Just a little encouragement for everyone. I have just been to my local DVLA office (Cardiff). It took 25 minutes to walk out with a new registration number for my car. For some reason they didn't charge the registration fee either. Most importantly not a Q plate. Quite a relief after a lot of horror stories of it taking weeks to wait for a number.
A bit of tweeking to do, then of for a drive.
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