Private Plate Retention

[BIGJO]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to go about putting a private plate on retention & how much it costs?


Kind regards.

[b4gga83]

get down to the local dvla office, i believe it costs £80 to retain it for the year, or £110 if you need to take it off a vehicle.

[daimlerman]

Just paid DVLA £105 to remove and retain the plate off the Daimler.I had to hand in the V5C,current MoT and the tax disc.An 'age related' mark was issued in two days along with a replacment MoT.The replacement V5C arrived 6 days after my inital visit to my local DVLA office,despite their gloomy prediction that 'it takes up to 6 weeks, Daimlerman'... Unfortunatley the plate bid up to £360 on fleabay against a reserve off only £500,tight gits... looks like it will end up on the touring.The 'age related' mark I received was AFW220A,incedently, not a million miles from my old Morgan DFW660X...

[BIGJO]

Thanks for the help guys. What happens if the MOT & tax disc is out of date (car's sorned)? Do I still need to send it to them along with the V5?


Kind regards.

[daimlerman]

Thanks for the help guys. What happens if the MOT & tax disc is out of date (car's sorned)? Do I still need to send it to them along with the V5?


Kind regards.

Best have a word with the DVLA helpline 0870 240 0009.I was lucky,I got the helpfull one...

[BIGJO]

sweet. Thanks fella.

[tomson]

Thanks for the help guys. What happens if the MOT & tax disc is out of date (car's sorned)? Do I still need to send it to them along with the V5?


Kind regards.

Then you can't remove the plate from the car. End of.

Been there!

[tomson]

get down to the local dvla office, i believe it costs £80 to retain it for the year, or £110 if you need to take it off a vehicle.

As Daimlerman said it's £105 and then around £20 per year you keep it on retention. I have one that I really should allocate to one of my turds

[jbh]

Thanks for the help guys. What happens if the MOT & tax disc is out of date (car's sorned)? Do I still need to send it to them along with the V5?


Kind regards.

i looked into this not commonly known but if the car has been on the road within 12 month and as long as there was no gap in between the tax going out of date and the car being sorned you can still get the plate off the car

[tomson]

Thanks for the help guys. What happens if the MOT & tax disc is out of date (car's sorned)? Do I still need to send it to them along with the V5?


Kind regards.

i looked into this not commonly known but if the car has been on the road within 12 month and as long as there was no gap in between the tax going out of date and the car being sorned you can still get the plate off the car

How do you get round the MOT?

DVLA told me no tax, no test, no plate removal

[jbh]

i looked into it last year and as i say i got told that if the car had been on the road within the last 12 month i could still remove the plate from the car im sure i also read this on there site ill go and have a look and find the link

[jbh]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Bu ... DG_4022576

"Vehicles taking part in the Cherished Transfer scheme must be currently licensed, subject to annual testing (MoT/HGV) and available for inspection. However, to help individuals whose vehicles, for unexpected reasons are unable to be re-licence, DVLA will still consider applications where:

the tax disc for the donor vehicle has expired no more that 12 months previously. (Prior to 1 December 2005 the concession was six months). Please note that to qualify for this concession, there must be no break between the natural expiry date of the licence (tax) and the commencement of SORN. This concession does not apply if you have submitted your licence (tax) for a refund "

[tomson]

But the car still needs an MOT!

[BIGJO]

Cool thanks for the info guys. Looks like a bit of a bummer seeing as the car's run out of MOT. Never mind looks like i'll have to MOT & tax it.


Kind regards.

[aceraf]

JBH is right. If the car has no mot, then as long as the tax ran out, and you didn't cash it in, then you have 1 year to remove the plate. There after it's probably a no no.

I know this because i removed my D14SLF plate off a car that had no mot, but my tax hadn't ran out.

Get down to your local DVLA and speak to them. They will probably say the above to you aswell.

Oh, and as of November 2007 they no longer need to check the car (like they used to on cars over 15yrs old).

[BIGJO]

So i'm all good seeing as they have both ran out? And I have a year to remove the plate? If so sweet as!