in an envelope that only has half the address printed on it. They will also send a form that allows you to go and get new plates made up without the V5C. Form V317 deals with the transfer of plates: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_4022576?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=90894&Rendition=Web V778/1 is for putting them on retention: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_4022576?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=90895&Rendition=Web It took around a week for me to do a transfer to a vehicle from retention recently but apparently they are really busy now and quote up to 4 weeks for the V5C to be sent back with the new details. Further reading: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchaos Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 just took 3 days to transfer my private reg onto my car, but takes 4 weeks to get the new v5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Now he gets to the point! It took around a week for me to do a transfer to a vehicle from retention recently but apparently they are really busy now and quote up to 4 weeks for the V5C to be sent back with the new details. Yep - I've just put a 'cherished' number on retention and it took 4 weeks from the date of application before I received notice that it had been approved, with notification of replacement number, etc. It took a further 2 weeks for me to receive the amended V5C and yet a further 2 weeks before I received the certificate of retention. I think this used to be an 'over-the-couner' service (like cherished transfer) but is now a royal PITA and, at least in my case, took 8 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 The plate will not be going onto another car, so it will be on retention. I take it that this means I cannot pick the car up until everything has been swapped over. As I was planning on picking it up on Monday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I would say that's up to you/the seller - if you're happy driving the car on the original plate for a few weeks and wait up to 8-12weeks (could really take this long!) before you have the car registered in your name (and happy to tell your insurer) ... That's a worst-case scenario if putting the plate onto retention, IMO. If the seller can transfer the reg. to another vehicle, it should be just a couple of weeks before they have the new V5C that they can use to transfer the vehicle to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Yep - I've just put a 'cherished' number on retention and it took 4 weeks from the date of application before I received notice that it had been approved, with notification of replacement number, etc. It took a further 2 weeks for me to receive the amended V5C and yet a further 2 weeks before I received the certificate of retention. I just did one in 2 weeks and I was moaning, seems I got better service than expected, when I did the Supra one it was sorted in under a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 All sorted now, he has gave me the private for £50 as he like me does not want the hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Is it likely to be worth more than £50 and is it on an exciting car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-NEMIE Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 im in the process of doing this too, i have put my original plate on retention then when the V5 arrives for my new car i will move the private plate on retention to the car also i will be keeping the new cars private plate on retention so i can use it / sell it on etc but its a lot of hassle and waiting jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Is it likely to be worth more than £50 and is it on an exciting car? It is a single number plate, so possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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