Plate on retention

[Lyons]

Can anyone tell me how much it is to put a plate on retention? Just planning ahead incase im landed with another one next week.

 

[Nordonian]

cant remember off the top of my head lad
ring my da on 02838 849849 he can sort ya out

 

[Marc]

i thought in NI it was impossible to put a plate on retention.. i thought it had to go onto another car right away

 

[Lyons]

Nope, im pretty sure it can. Think its £25 per year, not 100% but.

 

[Nordonian]

i asked my da about this lyons, unless the car is still registered on the mainland, its impossible to retain a number plate in northern ireland.

 

[Lyons]

So the only thing to do is put it on another car? Oh bollocks.

 

[Nordonian]

probably
im not too sure about the exact details of the plate trading

 

[Lyons]

Dads friend had a plate on retention before putting it on his Cobra. Theres a boy who goes to our church has several on retention too .

 

[Nordonian]

then the cars have to be registerd on the main land some how, plate retention is not available in northern ireland YET, government plans are to bring it out soon

 

[Lyons]

Sure, if the plates on retention, theres no car involved yet.

 

[Nordonian]

but rentionion is only available to the mainland, the way my dad is able to retain plates is because he has a shed of about 2-300 really old motorbikes locked in a shed and uses them to transfer the plates

thers a car about portadown with a personalised plate, he is selling the car soon and has had to transfer the plate over to his girlfriends car in order to keep a hold of it

 

[Lyons]

Pish, my cousin who works in the DVLNI just confirmed it can only be done on the mainland.

 

[Nordonian]

Pish, my cousin who works in the DVLNI just confirmed it can only be done on the mainland.

my da has been dealing in plates for 25 years +
if he says it aint possible id be inclined to take his word on it

 

[Lyons]

Ah right.

 

[2fast4u]

Pish, my cousin who works in the DVLNI just confirmed it can only be done on the mainland.

This is a bummer found this out when i was trying to get my old plate off my saxo. Its a bit strange cos if ya buy one from the likes of wilsons auctions it comes on a retention cert.

 

[Lyons]

That was another question i was going to ask, excellent. Is there a time limit you have to put the plate onto a car if bought from wilsons?

 

[2fast4u]

Think ya have 12 mths, but if its like cross the water you can pay a fee and keep it on the cert think its about £45 per year.

 

[Lyons]

Its £25, but as Nodronion's dad has established, it cant be done here. 12mths is more than ample but

 

[Martyn]

So how do you do it here???? Do you know something we dont?

 

[Lyons]

What do you mean? It cant be done.

 

[Peje]

if it came to it u could register it on some ols scrapper lyin about til u get sorted

 

[Lyons]

All this depends whether i win the auction tomorrow. I wont get excited until i phone and see!

 

[Peje]

gd luck

 

[Nordonian]

y not put the plate on a family members car

 

[Lyons]

They all have their own plates too.