[LMB]

Anyone know how long it takes once you send the forms off?

Cheers.

[GTT 280]

I know it costs £150 ish though.

Cheers,
K.

[FergusM]

quote up to 6 weeks before you'll get the V5 back, think about 2 weeks after you send it away to get the different reg on it.

[humph]

FergusM is about right, based on the last time I did it. About two weeks for the confirmation letter giving the car it's new reg, then sit and wait for the new V5. Can't remember about the retention certificate.

Don't leave it until the last minute as the DVLA can take forever during their busy periods (March, Sept, etc.). They are also absolutely useless at helping and advising on progress, and they will not rush anything through if they are still within the time period they quote.

[LMB]

Quote: Originally Posted by FergusM (original)

quote up to 6 weeks before you'll get the V5 back, think about 2 weeks after you send it away to get the different reg on it.

Thanks.

[LMB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Humph (original)

FergusM is about right, based on the last time I did it. About two weeks for the confirmation letter giving the car it's new reg, then sit and wait for the new V5. Can't remember about the retention certificate.

Don't leave it until the last minute as the DVLA can take forever during their busy periods (March, Sept, etc.). They are also absolutely useless at helping and advising on progress, and they will not rush anything through either if they are still within the time period they quote.

Thanks. I may just sell the car with it. I haven't decided yet.

[GTT 280]

what's the reg, anything trick ?

Cheers,
K.

[LMB]

Well I like it.

[Mister]

Here in the US, you've got to sign over your "rights" to the vanity plate. In other words, you need to release your liability with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Otherwise you'll continue to pay the $75/year fee for a plate that you no longer have (if you've sold the car with the plates).

The car I purchased has vanity plates and the original owner had no idea he still owned them. It's been a HUGE hassle trying to get them signed over to me. Eesh! Bureaucracy!

[monkeynuts]

Quote: Originally Posted by LMB (original)

Thanks. I may just sell the car with it. I haven't decided yet.

if your plan is to keep the reg then dont whatever u do sell it with the reg

i should no as its taking me since Sept 2006 (still not finalised yet!) to "enforce" proceedings against sumone who bought my old mini.

thankfully my legal knowledge made the selling contract perfectly clear.

Basically my car was sold on the strict understanding the reg plate remained my property and his part of the agreement was to undertake transferring the reg back to me.

However, despite being on paper and in person a "genuine" person he turned out to be a total cok, many months later and the involvement of solicitors im still waiting the cok to do his part of the contract.

soooooo Mr lmb if ur planning to discard the reg in its entirety then do not make the transfer of the reg a condition of sale.

If you have no written agreement which makes it perfectly clear that the reg should remain yours and that the reg is not part of the sale then you will in all probability lose it and have no real right to reclaim.

ps and just to put it out there the DVLA or doovla (fone jacker) are fffffff useless on par with Mini Parts Dept

[LMB]

Cheers Scoob.

[GR33NIE]

Mine was about 3/4 wks in the end

http://www.mini2.com/forum/general-d...ate-plate.html