skifly Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 So after putting the deposit down on a new car I was wondering how i go about getting the plate on my car moved to the new one? Do i need to put mine on retention then apply it to the new car, or can i simply do a transfer from one car to the other? And how would this work if i am selling mine first before getting the new car? Aother silly question - what if i sell my current GTI and dont get the porka for afew days - do I have to cancel insurance and re-start a policy or will they just accept i am changing cars? Finally, how do i check out the car i am buying. Can people on here do a HPI check on the car easily? I am sure we must have some dealers that can do it? Finally - the car only has 6k miles on the clock and is 2 years old, is there any way to get this checked? Cheers all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 WHich porka are you buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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330dcoupe Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Nice one! You just need to do a simple plate transfer by visiting the DVLA office. Retention is only used if you want to keep your plate in between long times of changing a car. One thing I don't get - why should we have to pay for having a plate on retention, when we have bought the plate outright in the 1st place? another money making scam by the scummy government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 A plate can be bought privately or from the DVLA, so that's the price you pay for it. When you pay £105 to put your number on a retention certificate, £80 of it is the pre-paid transfer fee, £25 of it is the contribution towards the certificate itself. To HPI the car yourself, you could use someone like www.hpicheck.com Tell your dealer that you want to transfer your private plate onto the car, and they should help you out with the right bits of paper - you'll need to sign a couple of them. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 excellent - so does anyone know how i can check this car out as i am not buying through a porsche centre...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 What do you need to check out on it? If you want to know about outstanding finance agreements or any recorded insurance claims, then www.hpicheck.com is the right option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Geordie Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 If you're part-ex'ing the GTi let the garage do the work to transfer your plate. If you're selling the GTi yourself it will save a <u>heck-of-a-lot</u> of hassle just putting the plate on retention then transferring it to the Boxter a week or so later. i.e you need both tax discs, both MOT's, both V5's in order to transfer a plate. You just need your current tax disc, mot and V5 if you're putting it on retention. The fee for retention includes transfer to your new car. As for checking out the new car, I would always HPI it yourself, you will get a more detailed report if you pay for it and you can be sure that since you got the info yourself its all OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Having just sorted out the plate on our car, I'd say the easiest way is to take the plate off your current car and put it on retention. So, it costs £25 extra, but there's less hassle. You have the plate taken off and ready to move to the next car at your convenience, instead of driving off to the DVLA office and trying to change both cars at the same time. You'll have enough other stuff to sort out when changing cars without taking 2 hours out of your day to sort this out. Only thing is you'll need the original set of numberplates to revert to the cars original identity, or have some new ones made up if it was like ours (see below). Of course, ours was a little complicated insofar as the car was first registered from new with our plate on, so there wasn't an identity to change back to. It had to be all done from scratch. However, it was further complicated by the fact that wifey wrote the car off and it had to be sorted out with the insurance company holding a write off instead of me being the holder of a road legal car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 ah - that doesnt sound like fun!!! Will probably try the retention route and hepefully it will not take too long to come through. Cheers all...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 for you guys that have recently put your private plates back on retention, how long has it taken the dvla to reissue new v5's with the car's original plate on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 They quoted me 7 working days. Been 2 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 oh feck - does it take a while to get through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 That's for the actual V5 to turn up. The process goes through while you're actually sitting there in the DVLA office, but the paperwork takes time. Also, both cars need to be taxed I think. Certainly have to be to take a plate off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 If you get it done in seven days you will be very lucky. Both DVLA offices near me (Northampton and Nottingham) are taking between two and three weeks. I have customers waiting to get their cars but they can't as they transfers haven't been done yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 [ QUOTE ] If you get it done in seven days you will be very lucky. Both DVLA offices near me (Northampton and Nottingham) are taking between two and three weeks. I have customers waiting to get their cars but they can't as they transfers haven't been done yet. [/ QUOTE ] Thats what I thought, last time I put a plate on rentention if took 2/3 weeks to come through. which is why I was asking if its any quicker now (need to do one next week, can't stand the wait in the Birmingham office and then the 2/3 weeks for the docs to arrive) I nearly lost my last car sale due to the private plate scenario and not having the v5 to sell with the car (naturaly you would not buy a car without a v5, albeit they give you the green bit) so what the buyer and I decided was to meet at the DVLA office, I arranged for the plate to be transfered to another car (which is instantaneous) and then when handing in the v5 in to get the original plate back assigned back, we filled in the change of keeper section, so the new v5 with original plate went straight to the new keeper (be warned the dvla do not approve of this and and say you should not sell a car without the v5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I arranged for the plate to be transfered to another car (which is instantaneous) [/ QUOTE ] Not any more. You have to wait two or three weeks as above Its all due to a massive number plate scam that was going on to do with people getting dodgy MOT certificates for cars that didn't exist and then insuring them and getting the plate and then seling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 that puts end to that then! wish they would just go back to the same day service they used to offer previously, they make enough money out of us with transfer fees, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 so can i get away with going into the DVLA office as i have one quite close, getting the plate put onto retention and when submitting the V5 have the change of keeper details filled in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Yes, you can. You'll then get a letter within 7 days with permission to put the original plate on the car. The V5 should come back within 3 weeks (what the DVLA quote) and the Retention Certificate should come back within 6 weeks (what the DVLA quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 [ QUOTE ] that puts end to that then! wish they would just go back to the same day service they used to offer previously, they make enough money out of us with transfer fees, etc [/ QUOTE ] That's been put in place to allow them to carry out more checks on the vehicle and paperwork (ownership, outstanding FPNs, MoT certificates) apparently - so I was told by the nice lady at the DVLA office recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Geordie Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Yeah, the whole process of moving plates is a bit of a pain in the butt.... if you're in a hurry that is. Moral of the story, plan ahead and put it on retention when you get the new car itch in your wallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Moral of the story, plan ahead and put it on retention when you get the new car itch in your wallet [/ QUOTE ] Excellent advice there, I had a paperwork and logistical nightmare when I transfered my plate after I'd sold the car - won't be doing that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Moral of the story, plan ahead and put it on retention when you get the new car itch in your wallet [/ QUOTE ] Excellent advice there [/ QUOTE ] it is good advice but the problem lies when you get the new car itch in the brain rather than the wallet ie the must have a new car time feeling, getting bored of the old one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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