I'm selling my car but at the moment I have a private plate on it. How do I go about putting it back on original reg and using my plate for new car please. I'm sure it'll no doubt cost money

 

Contact DVLA it will cost whatever the transfer fee is which used be £80 but probably more now after the budget .

 

Westy, just put it on retention mate, then transfer it onot the new car once bought. Costs £125 to do that, but that includes the fee to put it on the new car. Money for nothing I know, but easy to do and only takes a couple of weeks usually.

 

Thanks mate... But Deano's suggestion is only 80 quid.

 

you'll only be able to transfer it to the new car if you have it already.

 

Deano's idea is to transfer directly from one car to another - that means you will have to own, insure, tax and MOT both cars at the same time. If you're chopping your car in against another one at a dealer then the £80 option would work.

 

Cheers lads

 

Don't want to open a can of worms here but the vehicle your transferring from doesn't actually need any of the above as long as it has been taxed in the last 6 months.
I did find a link before from t'internet as I had it with my bike.

 

£80 tranfer
£25 ontop to put on retention for 12 months and transfer onto vehicle whenever you want

 

Perfect..

Thanks.

 

you tight arse mo fo

you spend more than 80 quid on wkd blue in gary coopers on a friday night lol

 

Haha... That's why I don't want to spend on transfer. 100quid is a good few shandy's lol.

 

Plus Honda just charged me 100 to change front pads and 150 for oil change lol. I don't have the skills as I'm just a pen pusher otherwise I'd have had a go lol

 

Does anyone know how long it takes to put it on retention please ? Potentially the car could be sold Friday but it'll still have my plate on it

 

Going to Dvla local office would be your best bet,they don't rush though but by post it will take forever.