Just curious really, but there's a chap round by me who I sometimes see driving round in a rather nice looking Porsche 964, which makes a right racket even when it's going really slowly, and has a badge on the back which says "Ramus 500". And the reg plate is "911 TT". So thought I'd do a check on it just to see what it came up as, being curious again, and it didn't come up on any checks apart from the insurance database, where it just came up as "Trade Plate".

Now, the plates on the car are just your normal standard white at the front, yellow at the rear. Is that not a bit naughty to be driving a car round on trade plates dressed up as normal reg plates. Or is that ok?

Just wondering, as I always assumed it was just a private reg before, and thought it must be worth a tidy sum.

 

All the info you could ever hope for on trade plates is supposed to be here:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg...mId=1081975206

But the download isn't working at the moment. Give it a try tomorrow.

One thing I'm pretty sure of is that trade plates have to be red on white to be valid.

 

my trade plates were red and white from the dvla, i could never be arse putting them on the front and rear of the car so just chucked them on the pasenger seat and i i went past dibble i would chuck the front one in the screen quick.

 

It shows vehicle details on DVLA it can't be a trade plate number even tho it says that on askMID


The enquiry is complete
The vehicle details for 911 TT are:
Date of Liability 01 02 2010
Date of First Registration 25 07 2006
Year of Manufacture 1996
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3600CC
CO2 Emissions 0g/Km
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval null
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.

Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle

6 Months Rate Ł104.50
12 Months Rate Ł190.00

 

think it means it is regesterd to a trader so it doesn't put a keeper on the book

 

ah, ok. On the Auto Trader vehicle history checker thing it comes up as not recognised at all.

 

Exactly ,

some of my cars come up the same as they are on a block traders policy