Jay Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Hey guys and gals.... looking for a bit of info. I am looking to change over my private reg to my zeds previous plate... does anyone know roughly how long this process takes? Thanks in advance Jason Quote
LRF4N Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Glasgow dvla are hit or miss. Last time it took 4 months with all the mistakes they made, but this time getting my plate on the skyline it took a week Got a buyer lined up? Quote
Jay Posted November 21, 2011 Author Posted November 21, 2011 Possibly dude..... I dont want to jinx anything.. but hopefully Quote
Stew Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Shouldn't take more than 5 working days if you go into the office. Do it by post and it can take ages. Quote
LRF4N Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Fingers crossed. If they want 2 zeds send them my way they can have both the southsiders Make sure u have all the paperwork in place the dvla should sort it sooner rather than later it's a much better system now Quote
HassanZ Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Mine was completed within a week. They sent me a letter of acknowledgement informing me I could transfer my plate over. I received the log book a couple of weeks later. I initially went into DVLA Nottingham so this must have speeded up the process a little. By post it normally takes 28 days if I remember correctly. Quote
EH 370z Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Retention is your best bet an quicker http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedRegAndNumberPlates/DG_4022576 Quote
LRF4N Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Shouldn't take more than 5 working days if you go into the office Shouldn't. You're right. But Glaswegian dvla employees are a rare breed Quote
Neilp Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Shouldn't take more than 5 working days if you go into the office Shouldn't. You're right. But Glaswegian dvla employees are a rare breed It used to be instant and then you had to wait for the documents to arrive. They change the tax disc there and then.... Recently I heard they done away with this service in there office and it now takes a few days. Took my mate 2 weeks for his stuff to changeover from his q7 to his 5 series he just bought. That was done through a dealer and included the time for the documents to arrive. Quote
cmck13 Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Just been down to my local DVLA today to do mine, they say it will take a week. We'll see. Quote
HassanZ Posted November 22, 2011 Posted November 22, 2011 Shouldn't take more than 5 working days if you go into the office Shouldn't. You're right. But Glaswegian dvla employees are a rare breed It used to be instant and then you had to wait for the documents to arrive. They change the tax disc there and then.... Recently I heard they done away with this service in there office and it now takes a few days. Took my mate 2 weeks for his stuff to changeover from his q7 to his 5 series he just bought. That was done through a dealer and included the time for the documents to arrive. When you transfer a plate on retention onto a vehicle then it's instant. When I bought my private plate I got all the documents sorted at the office and they printed off a new MOT certificate and tax disc with the new plate on, the log book was sent via post though. I was in the DVLA car park changing the plates over - boy I was like an excited little child! They do let you keep your old plates on your car for 2 working days before you have to change it over. I had to send my old tax disc back to them to prevent fraud, I forgot to send it back though. Quote
martinmac Posted November 22, 2011 Posted November 22, 2011 Mine took 10 minutes at Carlisle mate. They are very good and its normally pretty quiet. Quote
Jay Posted November 22, 2011 Author Posted November 22, 2011 I took it into the glasgow office today and they hope that it will be done by fri..... fingers crossed Quote
cmck13 Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 Just been down to my local DVLA today to do mine, they say it will take a week. We'll see. Went in Monday received back in post Friday, did what it said on the tin. Quote
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