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DVLA Number Plates Crackdown

Friday, August 14th, 2009

The DVLA has recently written to its registered number plate suppliers informing them of a campaign to ensure legislation regarding the supply of number plates is enforced. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority have said there are ongoing investigations following a number of alleged instances of rogue traders supplying DVLA number plates. The Agency is also looking at number plates that fail to conform to the legal display of a vehicle registration number and where the required checks have not been carried out.

The investigations have already uncovered a number of individuals supplying number plates that were none compliant and no doubt they also failed to carry out the required identity and entitlement checks. The DVLA number plates crackdown has included sweeps of markets and car boot sales to hunt out illegal suppliers.

The DVLA number plate suppliers who act within the law have been frustrated with traders acting unlawfully and supplying show plates and the like. The DVLA state they are committed to ensuring a level playing field for all number plate suppliers in the UK and anyone found supplying number plates illegally will swiftly be bought to task.

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Personal Number Plate Auction

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

An Indian business man has forked out 415,000 Indian rupees for personal number plate CH-04-K-0001. In India this is a ton of cash, converted to British Pounds it is about £5,243.00 which although a lot of money, it’s a pretty unremarkable figure in UK personal number plates terms.

The new owner, Harjinder Singh Pannu, bought this personal number plate for his Audi on Wednesday at the auction held by the Registering and Licenseing Authority (RLA). India’s equivalent to our very own Driver and vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). There were 36 personal number plates entered in the auction which is reported to have raised 1,763,000 rupees.

The desirability of the personal number plates entered in this auction no doubt creates a stir in India. Honestly speaking they look pretty naff to me, not the quality we are used to seeing at the DVLA auctions. The quantity of personal number plates offered is minute compared to our auctions. The next DVLA auction has 1600 car registration numbers entered with private number plates like 4 O entered in it.

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Prefix Personal Number Plates

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

The term prefix when used to describe personal number plates refers to the first alpha character. This Character was originally used as the year identifier for car registration numbers with the first being “A” issued in August 1983. At that time there was just one new registration series issued each year.

The prefix series of car registration numbers are now popular as personal number plates. The prefix personal number plates tend to be more affordable than their dateless registration number forerunners. The availability of unissued prefix number plates is now limited as there are literally hundreds being purchased every day and have been for many years.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA, have recently declared there intention to release some remaining prefix numbers over the next five years. The first of the proposed rollouts is scheduled for October 2010 and will be the extended R prefix range. We will post more information when we have it here.

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DVLA number plates sealed Bid Sale

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The third DVLA number plates sealed bid sale has now concluded and the successful bidders have had the happy news. Although there were several lots unsold, the overall feel of the results is that the popularity of DVLA number plates continues to thrive despite the economic downturn.

The top prices achieved were for lot 995, car registration number YUL 1A, reached £10,110 that was equalled only by Lot 131, 121 CHE £10,110. Other notable lots were 906, UBA 1D sold for £7,000, lot 649, NAG 1K £5200.

The next DVLA number plates sale will be the auction of 1600 car registration numbers which is to be held on the 4th,5th & 6th of August at the RBS Williams Conference Centre, Wantage, Oxfordshire

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DVLA Number Plates & Write off’s ?

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

If you car has been evolved in a serious accident and the insurance company are likely to settle the claim as a total loss i.e. it isn’t economically viable to repair the vehicle. The private number plate is officially part of the vehicle. Therefore Unless you arrange with the insurance company to transfer the DVLA number plates or retain it on a V317 retention certificate, the number may be lost.

If the car registration number is lost you could write to the DVLA explaining the situation together with a letter from your insurance company stating they have no interest or claim in the DVLA number plates. They may take a sympaphetic view and let you have it back, our advice would be not to take that chance and have the number removed from the one being written off.

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Thinking of Buying A Car Registration Number?

Friday, July 10th, 2009

When thinking about buying a car registration number for the first time it can seem like a bit of a minefield. No doubt there will be countless questions you want answering, like:

There are websites everywhere which one do you choose ?
What about the Department of Transport Process ?
How do I update my tax disk ?
Which private number plate should I choose?
What can I can’t I have on my car?
Is it a good investment?
What happens when I sell my vehicle?

We would say go to platinum plates – but then that’s what you would expect us to say, isn’t it ! We have over 35 million private number plates available, we will take car of the legal side of the process on your behalf and even supply you with new number plates and offer lifetime support.

Rather than use this post as a sales plug for us we would recommend that if you have never transferred a car registration number before you take some advice before parting with any cash. The process can take a few weeks and if you buy from a dealer that is a member of M.I.R.A.D you can rest assured that they follow a predetermined code of ethics. I believe the same is true of CNDA members. If you buy car registration numbers privately that is obviously not the case.

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Personalised Number Plates on TV

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

On Friday there was a programme on channel four that covered some personalised number plates and their owners. The documentary style story discussed some high value private registration numbers as well as covering some cheaper alternatives. The main focus of the programme was to demonstrate how sought after personalised number plates are.

There were several car registration numbers featured with the main focus being around N1 GEL owned by an Essex business man and took pride of place on his yellow lambo. The only thing that came close to this fellas, quality personalised number plate and superb car, was his “thunderbirds” style hidden garage under his drive, you have to see it, the ultimate boyz toy.

Three other Nigel’s that had private number plates, albeit they all conceded they would rather have N1 GEL. They each had to make do with personalised number plates N2 GEL that was an account referred to as Nigel 2 and AU 1 which was a gold bullion dealer in Birmingham’s famous Jewellery quarter, and BL03 JOB was a chap from Tewkesbury

The AU 1 number plate shares the alpha combination for the periodic table of elements for Gold (AU 79) and apparently featured in the James Bond film Gold finger.

You can see the full personalised number plates episode below: Personalised Number Plates Channel 4 First Cut

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Car Registration Numbers in DVLA Sealed Sale

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

The DVLA released details of their third, car registration number, sealed bid sale. The sale opened at 10am on 22nd JUne 2009 and will close at 2.00pm on Friday 10th July 2009. All bids are to be sent in writing to the DVLA Auctioneers. The list of 1000 car registration numbers are available to view on the DVLA website, the private number plates have reserve prices starting from as little as £130.00 plus associated costs.

There are a few Gems in the sale but mainly the car registration numbers are pretty unremarkable made up of Prefix, Suffix and a handful of dateless car registrations. The way the bidding works is the highest tender wins at the price tendered.

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Private Number Plates – they’ll make you smile!

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I’ve been a fan of private number plates for more years than I care to remember. Over the years there have been car registration numbers that have made me smile, with various cogitations. The private number plates have been significant to the owner for a multitude of reasons, like, football teams i.e. A1 4VFC, X1 WBA, S2 LFC etc or based on a names F1 5COT. OO08 JON etc or initials 35 EJ, LNP 8k etc and too many others to list, but you get the idea.

Probably the funniest have been naughty numbers i.e. TOT 13 (Totty) of S1 EXY, Sex related car registration numbers were held back by the DVLA originally but there have been a few about recently. Probably the funniest private number plate I have seen was a couple of years ago when I saw SHA 661N (SHAG*IN) on a car in the Midlands.

We would love to know what private number plates you have seen that you found entertaining and welcome your comments

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What will happen to Private Number Plates CR 7 ?

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

This weeks record breaking transfer deal that sees Cristiano Ronaldo move from Old Trafford to El Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. What will Cristiano do with his much loved CR 7 private number plate. There were lots of rumours about the young Portuguese player buying the quality DVLA number plate from a Troon businessman last year and it is believed Ronaldo paid well into 6 figures for his car registration number.

I wonder will he sell the private number plate, or will he put it on a dvla number plate retention certificate in case he ever returns to blighty? At least we won’t see him at Villa Park this season when Machester United visit!

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