Hi,

No experience here but the first thing what comes to my mind is this:

When you go to Zambia, do you take the new plates with you from France?
If yes, then you could leave Zambia on the old plates and old CDP and maybe chance the plates before entering the next country on a new CDP, only possible if there is a sort of no mans land in between, I think. I don´t know but it´s just a idea.
What about the vehicle registration papers? They must have the same number as the car. So you must have 2 of them. One with the old and one with the new number.

Agreed with Rognv. I cannot imagine the Zambian border guards would give a remote damn that your RegOld11 plates, which match your valid paperwork, are technically not legal to drive on in France any more.

Just bring all the paperwork and explain the situation if it comes up.

Hi
In fact, that's what I intended to do.
But it will either be the border with Mozambique or with Zimbabwe! In both cases, we have already done this several times and they are generally finicky and quite often corrupt.

Any situation giving rise to the possibility of extorting one or more tickets is a good one to take. We already found ourselves emptying the Toy and the cell.
As there is no no mans land and these are places sometimes very frequented by money changers or other "assistants", I don't really see myself taking out my new plates and changing them on our 4x4 without attracting attention. I can already imagine going through customs afterwards ;-)
I was hoping there was a specific procedure!

But you are right, as in any case we have 2 registration cards with 2 numbers for the same car, I think we will be able to make ourselves heard and understood, unless we come across a particularly annoying official who will decree that It’s illegal traffic of car ! They might not believe us (or not want to believe us) despite our good faith.
As always, you have to hope to face the right person.

Not to mention that we must hope that our automobile club will assume that the new CPD with the new number will indeed be a renewal and will not require a new deposit ;-)
I'll call them tomorrow and let you know

Many thanks to you and have a nice evening
Nadraia,

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