What happened to the rule that says you can’t have a registration that implies the vehicle is younger than it is?
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Well that's a coincidence Steve,
I was always under that impression too - and it outlines that fact on their own 'personalised registration' site.
Back in 2003 I bought a 1991 Anniversary edition GoldWing 1500SE Jap import. When I came to register it they gave it an 'L' prefix 94 plate as it had remained unsold and therefore unused until that date. I argued back then with them but they wouldn't budge. No problem really as I put my own 3 letter, 2 number plate on it almost immediately.
Roll on to 2021 and I decide to put my plate on another vehicle and when the V5c arrived, they had given it an M prefix - even worse!
I then got the build data from Honda (£30 please) with a DATE OF MANUFACTURE of April 1991 and sent that to DVLA with the M prefix V5c. Today, FOUR months later, I get a new V5c with the originally issued L prefix and this new V5c clearly states date of manufacture 1994, even though Mother Honda says otherwise.
Feel like getting our MP involved but losing the will to live now - I know it's a small thing but it irritates the hell out of me at my age - the only small crumb of comfort is that I still have the L prefix plate hanging on the wall in the Shed so could fit that.
Ian