Morris Minor Owners Club

I was looking to get my wife a personal plate that matched mine, I saw on here a while ago about a site were you could check if a car was on the motor insurance database, I put the registration number That I wanted for my wife into the site and it returned saying the number was on a Merc Kompressor cant remember anything else about the car, so I checked it again and again and it now says the car is not on the insurance database anymore, How can I find out if the number still exists, Or maybe the car it was on was in a crash and written off (just my thinking).

Anyone got any ideas??
Thanks Mark

Maybe they put it on retention when they sold the car it doesnt show then usualy

Contact the DVLA?

The Retention thing never thought of that, and contact Dvla Would I just ring them or would I need some sort of application for information??

Thanks Again

For a fee (and a 'good' reason) - the DVLA will give you the details of the owner of the car carrying that plate - not sure if that still applies if the number is now 'on retention'. You can only ask - either phone them (not from a mobile - the battery will run flat while you wait) - or probably better to go into your nearest local branch and make the enquiry there.

I think thats a bit unfair Roy. Last time I rang the DVLA I got through to a real person after only a few seconds.

Roys right I never use my mobile to call them, I always use the landline,then wot you get is, press 1, press 2, press 3, and so on and so on,