Ah yes quite right, 2006 plate, not sure anyone with a newer car will want to make it look older though, private plates start at £250 not sure this would fetch a high premium but who knows, did you pay a large premium?
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Lots of people do put earlier plates onto their cars if the plate spells out a name , initials or has some other relevance - I see it every day on the roads .
I know I’m not alone , though , in disliking tatty misspaced or otherwise misrepresented characters .
The rules are an anomaly of the UK registration system where , since 1963 , the year of registration has been incorporated into the VRM .
Where it is a difference of just a few years and an older vehicle was still in production in the year of a newer plate , there is some small point - but for any potential buyer , the date of first registration is always shown on the V5 , so a pretty weak argument .
Where a plate is put on a car that could not possibly have been manufactured in the year of the plate then the rule is a pretty stupid one - again someone may have a cherished classic car , say from the 50’s or 60’s and want to put on a plate that spells their name - for example GAV 1N , which couldn’t go on something like a 1963 300SL , yet the owner of such a car might wish to do just that, and no one would be misled into thinking the car was made in 1975 , having by then been out of production 20+ years .
The consensus here seems to be that the OPs VRM isn’t worth a lot , but the true answer , as with everything, is it’s worth whatever he can get for it .
He could put it up on an Internet auction and see what it makes , or could try some dealers to see what they offer .
His two C Class cars , on the other hand , ought to be worth a bit , and leaving the plate on one of them may , or may not , make the car more attractive to a buyer .
I know that when I got my SL , it came with an ‘ageless’ Northern Irish VRM : I wasn’t at all fussed about it , and have thought of reverting back to a normal K prefix number , but it isn’t an issue either way to me so is still as is .
