Hi can anyone please tell me the advantages and disadvantages of having an age related plate or a Q plate,thanks

Visible smoke test only with a Q no emission standards. Thats all.

Sorry forgot, you can transfer numbers on age related but your stuck with the Q.



[Edited on 21/4/09 by coozer]

Largely depends on how bothered you are about a Q plate.
Generally people will say it can devalue the car, with something like a locost i wouldn't have thought it makes much difference - a lot of bike engined cars are Q plated.
The one & only advantage of a Q plate is that whatever the age of your vehicle & whatever the age of the engine if on a Q you will only have to pass visible smoke test for Mot, so no nasty CAT test. HTH

Ah cool!
I didn't know that and have just bought a q plate!

Some of the MOT testers don't know it either, so if you need to take advantage of it, you might have to prompt them to take another look at their manual.