I've got a bit of a tricky situation here at the moment. My grandad spent years trying to find himself a private numberplate and managed to find one a year or two back. He often said I could have it when he passes away.
Around Spring he was diagnosed with cancer and was given five years to live, longer with treatment, and therefore in July for my 21st, my parents bought me my own private plate.
Although unfortunately late August, they found another cancer on my grandad, gave him one year to live and unfortunately he passed away early November. All I really have left of him is his numberplate. And as it was quite sudden, it was still on his own car.
Now it is back on retention, but the retention document is in his name, and there's a nominee section but he is required to sign it. He also never added his numberplate in his will or anything like that. My research before now has come back saying his next of kin needs to write a document explaining they would give their permission, that would be my grandma. Although none of us have a clue where to begin with this.
I was planning to get a new car before he passed away anyway and so he wrote me a cheque towards a new one, I used all of my savings and my grandma gave me some too, and I've bought a nice new Audi A3 with it, and the sales executive who sold me the car has offered to help me out with it but I feel like there's only so much he can do regarding this situation because it's different putting a plate in my name, than somebody else who's no longer with us. Although I'm visiting the Audi dealership on Saturday to speak to him as we need to fully sign my old car over to them after waiting for the log book on the old registration to come back. He did say last time when I come back with that, we'll see what we can do.
All I want now is to have his numberplate on it as it's all I really have left of him, apart from jewellery but I never wear it, whereas I'm out on the road most of the time.
I'm wondering if there's a more simple way of sorting this out? Or is it all down to myself and my grandma writing a letter to the DVLA explaining the circumstances? And if so, where do we start?
Around Spring he was diagnosed with cancer and was given five years to live, longer with treatment, and therefore in July for my 21st, my parents bought me my own private plate.
Although unfortunately late August, they found another cancer on my grandad, gave him one year to live and unfortunately he passed away early November. All I really have left of him is his numberplate. And as it was quite sudden, it was still on his own car.
Now it is back on retention, but the retention document is in his name, and there's a nominee section but he is required to sign it. He also never added his numberplate in his will or anything like that. My research before now has come back saying his next of kin needs to write a document explaining they would give their permission, that would be my grandma. Although none of us have a clue where to begin with this.
I was planning to get a new car before he passed away anyway and so he wrote me a cheque towards a new one, I used all of my savings and my grandma gave me some too, and I've bought a nice new Audi A3 with it, and the sales executive who sold me the car has offered to help me out with it but I feel like there's only so much he can do regarding this situation because it's different putting a plate in my name, than somebody else who's no longer with us. Although I'm visiting the Audi dealership on Saturday to speak to him as we need to fully sign my old car over to them after waiting for the log book on the old registration to come back. He did say last time when I come back with that, we'll see what we can do.
All I want now is to have his numberplate on it as it's all I really have left of him, apart from jewellery but I never wear it, whereas I'm out on the road most of the time.
I'm wondering if there's a more simple way of sorting this out? Or is it all down to myself and my grandma writing a letter to the DVLA explaining the circumstances? And if so, where do we start?
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