how hard is it to get trade plates

[David6214]

Thats the question really......what does it buy you, what do they cost

[ddu]

got a mate with a garage, i will enquire on monday..

[1300dolly]

you need to be a vat registered trader and have traders insuarnce (depending apon insurance co you need to sell x amount of cars per month/year) a traders plate cost the same as a tax disc but you can only use it on a roadworthy car for delivering/roadtesting purposes not to go to the shops.
you can not park a plated car on the puplic highway (some exceptions)
and you can not use it on a car that you own i.e your daily driver.

aApply for the plates online at dvla they will send you a form,then you attend an interview at the local dvla office where you will have to prove your trading history, show proof of insurance and convince them that your not just using them to run a fleet of 15 dolomites that you can be bothered to tax

if successfull you will be insued a one year probationary plate. after the first year if all is well and the plates haven't been misused renawal is as easy as getting a tax disc.

[David6214]

Wow - I can almost meet that criteria - just need to sell a few more - wait for the next one then......

[xvivalve]

...and you can only use them during normal business hours for business purposes

[1300dolly]

i had already said about business purposes and as for business hours ,you can delivery/collect/test drive a car at any given time of day or night. if you are not running a shop/garage whats to say what time you are open?

[David6214]

We're open all hours round here...just ask any dolly owner (and ebay seller) who has seen a landie and trailer pull up at some unearthly hour....

[Judge Mental]

Isn't the Vat threshold something like 65k per year. That's quite a few dollies you would have to trade to reach that amount. A friend of mine has a traders policy that costs him 3k per year. He reckons that's very cheap.

[David6214]

still worth me investigating.....If you see a company called david6214 triumphs you will know who it is ... doesn't exactly roll off the tongue though does it?

[Jon Tilson]

a set of number plates+ V5 and tax disc from a car of matching colour, few rivets and a drill...

Jonners

[David6214]

Messed myself right up there jonners, had all yellow ones at one point, until recently had red (2 shades), brown, blue, white, yellow(multiple shades) but still not got it quite right got red one, yellow and white now.

Some paint and a paint gun wil be cheaper than trade plates methinks!!

[1300dolly]

forget the vat remark. you do not have to prove your vat ableness to the dvla when appling for traders plates.
insurance is cheap for classic car traders if you look, probably cos they know you aint gonna rag a 1970s dolomite like you would a scobby.