tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post8659654511469996598..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Custom (UK mainland) car number platesRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-23944319610915616072020-11-12T10:51:55.884+00:002020-11-12T10:51:55.884+00:00Thankyou
Thankyou<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779237519474702989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-62671396911188560102018-06-12T07:36:01.162+01:002018-06-12T07:36:01.162+01:00Those willing to get a personalised number plate o...Those willing to get a personalised number plate on their cars must read a post at <br /><a href="https://www.carreg.co.uk/number-plates/personalised-number-plates/" rel="nofollow">https://www.carreg.co.uk/number-plates/personalised-number-plates/</a> to get fully informed about them beforehand.<br />Lucy A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16454534927408193845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64425237356888263832018-01-27T19:16:19.702+00:002018-01-27T19:16:19.702+00:00I'll remember that! I bought a random 3x3 pla...I'll remember that! I bought a random 3x3 plate off eBay because it was good value and relatively generic (proceeds of crime seizure sale), and I expect to get that question!Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575622887669793171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-27252721656058629512018-01-26T21:37:43.322+00:002018-01-26T21:37:43.322+00:00I caught out a b**ls*****ng dealer on this once. ...I caught out a b**ls*****ng dealer on this once. It would be in appropriate to mention their name but it starts with B and ends with W and has a letter inbetween.<br /><br />Was looking at spending north of £60k. Dealer refused a proper test drive in a demo car (by which I mean 7 days unlimited mileage to see if the car's really any good).<br /><br />When I pushed them they claimed that the only reaosn it could not be done as their most suitable demo vehicle had no tax disc otherwise they would be perfectly happy for me to try the vehicle for a week. But without a tax disc the best they could offer is 5 miles round the block accompanied by a sales goon.<br /><br />"No problem", says I. "I'll drop £200+ in your bank, right now, you tax it either online or at a Post Office and you drop the car at my house this afternoon. I'll run your man back to the railway station. I don't need a refund of the 51 weeks of tax disc that I will not have used. You can reclaim that and keep it. Easy. Problem solved."<br /><br />"Err, no, we lied about the tax disc excuse. You caught us out."<br /><br />HmmmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-17809406784757974052018-01-26T14:53:55.390+00:002018-01-26T14:53:55.390+00:00"I did suggest he had them fit the plate, if ..."I did suggest he had them fit the plate, if only to fuck with the car parking at The Point, in Bracknell, which is all ANPR based there, free for 2 hours. He would arrive with one plate and leave with another, and when he gets a parking fine he has every valid reason to dispute it. He was not that "adventurous" sadly."<br /><br />My late wife had a private plate on her cars which she changed regularly. Our local Halfrauds was in a retail park that had a 2 hour limit car park etc, she must have had half a dozen "fines" through the post for 12 months parking...she enjoyed the sport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-79152158638400438352018-01-26T09:14:13.593+00:002018-01-26T09:14:13.593+00:00I was amused when the current format of plates wer...I was amused when the current format of plates were launched because the authorities explained in a press release that the final three letters of each plate would be "random". The press all faithfully repeated this nonsense. Clearly what they meant to say was, "carry no meaning".<br /><br />It would have been fun if they actually were random, not least because there would very quickly have been multiple cars with the same registration number.<br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555396036856701009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-50038099220737483692018-01-26T09:11:04.178+00:002018-01-26T09:11:04.178+00:00And interestingly, you can now put silver-on-black...And interestingly, you can now put silver-on-black plates on some cars registered much later than the change over to white/yellow plates, and which would never have been allowed to have them when new.<br /><br />White/yellow plates came in in the L suffix year, and most cars with an L suffix would have been require to have them. However, you can now fit them to some cars as late as a P suffix (three years later because there was no O), in order to give your car "historical authenticity" according to the government info page.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555396036856701009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84289105693249114992018-01-25T18:52:03.884+00:002018-01-25T18:52:03.884+00:00I used to have the registration USO 8X on the car ...I used to have the registration USO 8X on the car I owned when I first passed my test. I'd often see people looking at the plate, silently mouthing the letters trying to work out what it meant. Sometimes they'd come up and ask, "what *does* your plate mean?"<br /><br />"Means it was registered in late 1981 in Aberdeen..."Gordonjcphttps://rangerovers.pubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-80990775282281629432018-01-25T16:42:54.121+00:002018-01-25T16:42:54.121+00:00Dealers can't tax cars whilst they are 'in...Dealers can't tax cars whilst they are 'in the trade' They must be driven on trade plates for business use only (e.g. repairs, test drives etc.). They must register the car in their name if they wish to tax it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021621329177687470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-26705823743987428552018-01-25T12:52:42.017+00:002018-01-25T12:52:42.017+00:00In the prefix and suffix formats the first of the ...In the prefix and suffix formats the first of the 3 letters is a serial number. The next two letters identify the DVLA local office, often with a bit of a mnemonic, MR was Manchester, GA Glasgow.<br /><br />I remember once in the south of France my Dad bizarrely stopping to talk to the driver of a car coming the other way. It was because he initially recognised the number plate as being a 'local' one and it turned out the occupants were friends of ours.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-61275036321908426812018-01-25T12:37:57.302+00:002018-01-25T12:37:57.302+00:00The rules say 5 years tax OR SORN. I know that wh...The rules say 5 years tax OR SORN. I know that when my own cars aren't on the road I'm obliged to SORN them so expect a motor trader has to do the same. Or maybe since sale to a motor trader is treated specially (it doesn't count as a change of keeper) then there is some sort of implied SORN.<br /><br />My experience was that the online system wouldn't accept an assignment when we bought the car from a dealer because it hadn't been continuously taxed, but a DVLA operator looked into it and the transfer went through without issue.<br /><br />I think the rule is there to stop you taking plates off of wrecks that have lain in peoples sheds for years. Same reason the donor car needs to be capable of being MOT'd. Which is itself somewhat inconsistent since historic cars are now MOT exempt. Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64196262355694734432018-01-25T10:27:47.702+00:002018-01-25T10:27:47.702+00:00Interesting point you raise there at the end.
It&#...Interesting point you raise there at the end.<br />It's always frustrated me that stuff you legally have to tell your insurers about (else they void your policy) such as a change of plate, or a change of address etc, always attracts an admin charge Geekypenguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249663681946505777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-28335330462902453312018-01-24T22:53:45.444+00:002018-01-24T22:53:45.444+00:00Yes, DVA NI handles it :
https://www.nidirect.gov....Yes, DVA NI handles it :<br />https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/driver-vehicle-agency-dva-northern-ireland<br /><br />You can still buy NI plates from DVLA auctions or various 3rd party reseller companies. You can get shorter 5 and 6 digit plates too.<br /><br />http://dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk/auction/northern_ireland.html<br />rtho782https://www.blogger.com/profile/02052870855136709228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-36785047819849394112018-01-24T20:19:43.185+00:002018-01-24T20:19:43.185+00:00In Jersey, it's just J followed by a number, w...In Jersey, it's just J followed by a number, which I believe is just sequential. My Dad bought a car with J42, which we had for a short time but eventually had to give back to the previous owner. Another time, he had to get a brand new plate and managed to get J67890 purely by chance.James Le Cuirothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164996834775870722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-35085777823594739852018-01-24T19:57:22.172+00:002018-01-24T19:57:22.172+00:00I gave you several of those 'gotcha' point...I gave you several of those 'gotcha' points but I did not know the 5-year continuous tax problem. What if the car has been at a dealer for 6 months? Seller has acted legitimately in selling it to the dealer. Dealer has acted legitimately. I have acted legimiately in buying it. So why should I be banned from putting a personal plate on it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-86010595472093073602018-01-24T19:36:02.494+00:002018-01-24T19:36:02.494+00:00Sounds like you're sorted but the best source ...Sounds like you're sorted but the best source for metal plates that fit in the Tesla holders is http://www.number1plates.com/<br /><br />Or as long as you have a proper proof of entitlement Tesla will print them for you - they have plate printing machines at most of their service centres AFAIK.<br /><br />The trick with the Tesla plateholders is to pop the plate out of the clips at one end and then slide the whole thing out sideways. And do the reverse when fitting new ones.mgboyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087136219633309258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-14749411613940577382018-01-24T19:15:14.110+00:002018-01-24T19:15:14.110+00:00As per my example of "A1" yes...As per my example of "A1" yes...RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-9159861080820184842018-01-24T19:14:24.371+00:002018-01-24T19:14:24.371+00:00One observation, plates aren't always black on...One observation, plates aren't always black on white/black on yellow. If it's <a href="https://insidedvla.blog.gov.uk/2015/11/17/whats-the-story-with-black-and-silver-number-plates/" rel="nofollow">1/1/1975 or earlier and in the right tax class</a> you can use silver on black, as per your pic of A1. stymasterhttp://www.piglet-net.net/pigblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-47620873861298015782018-01-24T19:06:00.324+00:002018-01-24T19:06:00.324+00:00Do they get issued by a different authority - what...Do they get issued by a different authority - what's the web site?RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84878022838952702342018-01-24T19:04:38.879+00:002018-01-24T19:04:38.879+00:00Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but has a comp...Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but has a completely different (undated) plate scheme, and these are perfectly valid and transferable to rUK cars.rtho782https://www.blogger.com/profile/02052870855136709228noreply@blogger.com