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Tue 26 Jul 2005 12:02
Selling car keeping reg - peteH
I have a car with a personalised reg, and a new car with a regular assigned reg.

I am selling my old car and wish to retain the reg to transfer to my new car.

Do I need to do this (and have a new number assigned to the old car) before I can sell it? Or can I tranfer the number at the time of sale?

How have other gone about this?

regards
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Tue 26 Jul 2005 16:32
Selling car keeping reg - edisdead {P}
Pete,
www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/cherish.htm
gives most of the information you are likely to need. If you still have questions, post back and I'll try and help, as I have (reluctantly) become something of an expert at this over the past couple of weeks.
Ed.
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Tue 26 Jul 2005 22:02
Selling car keeping reg - VTiredeyes
best idea is to get private reg put on new car.
then wait for dvla to send back your old cars reg doc (v5) with a reg for its year.
you will proberly get the one that was assigned when it was new.
then you can sell it.
have you the old plates for old car? the plates that came with the car?

then use your private plates on new car.
the dvla place in worcester is good. they help you all through it.
just take both cars down, tax, v5's insurance and everything else, like mots and ermmm i think thats it..
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Wed 27 Jul 2005 08:56
Selling car keeping reg - RichardW
If you go to your nearest DVLA local office (which might not be that local!) I think you can do it there and then, and they stamp the V5 and MOT with the new number - this avoids you having to wait 3 weeks for the V5 to come back before you can sell. Last car I bought was like this.
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