Used Cars: Selling car without Plates, department of motor vehicles, dealer plates

Question
I just bought a new car and transfered the plates from my old car.  I now want to sell my old car.  The car is registered, but now I do not have plates for it.  How can I have people test drive the car?

Answer

car guy There are two ways you can allow test drives in the old car.

#1. Your Department of Motor Vehicles sells a trip permit good for anywhere from 3 to 30 days and cost anywhere from $5-$25 usually.

#2. The second way would be to swap the plate back on from your new car and take your chances that you don't get pulled over.  Since the plates history will match with the idea that there would be any serious repercussions should you be pulled over. That's why dealers have dealer plates... to move cars and take test drives of vehicles that are otherwise not licensed.

Even when salespeople forget and run the gauntlet and get pulled over while trying to sell a car they are generally never cited.

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I hope this helps

Roger