and that's why I asked as often is the case, used cars or brand new cars do not normally come with a private plate, hence the question, "are you sure it is their car" ie next door.
A nephew od Mrs MSG sold his clk 320 years ago with an F11 plate on it, not sure if it was priced in or thrown in.
My last 3 buys, 2 used, one year old cars and a brand new gle, the private plate went on a couple of months after purchasing the cars and the new gle, I waited just over 12 months.
Re used cars, buying from a main dealer, or MB dealer in my case, not worth the trouble of changing plates from day one as the car may turn out to be a lemon and you may want to reject it. I bought the two used MB's both about a year old, sight unseen ie over the phone and gle was made to order.
Will find out, he mentioned of getting Porsche Macan to replace the Q7, so may have had change of mind?
My E63 came with a personalised reg, I removed it and put mine. Selling a car with a personalised plate can be a bit of a hassle, if you want to keep the reg, takes about 3 weeks for it to go on retention and a replacement reg to come from dvla. Assigning is much faster, can done done online.