Trading car in with cherished plates on?

[AjayB]

Just wondering how a plate transfer would happen if i was to trade my car in? I've seen A3 i like the look of and i am probably going to look at it tomorrow. Only problem is that my car has a private plate on it, would the garage be able to swap this straight over for me?

[dmac1969]

Not straight away they wont , I believe the paperwork has to go to the DVLA first.

[AjayB]

Not straight away they wont , I believe the paperwork has to go to the DVLA first.

Are most garages wiling to do the exchange of plates onto a new car?

[dmac1969]

Not straight away they wont , I believe the paperwork has to go to the DVLA first.

Are most garages wiling to do the exchange of plates onto a new car?

Yeah I would think so , they are getting a car sale off you after all! I think its £80 quid though , so they will probably charge you!

[AjayB]

Not straight away they wont , I believe the paperwork has to go to the DVLA first.

Are most garages wiling to do the exchange of plates onto a new car?

Yeah I would think so , they are getting a car sale off you after all! I think its £80 quid though , so they will probably charge you!

Thanks mate, i shall give it a go tomorrow!

Does anyone know what trade n value i'd be looking at for a 2004 GT TDI, 70 000 miles with FSH?

[Phil Miller]

prob about 4/4.5k depends how much they have got in the A3 tbh

[AjayB]

Cheers Phil, I'd be happy with 4500-4700 if i can squeeze them.

[Deako]

Just sort the plate transfer yourself. Nothing to stop you trading it, just means they can't really sell your car on until you get the v5 back.

[Jussa]

You need to pay the DVLA for a number plate retention, I think it's about £105 if I remember correctly.  Give them a call and they'll talk u thru it.  You won't be able to sell your car straight away though unless the person buying it trusts u to send them on the log book when u get it back. 

[Baz300]

If the dealer goes to a local dvla office with your v5 too the transfer can be done instantly.

If its done by post it can take about a week to 2 weeks to get the tax disc through and you can put your plates on then

It's £80 to transfer a plate from one car to another and £110 to put it onto a retention certificate

I have just sent the paperwork away to put my plate onto my golf can't sell my old car until I get the v5 back for that

[MC71]

 If your lucky they will sort it out for you and you can do a straight transfere.
Put my cherished plate on retention before I traded my last car in as it can be a pain with the V5 and the garage. DVLA issued a new reg (got super cheap plates of eBay) and got the updated V5 in less than 2 weeks then did the trade in. Just take all you paperwork to your local DVLA office and they will do the lot for you.
 

[TagnuT]

Some garages will buy the car off you. I have seen couple of examples were the garage want a further deposit orwill keep the second car key until you bring in the V5 for your old car.
My old car, I took the V5 in a week or two later.