s6boy1979

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I have a private reg that i would to sell and wondered if anyone has done this and can advise me whats involved.

The reg is on a shell i bought to use to re-shell my car, it has not tax or mot. I would also like to transfer my current reg to this shell.

Any advise whould be great.

Mr S1

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Has to be taxed and MOT'd to get the plate on retention or another car mate, you can't just transfer it off a shell.

s6boy1979

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What about selling it? If buyers car is taxed and moted can it be transfered and will the DVLA supply me a new reg

Mr S1

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No, the car it comes off of has to be taxed and tested as well as the one the plate is going on to.

Lambchop

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^this!

You wouldnt believe how much hassle I had rebuilding my saff to get the number plate off then stripping it again. By the time the plate was off it looked as if I'd never rebuilt it. What a waste of time ()

Fil

+ even if you did tax it, and got a mate to sort out an mot, they may still want to see / inspect the car at there office.


had to take a sierra i had once, on a low loader , for them to spend 2 mins looking at it so i could remove my plate, cunts

was mot'd , taxed and insured at the time of sending the forms off

s6boy1979

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Bloody hell what a hassle, got no chance as the car is just a dhell at the moment

charlie luciano

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Going to have a mare with the plate on the capri I just bought I think after reading the thread


Luciano

rog

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Comedy in it's truest form!

s6boy1979

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Not good, only wanted to free up cash

Eigdoog

Can you not clone the car just to get it off? Sounding dodgy here though.

stevenr

And how would he go about that exactly? He would need to present a car for a test bearing the registration number,chassis number etc

He would then need to insure the car in order to tax it.

The cost would be just stupid,the whole idea in itself is illegal.

One of the most stupid suggestions ever i'm afraid.

Martin-Hadland

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Yes you could but what happens when they inspect it and smell a rat??

RS Grant

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What is the plate?? ....it might not be worth the hassle.


Cheers,
Grant

Mr S1

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Precisely. Exactly why you DON'T do that if DVLA may want to inspect the car !

s6boy1979

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Its only worth about Ł800 so will just wait until I have the car back on the road

R4N SS

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Find a friendly mot guy

Mr S1

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Problem being Ran is if they want to inpect the car - in bits, with a ticket that's a week old

FAIL !

vaughant

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Not sure if these statements are above are 100% correct.

I bought my bike with the previous owners(a good friends) private plate on it and the bike had no tax/Mot but he still managed to transfer/retain it due to the fact the bike had tax/Mot on it within the previous year.

We thought the above applied and I was happy to tax/Mot it and return the plate but I got the bike on a replacement reg after he filled a form in with the necessary fee.

vaughant

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http://www.regmarks.co.uk/regplate/faq.php

Have a look halfway down this link,if the vehicle was road legal within 6 months of the application it can be considered.

I know for certain my bike had neither tax or Mot and they accepted it no problem.

**EDIT**

Here's the text.


"Vehicles must be currently licensed, or in the process of being licensed. The application will still be considered, however, where the last licence (tax disc) expired within six months of the date of application. If the licence has been voluntarily surrendered for refund, the six-month concession does not normally apply."

So not 100% sure if that's of any use to you but you never know.
This must apply to mots as well re: my bike above.

Lambchop

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The fail comes when some styupid cunt tries to do it after a week. I heard that if you left it towards 6 months its fine.

Also I'd highly recommend transerring it direct to another car and not retention. THis was they have to change 2 logbooks at once and the chances of investigating each are slim.

But hey what would I know. I did it by the book


There is another person on here who wrote to the dvla and explained car was not worth fixing and please could he retain the plate. They said yes on the agreement that the car was scrapped.

s6boy1979

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Might just call the dvla and explain the situation and see what they say