Cherished Plates - Help Needed...

Hello landy owners, I’m afraid I’m after some help and advise again (one day I hope to be in a position to give and not take from the forum)
My question is this….

My old 300TDI has failed the mot (welding), not as problem as I’ve been and bought a TD5. I had private plates on the old 300TDI and want to get them changed over to the TD5 - Does the 300TDI need a valid MOT in order to exchanged the registration?

Many thanks,

John.

This info taken from Personalised Number Plates

To transfer a vehicle registration number, it is necessary for the car from which it is taken and the car to which it is transferred to have current road tax and MOT

Dewin said:

This info taken from Personalised Number Plates

To transfer a vehicle registration number, it is necessary for the car from which it is taken and the car to which it is transferred to have current road tax and MOT

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BUGGER!!! :doh:

Are you scrapping the D1? If so maybe try putting your private plate on a retainer?

Dewin said:

Are you scrapping the D1? If so maybe try putting your private plate on a retainer?

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I might well be! I'll give it some serious thought, thanks.

Be careful here ,i have studied cherished plates alot recently and one thing i found is how many numbers cannot be transferred to a newer vehicle ,dont know why though so check with dvla before you do anything .

I’ll pop into the Worcester office tomorrow and have a chat. I know you cant transfer a younger looking plate onto an older vehicle as it gives the impression of the vehicle being younger than its true years.

I cant for the life of me understand why a vehicle needs to be MOT’d in order to transfer the reg from that to another (surely the DVLA would just issue a new V5 with a new registration number)???

Oh-well, guess I’ll find out for sure tomorrow….

Dewin said:

This info taken from Personalised Number Plates

To transfer a vehicle registration number, it is necessary for the car from which it is taken and the car to which it is transferred to have current road tax and MOT

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Just a quick up-date - this is incorrect, just had mine done, moved the reg from the 300TDI (no MOT) to the TD5 (with MOT) no problem

John W H said:

Just a quick up-date - this is incorrect, just had mine done, moved the reg from the 300TDI (no MOT) to the TD5 (with MOT) no problem

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See, only a week later and you are now able to give advice:director:

John W H said:

Just a quick up-date - this is incorrect, just had mine done, moved the reg from the 300TDI (no MOT) to the TD5 (with MOT) no problem

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Good outcome, nice to see someone keeping their thread up to date as well