Why do dealers hide the reg plate in the classifieds?

[Bebee]

They tend to put a business name plate over the original plate, why?
I like to check out what the TAX (RFL) will be for a motor I'm interested in.

Example: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...

[Welshbeef]

Possibly as some criminals will search for an identical car to their own and duplicate the number plates

[Krikkit]

http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/

That's nice and easy to find things from, you need an approximate month, but there's very little variation between slight increases after the big hikes.

[Bebee]

Welshbeef said:

Possibly as some criminals will search for an identical car to their own and duplicate the number plates

I get that but ANPR would establish duplicated plates by now?

[Bebee]

Krikkit said:

http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/

That's nice and easy to find things from, you need an approximate month, but there's very little variation between slight increases after the big hikes.

Cheers for this.

[Ari]

Bebee said:

They tend to put a business name plate over the original plate, why?

Marketing. If you're searching for a certain make you might not take much notice of the dealer. They want to try and remind you that it was Bodgeit & Scarper that had that nice blue one you liked.

[Matt UK]

If you are looking on Autotrader, it will tell you in the Tech Spec area for every car.

[eldar]

Welshbeef said:

Possibly as some criminals will search for an identical car to their own and duplicate the number plates

So much easier than having to leave the house and actually look at cars and their non-blanked plates...


Stock photos?

[Bebee]

Matt UK said:

If you are looking on Autotrader, it will tell you in the Tech Spec area for every car.

Thanks for that.

In a blue moon I will do Autotrader, always found the site hard work to navigate.

[Proctor4]

So you can't check MOTs and find out its clocked ?

[RONV]

And it's MOT history you can check what it has failed on and it;s advisers to see if they have been repaired.