Thanks Joss .
Jamie , when I ordered my current car the dealer said to put my plate on retention a week before handover so he could assign it to our new car , When I called Motability to arrange it the guy on the phone said they can do it there and then over the phone, which he did ,we then had a 3 day window to take our plates off our old car and put the one the DVLA had assigned to it when we originally picked it up back on .
He said they may allocate us the registration the car came with ( which they did ) in which case just to put the plates we had back on if we still had them which we did , this car we have now has only ever had our plates on so we have no other plates to put on , I have called several shops that make up plates and all said we need the logbook to buy them .
That’s why I was asking if anyone knows if it’s possible to retain my plates in the 3 days before I pick up my new car so I can still drive to the handover with them on and so preventing me having to obtain new plates , then once I’ve completed the handover call Motability a day or two later and assign them to the new car .
I was just asking as I wasnt sure if there would be issues with the handover in doing this , I guess I will have to call Motability and see what there advice is .