TAW wrote:
On 08/02/2010 18:23, John wrote:
I am about to 'inherit' a car which has a personalised reg plate. Is
there
any requirement to relinquish the reg number? I don't really want it -
but
feel I should hold it for a while if it is easy to do so. Will it just
be a
case of completing the usual change of owner bits on the registration
document?

The owner is giving up driving.


Its easier to keep it - the car 'owns' the plate, you will have to pay
to put a normal plate on it. It may be worth something to sell on, or
worth nothing.

If it's a NI 'council vanity plate' i.e. MIW or MUI or even worse
GAZ/BAZ/DAZ/MBZ then it's highly likely to actually devalue the car.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

'78 Escort 1300 Sport
'99 BMW 318is Coupé


"It's an Alfa, it will go wrong, it will **** you off, why should your
Alfa experience be different from everyone else's.
Now get back out there and swear at it before something else breaks."