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Well up until 1990 you could not purchase registrations from the DVLA, then in that year they released the first registrations for sale to the public.

The first were A registrations, followed by H

They were only released from numbers 1 - 20.

I again remember waiting for the morning of the release to purchase A1 MWN, that cost me a £1000 in 1991. I still have that one today also.

Ever since then the DVLA have cashed in any way they can, which originally was against their rules. Money talks I suppose?
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Posted: 2008-07-10 20:40:35
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Guys good topic I need a few tips..

There are couple of plates that I want to buy and Re-sell.. So what would be the procedure? can I buy the plates without having to put them on a car and the sell/transfer that particular plate to someone else?
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Posted: 2008-07-10 23:12:48
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Plates can be put on retention certificates, and all transfer fees etc., are paid to the DVLA for the privilege in advance.

When you sell or assign the plate to a vehicle, then all the fees are paid.


A little bit of history as well!!!

A1 is the first known registration assigned to a vehicle, and was put on a car in 1907 by an Earl Russell. From what I remember the registration is on a Dunlop tyre owned car now.



[ This Message was edited by: Mamber on 2008-07-10 22:35 ]
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Posted: 2008-07-10 23:23:45
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The one i'm after is £500 and it's a great one i just don't have the cash at the moment though, hopefully it won't be taken and i can save for it.


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Posted: 2008-07-16 16:40:15
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C4SPA is available... a snip at only £5k too.....

P155 OFF on a Ferrari round here, and despite urban myth it's a banned plate, it's not! I'll take a pic next time I see it... (it's a red F430 I think, if it is banned it's something that looks suspiciously like P155 OFF)

FA51 CAR on a DB9

FA51 NOB on a noble M400

EDD5 with a strategic black bolt and dodgy font so it looks like Edds' on a Conti...

I still want F47 REG but it's never going to be made, So I'll have to wait until 2027 when I can have FA77 REG

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Posted: 2008-07-16 20:25:06
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I've got J8 TXT which was only £250, the bare minimum you pay for a plate in the UK.

The J8 is meant to be JB, my initials, and TXT cause I love phones and I text alot, so it symbolises me really I suppose


Yes they're restrictive, but it makes perfect sense to me. You can't make it look newer for obvious reasons, the fact people will try and make a used car look newer to sell for more. You can't have just anything because chances are they've either already gone or they're reserved for auction (where they go for a fair bit more).

You just have to be more creative
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Posted: 2008-07-16 22:44:34
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but these number plates that "try" to look like something else are so lame

and I really don't subscribe to the argument about not making a car look newer... anyone who is going to buy the car is going to want to see the registration documents and hopefully do a HPI check.

When I got my MR2 last week I found a great MR2 but the HPI check showed the plates on the car were private plates but it also gave a history of the car with the original plate which showed the car had previously been written off and then put back on the road.
Thats not neccessarily a bad thing but I said no thanks and bought the one shown in the picture in the first post which I am very happy with. it has only 59000 miles confirmed by the service manual, every single MOT the car ever had and the HPI check (and again today when I had my local Toyota dealer do a tune and a thorough check over the car including exchaust emissions etc etc).

so a little due diligience always shows the truth... and anyway, so many other countries allow much more flexibility for number plates so why not the UK?
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Posted: 2008-07-16 22:57:18
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Because they're clucking difficult, is the long answer short.
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Posted: 2008-07-16 22:59:12
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but thats more an excuse than a reason

anyway... it is what it is I guess...
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Posted: 2008-07-16 23:02:17
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Well thanks, I'll go tell my Grandma that the 21st birthday present they bought me is 'lame' then. I like it, it's mine and reflects me and people know it's mine, that's all i care about.


And yes, most people with an ounce of sense would a) want to see reg documents and b) do an HPI check.....but have you MET any of the Great British public?? The vast majority are as thick as pig shit Chances are, they won't know or care about an HPI check, and I suspect that theres a fair chunk of people out there who don't check the numberplate versus the age on the reg document.


People in the UK are dumber than most, hence why they have the dumb rules and regs to keep them from being even dumber...
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Posted: 2008-07-16 23:39:10
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