MINI Delayed - update on page 2 :(

[Scottie]

that;s what I done. V5 through already and just waiting on the number retention coming through doing it this way cost you roughly £25 more but makes getting the car quicker.

[AndyP & Lenore]

We did consider this. And we did this when we bought our current Cooper S. But it took about 6 weeks to get the retention document which you need to transfer back onto our new car. And we got a strange letter from DVLA fining us for not purchasing tax for the old Cooper when it was due, even though we'd traded it in and weren't driving it, and we had filled out all the documents and sent them in to DVLA etc. It took 2 months of fighting that for them to tell us they "wouldn't take it any further on this occasion". Not an apology for their admin mess-up.

So, we've waited two and a half months for the car, another couple of weeks isn't going to kill us.

And Alan, I'm not winging, people asked, so I'm answering their questions.

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[lynnyb1984]

Picked my car up on sat and have the registered number plate on it as i only sent it away two weeks ago car was currtly not due in the garage until between the 8th & the 12th June so i would rather have it 2 weeks early for £25 retion money and then tranfer it when i receive update from DVLA.

[T6 KFR]

I've taken my private reg off my current mini and have the rention letter..will transfer the plate myself when I collect the new beast end of july.

Least I can drive around with a 07 plate for a few hours

[KenL]

I can't help but think these private plates are not worth the hassle.

Does it not cost you £100 or something to put them on retention as well?

[FergusM]

I can't help but think these private plates are not worth the hassle.

Does it not cost you £100 or something to put them on retention as well?

Hassle...yip, definitley... but makes it much easier to remember your car registration number Used to be almost no hassle...I drove in to collect my BMW and plate was on the car I was trading in, and on the BMW that I collected. Weird when seeing both parked beside each other. Now they make it more complicated and it appears that it can't be done as easily now :(

Think it was £105 to put on renention, that includes the re-assignment fee. All a con so tax man makes more more but hey I still love my private plate and can't wait to get it on my mini.

[Gismo]

I can't help but think these private plates are not worth the hassle.

Maybe for you Ken but, like many others, it isn't too much for me

[KenL]

Maybe for you Ken but, like many others, it isn't too much for me

Fair enough :)

[AndyP & Lenore]

I can't help but think these private plates are not worth the hassle.

Does it not cost you £100 or something to put them on retention as well?

There's no real hassle. The dealers take care of that - for free I might add.

The only thing that annoys me is the slow way in which the applications are dealt with. I was speaking with SLawson on the Thistle run and he went into the Inverness DVLA office last time he changed his car..... the reggie was transferred while he waited in the reception office. Took 10 minutes. I guess Edinburgh is just that bit busier, that instead of 10 minutes it takes them 2 weeks.

It costs (I think) £105 to put a plate on retention, but that includes an £80 transfer fee when you wish to transfer back on. So the overall cost of retaining a plate and then putting it on to your car when you get it is an extra £25. If you just do a straight transfer it only costs you the £25.

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[Scottie]

I was going to post about Inverness DVLA being good.