Adding a private registration to your car or even just getting a different number plate made with your existing number are great ways of adding a little individualism to your vehicle, but there are limits to what you can do with UK registration plates before you run the risk of getting in trouble with the law. Getting a personalised registration number is perhaps…
If you are a diligent consumer and you want to be as safe as you can be when buying a used car, you might want to get a vehicle history report carried out before committing to buy and handing over your hard-earned cash. But do you know when you need to get a vehicle history check carried out, when you don’t have to bother, or how much (if anything) you should pay for one?…
If you’ve ever looked into buying a personal number plate, you’re probably aware that the DVLA sells them direct to the consumer through fixed-price sales and auctions. The two types of auction used by the DVLA are called the Venue Auction and the Timed Online Auction, and in this guide, I’m going to explain all you need to know about DVLA auctions…
The DVLA has just seen fit to put out a press release warning drivers about being conned by bogus third-party websites that charge hefty fees for processing applications that shouldn’t cost you a penny. Although some of the sites do forward your details to the DVLA and you eventually get what you need from the DVLA, your application isn’t processed…
If you’ve never bought, sold or allocated a private plate to a vehicle in the past you could be forgiven for assuming that it’s a complicated, time-consuming and potentially very expensive activity. To be fair, it certainly used to be all that and more, but not today. The whole private number plate business is now incredibly easy; so much so, that…
Most of us don’t think about our motor insurance much until we need to make a claim or when the time comes to renew it and your insurer wants twice as much this year as they did last year even though you haven’t made a claim. You’ve probably thought even less about any motor insurance implications associated with having a private number plate,…
The first thing I want to make clear is there’s no need to panic at the title of this article. If you have 3D number plates on your vehicle you are not necessarily going to get a fine. What we’re going to be looking at here are changes to the rules around UK registration plates that came into force from 1 September 2021 as the new 71 plate starting being used.…
I’ve always prided myself on being pretty good at buying presents, and by that, I don’t mean I know the best time to shop for presents to get in and out of the shop in the least amount of time and by spending the least amount possible. What I mean is I like to put plenty of thought into buying gifts to make sure they are personal to the person I’m buying…
If you’ve never bought, sold or owned a private or personalised registration number you could have the wrong impression about how much they cost. Most of us have read stories in the newspapers from time to time about the astronomical sums paid for some private registration numbers, but they’re only the ones you get to hear about. Someone paying half a million …
If you’re like me and you often find your head turning in the city when you see an exotic supercar parked up or driving past you, it might have caught your attention that some Lamborghinis and other supercars don’t have a front number plate. If you have noticed a lack of front plates on some cars you probably wonder why they don’t have them and if it’s legal to…