Personal Plates
Word of warning.
When part exchanging your car or Motorhome with one, retain it yourself!
Michelle and myself have matching cars, Mine an A4 Avant Black edition.
Michelle's an A3 red top cabriolet
Both in white both with very similar personal plates,
Example
A123 ABC and A123 DEC
Mine the dealer lost when I purchased my car in June.
World of DVLA pain trying to get it back!
Today's effort failed.
Very disappointed to say the least.
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On both cars the two different dealers took control of the retained plates procedure, normal practice as happened in the past, I presume its to keep control of stock.
Dealer A, not an issue,
Dealer B, problems.
Do it ourselves in future
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Actually the state owns the plate, we just have entitlement to use it, as long as we pay.
But not the point I'm trying to make.
When things go wrong at mission DVLA, they go very wrong!
I'm now taxing a car I dont own or have access to, in an attempt to spring life into the creaking DVLA computer, upto 5 days for the road fund to be applied!!!!!!!
How and why this long?
Is the hamster powering the Zx spectrum out of breath?
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Nice try.
But many many dealers will retain plates on behalf of customers as part of the sales service. Giving the retention certificate over and having the new plates made up.
More info for you,
The plate is never yours, it's the states
You pay a retention fee not a transfer fee, as the transfer is free!
Are you sure you have personal plates?
The point of your post have been what?
It's ok we can all, and I do mean all, see 🙄
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I would blame dealer as he was sorting not DVLA. When I changed my car I got retention cert £80 and sent v5c to dvla, removed my personal plates and fixed back original plates, when car changed and received new v5c I used cert and sent of v5c and got email to say can put personal plates on and new v5c will follow within a week.
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can anybody explain to me why you need personal plates, never had them, never seen the need to have them and from my perspective they only draw added attention to your vehicle. judging by all the above who would want all the hassle just to prove what ???
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Hmm, I’ll bear that in mind while I search for one, Rufs. 🤣
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Ive asked that before no one comes back
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Perhaps because, as Husky said, none of us need to explain ourselves.
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Perhaps they think it looks nice without understanding what they've chosen.
There again, maybe they’re devil worshippers.😈
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Slow forum day?
As David, I bought our plates as a present for Michelle. I just added an almost matching one for me, because I think it looks funny on the drive, the cars park side by side, we also have odd looks when we park together in the SUPERMARKET car park.
No names mentioned👍
Plus you dont have to change the caravan plate, re register for the local dump etc, I just blame them when they come up and say the cars the wrong one!
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I brought a car that had a personal plate, it meant nothing to me but like the number. After a year a guy in a hospital car park offered me £1000 for it but I didn’t bite. Had 5 cars since and each dealer has transferred it for me. Now on Mrs Ones car
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Part of the characters are 121 on both plates.
Husband and wife cars
One Two One.
Sloppy sentimental stuff.
The letters that follow are our initials.
On what should have been the dealer name line, I had, on
Michelle's car, the other cars hubby's,
and on mine, the other cars wifeys
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