Personalised Plates

[Gard]

Hi, thinking about buying a personalised plate for my car, and i was just wondering if anyone knew how easy the process is for changing it (i.e sorting it with the dvla etc.) and how much it is to do so.

[Mrs_Pegasus]

Personally I found the process easy.  I bought a set for my husband 2 years ago for Xmas.  I bought mine from the DVLA direct and they sent all the relevant documents and instructions with the purchase notice.  The process was pretty straight forward.  If you go to www.dvla.gov.uk and look on the vehicle links for 'cherished plates' all the destructions are there!

remember the plates advertised by companies may well be available from the DVLA direct and 99% of the time they are cheaper to buy from DVLA than the company because they put a mark up on them.  The DVLA site has a great search engine where you can try all different versions of your plate and get an instant price.

[Ward-Minter]

got mine from www.privatereg4u.co.uk

yes they take their cut but all the fees are set out. further for another twenty or thirty quid they sorted out everything, MOT, new tax disc etc etc.

 

Further further when you want your plate made up try www.craigsplates.co.uk   very good service.

 

further X3 when you apply for a new insurance certificate they will try and charge you an admin fee. speak with the supervisor, profess your disgust and you will get it free. I did.

[Gard]

Many thanks for all your answers. Just struggling to make sence of this making the car look young that it is rule. Current registration is a standard S reg, but was planning on having a plate starting with T15 followed by a space then 3 letters. Is this allowed?

[Narolines]

I've got a feeling that you can't put on a plate which makes the vehicle appear newer than it actually is ; thus you could replace a T-plate with an S-plate, but not the other way round.  I could be wrong, though...I just think I've read that somewhere......

[Ward-Minter]

yes that is right. You must match the year or go older than the current plate.

[Gard]

Ah, ok. Was a little unsure as i was only planning to have 2 numbers after the first letter, rather than 3. Didn't know if this made any differnce. Thanks