Booking a trade plate vehicle movement with OVM takes a few minutes. Send the registration, both postcodes and the date, accept the quote and add a few clear notes. Once that is done, the office can plan your driver and you will know exactly where your car stands.
OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302.
This Instant Quote is an indicative price, not a booking. It is subject to driver availability. We cover Scotland, England and Wales, but we cannot guarantee to accept every job.
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Start by checking the vehicle is legal to drive. We drive cars and vans on trade plates rather than loading them, so non runners need a transporter instead.
The instant quote prices your job on screen with no account needed. Fuel or charging is included and there is no hidden rate card behind the form. The quote becomes a booking once you accept it, and that is the step that puts your car into a driver's day.
With the booking accepted, the office plans the dispatch. For that we need the keys, someone at collection, a valid MOT where one is required and, for auction stock, a release confirmed by the compound. You are welcome to hold a quote while you chase a release code; we will send the driver as soon as the vehicle can leave.
The form asks for the registration, the collection and delivery postcodes, the date and your name, company, phone and email. That is enough for a price.
To brief the driver well, add a few plain notes about the job. A stock transfer handed over to a duty manager runs differently from a retail handover at a customer's home, and an auction collection has its own gate process.
If the vehicle is at a BCA, Manheim or Wilsons compound, give us the exact site name as well as the auction house, since each site runs its own release process.
Where it is: dealer yard, auction compound, fleet branch or a customer's home.
Who can release it, with a mobile number that will be answered.
Who will sign for it on delivery.
The auction house, site name and release status for compound stock.
The roof height if it is a van rather than a car.
Anything useful: SORN, low fuel, alarm code, spare keys, charging cable or a parking post.
Site transfers, auction collections and customer handovers
These three jobs use the same plates but run very differently on the day, so tell us which one you are booking.
A site transfer needs a manager at both sites, because a car left unattended on the back row cannot be signed for. A retail handover needs the time slot you promised the buyer and someone who will be at home. Auction work needs the release confirmed before we send anyone, and storage charges keep running until the lot leaves. Our guide to auction collection after you buy walks through the order of events.
We will come back to you if there is no MOT, the car will not start, there are no keys or no named contact, or the auction release has not come through yet. We also check for deliveries to Northern Ireland, which we do not cover, high roof vans booked as cars and extra registrations tucked into the notes.
If the vehicle on site does not match the booking, the driver stops and we call you before going any further.
Collected where it is, delivered where you need it
Our office is in Glasgow and we cover England, Scotland and Wales. There is no need to bring the car to us: we collect from wherever it sits and deliver to wherever it needs to be received. See how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow for more.
A Scottish dealer sending stock to an English branch books exactly the same way, with one form and both postcodes.
Before setting off, the driver records the condition, photos, keys and paperwork. The receiver signs on delivery and you get proof of collection and proof of delivery together in one email report. Read more about proof of collection and proof of delivery.
If your date changes, let the office know directly rather than relying on a message passed through your sales team.
Not on its own. The quote is the price for that registration and those postcodes, and the job is booked once you accept it and the office has what it needs to dispatch.
Do I need an account or a contract?
No. Dealers, auction buyers and fleets all use the same form, and the registration, both postcodes and dates are enough for a price. Mention the job type in the notes so a stock transfer is not quoted as a customer handover.
Can I book several cars on one form?
Yes, send us the list. Each registration is quoted as its own driven job, and we will price every vehicle that is legal to drive.
What if the buyer has not given me the delivery postcode yet?
We can talk the job through, but we need both postcodes to finish the price. Call 0141 459 1302 if the delivery address is still being confirmed and we will quote as soon as you have it.
When do you send the driver?
Once the booking is confirmed, the vehicle is legal to drive and someone can release it, which for auction stock means the compound has confirmed release. Same day jobs are priced differently, as explained in same day versus planned trade plate delivery.
Got the registration and both postcodes?
Get an instant quote or call 0141 459 1302. Accept the price and we will plan your driver.
