cheers peeps, think I will tell him to sort the plate, don't know him so can't trust him to be punctual with the doc.

If it goes it goes but dont fancy leaving a deposit on it as I hate the though of someone driving a car they have sold for a few weeks and spanking it. Or worse, like in the case of my sister, her car got written off after a deposit had been left as we waited for the plates!!

Poor bloke had waited two weeks only to be told he will have to have his deposit back and start searching again.