I am thinking of buying my boyfriend a personalised number plate for his birthday.?

Question

Its just he might be buying another car soon, will he be able to use it on any car??

Answer 1

It depends on the lettering. If you have an older car - say a P reg and your buy a personalised plate that will make the car appear younger then no you can't, if you have a reg that makes the car appear of the correct age or older, then you can. Beware, though, you will have to pay an additional charge (£80 I think) to transfer the number plate from one car to another.
Hope that makes sense!

Answer 2

Just a few points.

He can only use it on one vehicle at a time! He can't have two cars with the same number plate on them.

The key point, already mentioned, is that the vehicle cannot appear 'younger' by the change of registration.

You don't buy the number plate, you buy the right to use the number plate and that right can be taken from you.

You still have a duty to ensure that the letters/ numbers are evenly spaced on the number plate and that rivets etc are not put in places to make the number appear different.

Answer 3

If the plate is 'timeless' ie no note of any paticular year then ok to use on any car - just may the D.o.t. transfer fee every time (around £80.00). If the plate shows a date eg.. 51 or y or 03.. then the new car he is buying must be of that year or younger, otherwise he cannot use the plate.When buying - try not to use the auction sites - rip off!! - look at the DVLA site as they have thousands of numbers, some really reasonable prices - and - they include the transfer fee and VAT - (can can save u hundreds in total) - I've used it three times for myself and my wife/daughters car and is definitely the best for value.

Answer 4

Yes he can. When you buy him the plate, he will have to register it to his current car. The fee is around £80 from DVLA.

When he comes to sell it, he will have to re-register the old plate, which will cost him £80, then he'll have to pay a further £80 to put it on his new car.

Private plates start at around £150 plus the registration. Bear in mind to get a good plate you will have to part with best part of a grand. I paid £450 for my MGF plate, "A18 MGF".

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Nice idea, but first of all are you sure he would like it? Some people think them naff, some people would prefer to be more anonymous!

Having dealt with this, you can buy them from DVLA (cheaper than those rip-off sites) and transfer them to another car as long as they don't make the car appear younger than it is. You will, however pay a fee (of course).

Answer 6

of course a personalised number plate means personal to you not the car they are transferable from vehicle to vehicle checkout www.eliteregistrations.com for some cool plates hope this helps good luck

Answer 7

he can use it on any car but it costs £80 a time to register it with the DVLA. Maybe you should buy it and he can keep it until he gets his new car and put it on that. Then he would only have to pay to register it once.

Answer 8

can be a nuisance when you sell the car especialy if you havent bought another car and you have to pay each time you put it on a car.The registration dept-DVLA can ask to see the donor vehicle when you re-register.I have had a private plate for 25 years and have found it a nuisance and have given it to my son

Answer 9

yes aslong as it is registered with dvla also if not on a car you have to pay to keep it £80 a year on retention.,my ex has one cost £4000 for his plate although you can get them cheaper and dearer than that

Answer 10

Yeah you can transfer the plate over, i think you just inform the DVLA when you buy a new card.