Private plate question

[Leeshez]

If i go to put my private plate on my car how long do i have to put it on? I.e if it went today do i have to put the plates on A.S.A.P or can i wait a day or two? Thanks Lee

 

[Sport182]

Your supposed to wait until the documents come back from the DVLA they no longer do it over the counter. This can take up to a few weeks!!

 

[Aust1n]

Yep.. a pain in the backside really..

 

[Rich]

Your supposed to wait until the documents come back from the DVLA they no longer do it over the counter. This can take up to a few weeks!!

Can you not just drive to your local DVLA office and do it there anymore?

 

[Lucas]

Can you not just drive to your local DVLA office and do it there anymore?

Nope. not any more.

When I changed from Valver to 182 it only took about a week to get the plates switched over.

 

[Rich]

Pants, was planning on using one of my days off this month and going to sort mine out.

Is it by post only now then?

 

[Lou]

I just walked into my local DVLA office 2 weeks ago and got it done there and then!!

 

[Leeshez]

Thanks Louise. When did you put the plate on the car? That day or in a few days time?

 

[Rich]

Thats what I have always done in the past to assign and remove them.

This time Last year I did that on my 306 to remove it and put it back on its origional plate. They gave me a form to get some number plates made up and the V5 arrived in the post a few weeks later.

 

[Rich]

Thanks Louise. When did you put the plate on the car? That day or in a few days time?

Im not Louise but - I did mine there and then in the car park!

They give you a new tax disc there and then with the new reg and you cool to go.

 

[Lucas]

Previous two times I went to the local DVLA office in Reading and sorted it out over the counter, but this time I was told I had to send it through the post. Maybe it varies from office to office. I know that the Reading one was always really busy, and the queues were bad, which may be why they enforced the new rule there.

 

[Leeshez]

Well i have been and done it. It took about 40 mins 30 of them was waiting for my turn. I have a few days to put them on the car.

 

[Guy]

i think certain offices have stopped doing it

lincoln dvla still does it.. or they did 3 months ago anyway.

 

[Rich]

Well i have been and done it. It took about 40 mins 30 of them was waiting for my turn. I have a few days to put them on the car.

Yeah took about 2 hours q'ing the last time at the local one to me!

 

[Ali]

You can put it on stright away!! I did! Jus make sure you swap tax disk and inform ur insurance of the change.

 

[Leeshez]

Im going to do it when i clean the car inside and out.