Whatever you do...

i believe its free,they just re isue a new reg as part transfer fee! i dunno i baulked when they wanted £180 retention fee for the old plate "k11khk" told em to keep it!
thats a cool plate,keep it untill things pick up or sell just before get ridd the jeep to make the depreciation all the sweeter to swallow lol

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by PLANK

when you take yours off, they usually re-issue the original number to the car, it's just part of the transfer process. But keep it on mate, don't let them get to you

Its an utter piece of pi$$ (says he who has three).

You simply post off your docs (or nip into the nearest DVLA office) and complete the form to stick it on to a retention certificate for 1/2/3 years as you wish....each costs a bit more and includes a transfer fee of £80 for when the plate gets re-used, then you get back an age-related reg number for your car. Sometimes its the original number, sometimes not. I've had both happen.

Then you sell the plate for a given value plus the £80 transfer fee.

Or you can just apply to have it transferred to another car that you own.

But seriously easy.

Note of caution....they are correctly known as 'cherished' registrations because they ain't 'private', the DVLA owns them, so as Daved knows, if you abuse them say by having an incorrectly spaced plate or wrong font, after a couple of warnings they can and do take the reg away from you.

Or if you forget to renew the retention cert before it expires, ditto, kiss it goodbye forever.

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by daved

Couldnt care less, wait till Coln gets back on here , he's been taking the piss for the last year




In all seriouness it'll go when prices pick up , until then theres no way Im paying dvla even more dosh to keep it on retention

actually i thought it was dave's wife's plate... and from the pics i have seen would have been very fitting if it was

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

Its an utter piece of pi$$ (says he who has three).

You simply post off your docs (or nip into the nearest DVLA office) and complete the form to stick it on to a retention certificate for 1/2/3 years as you wish....each costs a bit more and includes a transfer fee of £80 for when the plate gets re-used, then you get back an age-related reg number for your car. Sometimes its the original number, sometimes not. I've had both happen.

Then you sell the plate for a given value plus the £80 transfer fee.

Or you can just apply to have it transferred to another car that you own.

But seriously easy.

Note of caution....they are correctly known as 'cherished' registrations because they ain't 'private', the DVLA owns them, so as Daved knows, if you abuse them say by having an incorrectly spaced plate or wrong font, after a couple of warnings they can and do take the reg away from you.

Or if you forget to renew the retention cert before it expires, ditto, kiss it goodbye forever.

one being PLZ4 NOB

kind of says it all