Hi folks,
I've recently bought an aged (2007) car, whose number plate history is 'interesting'. To summarise, the situation is as follows ...
.... the car was first registered in September 2007, with the number plate "28 GS" - clearly a 'personalised' one. The first owner kept the car for about 2 years, and just before it was sold removed the 'personalised plate'. DVLA therefore then assigned an 'age-appropriate' plate (i.e a "57" one). The second owner kept it for about a year, and presumably sold it still bearing the '57' plate.
So far, so good - that all makes sense, but one might then expect that the car would keep the 57 plate for 'evermore' - but that's not what happened! .... about 2 months after the third owner bought the car, the plate was changed to a (presumably 'personalised') one which started "MS04", through 3 or 4 subsequent owners.
I have to wonder why on earth anyone in their right mind would put a personalised plate starting "MS04" on a 2007 car ??
In as much as I'll probably keep this car for the rest of its useful life, this doesn't really matter to me, but, as a 'matter of principle' it rather niggles me to be driving around a 2007 car bearing an "04" plate
It seems that, for £80, I can fairly easily get this (assumed 'personalised') plate removed and replaced with an 'age-appropriate' one (I suspect the '57' plate it once had, very briefly, many moons ago). However, I'm a bit confused about the 'rules', so maybe someone can help me understand?
DVLA writings seem to indicate that the current ('personalised') plate 'dies', and therefore cannot legitimately be used on the vehicle, the moment one has made one's application, and that the 'new' plate should be put on the vehicle when one has the new V5C. In any event, I don't think one can legally get new plates made until one has the new V5C.
The potential problem is that we are told that the new V5C may take 4-6 weeks to appear. Does this really mean that there is a 4-6 period during which one theoretically cannot drive the car legally, because the 'previous' plate is 'invalid' and the new one not yet available?
Furthermore, if one does use the car during that period, when should one inform one's insurer in order to ensure that the vehicle remains covered?
Any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated!
Kind Regards, John
I've recently bought an aged (2007) car, whose number plate history is 'interesting'. To summarise, the situation is as follows ...
.... the car was first registered in September 2007, with the number plate "28 GS" - clearly a 'personalised' one. The first owner kept the car for about 2 years, and just before it was sold removed the 'personalised plate'. DVLA therefore then assigned an 'age-appropriate' plate (i.e a "57" one). The second owner kept it for about a year, and presumably sold it still bearing the '57' plate.
So far, so good - that all makes sense, but one might then expect that the car would keep the 57 plate for 'evermore' - but that's not what happened! .... about 2 months after the third owner bought the car, the plate was changed to a (presumably 'personalised') one which started "MS04", through 3 or 4 subsequent owners.
I have to wonder why on earth anyone in their right mind would put a personalised plate starting "MS04" on a 2007 car ??
In as much as I'll probably keep this car for the rest of its useful life, this doesn't really matter to me, but, as a 'matter of principle' it rather niggles me to be driving around a 2007 car bearing an "04" plate
It seems that, for £80, I can fairly easily get this (assumed 'personalised') plate removed and replaced with an 'age-appropriate' one (I suspect the '57' plate it once had, very briefly, many moons ago). However, I'm a bit confused about the 'rules', so maybe someone can help me understand?
DVLA writings seem to indicate that the current ('personalised') plate 'dies', and therefore cannot legitimately be used on the vehicle, the moment one has made one's application, and that the 'new' plate should be put on the vehicle when one has the new V5C. In any event, I don't think one can legally get new plates made until one has the new V5C.
The potential problem is that we are told that the new V5C may take 4-6 weeks to appear. Does this really mean that there is a 4-6 period during which one theoretically cannot drive the car legally, because the 'previous' plate is 'invalid' and the new one not yet available?
Furthermore, if one does use the car during that period, when should one inform one's insurer in order to ensure that the vehicle remains covered?
Any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated!
Kind Regards, John
