Agony Aunt advice sought on embarrassing number plate related malarkey

[Guest Breadvan72]

Dear Marge

 

For many long and lonely years now I have patrolled the mean and dirty streets of Gotham and waged a crusade against personalised number plates, chavved numbers plates, and number plates of all kinds that have not been issued at random by some computer says no device at DVLA.   For me, anyone who has any sort of personalised plate is by definition a mongtard who deserves to be lit on fire, publicly fed to his or her children live on freeview TV, impaled, shot, boiled in acid and then given a Paddington hard stare for the rest of the afternoon. 

 

Here then is my dilemma.  I have recently agreed to purchase from the Hon Member Skattrd a Lancia Beta HPE that has a 2.0 litre engine with a Volumex supercharger, It's on a boggo A plate from 1983 or thereabouts. 

 

It so happens that I already own a Lancia Beta Spyder that dates from 1981.  Its registration is VLX 320X.   Are you beginning to catch my drift and see my problem?

 

In mitigation, I would not spack about with font or spacing, and if the plate was switched over to the HPE  (to be replaced on the Spyder by some random X plate) the plate would then belong to the car and would stay with it if I were to sell it on.

 

Against this it may be said that the whole idea is sad and bogus, and, really, FFS.

 

Please advise me.  I am all in a tizz.

 

Yrs

 

Anxious of Autoshite

[alf892]

Since when has hypocrisy bothered anyone on here ffs?

[saucedoctor]

Do it, I say. It's not as if it's PU51 DRY, is it? Or indeed, PU51 WET. Or D701SWL.

 

I wanted to get F475 LUT for my ex-fiancée, but common sense (and the unavailability of the reg) prevailed. In the case of the Lancia the reg is appropriate, and not that far out on age.

[Pillock]

I'd only laugh if you paid out for SPY 10R for the Spyder as a replacement. Or B374 SPY. Anyway, what's happened is just a nice coincidence so crack on.

[Cavcraft]

Since when has making sense bothered anyone on here ffs?

 

Good call, I've no idea what he's on about either.

[cort1977]

Pull yourself together man, it's just a stage you're going through.

 

Go for a drive and the first sight of a tatty S class with chrome arches and a crappy NI BAZ plate will bring you to your senses.

 

Insanely jealous of your purchase by the way.

[eddyramrod]

Do it, don't worry about it, then at the first (indeed every) AS meet you take it to, recline in the lovely comfy seat and feel the wash of indifference from the rest of us.  If it's any help... I'd be doing it, I wouldn't even ask.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Anyone have the faintest clue how much you have to bung Swansea to feck about with numbers?  Is the whole process a bureaucratic nightmare of knacker ache?  I know I could Google it, but why do that when I can get 27 pages of conflicting advice here? 

[anonymous user]

Pull yourself together man, it's just a stage you're going through.

 

Go for a drive and the first sight of a tatty S class with chrome arches and a crappy NI BAZ plate will bring you to your senses.

 

Insanely jealous of your purchase by the way.

Either that or make him think of buying a VXI plate.

 

Also jealous as several years ago was offered a Volumex, unfortunately whilst being garaged from new it had been garaged wet, garaged salty, garaged covered in mud, etc. and was so crusty that even the plastic numberplates were streaked with rust (Ok it had bled off the bodywork). Also the brakes were seized, as was the engine, the seats looked nice though.

[Guest Breadvan72]

If it was me I would have bought that one, so probably just as well.  

[nigel bickle]

I've a personal plate on my HPE Volumex -so am clearly a mongtard.

 

In mitig, I used to use it for work in Croydon -and really didn't want a 3yr old base level Merc. (Sadly, when I asked for a Ginetta G31, as a Company car -it broke their system.  

 

It used to be a fairly simple op, involving your local Office -but now its gone to Wales shire, God alone knows.

 

I'd copy all the docs -and pray something comes back one day.

 

TheVX is a fun car that likes a drink, -and isn't much faster than a standard HPE (although it sounds like it should be) .

 

But it looks the nuts, sounds the bizz and is def different nowadays -so damn well done Sir.

[michael1703]

I'm against plates that try to spell something but I don't think it's too sad to have some numbers and your initials for example

[anonymous user]

I'm ashamed to say that I walked away from it even though it was free. I even had somewhere I could have put it undercover at the time. What I didn't have was the enthusiasm to do anything with it, having already reached the point in life where I had too many projects that never got done and for once having the sense not to add to them.

[Guest Breadvan72]

I reckon this is my bestest First World Problem in EVAH.  

 

Having to deal in paper with Wales Shire fills with me with trepidation and that might kibosh the whole scheme. 

 

[eddyramrod]

Yeah good luck with that.  Used to be 85 notes but it might have changed now.  You can bet it won't have gone down...

[Pillock]

Just swap the plates and assume that not a single policeman would be able to spot the difference between the two Lancias.

 

Or clone the VLX plate onto the Volumex and enjoy a "reduction" in road fund licence.

[mercrocker]

1.  Sell HPE plate to some Alice called Kelly who drives a Volvo 144

2. Put VLX plate onto HPE

3. Stop worrying about it, only us will know and we don't care....

[chaseracer]

I transferred the paddyplate between XMs and then onto the Blingo.  Piece of piss both times.  

 

But that was nearly 10 years ago, when we had helpful and accommodating local Doovla offices...

[fordperv]

do what makes you happy  

[barefoot]

I don't get it, I've squinted and I can't make VLX 320X look even a little bit like breadvan, the numbers are all rong two

[Dave_Q]

This form.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209585/V317_140313.pdf

 

Send to Walestown with a cheque for 80 quid and MOT's and V5's for both cars.

 

Both cars need to be taxed, MOT'd and 'available for inspection'.

 

In theory you'll get 2 x amended V5's back in a few weeks.

 

If they decide to mess you about then who knows. Not sure what they plan to do with inspecting vehicles now the local offices have gone.

[Guest Breadvan72]

OK, I will sell the HPE plate to Alison, wang the VLX on the VX, and make up a cardboard and crayon plate for the Spyder that says MONG 1T.  Is that a plan?  

[drum]

I'm against plates that try to spell something but I don't think it's too sad to have some numbers and your initials for example

This.

 

I've toyed with the idea of dateless reg numbers so no judgementalism here. Not convinced its worth the dvla hassle in this instance mind.

[EssDeeWon]

You'll love this one then Breadman and Michaelt..

 

I was in Brentwood on Tuesday lunchtime spotting some tat (pics in my Essex spots thread) when a white RR Sport goes past driven by Amy Childs with reg W311 JEL - but displayed as WEll JEL obviously, imagine that plate would of been worth eff all before the towie programme was on!!

[Guest Breadvan72]

Er, sorry, but who are the Beatles?  [/Mr Justice Cocklecarrot]

[inconsistant]

Since when has hypocrisy bothered anyone on here ffs?

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

I'm not sure I would swap them, but more due to a lack of motivation than anything else. I think  it probably would add a bit of interest to the Volumex. I would notice the plate if I saw the car out and about. Lovely car, by the way.

 

My car has a private plate on it with three numbers and my dad's initials. It dates from 1959, IIRC. I inherited it from him in 2009. Before the internet, I had absolutely no idea - not even a notion - of how much some people care about private plates, and how much negative stuff they perceive about the owner of the car from them. Some people really hate private plates - and it seems, hate the owner too. I find it bizarre, but Piston Heads has a thread tens of pages long, filled with hyperventilating frothers going purple in the face about private registration plates. Of all things.

 

I have talked myself into it! It is a positively brilliant idea!

[rml2345]

It's funny you should mention that as my dad bought D701SWL new in 1987, second hand from it's fourth owner. It still has one life and is living it, whereabouts unknown in Todmorden.

I'd do whatever makes you happiest, so contacting Doovla probably isn't it.

[nigel bickle]

I am shortly to place my wifes old Saab plate -(ANZ 900) on her 'new' S2000. On digging out the retention certificate I find it expired a few months back.

 

Bugger. So o't  bat phone to the trogladites to ask if I can pay for an extension by card/ transfer -or anything that will enable prompt transfer.

 

Nope. She  must WRITE in , with a CHEQUE, explaining why she didn't renew on time. They will then bank the cheque, consider her request and -if acceptable- post out a new Retention certificate.  No other option.

 

Which  we will then promptly send back with a myriad of paper detritus. God help us all.

 

In this day & age.......

[Guest Breadvan72]

Well, dear Aunty, I sold the Spider without bumming it for its plate first.  

 

But....

 

I have just bought A20 VLX from DVLA.  Call me a fookan charver, or what.

 

The windows of the Italoheap are etched A144 KEL, but that is OK as I drive it like I stole it anyway.