Private number plates.
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Freeforester
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Registration transfers, straight forward.
Rake Aboot
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Buy direct from the dvla website
If a private company has it for sale , chances are it’s on the dvla site and they are just filling in your forms for you and charging for it .
Easy process.
If a private company has it for sale , chances are it’s on the dvla site and they are just filling in your forms for you and charging for it .
Easy process.
UpNorthMI
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Private plates are a bit of fun and can be an investment at he higher end (low number of characters). All of the dealers who sell plates will handle the transfer process for you but it is easy and DVLC give good instructions online. Be careful if buying a plate directly from another individual, I would recommend an escrow process.
Make sure you negotiate on price, often the same plate will be listed on numerous websites at different prices, this is often due to different margins applied by trade sellers. You can also hold plates on a certificate rather than on a vehicle but you do have to pay a small renew fee every 10 years. I own a 3 digit plate that is now worth a lot of money and worth at least 2-3 times the value of my vehicle. Some plates have increased in value considerably over the last few decades. To me you just have to look at it as a bit of fun. I told my son that I need a grandson with the same first initial to pass it down to ....lol
Good luck finding an interesting plate that means something to you.
Make sure you negotiate on price, often the same plate will be listed on numerous websites at different prices, this is often due to different margins applied by trade sellers. You can also hold plates on a certificate rather than on a vehicle but you do have to pay a small renew fee every 10 years. I own a 3 digit plate that is now worth a lot of money and worth at least 2-3 times the value of my vehicle. Some plates have increased in value considerably over the last few decades. To me you just have to look at it as a bit of fun. I told my son that I need a grandson with the same first initial to pass it down to ....lol
Good luck finding an interesting plate that means something to you.
countrryboy
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Must admit I'm not into them either.
But it does disguise ur car age very well, if that's important to u.
Wether trying to hide a flashy car that's 'too new' or an old 1 u look after in great knick.
But its fun!
I knew this was gonna go for a lot more than the £4K I was prepared to bid:
9
K
I knew this was gonna go for a lot more than the £4K I was prepared to bid:
9K
dartmoordog
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I love MASSIVE SUVs and private number plates! 
. DVLA, but as Mike said above, I could not have M1NGE, spoilsports.
I rented a proper SUV in the States…..I loved that car. Imagine having M1NGE on that!
. DVLA, but as Mike said above, I could not have M1NGE, spoilsports.I rented a proper SUV in the States…..I loved that car. Imagine having M1NGE on that!
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tackb
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after liberals obvs?
joking aside , i was asked if i wanted a private plate for my massive SUV years ago for my birthday and it was a massive no ! I was a terrible driver and the last thing i needed was a memorable plate!
tackb
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a local guy had PEN 15 !You only say that as the sort that you want are banned
B3LL 3ND
C0CK
M1 NGE
I find it’s cheaper to change my name to include the letters of the new vehicle I’m driving
The name of the motorcycle pundit (possibly Stere Parrish), whose car I'm pretty sure it was, had the somewhat questionable number plate PEN 1 S. That was at Donington when the great Carl Fogarty was racing.
Mine came straight from DVLA
*** 223
*** 223
SHOOTER
Was for sale on here some time ago
I was tempted
J
Other than the security issue, the extra pleasure today would be that it would p*ss off all the hair shirted calvinists
Was for sale on here some time ago
I was tempted
J
Other than the security issue, the extra pleasure today would be that it would p*ss off all the hair shirted calvinists
Bo Diddley
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Not quite correct, Ben.
They give a distinct visual indication of those "who have and those who have not".... ... they are a distinct willy waving tool
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