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Welcome! I can give you answers to most of the questions you may have relating to choosing and owning your own private number plate. There’s quite a lot to know, so to begin with (and to keep things simple) I’ve made a short list and called it Reggie’s Golden Rules Proceed to the "Golden Rules"

Golden Rules
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Reggie’s Golden Rules for Number Plate Buyers 1) You cannot make a vehicle look younger than it is. That means that you can put an older number plate on a younger car, but not the other way round. More ... 2) You must include both letters and numbers in your number plate. Every number plate has a number in it, somewhere!(Hence the name ‘Number’ plate) You can’t avoid using numbers so what people do is substitute letters with numbers. For example the name PETER becomes P3 TER 3) Every plate must be displayed according to strict laws. You can’t change the spacing of the letters and numbers or choose different styles of letters and numbers, as you wish, without breaking the law. More ... Proceed to "Help Me Search"

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Help Me Search Our search facility enables you to search for both Prefix and Current (New) Style number plates. Prefix A prefix number plate starts with a letter (excluding I, O, Q, U and Z) and this letter is age- related. Following this there is a number which can be between 1 and 999 and then there is a legal space, followed by a group of three letters (excluding I, Q, and Z) Current The current style was first issued on the 1st of September 2001. It starts with two letters (excluding I, Q and Z), then two numbers which relate to the age of the vehicle. Then there is a legal space followed by three letters (excluding I and Q).

Searching Prefix Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Method 1 Start by selecting the 3 letters at the end of the plate and clicking Search. By leaving the first 2 boxes set at ‘Any’ all the results containing this 3 -letter combination will be shown Method 2 To make the search more specific we can select the letter to start the plate with. Then leave the next drop-down box set to "ANY" and choose the last 3-letter combination as before. All the available plates containing this starting letter and this 3-letter combination will be shown. Method 3 The first dropdown is set at "ANY" and a number(from the second drop-down box) plus 3 letter combination is selected. By using this method all the available plates containing this number and this 3-letter combination will be shown.

Searching Prefix Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Because this plate looks very similar to a name (and there is only one of each in existence) it could worth tens of thousands of pounds. If you use your imagination you may be able to shorten the name and find something similar for far less money More Ideas and Suggestions

Searching Prefix Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Please note that you cannot make a vehicle appear younger than it is by transferring a newer registration onto it. For example you cannot put a prefix style registration starting with “N” (1995) on to a “D” (1986) reg vehicle You are allowed to make a vehicle appear older than it is. For example you can transfer a D (1986) reg plate to an N (1995) reg vehicle or even a Current style 53 plated (2003) vehicle if you wish Click here to find out which registrations you can have on your car.

Searching Current Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Method 1 Start by selecting the 3 letters at the end of the plate and clicking Search. By leaving the first 3 boxes set at ‘Any’ all the results containing this 3 -letter combination will be shown Method 2 To make the search more specific we can select the letter(s) to start the plate with, selecting one or two starting letters, plus the last 3-letter combination but leaving the third dropdown set at ‘any’ Method 3 The first and second dropdowns are set at ‘Any’ and a number plus 3 letter combination is selected. By using this method all the available plates containing this number and this 3-letter combination will be shown.

Searching Current Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Because this plate looks very similar to a name (and there is only one of each in existence) it could worth tens of thousands of pounds. If you use your imagination you may be able to shorten the name and find something similar for far less money More Ideas and Suggestions

Searching Current Plates
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1) How do I start 2) How do I make up a name with a prefix style? 3) Which plates I can have on my vehicle
Please note that you cannot make a vehicle appear younger than it is by transferring a newer registration on to it. For example you cannot put a Current style registration containing the number 54 (2004) on to a vehicle that is registered in 2001 (51 plate). You are allowed to make a vehicle appear older than it is. For example you can transfer a D (1986) reg plate or a Current style 51 (2001) reg plate to an a Current style 54 plated (2004) vehicle if you wish Click here to find out which registrations you can have on your car.